July 20, 2026

Episode 83: Resurrection Mary, The Ghost of Archer Avenue

Chicago's most famous phantom hitchhiker still walks Archer Avenue, decades after her final dance.EPISODE NOTES● Traces the Resurrection Mary legend from the 1930s through the most detailed modern accounts, including the Palus sighting and the Chet's Melody Lounge tradition.● Researcher Richard Crowe collected more than three dozen separate accounts by the 1970s, from witnesses with no connection to one another.● The bent gate at Resurrection Cemetery, with handprint-shaped markings in the iron, is part of the documented physical record.SOURCES● Richard Crowe's documented witness accounts of Resurrection Mary sightings, 1930s to 1970s● Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times archival coverage● Resurrection Cemetery records and the bent gate incident documentation● Troy Taylor, Haunted Illinois

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