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Bachelor's Grove Cemetary got its name because from the large amounts of unmarried men who once lived in the vivinity.The area was settled primarily by German immigrants, many of whom worked on the Illinios-Michigan Canal. The land for the cemetary was set aside in 1864 with the sale of a larger piece of land from one man to another.
Bachelor's Grove Cemetary is one of Chicago's most haunted sites, with more than 100 reports of numerous and different paranornal phenomena occuring there. Due to gangster's dumping bodies in a laggon and supposed animal sacrifaces among other therios, little of the strange phenomena reported there seems connected to known historical fact or to a specific individuals buried there. It is said that the cemetary has been inactive since 1965, however, I have read that there are markers from the 1980's.
I will present some stories and/or legends surronding Bachelor's Grove Cemetary, you decide what is true and what is a folk lore.
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Many apparitions are seen emerging from the lagoon, including one of that of a farmer, his horse and plow. Legand has it that in 1870 a farmer was plowing land around the lagoon when his horse suddenly bolted into the water; both man and animal were drowned.
Another apparition seen emerging from the lagoon is that of a two headed man. I have no history as to why he has two heads. If you know please tell me about it.
A phantom farmhouse mysteriously appears and disappears in different location. Anyone attempting to approach the house sees it shrink and then vanish, anyone who manages to get inside the house will vanish with the house. It is interesting to note that there is no historical records of such a farmhouse ever exsisted, yet reports of it date back to the 1950s.
A women is seen, they have called her "White Lady" and "Madonna of Bachelor's Grove". The latter, who sometimes carries a baby in her arms, is seen only on nights of the full moon. When she doesn't have the baby it is said she is looking for the baby.
a hooded monk like figure is seen quite often.
Ghost lights- bobbing, elusive blobs of bluish light- weave about the cemetary, and red skyrocket like lights streak through the air.
Ghost cars have appeared on what was once the road to the cemetary, as well as the Midlothian turnpike nearby. Some people say they have swerved to avoid hitting the cars, while others say they actually passed through them. The cars have also vanished within plain sight.
Faces in the mist have been reported, as well as a face that formed on a tombstone and then vanished.
Other phenomena include sensations of unusual cold, the awarness of an invisible presence that causes discomfort and the tactile sensaction of sweaty but invisible hands upon the skin.
The next story I will telll you about the cemetary I do not consider to be truth, however, that is just my opinion. You must be the judge. The story is a little long so please bear with me.
This is the story of the Hooked Spirit. The story goes, a man takes his date to the cemetary for a little necking. He tells her the story of the Hooked Spirit hoping she will be frightened into his arms. Instead she asks to be taken home and he obliges her. When they get home and gets out to open the door, he finds a hook swinging on the handle of the car door. the spirit had attempted to open the door just as they had driven away.
In another version of the same story.
The story tells of a young couple going to the cemetary for some necking when they are interrupted by a radio report that a mass murderer has escaped the psychiatric hospital nearby and may be in the area. They decide to leave, but, of course, the car won't start. The man gets out to go for help but tells the women to stay in the car. Presently she hears a strange scratching on the roof but thinks it is a branch. Her date does not return but a police car does. An officer tells the women to get out, walk towards him and not look back. She does what she is told as more police cars arrive on the scene. Wondering what all the commotion is about she looks behind her. She is horrified to see the body of her boyfriend hanging head down from a tree, his throat slit ear to ear. His fingernails are scratching the car's roof.
In 1982 a psychic went to Bachelor's Grove to learn more about the phenomena. She claimed to make contact with a number of ghosts there, who, she said, were frustrated because they were unable to leave the confines of the cemetary until a certain, but unspecified amount of time had passed.
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