Since the 1930s, motorists along Archer Avenue have reported encounters with Resurrection Mary, the most famous “vanishing hitchhiker” in the United States. Described as a young blonde woman in a white party dress, she is said to appear near the former Willowbrook Ballroom, asking for a ride before vanishing outside Resurrection Cemetery. Eyewitnesses recall her icy touch and the imprint of hands on the cemetery’s wrought-iron gate—bent bars that remain on display. Many link her to Mary Bregovy, a woman killed in a 1934 car accident, though no proof confirms the match. Her legend endures through decades of police reports, driver testimonies, and Chicago’s enduring fascination with Archer Avenue’s restless dead.