Bibliograph

Chicago haunts, ghostlore of the Windy City, by Ursula Bielski

Type

Label

Chicago haunts, ghostlore of the Windy City, by Ursula Bielski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-256) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicago haunts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

41516222

Responsibility statement

by Ursula Bielski

Sub title

ghostlore of the Windy City

Table Of Contents

I. Road tripping: phantom hitchers and "hungry" fences. Chasing a favorite phantom: in pursuit of Resurrection Mary ; Mexico on the Calumet: a migrant legend finds a home ; The Forest Park flapper: another Resurrection, another Mary ; Following in their footsteps: the littlest hitcher ; A man in the road: sightings at St. Casimir ; Steeped in mystery: a drowning on the North Shore. -- II. Dead and buried: in a city of cemeteries. Saints and sinners: Mount Carmel's motley crew ; The restless rich: Rosehill and Graceland ; In a bad place: the puzzle of Bachelors Grove ; Echoes up north: White Cemetery and St. Mary's. -- III. A secret society: the lure and lore of Archer Avenue. -- IV. An active spiritual life: lasting legends and fresh miracles in Chicago's religious communities. A saint among us: Chicago's miracle child ; Brother to brother: a very Holy Family ; A terribly tangled web: unraveling the Peabody legend ; The Queen of Heaven apparitions ; That day at St. Rita's. -- V. An inexplicable residue: the endurance of tragedy. In the beginning: a massacre at Fort Dearborn ; Dem bones: the questionable end of John Lalime ; Buried alive? A secret in the Cloes Brickyard ; Shadows on the Chicago: the Eastland remembers ; A case solved: the phantom circus leaves town ; Making his mark: a hero's handprint ; To Bugs, with love: the St. Valentine's Day massacre ; Show of shows: curtains for a very dirty rat ; Our Lady of the Angels ; Written on the wind: the last ride of the Grimes sisters ; The death of Ioan Culianu ; A cynic's survival: Clarence Darrow's Hyde Park Heaven. -- VI. The devil himself: Chicagoans encounter the evil one. Steppin' with Satan: when the devil came to Bridgeport ; Dealing with the devil at Hull House ; 'The scariest ghost or whatever it was': memories of St. Michael's ; Rumors of evil: Satan and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. -- VII. The inevitable haunted houses: Ghosts of houses past ; Poltergeists ; Ghosts of houses present. -- VIII. Believing in Mary Worth: myth, imagination, and Chicago's school spirits. -- IX. A different world: the Native American connection. -- X. A military presence. Great Lakes revelations ; The phantoms of Fort Sheridan. -- XI. Eat, drink, and be scary: imbibing with the otherworldly

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