I grew up in a very old village. As teenagers, we would meet up in the cemetery. Some stones dated back to the late 1700s. Not once did it crossed our minds to vandalize any stone. You wouldn’t even lean on one. It was just bad karma. It was understood that you respected them, and they’ll do the same.
Me and my friends back in my teenage years we would always walk in this same cemetery and we would not even litter we were very careful because ...well we were afraid of the dead! and we were also good teenagers! lol! but yeah who would vandalize a stone.
I think that’s the mindset of anyone who goes into cemeteries for fun and to see the oldest things in your local area. And I don’t care what decade it is 1950s to 2020s there will always be a minority of assholes who vandalize graves. Thankfully there are groups out there who go out and fix and preserve the vandalized graves
You're definitely traveling historians, not ghost hunters. And I love the fascinating places you visit whether they're historical or not. That's why I like your channel so much! 😃
I was walking past a cemetery at around 3am the other night. There were a few girls walking too, and when they saw me they ran over and said, "this area is so creepy, so, can we walk with you? We're scared". I replied, "I know exactly what you mean - when I would walk past here when I was alive I was scared too".
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I went to Bachelor's Grove quite a bit from the early 1970's on up to my last visit around 2000. I met a young man around 1998 or 99 named Pete Capria. He was maybe 18-20. He was saddened that the cemetery had been vandalized and left untouched. It was in very bad shape back then. He started to clean up the cemetery. He would mow the lawn and get rid of the yard waste. He kick started the campaign to revitalize the cemetery which is why it looks so good today. Thanks Pete! You did an amazing job. Back in the 1970's it had a lot more headstones Unfortunately many were knocked over and vandalized. There were close to a dozen graves that had been dug up. Some partially. One thing I can say is it was always a great place as spooky as it was, but I was never disreputable to the cemetery, not my friends. But you would often find idiots who were there to party and toss their garbage everywhere. I have a few scary tales about Bachelor's Grove. There was something going on there that I can't explain. Maybe it's because the dead were upset over the neglect and vandalism that occurred through the decades. As I understand, these days there isn't the same paranormal experience as when I was younger. I think it's because Pete Capria cared and started the renovation and restoration. The souls now rest in a much better place. Foot note: when my mother was very young. 1920's and early 1930's, on occasion her family would picnic there. Back in it's glory day's.
Not every teenager that partied there back in the day, I was one of them, vandalized or trashed the place with garbage. Those kind of people would get chased off by us, if they tried to pull that shit when we were there.
I was at Bachelor's Grove about 20 years ago. It looks totally different now. There used to be be alot more tombstones. I can't believe how bare it is now.
Another excellent watch. You guys are telling stories better than anyone else out there, Jessica’s smile is infectious too. Also the music adds a lot to the story. Keep safe from the rash of kangaroos!
This may sound dumb or weird, but I think it’s very cool that you guys have visited two haunted locations in my old stomping ground in Illinois. Resurrection and Bachelors Grove are spooky, and both are great places for obtaining EVPs and creepy pics etc. THANK YOU for posting these videos. Exciting to know you were within an hour of where I live! :)
I went at night with a group of friends several years back, just as we hit the woods we seen this very old lady walking a dog walking out of the woods. We thought it was weird, as we passed and looked back, her and the dog were completely gone.
I don’t remember it being on Unsolved. Saw it on Travel Ch. Most Terrifying Places. That was only in 2011. So you’re right I feel like I heard about it way before. 👻
So glad you didn't let Jessica go down there alone, Michael. I'll never forget the time I almost crapped myself watching a Dan Bell video where he was exploring the Baltimore catacombs at night & when he got waaayyy into them - at the end, even - his crew ran into someone. There was a guy hanging out all alone, in the dark, in that dirty, disgusting place. Mind bottling!
I member years back a lot of anchor people will go out there to that cemetery and do stories, and it was quite fascinating. So many things were said about the cemetery, but no one can come up with the real conclusive story of what is going on there but it’s definitely something going on there. Thank you so much for bringing this back to my attention. I have totally forgot about the cemetery. Thanks M&J….
Nice. I live about 5 mins from there. Haven't been back there in a LONG time, but man it looks like they cleared everything all up. The fallen trees are gone, the fence gate is gone, everything against the gate is cleaned up. It was a mess of a jungle last time I was in there. The road by the pond was used by Capone's guys to drop bodies over the edge into the water. As far as I've known, there haven't been any mausoleums back there.
Here we are!!! This is so exciting! We used to sneak in there in the middle of the night when I was a teenager! There are pathways thru the woods to get there! (Which you explore) Thank you for doing a video and exploring Chicago's Haunted Places! Did you both enjoy the cemetery? I'm like screaming at the television right now about the street and the bridge that used to be there!!! I love you guys!!! Amazing!!
@Samantha B I was in Highschool in 1998 til 2002. There wasn't as much cop activity when we would go. Alot of teens drank in there.. we just went to get scared to death. We got told once to leave before we got close cause a car was parked back in the woods..never went back at night again.. lmao! It's just a shame cause alot of us respected the property and the graves.
@@mykekagan5289 , we use to party there in the late 70's/early 80's, when I was in High School. On any given Friday/Saturday night,except winter, there'd be 40 to 50 teenagers back there partying.
