The Legends and Graves of Graceland Cemetery in Chicago

[@StrangeandSinister1]

📽Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to Graceland Cemetery in Chicago 1:07 Eternal Silence Legends 3:43 Inez Clarke Ghost Legends 6:02 The Massive Palmer Monument 7:18 The Stunning Kimball Monument 8:02 Ludwig Wolff's Tomb and Legends 10:24 Outro

[@courtneypanzer3655]

I had a friend I attended the American Academy of Art with in Chicago, who told me she had been exploring Graceland Cemetery and had stopped in front of a grave, just for a second and was compelled to to move away. A few seconds later a huge branch from a tree crashed exactly where she had just been standing.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Wow, that's crazy.

[@uhlijohn]

I have visited Graceland many times....like I have told friends, Graceland is oozing with art, history, and atmosphere. There is a great small book published by the Chicago chapter of AIA entitled, "A Walk Through Graceland Cemetery". It features about 12 of the most prominent monuments of Graceland.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's a really interesting place for sure.

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

My grandfather is buried here. I grew up 5 blocks from the cemetery. We used to have to pass by the statue of death, every time we had to visit my grandfather's tombstone, it was really creepy. I couldn't even look at it. I had no idea the cemetery was considered haunted until after I moved away 20 years ago.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

The statue is definitely creepy and really stands out among the other graves in that section. I think the green color makes it look more sinister. Apparently the cemetery used to polish it to restore the bronze color.

[@Maryann-ir6gk]

I admire the Headstones. R.I.P to all the those who are buried in Chicago cemetery.

[@skyangelthefan]

The many cemeteries located on the South Side of Chicago has many famous people buried in them. Cemeteries on the North Side of Chicago are known for more hauntings. Great Job!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. I plan to do some videos south of the city.

[@davidrahnis7341]

Chicago has so much interesting history. Just as interesting as old NYC. All those industrial age wealthy families long gone now except for their tombs. Creepy.

[@keithbaker1951]

Long before Chicago existed the natives called it " Chilaga" since at least the 1500s it has been named so. I find that very interesting

[@spak3950]

Wow! This is a short walk from my house! I had no idea!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Nice. You should pay a visit, it's a nice place to go for a walk.

[@ntatenarin]

Me, too! I'm going to visit the cemetery.

[@kimlalajo]

Wow. Goes to show you that the truth and independent media have always been a threat to those in power. God bless Victor Lawson and his family, who lived in obvious fear of the ones who didn't want his news articles to be released. And God bless those in independent media today, who still face the same fate. ❤

[@lissanne9769]

The two cemeteries you have described in Chicago are fascinating, and lovely. The monuments are spectacular, an incredible story could be written for each one, besides the true stories about them. If I ever get to Chicago this is the place to visit. Thank you for this beautiful tour.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I totally agree! They are both fascinating places. Thank you!

[@lissanne9769]

@@StrangeandSinister1 You're very welcome!

[@marymullings3823]

Did you look? The Palmer monument is impressive.What a story on the Wolfe family. Great to see another of your videos. Large cemetary, so many beautiful large statues. Thank you.😊 Wild stories on the little girl Enez. Hope I didn't butcher her name.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

There are some amazing monuments in Graceland. It's a really cool cemetery. You were only off by one letter. Her name is Inez.

[@germanvazquez584]

I used to work for a tree company. Ones a year for two weeks in the winter we would trim the trees. That statue would creep me out. Its such a cool cemetery

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's very unique, that's for sure, and I can see why people are drawn to it. It sticks out like a sore thumb when you drive past it. That green color.

[@rgarlinyc]

I'm back and once again enthralled by your recounting! Those monumental mausoleums are astonishing in size and design - and history. Thank you again,

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@joycemiller-bean1814]

Nice tour: enjoyable and informative. Thanks. I was told that if you stand on the Kimball family tomb, you will feel an angry push urging you to step off of it.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! You are correct.

[@kimglass4851]

I love this place! Spent a whole day there a couple years ago! Got some great pics of some amazing headstones!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Nice. There are some amazing graves in there.

[@m.y.o.b.724]

That's a beautiful statue of Inez. I'm glad they encased it for preservation. Enjoyed the tour of Graceland cemetery.👍

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for watching! The details on the statue are amazing.

[@damarysdingui]

I think cemeteries are peaceful and creepy at the same time.. Thanks for sharing..💖

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I agree. This cemetery is in the middle of the city but very peaceful.

[@damarysdingui]

@@StrangeandSinister1 .. You must be from Chicago area.. I live in Florida but I heard about Resurrection Mary..

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yes, Resurrection Mary is an old Chicago ghost story. I actually plan to do a video on it.

[@damarysdingui]

@@StrangeandSinister1.. Oh, that sounds awesome.. Thank you..😊👍💖

[@nancyoleksy]

My friend and I go all the time and try to find famous people's graves. When we tell people that they think we are nuts but it is something we like to do. We have so many in Chicago and it's suburbs. We recently went to St Adalberts in Niles. That place is HUGE!

