Chicagoist: Didn't They Learn Anything from 'Poltergeist'?

guest

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:59:31 -0600

wouldn’t that be like money passing from one county department to the other? No, because the forest preserve is its own freestanding unit of government, even though it shares the same president and board as Cook County. There has been talk in the past of entirely separating the two governments and giving the forest preserve district its own board and president (something Dupage County actually implemented not that long ago), but I'm not sure if there is any active consideration of the idea right now.

Shannon

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:38:57 -0600

guest 7: holy crap! i went looking for that cemetery one time, only to be greeted by a strip mall. no signs or plaques where it might have been. guest 8/9: i'll put it on my radar. i'm a sucker for cemeteries. :) as far as i know, that one's not for sale.. i wonder if jewish graceland in north lakeview can say the same.. neighbors had a flap with that some time ago.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:36:56 -0600

Saint Gabriel Cemetery entrance: http://www.graveyards.com/bin/grave?id=153

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:33:49 -0600

There is a specific, named cemetery - St. Gabriel -just south of the hospital on Cicero that is clearly marked as a cemetery for those without families or financial means for proper burial. It's a peaceful, serene place with few markers (if any) and some trees. Worth a visit if you're into cemeteries. I trust this isn't a parcel that would be up for sale?

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:55:00 -0600

Shannon, it's some condos at Narragansatt and Irving. Apparently the builders knew about the cemetary and just didn't tell anyone, but it came out after they sold the new condos. My friend's mother sold hers and moved to Mexico w/o any supernatural visitations I know of.

Shannon

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:02:12 -0600

the article mentioned only selling the land next to the hospital, not the hospital itself. but who knows? at the rate they're going, the county board might decide we don't need any hospitals and can fend for ourselves.

dj_skilz

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:44:33 -0600

Wow, every time Oak Forest gets in the news its always bad, lol. Not like Cicero, but bad. Funny thing is I live within steps of this place. I used to visit (trespass) here as a kid and go on adventures on the property. It is soo huge and mysterious. It really makes you wonder what the true need was for all that land.Ah the good old days of building our fort over the hidden lake. I hope the "Toddler" does the right thing, but we all know what he is capable of, lol! Shit if they scrap the whole hospital, it would make a great college campus, or fairgrounds. The place is another city within Oak Forest.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:42:48 -0600

Damn! Poltergeist was THE movie back in the day.

PhotoshopAbuser

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:12:14 -0600

My Mom grew up in Oak Forest. She told a long time ago of ditches being dug near the hospital and pine boxes stacked up and covered only when the ditch was full. My Aunt used to run around in the tunnel system there. That place has quite a history and I'm sure the way the county operates, there are bodies buried all over that property with no records.

Shannon

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:13:54 -0600

has she so far? if they start coming around, you might have some 'splainin to do. where at on the NW side?

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:47:23 -0600

My friend's mother bought a condo on the Northwest Side that was built on top of a potter's field that was used by an old insane asylum. We never told her though--she's very superstitious and we didn't want her to suddenly "see" the ghosts of the insane.