All the videos from Chicago and around that area brings back such great childhood memories. I grew up about 45 minutes across state line in Indiana and spent a lot of time around Chicago
So cool that you went back there. I used to hang out there when I was a teen, at night with a group of friends lol. The creepiest thing we saw was flashing lights (they were bright and they were not pointer lasers, or flash lights for sure) off the trees and creepy weirds sounds in the distance. It is DEFINITELY creepy there at night. I was just back there last month during the day giving my kids a tour and it brought back so many memories. Awesome video, You both are a great team and the best videos/historian story tellers on the net no doubt!!
@@samanthab1923 It was always like that. There was also a gate, usually locked, at the entrance but they removed it because people still broke in. I remember going back there one time with my friends as a teen and there was a group of people walking around a camp fire that was lit at the grave stone where the ghost picture grimm life posted. The stone is located close to the entrance. We saw this and turned around and walked out. Who knows what they were doing but some interesting things definitely happen back there. There is also a nutty grounds guy who hangs out there all the time. He steals the money that people leave off the graves. There is a video if you search. You have the be aware of your surroundings for sure.
@@gobears04 Years ago I watched this show Real Scary Stories. Fox Family. Had local kids investigate. 2000. It was a mess. Trees down all over, head stones toppled & I remember a hole in the fence leading to that lagoon. Really creepy. Looked nothing like this.
@@samanthab1923 I went back there in 2012 (with my wife, her first time back there) and last month with my sons. Prior, I was back there in 1993 when I was a teen and used to hang out there from time to time. Based on the comments, it was pretty bad like you stated but it wasn't like that when I went back there.
@@gobears04 From what I can gather in 91 when that photo was taken it was bad, I watched a show in 2000 & it was a mess. Somewhere along the line it was off limits. The cops patrolled & it never popped up on any ghost shows until Ghost Adventures 2012.
My brother lived just east of Bachelors grove and from his livingroom window we would watch lights bouncing around everywhere. The lights were different colors and sizes. It is super creepy at night.
Oh wow! I remember commenting that you should visit here on your last video!! This is awesome. Great job guys! As a Chicago native, I've been here quite a few times. Both at night and day. It's a creepy place, but I never saw anything crazy. It's definitely changed over the past couple decades.
I met a archeologist who was paid to do a survey of the cemetery and area around it , she said that place where the road meets the creek that originally it had a white marble bridge going over the creek. I myself have experienced many weird things happen there. Some of my friends several years ago went on in depth hike / investigation of the cemetery and area including the woods we found 2 wells that even the archeologist didn't know about that had artifacts in them including prices of old animal riding reins animal bones, prices of pottery, a old dart board dart made from wood and other stuff. I have had many experiences over there including seeing skulls in the water , a branch cracking sound at start of path almost ever time I went there . There is also a path that goes along side of pond to the main road, Played catch with the ghost child ( I couldn't see the child but I could feel her presence) the was a toy ball that someone had left along with other things the ball wasn't next to that grave and I felt it should be so I put it by the grave made sure it couldn't roll down and then the ball starts to bounce and roll down next to me I repeated the process like 20 times it kept starting to bounce would roll down next to me so I guess I was playing catch with the child. Filmed weird things there had other weird things happen there also.
Michael, Jessica, you are so blessed to be able to visit these places and not just explore but, give us the history behind the adventures. Very awe inspiring and sometimes tragic history, that does justice for who lived then, and may be there still. Like "Ressurection Mary", your detail to detail makes these Adventures more special each time. Can't even say thank you enough, but very proud and blessed to be a part of a great Grimm Life Family. Until next time, now and forever, Happy Halloween to you🎃💀👻
I’m so glad Jessica didn’t go down there by herself. I was getting Dean Koontz Hideaway creepy feelings from that place. Thank you guys for another awesome video. You two are the best!!
Usually I get to see my great grandmother’s second husbands headstone in Bachelors Grove videos. His name is Alva O Foskett. My grandparents used to visit his grave regularly until they were no longer able to get back in there. I plan to visit next time I’m in the area.
Alot of headstones were thrown into the pond. I found a couple and we layed them back up in the cemetery. Obviously didn't know there exact spots but atleast there back in the cemetery.
The woods they are in used to have a small town in it. The town moved a few miles down to the south west and established itself there. There's still foundations and cisterns in those woods. It's definitely an odd stretch of woods that grows pretty dense in the summer.
Very cool video. Been to Bachelors Grove a few times but Star Grove Cemetery is by far the creepiest Cemetery I have been in. I am not sure of any ghosts or anything at this Cemetery but it is not visited very often and not many stories out there about it but it is very neglected and has a very creepy vibe. The Cemetery does have a pretty cool history, which is why I went out to it to film there.
That was a really fun video. I never heard of the story about this old cemetery. Jessica is a brave lady going down that first entrance sighting. Love the things y'all do to keep us on the edge of our seats. Hugs🥰🎃
Just not long ago you hit 100k. One year from now you should be at 1/2 million. Great bloggers like you two and your devotion to your fans makes many of your fans have a smile 😃 😊 😀 😄 to start our day. Thank you from Gwynn and James Spokane Washington
Love your videos. I 💯 agree once you have been seen ghosts your whole life or have had spooky encounters. Pictures of orbs are nothing. You and Jessica are so cute together. Always entertaining and informing.
