Article about Resurrection Mary

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Resurrection Cemetery


Dancing ghost Mary Bregovy is said to haunt this Illinois cemetery. Over the years, reports have surfaced of a beautifully dressed, blonde haired, blue eyed woman hitchhiking nearby. When drivers pass she disappears before their eyes. Curious? Venture by on a cold night and keep your eyes peeled for poor Mary.

On a cold winter night in 1934, Mary Bregovy went out dancing with a young beau at Oh Henry Ballroom. As the moon shone high and the hour grew late, the couple got into a heated argument and Mary angrily stormed out of the dance hall. Unfortunately though, she never made it home and instead became the victim of a gruesome hit-and-run accident along a dark road. Local legend maintains that the young woman’s ghost haunts the area to this day, dancing in her flowy white dress or hitchhiking along the surrounding highway.

Want to know more about ghostly haunts in Chicago? We’ve gathered four places where you can commune with the dead while you’re in town. For more on Mary click here.


Filed Under: Illinois, New York


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