Resurrection Mary Part 2

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 130 minutes

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As you delve into the legend of "Resurrection Mary," you'll soon notice that the stretch of Archer Avenue from Resurrection Cemetery to the Willowbrook Ballroom is not the only piece of land that seems haunted, nor is it haunted just by "Mary." It seems the entire locality has a supernatural quality to it, enough that Chicago's "Southwest Siders" have dubbed it "The Archer Triangle," in reference to the more famous one near Bermuda. But what is it about this region that spurs so many reports of paranormal activity? Is it the legacy of ancient Native American activity, the numerous cemeteries located here, or Ley lines and waterways? Is it all an imagined coincidence or is there a more sinister force at play? Tonight, we take a more thorough look at Mary's favorite haunts and examine why the spirits of the area appear to be so restless.

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0:00.0	Tonight's episode of Estonishing Legends is brought to you by the Great Courses Plus
0:03.4	in our contributors at patreon.com.
0:06.6	Two weeks ago, we introduced you to the infamous Chicago Ghost Resurrection Mary,
0:12.3	an apparition known to Haunt Archer Road on the southwest side of town.
0:17.3	She's been seen by countless witnesses and even picked up by others,
0:21.5	only to discover that she would disappear from their cars before they got to where she wanted to go.
0:27.3	One man even danced an entire evening with her at a local ballroom in 1939,
0:32.7	eventually offering her a ride home,
0:35.1	only to have her request that instead he take her out Archer to Resurrection Cemetery,
0:40.9	where she vanished into thin air as she ran across the street toward the gates.
0:46.0	Gates that for years bore handprints burnt into bent metal bars
0:51.1	as though something were trying desperately to get out,
0:54.1	or perhaps back in.
0:57.1	Resurrection Mary would seem to fit the mold of a well-worn urban legend
1:01.5	known to most as the vanishing hitchhiker.
1:04.8	But what if the story here is bigger than that?
1:08.5	We believe there's more to this than what's convenient to accept,
1:11.8	and tonight we're going to take you further into the darkness.
1:27.1	Welcome back to Estonishing Legends.
1:32.1	I'm Scott Philbrook and this is Forced Burgess.
1:35.5	And I didn't see a face, it was just like black there.
1:39.4	She had no face.
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