My father worked at Rose Hill for over 50 years! My brother & I used to go with my dad & run around the cemetery like a park. It was good to see the place again. My parents are both buried there.
The Leopold and Loeb case was the first true murder case I ever read a book about. I was 12 or 13 at the time. I am 65 now and I still don't understand the concept of murdering to see how it feels, for the thrill of it, to show you're smarter than anyone. Thank-you for honoring their victim, Bobby Franks.
My stepfather grew up at the Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans on the south side. Every year Bobby and his family visited and donated a dinner for all the kids. I think it was for Thanksgiving.
I used to work in a cemetery in Connecticut years ago and that mounded over building is a holding vault for people who died in the winter and had to wait until the spring thaw to open up the ground. Out of experience we used to dig in the winter using a ground warmer 3’ x 8’ with propane torch attached. I have seen the frost in the ground go down 4 feet when the temperature remained below zero degrees Fahrenheit.for a week straight.
@@marietomkinson5910 I should mention snow on the ground is a great insulator and if temps are below zero without snow the frozen earth would freeze much deeper. Then you get snow and heat from the earth thaws out the frozen earth and you may have about a foot and 1/2 frozen deep. Of course conditions can very. You have perma frost the closer you get to the North Pole.
I absolutely love your channel! I am a ‘59 baby too so I feel a camaraderie! I am a nurse recovering from covid n I worry that I will run out of your fascinating videos! You’re such a respectful human!
My mom and I used to go to old cemeteries growing up in N.J. I gotta tell her about you. She's disabled now and can't. she'll love to watch your videos.😊👍
Through you and others like you, I'm learning to love "modern" history. Looking back on our deceased loved ones is a reminder of what our ancestors went through. Thank you.
Love going back to the beginning when you started this channel and watch how you evolved it into a masterpiece. I sure wish I knew about it from day one. Your channel has been the first one I look for every day and the last one I watch at night for the last 14 months. My son-in-law told me about your channel when I went to Tennessee a little over a year ago. We were comparing cemetery channels that we both watched, and he showed me yours. Let's just say it was worth the trip!!
The mother and daughter monument is so beautiful. It looks like they are asleep in a fairy tale. God Bless the father for having so many people close to him pass away. May they all rest in peace. Great job on this video.
I HAVE SEEN THIS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL , JUST HORRIBLE PEOPLE, THIS POOR YOUNG BOY HAD HIS LIFE SNUFFED OUT , SO SO SAD , SICK ARE THESE TWO , RIP BOBBY FRANKS YOU ARE IN THE ARMS OF THE LORD 🙏💔😥🕊
I read the story on Bobby Franks many years ago, and it was so sad. To kill a young boy, just to see what it was like to murder, is so despicable. Two spoiled useless little rich boys, bored and nothing to do , but ruin a families life, and take a life. I believe it was Clarence Darrow who was the Lawyer, he was famous for getting people off. There are so many beautiful tombstones in that cemetery, and much history. The mother, and daughter was so sad. Thank you so much.
patricia lenaburg - I have read several biographies on Clarence Darrow and other attorneys of his day , and you were correct , he was a very slick , and sly character .. He also co-founded the ACLU { American Civil Liberties Union } and was their chief head counsel .. Seems as though he was a great lawyer , with the integrity of a snake .. Have a wonderful day patricia !!
@@jeffwarren6906 Clarence, was an attorney, that took on unpopular cases, and he passionately believed in what he was doing. I admire him for saving Dr. Sweet.
@@lyndiablack9098 - I absolutely think the man had fantastic skills as an Attorney , and I shouldn't of attacked his integrity ,, should keep those views { and that is my view } to myself . I was in no way suggesting that he shouldn't be admired ,, sorry if you took it that way .. Sometimes I should shut up rather than speak up , hahaha .. Have a great night Lyndia !!
Many years ago my mother told me a story that her parents (who ran a regional newspaper in Wisconsin and were involved in business concerns in Chicago) had run in some of the same circles as the families of the Leopold and Loeb had. The gossip was that both families had been devastated by what their children had done and the Leopold family blamed the ill health of Nathan Sr suffered from on the stress of living with what his son did. He died a couple of years after the murder.
One of the father's died shortly after his son's conviction, another father, died a few years later. Within 5 years, all of their fathers were dead. Leopold's brothers, changed their last name, thus, not to identify with their brother.
