The Boogeyman Blog

Illinois is rich with ghost stories, but a few tales rise above the rest for their staying power and spine-tingling detail. Following our deep dive into Resurrection Mary, here are two more bone-chilling legends from the state that refuse to die.

The legend of Resurrection Mary is rooted in the 1930s, when a young woman allegedly died in a hit-and-run accident after leaving a dance hall—often identified as the Oh Henry Ballroom, now the Willowbrook Ballroom, in Justice, Illinois.