Imagine driving near Chicago’s Mount Carmel Cemetery and seeing a woman wearing a white wedding dress walking along the road. It’s rainy and muddy, and yet she seems untouched by all of it. You would be seeing the Italian Bride, one of Chicago’s most famous ghosts. But who was she, and why does her ghost still haunt the area?
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Julia Buccola Petta. Find a Grave.com
Filomena Buccola. Find a Grave.com