It’s interesting when you continue back into the woods! The person that upkept the property gave us a tour, he said they were foundations from little round houses of farmers that used to live back there a long time ago, there’s also remnants of an old road back there.
When my Dad took a picture of his Uncle's tomb stone at his funeral there was a big golden orb by his tomb stone. That was in 1998 so he didn't know until he got the film developed. It would have been something to witness in real time.
michael- you have the best voice to be a yt host!!! love your cemetery tours! it is so sad when people desecrate the graves!!! did you take the wheelchair?? i think i may have! 🖤🖤🖤
If I was still in the area I would’ve brought my ghost box with me. Every time I visited this place I got a feeling of being watched while being alone.
In the mid-1970's I went there, and wandered off from everyone else. A few times I nearly fell into open graves (the grass was tall, and you couldn't see the hole), a few of which had exposed caskets in them. I saw a tree stump in the middle of a clearing, and sat down to take a rest there. I looked at the trees that surrounded the clearing to see upside-down crosses burned n them, and then noticed I was in the center of a pentagram, also burned into the ground and partially covered by fallen leaves. Anyway, I started to walk back to find the group when in another part of the woods I saw an old white farmhouse that appeared to be abandoned... When I met up with my friends again I brought them over to where I had seen the farmhouse, but it wasn't there. Anyway, around 10 years ago a friend of mine went to BG and captured some 'interesting' pictures from there that clearly captured full-bodied apparitions - one was a male, and the other was a female, very similar to that 'famous' pic of the woman sitting...
I was born in raised on the south side of Chicago in the 70s my friends and I use to go and party there and some people were so disrespectful to the cemetery and people buried there but the city put cement barriers up in the 80s so cars can't get back no more, the cemetery looks nice and clean now, thank you for filming there, R.I.P. to the people who is bury there.
Wonder if that bunker was part of the Nike-Zeus defence system. They were built around major urban areas back in the 50s. Each city has a number of them. All abandoned now. Found one near Pittsburgh a few years ago. Love your work. Thanks!
I wish I could just hang out with you both and stay up late sharing stories and listening to Bauhaus and Cramps music. If you ever tour sites in Colorado...
There is at least one headstone there from 1989. Did a Christmas day pilgrimage there in 2019. That road you two walked in on closed in 1969, I think. Next time you're out this way, might want to try Raceway Woods on Rt 31.
I went there at Bachelors Grove with my cousins years ago. I was very skeptical to say the least. It was the craziest night I have ever felt. For one I had all energy taken from me right as I was walking up. I froze completely and couldn't move until one of my cousins pushed me out what ever that was. Then I seen the white house with lights on right in the woods next to the cemetery. I ended up sneaking through a hole and walking to the beginning of and boy was there some creepy vibes. When it finally came time to leave I left a believer in ghost for sure.
Grew up just a mile or two from there. Been may times. It’s creepy out there. I remember a friend of mine when we were kids was out in that foresrt preserve with a Boy Scout troop and they said they saw the house. A ghost house and it was upside down.
Hello Michael and Jessica hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving !! You guys are awesome and love how you document all the places you guys visit but you don't go overboard, you truly make every document much more interesting than most people and then the music in the background is the icing on the cake which is epic . You and Jessica are truly the officiatos of documentaries!👍👍😎😎 So with that being said be safe don't forget to check for ticks and as always Happy Halloween 🎃❤️
We had a creepy place like this right next to the block i grew up. We were told to never play there because there were always weirdos hanging around, and some of the more disobedient kids found used condoms and hypodermic needles. The place was gentrified some 20 years ago and has now become another block of overpriced, uninhabited houses because nobody can afford them.
I use to experience paranormal activity at a childhood home, mainly door knocking and physical touching. But, volunteering at a radio station on the grounds of an old mental asylum was something else. I would see shadows passing through out the station building and then one night, I witnessed an apparition appear across a road. I assume that this spirit was of a woman, she walked around the corner of a building and then vanished right in front of my eyes. I was lucky enough one night to capture figures in a foggy photo, right near where my previous sighting had taken place. Looking back at the photo, I could see these figures off in the distance and I decided to crop the image to get a better look. What I saw genuinely creeped me out, amongst the zoomed in fog; were cloaked figures with well formed faces. If you’d like to see the photograph, I’d be happy to send it your way. The zoomed in portion of course doesn’t make for the highest quality of faces, but I could feel a presence that night and the photo backed up the uneasy feeling.
I've been there before! Awesome and unique place. The pond was once used for swimming back in the late 1800s and the cemetery was also a park for the family's that settled there. Where Jessica was standing by the dried up river bed was a bridge at one point. My brother inlaw took photos of me standing in the cemetery at dark and he captured orbs all over the darn place in the photo. Also, there is a clearing in the wooded area where in the 70s satanic rituals took place. Thats where also alot of the homes once stood. God bless you guys! Stay safe out there.
I'm a big fan of this cemetery... this is one of the spots on my bucket list. I hope I get to see it myself sometime but if I don't you do a great job of bringing it alive. I'm especially interested in the white house that appears and disappears. And I'm so happy you're not ghost hunters. History is more interesting.
I've always thought of this channel as history and pop culture. While I do enjoy a good ghost story, I really enjoy the historical content you share. And I appreciate how respectful you are with your presentations.
