Another ghost here is called "Mrs. Rogers", or the "White Lady". Appearing entirely in white, she seems to be searching for something amongst the graves - thought to be her baby.
Ghost cars have appeared on what was once the road to the cemetery, as well as the Midlothian turnpike nearby. Several people claim to have swerved to avoid hitting these cars, or to have actually passed through them. The cars have vanished within plain sight of these witnesses.
One of the most dramatic encounters involved local psychic Norman Basile and a friend, around 1984. The two were spending the night in the cemetery, with cameras and recording equipment, when Basile's skeptical friend saw a man in a yellow suit and hat, who quickly vanished. This was followed by red streaks of light darting about the cemetery, and a nearby tree shaking violently.
Basile calles Bachelor's Grove "probably the most ghost-infested cemetery in the Chicago area and maybe in the world".
(Photo: the Fulton monument, the largest stone in this cemetery, and the only one of its height to remain upright. The marker on the side is for the father, and a similar one is behind marked "infant daughter". Behind it can be seen the near-empty western half of the graveyard.).
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