That weight you feel before you even step out of the car. This nearly two hundred year old Catholic church and its surrounding graveyard in Illinois have drawn visitors, historians, and ghost hunters for decades. The legends here are not vague rumors whispered in the dark.
A sheriff deputy once chased what he believed were robed figures through this very cemetery late at night, only to find himself completely alone when the gate swung shut behind him. You might come for the history, the mystery, or simply the stunning beauty of the grounds. Either way, this place has a way of staying with you long after you leave.
The Night Deputy Herb Roberts Chased the Robed Figures
November 1977, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and Cook County Sheriff Deputy Herb Roberts was doing a routine patrol along Archer Avenue when something stopped him cold. Near the cemetery gate of St. James at Sag Bridge, he spotted nine robed figures moving through the grounds in the early hours of the morning, around 2:30 AM.
He ordered them to stop. They did not…