I’ve been there a few times. You definitely feel like someone’s following you when you take that walk to the cemetery. Once I was in it, I felt so much sadness. I will never forget that feeling. We took pics. There were many faces in the head stones.
I love this! You do such amazing research and add the pieces of footage in between. It sure does add to the whole experience and makes the story easier to understand and follow. Thanks for all you do from the bottom of my "haunted" heart.
This is my home haunted cemetery. I grew up all over cook county and made my first trip to bachelors grove at 16, circa 97-ish. I frequented this place obsessively until late 99. Another tale is the phantom horses and carriages that travel down the road you’re walking on.
4:46 and 5:41 The 'cross-hatching' on that tombstone looks like a photo match-up to the blurry-yet-distinct texture of the stone the 'madonna' is seated on. 🤔 6:13 Yes, exactly--you called it! 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🥳🥳🥳👻👻👻 6:51 VERY COOL lined-up shot--you can even see the marker with the rounded edges in the background of the ghost video, clearly seen in your match-up. Love this, Michael and Jessica!
Spent a lot of time there in my youth. There was a story of an old farm house back there but we never found it or it's foundation. My friends claim to have seen a sheep with red eyes crossing that road you came in off of the turnpike! I did not see it and I blame beer!
i LOVE your explorations!!! i've had plenty of my own experiences in kansas ( haunted places, ufos, cemeteries and homes ) the energies are what you connect with. outside of mcpherson, kansas, we have hookman's road and coronado heights with lingering entities
That old blacktop road that goes past the cemetery is the old midlothian turnpike Rd.. As you follow that road towards Ridgeland Avenue, there's trees that are growing through the blacktop. There was remnants of a house on the northside of the blacktop road towards the Ridgeland Avenue side of the cemetery .
I grew up out that way. I remember hearing stories about that bridge that leads to the cemetery, kids constantly being chased out by the police and a 3 legged dog apparition being seen near the bridge and only in that bridge area. Halloween night the cops patrol that area but sometimes they still find kids partying back there.
I live in the suburbs of Chicago and read about Bachelor’s Grove in the book Haunted Chicago. I got all of my coworkers as fascinated with it as I was. We were too scared to go there around Halloween so we all blew off our family’s and went ghost hunting at Bachelor’s Grove on Thanksgiving. That was probably my most favorite Thanksgiving of my life :) One of my coworkers had a Polaroid camera and all of the pictures taken while we were there look hazy but the ones taken after we left were crystal clear. I have one picture taken at the cemetery that absolutely has a ghost in it. You can clearly see it. I think the scariest part is how far away it is from the main road and how secluded it is in the woods.
I grew up in a very old village. As teenagers, we would meet up in the cemetery. Some stones dated back to the late 1700s. Not once did it crossed our minds to vandalize any stone. You wouldn’t even lean on one. It was just bad karma. It was understood that you respected them, and they’ll do the same.
Same here. Lots of little family plots around my town that were in perfect shape. Little wrought iron fences around them.
Me and my friends back in my teenage years we would always walk in this same cemetery and we would not even litter we were very careful because ...well we were afraid of the dead! and we were also good teenagers! lol! but yeah who would vandalize a stone.
I think that’s the mindset of anyone who goes into cemeteries for fun and to see the oldest things in your local area. And I don’t care what decade it is 1950s to 2020s there will always be a minority of assholes who vandalize graves. Thankfully there are groups out there who go out and fix and preserve the vandalized graves
i wouldn't disrespect them not even as an satanist
You're definitely traveling historians, not ghost hunters. And I love the fascinating places you visit whether they're historical or not. That's why I like your channel so much! 😃
100% agree!!!
I was walking past a cemetery at around 3am the other night. There were a few girls walking too, and when they saw me they ran over and said, "this area is so creepy, so, can we walk with you? We're scared". I replied, "I know exactly what you mean - when I would walk past here when I was alive I was scared too".
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I went to Bachelor's Grove quite a bit from the early 1970's on up to my last visit around 2000. I met a young man around 1998 or 99 named Pete Capria. He was maybe 18-20. He was saddened that the cemetery had been vandalized and left untouched. It was in very bad shape back then. He started to clean up the cemetery. He would mow the lawn and get rid of the yard waste. He kick started the campaign to revitalize the cemetery which is why it looks so good today. Thanks Pete! You did an amazing job. Back in the 1970's it had a lot more headstones
Unfortunately many were knocked over and vandalized. There were close to a dozen graves that had been dug up. Some partially. One thing I can say is it was always a great place as spooky as it was, but I was never disreputable to the cemetery, not my friends. But you would often find idiots who were there to party and toss their garbage everywhere. I have a few scary tales about Bachelor's Grove. There was something going on there that I can't explain. Maybe it's because the dead were upset over the neglect and vandalism that occurred through the decades. As I understand, these days there isn't the same paranormal experience as when I was younger. I think it's because Pete Capria cared and started the renovation and restoration. The souls now rest in a much better place.
Foot note: when my mother was very young. 1920's and early 1930's, on occasion her family would picnic there. Back in it's glory day's.
Not every teenager that partied there back in the day, I was one of them, vandalized or trashed the place with garbage. Those kind of people would get chased off by us, if they tried to pull that shit when we were there.
@@tonycowser1843 Wonderful to find another respectable friend of Bachelor's Grove.
Pete has a site on TH-cam all about everything he has researched over the years.