On this story I was going to see if you could do a piece on it. I took care of Mr. Peterson who was living in The Devonshire of Hoffman Estates Illinois ( a retire community) He and his wife lived there for years she passed of Alzheimer’s 2 yrs before he passed, I was a caregiver there and he was such a caring man (He loved to sing) long story short, When he passed there was a book left in his apartment and the cleaning lady knew I really cared for him so she gave me this book 3 lost boys or 3 boys I can’t remember? But as I read the book I could not believe this was about his son and 2 other boys I cried through the entire book that’s how sad it was. Thank you so much for doing this on them.
hi, PLEASE contact me on email please at FacesForgottenToday@gmail.com. please also relate in the email I get 50 emails a day. I was so sad to tell their story. I didn't have anything on him, just the one pic and focused on the other family. Please contact me, would like to hear more, maybe do a follow up on them...the son, Bobby, as I recall was at St. Adelbert in Niles. Are the parents also there? I can't remember seeing their graves. No luck
I would have thought the plot and spaces on the tombstone here would have been for the parents rather than a sibling, but if they were buried next to their murdered son, their survivors did not have their names and dates chiseled on it. Sadly, that happens more often than one would think.
More Civil war generals are buried here than any other cemetery in the country, my personal favorite memory of Rosehill happened while I was working Public Safety at Edgewater Hospital directly east of the cemetery, ( Dr Mazel, who founded Edgewater is buried at Rosehill) One night the Chicago police were chasing a subject in a stolen car, the individual pulled up to the Foster Street wall of the cemetery, jumped on the roof of the car, and into the cemetery, the dogs were called out and the cemetery searched, the dogs reacted to a group of bushes and the fearless boys of Foster Ave leaped into the brush to apprehend their man... And got hosed by a whole family of skunks! The affected officers showed up at Edgewaters ER begging for help, the doc on duty was a city boy with no clue about how to help them so I took charge I sent them to a fire exit stairwell at the bottom of which was the physical therapy departments tub room, I went to the kitchen and got all of the tomato juice they had I had the cops bag their uniforms and took them to the incinerator the cops soaked down with the tomato juice and showered then we gave them scrubs and sent them on their merry way!
Ernest that must have been an amazing night! The images it conjures up runs like a Marx’s Brothers movie - Thank you very much😂 Greetings from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺🐨
@Ernest Clements...... I love that story, a skunks smell is so hard to get rid of. A guy I knew when I was growing up had this big bright idea (a stupid idea) to beat a skunk with a big tree branch. Well, the skunk sprayed him and walked away.😂😂 He smelled like that skunk for a long time after that. And he had taken several tomato juice baths. When ever he came in our house, I ran him out, the smell was horrible.😂
When I was a young man we used to spend the night tripping on Acid there. There's so many interesting gravestones and famous people buried there. Lots of crazy story's .
Been there, done that. What better place for interdimensional travel than in an historic burial ground. We would read the old stones with a Bic lighter and groove over the morbid and unusual inscriptions. We live in an area with stones that go back to the late 1600s, so some of the early black slate gravestones had bizarre figures carved in them, such as skulls with wings and other gothic memento mori carvings.
Right place to die of an overdose ! Tanks God you make it l Don't play with your life, instead give it to the Lord, He have protected you for a better and biggest reason ! Blessings l
The cemetery is beautiful! and the statue of the mother and child wow!!!. I loved it all, your very lucky seeing the deer walking around we would never see that here in England, well not in a cemetery anyway. May those poor boys res tin in peace so sad. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Very Cool! Just looked up George Banks and that grave is cool. He has a Wikipedia page and it says that stone cost to build was $5 K and today would have cost $132,466 in 2019
I rewatched this episode. I first watched it 8 months ago. I like how you mix in good stories about important things people did so that it isn't all only about something crime related. It is a healthy balance. 9:58 The 5 arches. I love that. I have 5 arches on my patio done the same way but in brick (and round arches, not Gothic). Something my Mom and I dreamed of for many years that we designed into the plans for my house in Warner Robins. I have pics of it on my Facebook page pinned to the top. I was also inspired from my trip to Florence, Italy, in summer of 2014 (business trip). I incorporated many changes into the designs of my house plans (lots of arches),...built in 2015. That tree, train, train tunnel sculpture was so unique. So interesting to hear the history on that man. The deer wildlife were beautiful. Still young enough to be sporting spots on its coat. Those two criminals always creep me out. I remember a Hitchcock movie which echoed the story. 22:58 Look at the dead eyes that creep has. No feeling. No remorse except that he got caught. Like there is no thought at all of anyone but himself. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Wretched mind behind those eyes. I wonder if these creeps' parents were just as creepy as them or did they have enough sense to be horrified at the evil their sons unleashed. I wonder was it a case of the apple not falling far from the tree or were these creeps born without a conscience. So glad people are paying respects to this family who endured such tragedy. They carried that pain all the years of their lives. 26:26 Such a beautiful statue of mother and baby at the end of the video. Only thing is, I bet his first wife wonders why he didn't commission a statue to her and her two kids. 😬 My favotite part is all the many folds in the fabric and how the sculptor turns stone into such an amazing masterpiece.
