http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:05:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you take the Milwaukee North line in to Chicago, a few stops before Union station, look out the right hand windows. There's a series of low brick buildings-- one-story warehouses or garages, maybe; storage of some sort perhaps-- with no windows facing the tracks. They are coated with layer ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=97 There's a small elementary school not far from Balmoral Race Track, in the distant South Suburbs of Chicago, not far from Indiana. Near that school was an abandoned church, which was torn down in the late 1990s after a series of disturbing events. During the late 1980s and very early 1990s, ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=95 The stretch of houses on St. Louis between Lawrence and the River is primarily brick two and three flats. One of these, a dark red brick two flat with the front porch converted to an enclosed sun room, and blown roses leaning limply against the iron fence, is frequently ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=93 In 1988, a Russian vessel mistakenly emptied its bilge into Lake St. Claire. The living contents of that bilge water migrated through the great lakes, some of it ending up in Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. Every few summers since then, residents of Chicago notice that the water, which comes ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=91 It is somewhat surprising, perhaps, that despite the large number of deaths due to accident, murder, and suicide, that the CTA trains are not thickly haunted. Some theorize that the electrified third rail keeps spirits at bay, the live electricity having the same effect running water is said to have ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=89 The unseen preys most heavily on those who are alone: those who are alone for the night, and those who spend their lives alone. Prey animals are most vulnerable when separated from the rest of the herd, after all. When alone, one might barely hear a soft knock at the door. ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=87 It is not common, on dark lonely nights, to see the family dog rise suddenly and advance towards an otherwise innocuous spot, hackles raised and growling. Perhaps it is a closet door, a closed door on an empty bedroom, a spot on the wall, the dining room. It is of ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=84 In late November of 1941, Myrna Mitchell finished feeding her 8 month old son, Laurel, breakfast. She left him in his high chair with an arrowroot teething biscuit and a spoon "to keep him occupied" while she went into the kitchen to wash up from breakfast. Halfway through her last ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=82 One of the most well known ghosts in Chicago, or the world, the apparition known as "Resurrection Mary" has frequently been seen in dance halls and along road sides. People, primarily men, have reported dancing with her, speaking with her, and giving her a lift "home," although she invariably vanishes ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=80 There is a ring that floats from thrift store to resale shop to antique store, made of iron, with an amethyst intaglio about the size of a quarter. The intaglio, or cameo, is not a crisp carving. The edges are soft, blurred. However, it seems to depict a woman from ... http://secretchicago.brigidkeely.com/?p=78