I was at Bachelor's Grove about 20 years ago. It looks totally different now. There used to be be alot more tombstones. I can't believe how bare it is now.
Yes it is very sad!
Same, something followed all of us back
Another excellent watch. You guys are telling stories better than anyone else out there, Jessica’s smile is infectious too. Also the music adds a lot to the story. Keep safe from the rash of kangaroos!
This may sound dumb or weird, but I think it’s very cool that you guys have visited two haunted locations in my old stomping ground in Illinois. Resurrection and Bachelors Grove are spooky, and both are great places for obtaining EVPs and creepy pics etc. THANK YOU for posting these videos. Exciting to know you were within an hour of where I live! :)
That wheelchair in the middle of the wood is just so creepy!
It is too bad how people, have destroyed history. I too am a big believer on ghost.
I went at night with a group of friends several years back, just as we hit the woods we seen this very old lady walking a dog walking out of the woods. We thought it was weird, as we passed and looked back, her and the dog were completely gone.
Someone else in a different bachelors grove YT video said they saw the same thing! If I stand corrected, it was a black dog and a man
We experienced this as well twice. The dog was a warning, something followed all of us back
I remember Unsolved Mysteries doing this, Robert Stack sure knew how to deliver a ghost segment.
Stack is the man
I don’t remember it being on Unsolved. Saw it on Travel Ch. Most Terrifying Places. That was only in 2011. So you’re right I feel like I heard about it way before. 👻
I just think of Unsolved Mysteries in some of these locations have been featured🖤🖤
You'd never know that Robert Stack hated doing them.
I think Scott On Tape was there recently!
So glad you didn't let Jessica go down there alone, Michael. I'll never forget the time I almost crapped myself watching a Dan Bell video where he was exploring the Baltimore catacombs at night & when he got waaayyy into them - at the end, even - his crew ran into someone. There was a guy hanging out all alone, in the dark, in that dirty, disgusting place. Mind bottling!
Not to worry, Baby Ghoul is always in good hands ❤️👻
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Mind Boggling
Yep, she’s completely helpless as a woman, and needs his protection. GTFO!
@@danielscott1040 You do know that a woman’s number one threat of death is a man! Number two is heart disease. So yeah I’d say better safe then sorry.
I member years back a lot of anchor people will go out there to that cemetery and do stories, and it was quite fascinating. So many things were said about the cemetery, but no one can come up with the real conclusive story of what is going on there but it’s definitely something going on there. Thank you so much for bringing this back to my attention. I have totally forgot about the cemetery. Thanks M&J….
Nice. I live about 5 mins from there.
Haven't been back there in a LONG time, but man it looks like they cleared everything all up. The fallen trees are gone, the fence gate is gone, everything against the gate is cleaned up. It was a mess of a jungle last time I was in there. The road by the pond was used by Capone's guys to drop bodies over the edge into the water. As far as I've known, there haven't been any mausoleums back there.
Here we are!!! This is so exciting! We used to sneak in there in the middle of the night when I was a teenager! There are pathways thru the woods to get there! (Which you explore) Thank you for doing a video and exploring Chicago's Haunted Places! Did you both enjoy the cemetery? I'm like screaming at the television right now about the street and the bridge that used to be there!!! I love you guys!!! Amazing!!
We had a blast and can’t wait to come back
What years were you going in there? Heard the cops made it off limits for a long time.
@Samantha B I was in Highschool in 1998 til 2002. There wasn't as much cop activity when we would go. Alot of teens drank in there.. we just went to get scared to death. We got told once to leave before we got close cause a car was parked back in the woods..never went back at night again.. lmao! It's just a shame cause alot of us respected the property and the graves.
@@mykekagan5289 , we use to party there in the late 70's/early 80's, when I was in High School. On any given Friday/Saturday night,except winter, there'd be 40 to 50 teenagers back there partying.
I'm sure the ghosts are happy with the visit of respectful friends who remind us of the Great Past. Brazilian greetings to everyone!
All the videos from Chicago and around that area brings back such great childhood memories. I grew up about 45 minutes across state line in Indiana and spent a lot of time around Chicago
So cool that you went back there. I used to hang out there when I was a teen, at night with a group of friends lol. The creepiest thing we saw was flashing lights (they were bright and they were not pointer lasers, or flash lights for sure) off the trees and creepy weirds sounds in the distance. It is DEFINITELY creepy there at night. I was just back there last month during the day giving my kids a tour and it brought back so many memories. Awesome video, You both are a great team and the best videos/historian story tellers on the net no doubt!!
I remember seeing other tours of the place & it was completely overgrown. All the tombstones were toppled. Is that how it was when you frequented it?
@@samanthab1923 It was always like that. There was also a gate, usually locked, at the entrance but they removed it because people still broke in. I remember going back there one time with my friends as a teen and there was a group of people walking around a camp fire that was lit at the grave stone where the ghost picture grimm life posted. The stone is located close to the entrance. We saw this and turned around and walked out. Who knows what they were doing but some interesting things definitely happen back there. There is also a nutty grounds guy who hangs out there all the time. He steals the money that people leave off the graves. There is a video if you search. You have the be aware of your surroundings for sure.
@@gobears04 Years ago I watched this show Real Scary Stories. Fox Family. Had local kids investigate. 2000. It was a mess. Trees down all over, head stones toppled & I remember a hole in the fence leading to that lagoon. Really creepy. Looked nothing like this.
