Sometimes when the night is too quiet, I swear I hear her weeping, reminding me that the forgotten are never truly gone.

I'm Blair Bathory and welcome to the Something Scary podcast.

Thank you so much for joining us as we descend into the

darkness. So, want to hear something scary? Not dead, just forgotten. Some roads are meant to be forgotten, but on Archer Avenue, one girl's memory refuses to stay buried,

based on this true story retold by Sarah Lukathowitz.

It was a chilly September evening in Chicago.

The streets were quiet, almost too quiet.

Leaves drifted across cracked pavement, nudged along by a harsh wind.

Archer Avenue looked ordinary.

Old brick buildings, empty lots, a few flickering street lights.

But if you knew the story, you could feel it.

The city itself seemed to hold its breath,

hiding something didn't want anyone to notice.

But if you knew the story, you did notice.

The street, although seemingly empty, somehow felt crowded.

Claire Benson parked her rental car

near Willowbrick Cemetery.

She wasn't a believer in ghost,

but she chased stories like this for her podcast,

true crime and the unexplained.

Her interviews, old police reports,

and yellow newspaper clippings

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