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Resurrection Mary is a well-known Chicago area ghost story, of the "vanishing hitchhiker" type, a type of folklore that is known in many cultures. According to the story, the ghost resides in Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, a few miles southwest of Chicago. Resurrection Mary is considered to be Chicago's most famous ghost. [1] [2] [3]
Joanne Kilbourn is a Saskatchewan political advisor, later political science prof and commentator by Gail Bowen begun 1990. Six of the books were made into movies for television, by Shaftesbury Films and CTV. Sally Kimball was bodyguard and assistant to Encyclopedia Brown in the children's book series by Donald J. Sobol, which began in 1963.
Bernice Carey (1911–February 22, 1990) Patricia Carlon (1927–2002) Margaret Carr (born 1935) (pseudonyms: Martin Carroll, Carole Kerr, Belle Jackson) Felicity Winifred Carter (1906–1995) Vera Caspary (1899–1987) Sarah Caudwell (1939–2000) Jessie Chandler (born 1968) Kate Charles (born 1950) Marion Chesney (pseudonym: M. C. Beaton ...
In Charles Fort (Ireland), there is the story of a white lady, the ghost of a young woman that died on her wedding night. Her death was a suicide which followed the death of her husband at the hand of her father. She came back as a ghost to search for her father, and now every year on her marriage night you can hear her scream. [25] [26] [27]
"About Boston" by Ward Just. pp. 12–39 in Legal Fictions edited by Jay Wishingrad, 1992, reprinted from 21 Selected Stories by Just (1990). The story contrasts Boston and Chicago. "Big Boy," pp. 97–99 in Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris begins "It was Easter Sunday in Chicago....", 2000; Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by ...
Kate Morgan, a ghost which is said to haunt the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California; Minnie Quay, a legendary ghost of Michigan; Old Book is the name given to a ghost or spirit which allegedly haunts a cemetery at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois; Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, colonial governor of Florida. Alleged encounters ...
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle was released as an ebook for the opening of The Conjuring based on the Warrens' life story. Ghost Hunters: True Stories From the World's Most Famous Demonologists by Ed Warren (St. Martin's Press, 1989) ISBN 0-312-03353-2
Labor activist, politician, and founder of the International Glove Workers Union of America and president of Chicago Women's Union League Lived and died in Chicago [105] William S. Paley: Sep 28, 1901: Oct 26, 1990: CBS executive Bertha Palmer: May 22, 1849: May 5, 1918: Socialite and philanthropist Potter Palmer: May 20, 1826: May 4, 1902 ...