If your name is Michael Myers, Fred Krueger or even Lizzie Borden, this time of year may mean you become the subject of a few Halloween jokes. However, if you do bear the name of these two legendary masked slashers and an American legend, you might want to check Illinois’ ICash website. Chances are you may have some unclaimed money waiting for you.
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs released a video and press release Monday morning explaining that he has returned more than $2 billion in unclaimed money to people. In addition to the previously named murderous icons (well, at least two of them, Borden was acquitted in 1893), Frerichs said the list of people owed money also includes multiple people named “Jason” and “Kathy Bates.” Frerichs is quick to note that there are no individuals with the name Annie Wilkes, the psychopathic villain in Stephen King’s “Misery,” which won the real Kathy Bates an Oscar.
“You might find enough money for a bag of candy, a really good Halloween costume or tickets to a haunted house. Maybe even enough to take your friends out to see a scary movie,” Frerichs said in the video…