Entry No. 12 — the Chicago file — filed under: haunted

Resurrection Cemetery (Resurrection Mary)

The front gates of this sprawling Catholic cemetery are ground zero for Resurrection Mary, Chicago's most famous ghost: since the 1930s, drivers along Archer Avenue have reported a young blonde woman in a white party dress who hitches a ride and then vanishes at the cemetery gate. The bars of the gate were once allegedly bent and scorched by ghostly handprints, a story still pointed out by ghost-tour guides. Many link Mary to Mary Bregovy, killed in a 1934 car crash.

The move: Drive Archer Avenue at night toward the cemetery gates and trade the vanishing-hitchhiker story while watching the shoulder of the road.

📍 Before you go About 13 miles southwest of downtown; the cemetery is open daytime hours only, so the legend is best experienced from Archer Avenue at night, not by entering after dark.

• 📍 Justice
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 7201 Archer Ave, Justice, IL 60458

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-23