Resurrection Mary
- Date of account
- 1930s onward; identity and first report disputed
- Location
- Justice and Willow Springs, Illinois
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Resurrection Mary is a Chicago-area vanishing-hitchhiker legend centered on Archer Avenue and Resurrection Cemetery. Drivers have reportedly picked up a young woman who later disappears, with some versions identifying her as Mary, a girl killed in a 1930s automobile accident and buried at the cemetery. The tradition matters because it combines a recurring apparition motif with a specific road, cemetery, local witnesses, and competing candidate identities. Uncertainties include the first documented report, the historical identity of Mary, embellishment by newspapers and ghost-tour culture, and whether individual encounters can be independently corroborated.
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