Oct 24, 2026
We asked readers what Chicago ghost story or urban legend did you grow up with? Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:"Resurrection Mary, the Halloween graveyard ghost."— Terry Mankus"The little girl whose ghost people claim to see at Bachelor's Grove Cemetery. I went there during th e day and didn't really see anything out of the ordinary. I drove past one night and saw four or five hooded individuals in long robes crossing the road from the cemetery walking back to their car. The only way I could describe them would be like monks. Who knows what kind of crazy things they were doing in there!"— Leo Peech"My mother told me about a satanic house on Army Trail Road by a bridge. In Bartlett? She was a Realtor and knew."— Ted Huck"I always heard about haunted apartments and hearing kids play or voices but never did see anything except one time where I'm sure I saw a witch floating on Broadway and Devon up north."— Jacob Schumacher"The devil baby of Hull House. My all-time favorite."— Jay Bliznick"Monks Castle. Legend had it that if you went there after dark to party in the graveyard, and the monks and priests that were there found out they’d chase you, and if you got caught they brought you into a chapel and made you kneel on a rough bumpy stone surface that was painful and made you pray or they would call the police and have you arrested."— Pauly James"I've lived in three different haunted homes in Chicago, so I have plenty of my own stories."— Janice Flynn"Elgin Professional Building. The history: An eight-story Gothic Revival landmark from 1928. It is linked to the tragedy of Emil Meldau, a maintenance worker who died in an electrical accident on the top floor, as well as the despair of the Great Depression. The activity: A shadowy figure is frequently reported lingering at the end of upper-level hallways, alongside unexplained mechanical and electrical noises."— Thom Neylon"The 1985 Bears. Evidently they struck fear in their opponents, but it happened so long ago, documented proof is lost to history."— Don Anderson ...read more read less
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