Bachelors Grove CemetaryBachelors Grove Cemetary
Hi. This page is for information and links about Chicago and it's Suburbs ghost stories. Many of the stories here are paraphrased from the book " Chicago Haunts: Ghostly Lore of the Windy City," by Ursula Bielski. The book can be obtained from Lake Claremont Press LakeClarPr@aol.com Some of these links lead to information on other sites. Two other sources for my material are Ghost of the Prarie Web Page Graveyards of Chicago and some of the places can be found in Dennis Hauck's "Haunted Places." Lots of the places listed below are open to the public. Please check back for updates. You can email me your own stories to ghostlly@yahoo.com
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Phantom footsteps and mysterious music are reported here by teachers, students, and custodians. The school is located at 4304 West 56th Street in Chicago.
The attic area of this store is haunted. Doors open and close by themselves. A strange cold spot moves through parts of the house. A woman was murdered in the house and four people died in the attic in a fire. It is located at 906 West Belmont in Chicago.
The Stickney Mansion is haunted by the ghost of The man who built it. George Stickney built this house in 1849. His spirit was detected by several owners. It is located in Crystal Lake at 1904 Cherry Valley Road.
A fog like vapor is seen wandering through the classrooms. Students and Custodians have reported seeing it and hearing footsteps in empty corridors. It is located in Cicero at 3801 South Central Avenue.
People report hearing loud bangs and strange noises. Cold spots move through the house. There is sometimes the sound of children running upstairs in the hallway. A ghost peers out the attic window at the neighbors. The haunting is particularly bad on Nov 6. Two children named Charlie and Addie are said to be ghost here. They are children of John Lobstein who built the house. It is located in Forest Park as a private residence.
This Cemetery has an unusual bronze statue of a hooded figure called Eternal Silence. There is a legend that if you look into it's eyes you will glimpse the afterlife. There is a rather large grave here of a man named Ludwig Wolff. His grave is gaurded by a green-eyed wolf dog that howls at the moon. There is another famous monument here. The monument of a small child Inez Clarke who was struck down by a lightning bolt. The monument depicts Inez in her favorite dress. It is protected by a glass case. People report it missing everytime there is a storm. When the storm is over the monument returns.
This cemetery in Barrington has reports of ghost lights and phantom black cars and a vanishing house similar to Bachelors Grove cemetary. Records indicate a house once stood nearby that burned down.
From: SweetBrightness@cs.com
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:01:55 EDT
Subject: Re: Entry to Guestbook
To: ghostlly@yahoo.com
Gosh ... it was a really nice, quiet evening, a full moon. Mike, Mom and I were out and about, going to blockbuster, if I'm not mistaken. I had one of those disposable cameras with me. I'd said to Mom that a site by the name of Shadowlands had White Cemetery listed as haunted. She laughed and said we were there, why not check it out. There was an auto there when we arrived, that left not too long after we had pulled into the front gates.
Mike got out of the car and took some photos, being the toughie of the group. I glanced to the right, we were parked right in front of Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle Nick's graves (Carr), there was a car, black in color, no lights, no noise. I was surprised and pointed it out to Mom, I hollered to Mike to get back in the car and I drove like a bat out of hell. I'm sorry, I was just too frightened to investigate it further. I have wondered since that day who it was, how they got into the cemetery so quietly. My husband's sitting with me, playing one of his games, he remembers it looking like a black Cadillac. I could not say that it was hearse or anything of the sort, I only wanted out!
I hope that helps. Perhaps someday I'll get some courage up to go back. The pictures we took did not produce any thing strange, so that wouldn't help you either. I'll do some more searching as well, my aunt works for the Barrington police department, perhaps she's heard some things about the cemetery ... my curiosity is getting the better of me. And our family's been in the area since around 1860, though most of the family is buried in Evergreen Cemetery off of Dundee Road in Barrington.
Angeline
This cemetery in Buffalo Grove report shapeless forms floating near the fence. There also are reports of phantom cars. St Mary's Church is located at 75 N. Buffalo Grove Road, Buffalo Grove IL
The Historic Water Tower is a landmark in downtown Chicago. It is one of the few buildings in the cursed area of streeterville that survived the great fire of chicago. The curse was laid on the area by John Streeter when the state of Illinois took his land away from him. The tower is haunted by the ghost of a man who was hanged here. Many have seen the man looking out the window. It is located on George Wellington Street.
This cave in Aurora Il. is the site of a true indian legend. A young brave was banished for stealing and tried to take his revenge by haunting the tribe. He would cover himself with a glowing fungus and then a blanket. He would appear on dark nights as a fake ghost to scare the tribe. One day they found footprints and decided that it was a prankster. They were waiting for him when he next appeared. He ran from the men chasing him and hid in devil's cave. They smoked him out and then he jumped in the river and drown. The cave is easily accesible from the trail at the
Red Oak Nature Center.
A coworker reported to me that growing up in Yorkville he had
often heard of the ghost of cannonball trail. The ghost of a white lady appears beside the road in
Yorkville
. I beleive she is somehow connected to the oaklawn cemetery located on cannonball trail. Many civil war vetrans are buried there.
The Archer Woods cemetery is haunted by a lady in white. She can be seen crying and walking as a misty form among the tombstones and trees. Witnesses have even seen a spectral horse drawn black hearse. It is driverless driven by a team of mad horses. It is all black and carries the coffin of a child.
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