Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Chicago is one of the most populous and history rich cities in America. As with any heavily populated area with a long history, a number of myths and urban legends have sprouted in the Windy City. Tales of strange beasts, vampires hunting drunkards, piles of human skeletons underneath public parks, and countless ghosts of hapless victims. This program will cover a handful of the most incredible and outright bizarre legends of Chicago!
Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/mythologyunleashed
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
The Dark Knight Meditation Ambience
CLIPS:
"Lincoln Park Zoo" by Hawkwind Droneworks
"Chicago, Illinois, USA" by Dronography
"Chicago Aerial Footage" Chris Fetta Photography
OPENING:
fiverr.com/saif_edits
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Robert Finale
Fernando Antiqueira
Christian Tammekand
Run A Willow art
Jason Scheier
Jeff Drew
Obsidian Planet art
Olha Pankiv
Paul Velgos
Renato Siragusa
Amber Griselment
Selkkie art
Nahla Elkbary
Ninerio
Antonio J Manzanedo
Edvard Munch
Chris Scalf
REFERENCES:
chicagohistory.org/resurrection-mary
windycityghosts.com/the-legend-of-resurrection-mary
americanghostwalks.com/articles/1-resurrection-mary-the-queen-of-chicago-s-haunted
americanhauntingsink.com/bride
orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-italian-bride-of-chicago
atlasobscura.com/places/the-italian-bride-hillside-illinois
americanghostwalks.com/articles/the-bridge-of-sighs-chicago-s-lost-suicide-bridge
chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/bridgeofsighs
news.wttw.com/2013/01/21/ask-geoffrey-sad-story-lincoln-parks-suicide-bridge
cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-suicide-bridge-lincoln-park
cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-ghosts-eastland-disaster
imaginespirit.com/eastland-disaster-ghosts
americashauntedroadtrip.com/eastland
locationsoflore.com/2019/07/29/chicagos-lost-cemetery-and-the-vampire-hunt
mysteriouschicago.com/the-vampire-hunt-in-lincoln-park-1888
chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-conservatory-a-zoo-and-12000-corpses
abc7chicago.com/lincoln-park-burials-mass-grave-ira-couch/1999725/#:~:text=of%20Lincoln%20Park.-,More%20than%2020%2C000%20burials%20took%20place%20in%20the%20southern%20end,bodies%20are%20still%20buried%20underground.
literateape.com/blog/2018/9/8/real-life-ghost-stories-the-bodies-beneath-lincoln-park
dnainfo.com/chicago/20131010/gold-coast/human-bones-uncovered-during-construction-reveal-gold-coasts-haunting-past
https://hiddentruths.northwestern.edu/confusion/hidden/cem_in_park.html
singularfortean.com/news/2017/6/10/a-timeline-of-the-chicago-flying-humanoid-sightings-so-far
chicagotribune.com/2017/07/29/column-chicagos-mothman-stories-are-good-paranormal-entertainment
If we used your artwork please let us know so we can give proper credit!
Chicago is one of the most populous and history rich cities in America. As with any heavily populated area with a long history, a number of myths and urban legends have sprouted in the Windy City. Tales of strange beasts, vampires hunting drunkards, piles of human skeletons underneath public parks, and countless ghosts of hapless victims. This program will cover a handful of the most incredible and outright bizarre legends of Chicago!
Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/mythologyunleashed
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
The Dark Knight Meditation Ambience
CLIPS:
"Lincoln Park Zoo" by Hawkwind Droneworks
"Chicago, Illinois, USA" by Dronography
"Chicago Aerial Footage" Chris Fetta Photography
OPENING:
fiverr.com/saif_edits
ARTISTS FEATURED:
Robert Finale
Fernando Antiqueira
Christian Tammekand
Run A Willow art
Jason Scheier
Jeff Drew
Obsidian Planet art
Olha Pankiv
Paul Velgos
Renato Siragusa
Amber Griselment
Selkkie art
Nahla Elkbary
Ninerio
Antonio J Manzanedo
Edvard Munch
Chris Scalf
REFERENCES:
chicagohistory.org/resurrection-mary
windycityghosts.com/the-legend-of-resurrection-mary
americanghostwalks.com/articles/1-resurrection-mary-the-queen-of-chicago-s-haunted
americanhauntingsink.com/bride
orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-italian-bride-of-chicago
atlasobscura.com/places/the-italian-bride-hillside-illinois
americanghostwalks.com/articles/the-bridge-of-sighs-chicago-s-lost-suicide-bridge
chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/bridgeofsighs
news.wttw.com/2013/01/21/ask-geoffrey-sad-story-lincoln-parks-suicide-bridge
cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-suicide-bridge-lincoln-park
cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-ghosts-eastland-disaster
imaginespirit.com/eastland-disaster-ghosts
americashauntedroadtrip.com/eastland
locationsoflore.com/2019/07/29/chicagos-lost-cemetery-and-the-vampire-hunt
mysteriouschicago.com/the-vampire-hunt-in-lincoln-park-1888
chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-conservatory-a-zoo-and-12000-corpses
abc7chicago.com/lincoln-park-burials-mass-grave-ira-couch/1999725/#:~:text=of%20Lincoln%20Park.-,More%20than%2020%2C000%20burials%20took%20place%20in%20the%20southern%20end,bodies%20are%20still%20buried%20underground.
literateape.com/blog/2018/9/8/real-life-ghost-stories-the-bodies-beneath-lincoln-park
dnainfo.com/chicago/20131010/gold-coast/human-bones-uncovered-during-construction-reveal-gold-coasts-haunting-past
https://hiddentruths.northwestern.edu/confusion/hidden/cem_in_park.html
singularfortean.com/news/2017/6/10/a-timeline-of-the-chicago-flying-humanoid-sightings-so-far
chicagotribune.com/2017/07/29/column-chicagos-mothman-stories-are-good-paranormal-entertainment
If we used your artwork please let us know so we can give proper credit!
