You've heard the story, right?

A man offers a ride to a ghost on the side of the road.

You know how it goes, right? So either pick them up, blah, blah, blah.

Either way, I love telling it, so we'll take it one more time.

This true account is set up on the south side of Chicago, and it comes from a man named Ralph.

It is January in 1979, and a taxi driver was driving late at night. It was a cold one, and his heater for some reason wasn't

cranking out enough hot air, so he put his hand over the vents to feel for it, just as a car was

moving. Then from out of the corner

of his eye, just then he spots a figure, all in white, standing on the side of the road,

facing away from him. Wondering how anyone could be out there in such a nice dress and without a coat, he became

worried. As he got closer, he realized that it was a young woman, a maximum of 21 years old.

And he pulled up, rolled on the window, and asked if she needed a ride.

Quietly, she noddedded and stepped into the car.

She wouldn't give directions.

Instead, she would answer in simple nods and nose shaking her head.

Her face was almost always hidden by the shadows of that night.

And just as they were approaching Archer Avenue, though, everything changed.

She suddenly jumped up and said, here, here, stop here.

The cab driver was slightly startled.

Are you sure, he questioned the young woman, as he looked around the area where the cab

had just

stopped. He could see nothing but the dark sections of the road and the large gates of

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