Resurrection Mary, Justice


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Resurrection Mary is the ghost of a woman seen hitchhiking on Archer Avenue near Justice, Illinois, in the 1930s, often described as a blonde woman in a white dress who vanishes into the cemetery when a motorist offers a ride. She is believed to be a vanishing hitchhiker, a figure in urban folklore who appears to drivers on the road and disappears from the moving vehicle, sometimes with evidence of her presence, such as bent fence bars at Resurrection Cemetery. The ghost is associated with Resurrection Cemetery, where she is thought to be buried, and the site of the former Oh Henry Ballroom, a popular dance hall from the era. Reports describe Resurrection Mary as a blonde, blue-eyed woman in her twenties, frequently seen wearing a white party or ball gown. She is said to appear on Archer Avenue and be picked up by motorists. As they drive past the Resurrection Cemetery gates, she asks them to stop, gets out, and vanishes into the cemetery without the car door ever opening. Some stories claim that Mary's handprints, like a scorch mark or with skin texture, were found on the cemetery's wrought iron gate in 1976. This was attributed to a truck, but the story persists that the bars were twisted and burned from Mary's contact with them.

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