There's a little chill in the air, football season is upon us, and the stores already have out displays for a certain holiday at the end of October. I won't say the "f-word," but imaginations run wild for these urban legends. There are tons of urban legends in Illinois, but here are some of favorites:
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The Ghost at the English Building, University of Illinois
Before it was the English building, it was actually the women's building, and it had a gymnasium with a pool. The story is that a young girl ended up dying in the pool--either accidentally, or taking her own life to hide a pregnancy. The ghost apparently haunts the English Building.
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Ghost Lady at Kennedy Hill Road
This story got a LOT of buzz in late 1980 and early 1981. On this rural road, people reported seeing a woman in various stages of dress walking and then vanishing. There were numerous sightings of this person/ghost, but no one could explain it. Some people thought it was the ghost of a woman buried nearby. Others thought it was a mentally disabled person who had run away from home. The strangest explanation was that it was really a man wearing his dead girlfriend's clothing. When it became spring, no one saw this spirit/person ever again, but the story carries on.
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The Cherry Hill Road Accident, near Oswego
The legend goes that there was a tragic car accident when a young couple on their way to prom lost control of the vehicle. The girlfriend died right away, but the young man was able to crawl out of the car of a few feet and wrote "help me" in his own blood. Teens love this legend, and have spray painted "help" in red spray paint near where the alleged accident occurred.
