Close to the southwestern suburb of Midlothian is RubioWoods Forest Preserve. This little secluded area of trees sits in the very urbanized sprawl of Chicago. This quiet little wooded sanctuary gives one the illusion that they are far away from the hustle and bustle of the crowded city; far away from the rat race of everyday life. However, right on the edge of the diminutive forest is a small graveyard that many people believe is the most haunted place in all of the Chicago area. The name given to this cemetery is Bachelor’s Grove and this once long forgotten graveyard seems to be teeming with ghosts. Over the years, numerous people have report many cases of paranormal phenomena, everything from full bodied apparitions to glowing balls of light. There have been no new burials in Bachelor's Grove for many a long year, and up until the last 15 to 20 years had been almost completely forgotten. In recent years, though, it has become a favorite place for ghost hunters to carry out their investigations.
The history of Bachelor’s Grove is a bit sketchy, but all of the local historians agree that this enigmatic burial ground was started in the very early part of the 1800s. One of the local legends says the cemetery got its name because only single men were buried here, but Bachelor's Grove got it's name from the family who settled in the area during the latter part of the 1700s and early 1800s. A nearby town dating back to the 1820s was settled mainly by German immigrants from New York, Vermont and Connecticut.
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Posted 05 August 2009 - 07:55 AM
I would love to go there just to look around. I remember the first time i saw the photo from there. It was taken in 1991 and shows a woman sitting on the stone bench. I loved the article I didn't know about the house or the plow horse. It was very informative.
People who sin say this, "that they had to, to survive." People who sin say this, "it's too late now to stop." The shadow called sin dogs them steadily from behind, silently without a word. Remorse and agony are repeated only to end up at despair in the end, but the sinners just don't know that if they'd only turn around there's a light there, a light which keeps shining on them ever so warmly. A light that will never fade.
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