@@samanthab1923 I went back there in 2012 (with my wife, her first time back there) and last month with my sons. Prior, I was back there in 1993 when I was a teen and used to hang out there from time to time. Based on the comments, it was pretty bad like you stated but it wasn't like that when I went back there.
@@gobears04 From what I can gather in 91 when that photo was taken it was bad, I watched a show in 2000 & it was a mess. Somewhere along the line it was off limits. The cops patrolled & it never popped up on any ghost shows until Ghost Adventures 2012.
Haha your found us 👻 👻
You guys should do a paranormal video about what you experienced. I would love to hear those stories.
My brother lived just east of Bachelors grove and from his livingroom window we would watch lights bouncing around everywhere. The lights were different colors and sizes. It is super creepy at night.
Oh wow! I remember commenting that you should visit here on your last video!! This is awesome. Great job guys! As a Chicago native, I've been here quite a few times. Both at night and day. It's a creepy place, but I never saw anything crazy. It's definitely changed over the past couple decades.
I met a archeologist who was paid to do a survey of the cemetery and area around it , she said that place where the road meets the creek that originally it had a white marble bridge going over the creek.
I myself have experienced many weird things happen there.
Some of my friends several years ago went on in depth hike / investigation of the cemetery and area including the woods we found 2 wells that even the archeologist didn't know about that had artifacts in them including prices of old animal riding reins animal bones, prices of pottery, a old dart board dart made from wood and other stuff.
I have had many experiences over there including seeing skulls in the water , a branch cracking sound at start of path almost ever time I went there . There is also a path that goes along side of pond to the main road, Played catch with the ghost child ( I couldn't see the child but I could feel her presence) the was a toy ball that someone had left along with other things the ball wasn't next to that grave and I felt it should be so I put it by the grave made sure it couldn't roll down and then the ball starts to bounce and roll down next to me I repeated the process like 20 times it kept starting to bounce would roll down next to me so I guess I was playing catch with the child.
Filmed weird things there had other weird things happen there also.
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Glad you're referrencing the apparition sitting on the tomb. A lot of investigators don't even mention this ghost anymore.
That has been debunked and is a fake.
Michael, Jessica, you are so blessed to be able to visit these places and not just explore but, give us the history behind the adventures. Very awe inspiring and sometimes tragic history, that does justice for who lived then, and may be there still. Like "Ressurection Mary", your detail to detail makes these Adventures more special each time. Can't even say thank you enough, but very proud and blessed to be a part of a great Grimm Life Family. Until next time, now and forever, Happy Halloween to you🎃💀👻
I’m so glad Jessica didn’t go down there by herself. I was getting Dean Koontz Hideaway creepy feelings from that place. Thank you guys for another awesome video. You two are the best!!
Usually I get to see my great grandmother’s second husbands headstone in Bachelors Grove videos. His name is Alva O Foskett. My grandparents used to visit his grave regularly until they were no longer able to get back in there. I plan to visit next time I’m in the area.
Alot of headstones were thrown into the pond. I found a couple and we layed them back up in the cemetery. Obviously didn't know there exact spots but atleast there back in the cemetery.
I like how you line up the old photos with the present,takes you back.Like your style.
The woods they are in used to have a small town in it. The town moved a few miles down to the south west and established itself there. There's still foundations and cisterns in those woods. It's definitely an odd stretch of woods that grows pretty dense in the summer.
Town still marked on maps as Goesselville(sp?) Also a nearby subdivision by the same name.
Very cool video. Been to Bachelors Grove a few times but Star Grove Cemetery is by far the creepiest Cemetery I have been in. I am not sure of any ghosts or anything at this Cemetery but it is not visited very often and not many stories out there about it but it is very neglected and has a very creepy vibe. The Cemetery does have a pretty cool history, which is why I went out to it to film there.
That was a really fun video. I never heard of the story about this old cemetery. Jessica is a brave lady going down that first entrance sighting. Love the things y'all do to keep us on the edge of our seats. Hugs🥰🎃
This was a awesome view! Much appreciated Mike & Jessica Luv&Peace!🙂✌🏼
THANKS for the brief history very much appreciated ... and your a true Gentleman , Michael not letting Jessica go in that place all on her own
Just not long ago you hit 100k. One year from now you should be at 1/2 million. Great bloggers like you two and your devotion to your fans makes many of your fans have a smile 😃 😊 😀 😄 to start our day.
Thank you from Gwynn and James Spokane Washington
Thank you so much for your kind words
Love your videos. I 💯 agree once you have been seen ghosts your whole life or have had spooky encounters. Pictures of orbs are nothing. You and Jessica are so cute together. Always entertaining and informing.
It’s interesting when you continue back into the woods! The person that upkept the property gave us a tour, he said they were foundations from little round houses of farmers that used to live back there a long time ago, there’s also remnants of an old road back there.
When my Dad took a picture of his Uncle's tomb stone at his funeral there was a big golden orb by his tomb stone. That was in 1998 so he didn't know until he got the film developed. It would have been something to witness in real time.
I went there today. I was by myself and it was very eerie.
It is so much different with all the greenery. It seems alive. No Pun intended
The road - path that goes to and past the cemetery at one time did go to Ridgeland Avenue.
That road was closed and bypassed many years ago.
