This morning I was listening to a segment on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. George's guest was paranormal investigator Joshua Warren who taught me about one of Chicago's most famous ghosts. Her name is Resurrection Mary.The website praireghosts.com had this to about her:
The most accurate version of the story of Resurrection Mary concerns a young girl who was killed while hitchhiking down Archer Avenue in the early 1930’s. Apparently, she had spent the evening dancing with a boyfriend at the O Henry Ballroom. At some point, they got into an argument and Mary (as she has come to be called) stormed out of the place. Even though it was a cold winter’s night, she thought, she would rather face a cold walk home than another minute with her boorish lover. She left the ballroom and started walking up Archer Avenue. She had not gotten very far when she was struck and killed by a passing automobile. The driver fled the scene and Mary was left there to die. Her grieving parents buried her in Resurrection Cemetery, wearing a white dress and her dancing shoes. Since that time, her spirit has been seen along Archer Avenue, perhaps trying to return to her grave after one last night among the living.
Joshua mentioned that Mary is often seen by motorists in the area and is sometimes given a ride. However, when the vehicle passes Resurrection Cemetery, Mary suddenly vanishes. Joshua mentioned that the person will usually stop at the first place they see - which happens to be a bar - to tell someone about what just happened. The story told by the motorists is always the same, in every detail.
Joshua offered advice on how to experience ghostly phenomena. Interestingly, he said increased levels of potassium in the body (such as by drinking Gatorade or eating bananas) can make a person more electrically conductive, and possibly more attractive to spirits.
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