Starved Rock Murders

It's seems every tragedy eventually "awakens" and demands to be known and imbeds itself in the culture, entwining itself with a mix of legend and fact. I'm not talking about the first few months and years following the event, but the full re-awakening where it seems`to be talked about "Everywhere".
Such is that time for the crimes` that took place around the Ides of March 1960 in the sandstone wonder known as Starved Rock State Park. I travel for business around the country and have to do a double take when realizing I'm from Chicago, someone out the blue asks me if I have ever been to Starved Rock " where the masacre occured".
Then I find out they are not talking about the indian wars but about the "other one" that happened almost 50 years ago and that area Il. folks try to keep buried like the legacy of bad seed of a relative. Not that area folks didn't talk about it. They do. Cold winter nights in the darkness of the taverns, a shot and a beer and then the theorys - and everyone has one......
But I'm just amazed that when I'm in minnesota or California I'm being asked about it and then you see grown men and woman suddenly press closer and resemble children around a campfire listening to a ghost story. Yah it's definitly it's time. For better or worse or whether we want it or not.
On my recent California trip I heard from reliable sources that some of the major bigshots in Tinseltown are perking their ears up with dollar signs in their eyes.
Seen any strangers sitting in the back of the local watering hole trying to be incognito?..

I worked at Starved Rock for almost 2 years. I never believed in the supernatural before. I knew nothing about the murders so I wasn't conditioned. The first time was in the diningroom after hours. I saw a lady sitting at one of the tables and from across the room I told her the diningroom was closed. I moved around from where I was sitting and by the time I started walking to her she was gone. no door near by she just disapeared. The next time was outside a couple hundred feet away I saw 2 ladys and a little girl all of them in summery white dresses like someone would go to Easter Sunday church in. The little girl liked right at me then they disapeared. I dont know how any of that stuff works but some people worked there for years and never saw anything and did not believe us. Frightened tourist came back after seeing disapearing ladys on the trails. Their were strange drafts and winds when none was posible. I was there and I know something is there to.

Whats funny is that if it happened a 150 years ago enough time went by where a city could brag about it and sell t-shirts. Being only 50 years ago, with tne familys still around, you might think that a park might avoid bad publicity and keep it hush hush. I bought my copy of "the starved Rock Murders" at the Starved Rock gift shop! Next they will be selling a drink specials. "yah, give me a 3 dead ladys on the rocks with a 151 floater"

Finally! A group o psychics lead by a world re-known medium will be doing a series of seance's over thew course of a couple weeks! This wil be done at the caves as well as in what was the infamous room 109 at the time. The spirits of Mildred Lindquist, Frances Murphy and Lillian Oetting will be contacted and who knows what new information will be revealed! As other posters and lots of others have witnessed, the spirits of those lady's do not rest. Theres going to be a lot about this and so much more as the 50th aniversary approaches. It's so exciting that it's all finally happening!

OK OK maybe I was out of line with my drink special at the Starved Rock Bar. Just whistling through the graveyard!
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"The nerve of some parents children"

My Grandparents were one of those tourist who were so shaken up that my Grandma almost needed medical attention. They saw a lady on the bridge of one of the trails standing there what looked to be flowers she was throwing over the side. They wanted to ask her for directions and within not even 20 paces away she faded away. I'm really excited as to what the medium will find. When is it?