Another Awesome Cemetery Video of your Travels 👏🏻 you and Jessica are Awesome 👍🏻 Grimm-Life Collective will Always be my Favorite Channel! 👏🏻👍🏻
michael- you have the best voice to be a yt host!!! love your cemetery tours! it is so sad when people desecrate the graves!!! did you take the wheelchair?? i think i may have! 🖤🖤🖤
If I was still in the area I would’ve brought my ghost box with me. Every time I visited this place I got a feeling of being watched while being alone.
Exactly!!
I’ve been here with the woman that actually took that photo from 91 such a cool place to visit
In the mid-1970's I went there, and wandered off from everyone else. A few times I nearly fell into open graves (the grass was tall, and you couldn't see the hole), a few of which had exposed caskets in them. I saw a tree stump in the middle of a clearing, and sat down to take a rest there. I looked at the trees that surrounded the clearing to see upside-down crosses burned n them, and then noticed I was in the center of a pentagram, also burned into the ground and partially covered by fallen leaves. Anyway, I started to walk back to find the group when in another part of the woods I saw an old white farmhouse that appeared to be abandoned... When I met up with my friends again I brought them over to where I had seen the farmhouse, but it wasn't there. Anyway, around 10 years ago a friend of mine went to BG and captured some 'interesting' pictures from there that clearly captured full-bodied apparitions - one was a male, and the other was a female, very similar to that 'famous' pic of the woman sitting...
Thanks guys. That was excellent. Never heard of it an grew up 20 minutes away.
I was born in raised on the south side of Chicago in the 70s my friends and I use to go and party there and some people were so disrespectful to the cemetery and people buried there but the city put cement barriers up in the 80s so cars can't get back no more, the cemetery looks nice and clean now, thank you for filming there, R.I.P. to the people who is bury there.
Wheel chair in the woods was creepy
Wonder if that bunker was part of the Nike-Zeus defence system. They were built around major urban areas back in the 50s. Each city has a number of them. All abandoned now. Found one near Pittsburgh a few years ago. Love your work. Thanks!
I can feel the spirits through the screen! Ancient spirits✨
I have family in Mount Dora...I often wondered if any of it was haunted because it gave off a certain vibe.
I wish I could just hang out with you both and stay up late sharing stories and listening to Bauhaus and Cramps music. If you ever tour sites in Colorado...
There is at least one headstone there from 1989. Did a Christmas day pilgrimage there in 2019. That road you two walked in on closed in 1969, I think. Next time you're out this way, might want to try Raceway Woods on Rt 31.
You two are so fortunate to be able to do what you do for a living. I know you love it and you both deserve it. I have so much fun watching you.
Oh dang! That’s where we parked to go to the cemetery! I wish I’d known about the bunker!
I truly enjoyed this video alot! Very strange place but ultra cool! Thanks Michael and Jess!!
1:36 The scariest part of this video? 1980s fashion (shudders)...😮😮😲😲😣😣
Ive heard a ghost moaning before and that was years ago. Thats a sound that Ill never forget and till this day it gives me chills thinking about it.
I went there at Bachelors Grove with my cousins years ago. I was very skeptical to say the least. It was the craziest night I have ever felt. For one I had all energy taken from me right as I was walking up. I froze completely and couldn't move until one of my cousins pushed me out what ever that was. Then I seen the white house with lights on right in the woods next to the cemetery. I ended up sneaking through a hole and walking to the beginning of and boy was there some creepy vibes. When it finally came time to leave I left a believer in ghost for sure.
Same, we went in decent sized groups... twice, and everyone brought something back with them
A friend of mine found an old well in the vicinity. Lends credibility to tales of an old house at least.
I had absolutely NO IDEA about the bunker! You have just given us something to do when the weather breaks around here!!
Thank you!
Grew up just a mile or two from there. Been may times. It’s creepy out there. I remember a friend of mine when we were kids was out in that foresrt preserve with a Boy Scout troop and they said they saw the house. A ghost house and it was upside down.
When I was there a few years ago, it was all grown up. Looks good now. We didn’t see anything or feel weird at all
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I went there several times but that was 40 years ago and things have changed.
The last time I was there is was eerily quiet.
Hello Michael and Jessica hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving !! You guys are awesome and love how you document all the places you guys visit but you don't go overboard, you truly make every document much more interesting than most people and then the music in the background is the icing on the cake which is epic . You and Jessica are truly the officiatos of documentaries!👍👍😎😎 So with that being said be safe don't forget to check for ticks and as always Happy Halloween 🎃❤️
We had a creepy place like this right next to the block i grew up.
We were told to never play there because there were always weirdos hanging around, and some of the more disobedient kids found used condoms and hypodermic needles.
The place was gentrified some 20 years ago and has now become another block of overpriced, uninhabited houses because nobody can afford them.
Absolutely love that you guys are in my neck of the woods no matter how cold it gets!
The “Madonna” ghost photo is amazing, one of my favorite ghost photos, I’m friends w the lady who took the picture
Yay!!! You've gone there. Kinda crazy isn't it?? Thank you for doing coverage of it. 😁🙏🏻
I use to experience paranormal activity at a childhood home, mainly door knocking and physical touching. But, volunteering at a radio station on the grounds of an old mental asylum was something else.
I would see shadows passing through out the station building and then one night, I witnessed an apparition appear across a road. I assume that this spirit was of a woman, she walked around the corner of a building and then vanished right in front of my eyes.