[@adnanferdousleo9528]

I am glad that I discovered your channel . Your contents are super creepy and interesting

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Glad you like them! 🙂

[@coffee-co8gk]

Love these videos. I'm from Northern Illinois this takes me back.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Glad you like them! 😊

[@coffee-co8gk]

That does my heart good. First class work sir!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@Red_Spirit11]

This channel is amazing. There's not alot of YT channels out there that keep me entertained for very long. I love all the 1920s 30s and 40s ghost stories. Can you do a video on the haunting of Al Capone please? 🙏😊 since I said please!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Glad you like them! Yes, I plan to do some gangster videos. I love that stuff. Are you referring to Capone being tormented by ghosts of people he killed or a particular place that he haunts?

[@Red_Spirit11]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Yes, the 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre he was haunted by the spectar of James Clark a former rival from another gang. I want to also mention alot of people after the Great Depression turned to the Occult for answers. There's some ideas for future videos if your interested. Let me know what else peaks your interest and I'll see if I can suggest something else for you. Thx man. Liked and Subscribed.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you for the ideas. I'll definitely keep them in mind.

[@sharronb2476]

Your videos are so addicting! So informative and interesting, and fun! You make it feel like we're right there with you! Now I want to go check out Graceland Cemetery, have never been there. The monument of Inez is so beautiful and in really good shape! I've heard of the statue (of death?) Sorry, can't remember, and seen pictures of it, but now I'm wanting to see it in person! Thank you for yet another awesome video! 😊👻👻

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you. It's nicknamed the statue of death but it's the Eternal Silence.

[@veronicacomoe]

I love cemeteries. Always so beautiful & such interesting finds w/dates, headstones, crypts, mausoleums, history, etc. I wouldn't visit alone at night. Just a me thing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Me too. Graceland is worth visiting if you're in the area.

[@joeeckert5128]

Back in the '60s I lived at Broadway & Irving Park Road and went to Lake View HS. I walked past it every day. My girlfriend and I would take walks through it a lot on our way home.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's an awesome place to go for a walk and see coyotes. I saw quite a few.

[@nancyoleksy]

Yes, I went with my friend about a year or so ago and we were looking at all the monuments etc. As we were by some of the tombs that are in a row kind of under the ground we heard some creepy screaming. Then as we were going back to the car this woman popped up, kind of young looking had on some clothes that looked like from the 70's maybe and she just stared at us. We walked quickly to the car and then when we looked for her as we were driving around, she was nowhere to be found. Probably just someone from the area but, it freaked us out because yes you could hide behind a tomb stone, but she came out of nowhere and then disappeared basically. We still talk about it to this day. It is a beautiful cemetery though.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Wow that's really creepy! Great story. There are so many hiding places. Maybe she hid somewhere, but that would freak me out too lol.

[@marymullings3823]

Don't forget the thumbs up, everybody. It will really help this channel. 😊❤

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you Mary!

[@vriana1921]

This was amazing! ❤ Going to go watch the older videos now lol

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! 🙂

[@mrs.katcason-miller442]

Graceland was always a favorite place to walk around in - can't explain it but, since I was a kid, walking around in cemeteries kinda 'grounded' me when I was anxious or upset - Graceland always had a magnetic pull & always gave me a peacefulness, giving respect to those who passed & admiring the architecture within it..... Sadly, I moved from my hometown quite awhile ago but, still have some awesome pix I took there (during 1 of my breaks from Truman College)

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Graceland is a sight to see and very peaceful. Did you see coyotes wandering around? I saw a few while filming this video. They're not afraid of people.

[@mrs.katcason-miller442]

@StrangeandSinister1 no but, I have seen deer wandering around in Graceland - just depends on the time of year

[@MiaAngridere]

Hey - I just discovered you and am now subscribed. I really appreciate how you focus on the history of places and deliver personal anecdotes in a straightforward way. You help give creedence to our experiences.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! 🙂

[@lisanewman6065]

Always enjoy watching. ❤❤❤ Thank you 🙏

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@lynnflynn5591]

I've been to Graceland Cemetery several times without any paranormal activities. That's not to say I'm an unbeliever. It's really more like a lovely Victorian park with beautiful stained glass windows in the mauseleums. I encourage all to visit! 😊

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thanks for sharing. It's like an outdoor museum and probably the most interesting cemetery in Chicago.

[@SuperCoalBlox]

I went to high school at lake view and waited for the bus in front of here. It always scared me.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I was more scared of getting mauled by coyotes than seeing ghosts lol. I was followed by them the whole time I was there, but I think it's because people feed them.

[@MarkGrago]

I really need to get to Chicago and see these places! Here in Pittsburgh, we have the infamous Allegheny&Homewood cemeteries that are truly amazing. 👍

[@StrangeandSinister1]

You should! It's worth the visit.

[@MPSO117]

I just found your channel and have been binging your videos. Keep it up

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Glad you like them! I'm working on a new one now.

[@4sstg]

Lovely place.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It really is!

[@rayjames7702]

Mine is the Marshall Fields family plot in Graceland.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I might go back some time and do another tour with different graves.

