Another Asylum, Another Cemetery

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Hail, hail, the gang’s all here! Chuck and Malcom join us for this episode! Tori starts with you guessed it, another cemetery. Bachelors Grove Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cook County Illinois. 18 miles outside of Chicago and off of a closed turnpike, this is one of the most haunted spots in Cook County. This cemetery is home to many paranormal phenomena running the gamut from basketball size blue lights to the classic Hookman trope. Krysti covers the Ridges in Athens Ohio. On the current grounds of Ohio University, the Ridges was known as the Athens Lunatic Asylum and was built in the Kirkbride plan. This asylum opened in 1874 and operated until 1993. In it’s heyday it was on 1000 acres and had 78 buildings. This was a huge employer of the city when it was open. The Ridges, the main building, is now owned by OU and is home to many things including the Kennedy Museum of Art. There are three cemeteries on the property with 1930 people in them. The state no longer takes care of the cemeteries but NAMI has stepped up to the plate to give these folks their names back. From shadow people, disembodied voices, strange lights, and other assorted paranormal happenings abound here. Btw, you can totally go putt putting on the grounds of the Ridges, be wary of the vultures though.

Our Sources: patch.com, bachelorsgrove.com, many a podcast, Weird Ohio, neh.gov, atlasobscura.com, legendsofamerica.com, ohioexploration.com, collegeboundadvantage.com, woub.org, hauntedjourneys.com, Wikipedia.com, Spooky Spouses Podcast

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