One of my most favourite cemeteries is, Bachelor's Grove. It is one of the most haunted cemeteries in the United States. Located near the south suburbs of Chicago on the edge of the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve, in Midlothian, Illinois, the cemetery is abandoned and disheveled. The name, Bachelor's Grove, came from the fact that a lot of single men were living in the area at the time. Among the ghosts that are haunting this charming place are; a farmer with his horse pulling a plough(whom drowned in a river), the White Lady who appears only during full moon, and of course a lot of mobsters and murder victims from the 1920's, Chicago.
A lot of strange paranormal phenomena has been reported, such as actual apparitions, unexplained sights and sounds, and even glowing balls of light. But even during the day, one can feel some kind of presence. The haunted history of the Bachelor's Grove cemetery began in 1844 when the area was left behind as a burial ground, first called "Everdon's". It was actually the first burial in the cemetery and had been used until 1965, when things began to drift off until 1989, when another burial occurred, and the ashes of a local were interred.
To enter Bachelor's Grove cemetery, you have to take a small gravel trail away from the turnpike -- are you sure you want to go there? It is on this small road that people have reported that they saw a white farmhouse that appears and disappears. The house is always described in the same way by visitors - a white house with porch pillars, a soft light burning in the window, and a swing - but it never stays in the same place. The house has been seen during daylight and night, but there is no historical record stating that a house was ever built there. I have seen this. Also, while walking down this trail, a Screaming Banshee passed through my ex boyfriend.....I heard and saw it. He felt it as a freezing sensation going through him. No kidding.
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