I was lucky enough one night to capture figures in a foggy photo, right near where my previous sighting had taken place. Looking back at the photo, I could see these figures off in the distance and I decided to crop the image to get a better look. What I saw genuinely creeped me out, amongst the zoomed in fog; were cloaked figures with well formed faces.
If you’d like to see the photograph, I’d be happy to send it your way. The zoomed in portion of course doesn’t make for the highest quality of faces, but I could feel a presence that night and the photo backed up the uneasy feeling.
I've been there before! Awesome and unique place. The pond was once used for swimming back in the late 1800s and the cemetery was also a park for the family's that settled there. Where Jessica was standing by the dried up river bed was a bridge at one point.
My brother inlaw took photos of me standing in the cemetery at dark and he captured orbs all over the darn place in the photo. Also, there is a clearing in the wooded area where in the 70s satanic rituals took place. Thats where also alot of the homes once stood. God bless you guys! Stay safe out there.
A beautifully shot grimm Sunday episode from my fav hollywood cpl.. watching it now.. thanks guys and happy Halloween🎃
I'm a big fan of this cemetery... this is one of the spots on my bucket list. I hope I get to see it myself sometime but if I don't you do a great job of bringing it alive. I'm especially interested in the white house that appears and disappears. And I'm so happy you're not ghost hunters. History is more interesting.
I love it when you guys do videos like this! Keep it up!
Glad you guys made it there! I work for the cook county forest preserves in the area and go there regularly. Very cool place
I've always thought of this channel as history and pop culture. While I do enjoy a good ghost story, I really enjoy the historical content you share. And I appreciate how respectful you are with your presentations.
Thank you so much Carol
I’ve been there a few times. You definitely feel like someone’s following you when you take that walk to the cemetery. Once I was in it, I felt so much sadness. I will never forget that feeling. We took pics. There were many faces in the head stones.
I love this! You do such amazing research and add the pieces of footage in between. It sure does add to the whole experience and makes the story easier to understand and follow. Thanks for all you do from the bottom of my "haunted" heart.
Local legends, ghost stories and lore are such a blast 😆
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This is my home haunted cemetery. I grew up all over cook county and made my first trip to bachelors grove at 16, circa 97-ish. I frequented this place obsessively until late 99.
Another tale is the phantom horses and carriages that travel down the road you’re walking on.
In my day we had to park across at the forest preserve. One time I parked on the closest side street and got ticketed lol
There's a voice at 20:55, that says Let It go.. Very clear
This has to be one of the spookiest videos I've seen of yours yet. The atmosphere you captured is perfect. Now one of my favourites 🤘
4:46 and 5:41 The 'cross-hatching' on that tombstone looks like a photo match-up to the blurry-yet-distinct texture of the stone the 'madonna' is seated on. 🤔 6:13 Yes, exactly--you called it! 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🥳🥳🥳👻👻👻 6:51 VERY COOL lined-up shot--you can even see the marker with the rounded edges in the background of the ghost video, clearly seen in your match-up. Love this, Michael and Jessica!
I love that I found a new TH-cam channel that I thoroughly enjoy!
RIP all victims of Bachelors Grove Cementery and it needs tender loving care.
I've been there. I grew up near there.
It's an interesting place.
Michael can you tell us the disturbing story about ghost in counter. Can you make a full video dedicated to your experience?
Found the Bunker too, a year or so ago. It's easy to find...
Spent a lot of time there in my youth. There was a story of an old farm house back there but we never found it or it's foundation. My friends claim to have seen a sheep with red eyes crossing that road you came in off of the turnpike! I did not see it and I blame beer!
You guys need to visit historic Virginia City Nevada.. believe me you won’t regret it.. that’s a promise.. please 🙏 come and visit soon 😊
Sadly the bunker in Mt Dora is no longer there. Now it’s condos 😢
i LOVE your explorations!!! i've had plenty of my own experiences in kansas ( haunted places, ufos, cemeteries and homes ) the energies are what you connect with. outside of mcpherson, kansas, we have hookman's road and coronado heights with lingering entities
That old blacktop road that goes past the cemetery is the old midlothian turnpike Rd.. As you follow that road towards Ridgeland Avenue, there's trees that are growing through the blacktop. There was remnants of a house on the northside of the blacktop road towards the Ridgeland Avenue side of the cemetery .
Really cool places.
Just sad people destroy so much.
Man is that footage ancient.
I grew up out that way. I remember hearing stories about that bridge that leads to the cemetery, kids constantly being chased out by the police and a 3 legged dog apparition being seen near the bridge and only in that bridge area. Halloween night the cops patrol that area but sometimes they still find kids partying back there.
I live in the suburbs of Chicago and read about Bachelor’s Grove in the book Haunted Chicago. I got all of my coworkers as fascinated with it as I was. We were too scared to go there around Halloween so we all blew off our family’s and went ghost hunting at Bachelor’s Grove on Thanksgiving. That was probably my most favorite Thanksgiving of my life :) One of my coworkers had a Polaroid camera and all of the pictures taken while we were there look hazy but the ones taken after we left were crystal clear. I have one picture taken at the cemetery that absolutely has a ghost in it. You can clearly see it. I think the scariest part is how far away it is from the main road and how secluded it is in the woods.