[@saramatt7510]

Loving your videos! I hope you keep them coming! ❤

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! More videos are coming. I'm working on a new one now.

[@mikelarsen6457]

Your content is amazing, keep it up!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thanks, will do! 🙂

[@rostallar4243]

I love this channel. Thank you.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

This cemetery is a lot more interesting than Rosehill. Just my opinion. Thanks for the tour.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@JodyBeard-d8p]

Love video

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thank you!

[@randyhebbebusche3644]

Another interesting video. Really enjoy the research you do. Thank you .

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thanks Randy. A lot of research went into that one.

[@smalltowngirl420]

New Here. Love the Video.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Welcome!! Thank you!

[@pam7500]

His face looks alive and real !!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It does. It's creepy! I can see why people are drawn to it.

[@johnw.fordphotography4268]

Great Docu

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Thanks!

[@gokathygo]

I want to go there and see the eternal silence monument, I asked people to go with me but they’re not too interested in going

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's definitely worth the visit.

[@tigressofforli3398]

I visited this cemetery once.It wasnt nearly enough time to see everything.I did see a few deer that seemed to be following me around.I would like to go back one if these days but im not exactly keen on driving into the city by myself and being in that giant cemetery alone.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I saw several coyotes when I was there. One was following me.

[@tigressofforli3398]

@@StrangeandSinister1 Not surprising.Anywhere there are deer…

[@hollywallace3297]

Hi! Just subscribed. I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but do you plan to do a video on Mt Carmel cemetery? I've never been there but it seems spooky to me.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yes, I'm definitely going to do a video at Mt Carmel cemetery. That's where all of the Chicago gangsters are buried.

[@HighHolyOne]

Please add to your list the lake and mausoleum of __ Goodman, for whom the Goodman theater is named. I believe he loved sailing and transitioned as a young man. I heard that his casket was on a boat in that pond, to be entombed at that pond-level entrance. Also, how about Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, who brought the Bauhaus to Chicago following the rise of Hitler. And Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame hitter for the Cubs. Louis Sullivan, famed architect and mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Sullivan mausoleum being on the National Historical Register. All the Marshall Field family, beloved by Chicagoans, but also responsible for the hanging of the anarchists, proven innocent of the Haymarket massacre. The McCormick family, which I believe includes Cyrus, inventor of the Reaper. I believe the same family went on to own the Chicago Tribune. There's also a row of graves, where the mother and 3 children were killed in the Iroquois Theater fire, and the father who transitioned 3 months later... of a broken heart. So many more! Thank you for the tour of a history lesson in a park.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Wow thank you for the ideas! That's awesome. I believe Ernie Banks is buried in Graceland cemetery. I'll definitely make note of the places you mentioned.

[@winkydinkandyou]

Enjoyed. Love to go see this. How long does it take to see everything?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Depends on what you want to see. It's a huge cemetery.

[@Georgeanne17]

Lincoln Park Zoo and that whole area was built over graves. Many graves were moved to other cemetaries. Chicago has many ghosts so no suprise this place has sighting.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

There are bodies underneath the petting zoo building and the Lion House, and I'm sure other areas of the park. I plan to make a video on that at some point. I talk about bodies being moved from Lincoln Park in my Rosehill Cemetery video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYeUlXV8obuVqas

[@NECROBLOOD666]

can you do a video for El Paso tx, Haunted Concordia Cemetery?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

I'll definitely make note of it. I'm always adding places to my list. What's the story behind it?

[@NECROBLOOD666]

@@StrangeandSinister1 This cemetery is known for being super haunted .there's a lot of history here dating back to the old west with more than 60,000 graves, The children’s section of the cemetery is haunted with the sounds of children playing around and giggling There is a location within the cemetery that caretakers have called the Vortex for the mysterious pull it tends to have on people also idk if you know who Richard Ramirez is aka the night stalker he used to sleep there as a teen and practice satanic rituals too!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

Yikes. It sounds creepy.

[@amwfan88]

I've always thought it would be really grimly ironic if someone looked into Eternal Silence's eyes to see their own death, and they saw the statue falling on top of them.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

😬

[@2BigFooted]

4:00 does this clarke have anything to do with the road the cemetery is on?

[@StrangeandSinister1]

No, not that I'm aware of.

[@2BigFooted]

@StrangeandSinister1 darn. Jist last night was my first time visiting my sister in the city. We walked past this place last night, unfortunately it was already closed, but I also was curious about this clark road, and who that may have been named after.

[@clovenhoofdragon9302]

Re: a Statue of death. Could someone tell me is the face a painting? It seems like the nose is part of the material used to construct the statue. I’m just interested in how the face has held up over time. Like the channel!

[@StrangeandSinister1]

No, the entire statue is made of bronze. The face is darker in color because it's protected by the cloak and hasn't weathered.

[@kevinaustin9719]

What happened to the great Jack Johnson they didn't mention him he was famous then all these other people

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

🪦👍🏻✌🏼😊

[@shihtzumom4life]

The statue of death makes me feel very uncomfortable, I've never even been to Chicago.

[@StrangeandSinister1]

It's a creepy statue.