Resurrection Mary

The First Book Ever Written Solely on the History & Hauntings of Archer Avenue & Chicago's Most Famous Ghost: Resurrection Mary!

Archer Avenue, the famous haunted highway on Chicago's southwest side, has been a source of fascination for ghost hunters and paranormal enthusiasts for decades. In addition to the haunted houses, graveyards and buildings that line this old road, Archer Avenue is home to the one of the most famous ghosts in America: Resurrection Mary!

Hundreds of people claimed to have seen her over the years.. Many more have danced with her. Some even claim they’ve kissed her. She walks along Archer Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, or hitches rides along it. Sometimes she’s seen lying in a heap along the border of a cemetery or walking or dancing within its gates. Her name is Resurrection Mary, and her story has frightened, fascinated, and mystifiedlocal residents of Chicago and Justice, for the past seventy years.

According to local legend, Mary was a girl of sixteen in 1934. She loved dancing and often frequented the O’Henry Ballroom (now known as the Willowbrook) on Archer Avenue, located on the outskirts of Chicago. One winter night, Mary and her boyfriend got into an argument on the dance floor. Mary stormed out of the club and began walking home, along the desolate stretch of Archer Avenue towards her house. As she walked alongside Resurrection Cemetery, a car passing her screeched out of control, collided with her, and killed her. The driver panicked and left the scene, and was never caught or held responsible for the death.

Mary’s family and friends, who lived in a close knit Polish community, mourned her passing and tried to put the tragedy behind them and get on with their lives.. She was buried within the cemetery she died next to. For five years she laid at rest, buried in the very gown and dancing shoes she had died in.

Resurrection Mary has been the subject of songs and the stuff of legend since the middle 1930s but for the first time, Troy Taylor will recount not only scores of sightings and first-hand accounts with this elusive phantom but will reveal the results of his own investigations, from the complete history, her mysterious origins, ghostly encounters and the identity of the "girls who would be Resurrection Mary"!

Taylor's book, Resurrection Mary, is more than just a collection of ghost sightings. It's also the first in-depth account of the history, mystery & hauntings of Archer Avenue, a former Indian trail that is one of the oldest roadways in the Chicago region. Other historical hauntings that are explored in the search for Resurrection Mary include hauntings of Chinatown, History & Hauntings of Bridgeport, Archer Avenue's haunted graveyards, Kean Avenue Hauntings, Mysteries of the Forest Preserves, the Maple Lake Spook Light, The Haunted Roadhouse, Hauntings at St. James-Sag Church & Burial Ground & Much More!

Resurrection Mary has now been made into a full-length movie! This production is due to hit the big screen around Halloween 2007.

You can buy Troy Taylor's book about Resurrection Mary by clicking on the link below.