Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: History, Hauntings, and Preservation

Curious City

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Midlothian is rumored to be haunted with alleged sightings of a woman in white. But there’s more to this place than spooky stories. Learn about the early settlers who called this place home and why a historian worries the ghost stories are overshadowing the history here.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Cameron Costanza.
0:02.0	Curious City has received a number of questions through the years
0:05.0	about a small patch of land in the forest preserves of the south suburbs.
0:09.0	It's got a lot of history and possibly some hauntings.
0:13.0	It's called Bachelors Grove Cemetery, so I went to check it out.
0:17.0	I just parked my car in the Rubio Woods parking lot. I think it's across this main road.
0:25.4	I see a little footpath that says closed. Oh, wait, I think I see. I found a path leading into
0:32.4	the woods right off 143rd Street near Beulothian. There were long, skinny trees towering on both sides of me.
0:39.5	Eventually, I came to a clearing. There's a chain-link fence surrounding a rolling patch of grass
0:44.8	with a good number of headstones scattered throughout. Some young people were hanging out nearby,
0:49.7	making a fire just outside the cemetery gate. My name's Lalley. Seven.
0:54.5	Seven.
0:55.5	Ashley.
0:56.1	Ashley.
0:56.5	Cool.
0:58.6	They told me they were grilling up some fish.
1:04.1	They said Bachelors Grove was a regular hangout spot for them, where they could drink, smoke, and chill.
1:08.8	A guy who introduced himself as seven said the place is nostalgic for him.
1:13.4	When he was growing up, he and his friends would come here and try to see something crazy.
1:15.8	Yeah, when I was younger, I saw the Phantom House.
1:17.3	They're trying to lure me in.
1:17.7	Same.
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