Joker ghost stories from ROTTER tube. Bachelors grove cemetery in Chicago. Narrated by the Joker, Heath Ledger style. Recorded by Steve Rotter for ROTTER tube YouTube and iTunes podcast. Enjoy kids! Voice by Steve Rotter or maybe the Joker, who knows. www.rottertube.comThe land surrounding Bachelors Grove Cemetery was originally settled by English homesteaders who relocated to the area from New England, including Stephen Rexford, arguably the most well known of the first wave of Anglo settlers, around 1833.[3][full citation needed] Ursula Bielski, author of "Chicago Haunts," asserts the actual cemetery was originally named the Everdon Cemetery after the original holder of the property title, Samuel Everdon. The site saw its first official burials around 1840 and contains 82 plots, many of which were never sold or used.[4] Burials, however, possibly go back as far as 1834, when German immigrant workers killed while working on the Illinois and Michigan Canal were reportedly laid to rest at the site.[5] The site is often reported to have been a dumping ground for victims of Chicago's organized crime families of the 1920s and 1930s, but no evidence of this has been proven.[5]Reported phenomena[edit]The most common of the reported phenomena at the site typically involves floating orbs of light over tombstones and near collisions with a phantom vehicle.[5][6]Specific manifestations reported[edit]Bachelors Grove (photo in Infrared (IR))Besides orbs and phantom vehicles, there have been additional reports of supernatural events at the cemetery, including:[5]The white lady (or "white madonna")– she walks the grounds carrying an infant during the full moon.[5]
Phantom farmhouse– a ghostly farmhouse which is purported to shimmer, float, and then vanish;[5][7] this was most often reported during the 1950s. There are also reports by witnesses of the house shrinking as they approach it, then disappearing altogether.[6]
A farmer and his plow-horse– both victims of a plowing accident, dragged to their deaths into the nearby slough.
A two-headed ghost– near the same slough.
Religious monks– as late as 1984, witnesses reported seeing numerous figures dressed in monk's robes throughout the cemetery.[5][6]
A black dog– witnesses in the 1990s reported seeing this manifestation at the cemetery's entrance; it would disappear when they approached it.[6]
The "woman sitting on the grave"– a notable photograph which ran in the Chicago Sun-Times, purportedly showing a transparent woman sitting on a tombstone; the apparition was not visible when the photograph was taken.