thank you so much, being a widow and having lost most of my family, it is so refreshing to see how respectful and caring you are, thank you x, here in South Africa there is a growing trend of our cemeteries being vandalized and nothing gets done about this,
Such a beautiful cemetery my family is buried there and my mother worked there 20 years ago. She had lots of ghost sightings. The cemetery was designed by the same man that designed the famous water tower downtown. Used to love coming here. The caretakers of the cemetery have sworn they have seen the mist .
Well , I finally finished watching every video you have posted on your homepage , Yeah !! Now I am caught up , and will continue to watch every new post you make .. I am having a blast !
Hey Jeff, very cool. I’m glad you like them. It’s getting better and better and I’ve got some really good stuff coming up, so I’m glad you will be tuning in!
Ives sculpture piece- what fantastic detail! And I lived in Germany/Italy for 23 years- so I have seen some awesome art. But this piece-Unbelievable.Thank you for video
Thank you for touring Rosehill! I have two grandparents, an aunt and uncle buried there. My grandfather bought seven plots in 1935. That year my aunt died of ectopic pregnancy and my uncle of heart failure brought on by rheumatic fever. No antibiotics in those days.😢
wow, so sad. Rosehill is one of my top two favorite cemetries to spend my time. That and Bohemian National here. It's large with old oak trees, quiet -consideing right in the city, such a peaceful and interesting place to explore.
Hi , Mr. Leopold was released in 1958 and moved to Puerto Rico ,were he died in 1972 . Nietzsche eventually went insane I studied Philosophy in University and some of Nietzche's work was novel , but the hard core Nietzsche students used to creep me out . Leopold and Loeb were just cowards. Picking on a 14 year old boy ! Why not pick on someone their own size ? Why choose Bobby Frank's. ? I don't think that question was ever answered. The orginal kid you talked about , I remember the story how the three boys were supposed to see a movie and they got picked up by the monster that murdered them and sexually assaulted them . He did unspeakable things to them while they were alive . Question : Are there woods near the cemetery or are those the deer only deer there ? It's almost like they don't mind the car traffic or the people. I recognized the sculpture of lady ( stone ) made in Italy . You don't find that degree of detail in the US at the time of the deaths . Wealthy families had sculptures imported monuments from Italy back in the early 1900s . But this cemetery contain plenty of art. Mr. Volk's sculpture, had a piece of iron sticking out of the armpit , there is probably more in the sculpture, it acts like a skeleton for the sculpture. Too bad you could not get into the underground area connected to the chapel. May be you might be able to speak with the cemetery administrators and they will let you take a tour ? Cheers.
Hopefully you can come to cleveland ohio to visit lake view cemetery. President garfield is laying in state in the garfield monument.. you will enjoy everything about it. It's a huge cemetery you will need more then one day . Awesome video as always. You RAWK
I just discovered your channel and I am enjoying your videos very much. I also love cemeteries and all of the history that they hold ...whenever I travel I always seem to find time to visit a local cemetery and must say that I am overcome with a feeling of peace. I love to say the names on the headstones and for just a moment bring them back to this world and like you, I always say may you Rest In peace. You are a wonderful storyteller and your research and presentation is definitely to be commended. Thank you for what you do ...God bless and stay safe.🌼
INTERESTING STORY OF THE YOUNG WOMAN AND HER LIL BABY , SO SAD ANOTHER YOUNG LIFE GONE WAY TO YOUNG , THE SCULPTURE IS ABSOLUTELY HAUNTINGLY STUNNING 🕊😥💔🙏
My mum was buried east of May Chappel 3 months ago. Inside the church is very beautiful, it was copied from a German church according to the Cemetery director when we had a vigil in December for all those that passed in 2023 and were buried at Rosehill. Very nice of them to do that, hot chocolate, pastries and gifts.
I am so sorry for your loss of your Mom. I know she must have been very special to you. I pray that God will comfort you through your grief journey. Take care. God Bless You.
Justice? Bobby, did not get justice. Those two, should have spent the rest of their lives in jail. Well, at least Leopold. Loeb, got killed while in prison. Leopold, got out, made friends, got a wife, traveled, got another degree, and taught. He never showed any remorse for what he did.
Excellent research and presentation. These (this one and your last one on Rosehill) are the best videos on this cemetery that's ever been done. I used to work there in the late 1990s. Everybody had a ghost story to share - including ME!
Very interesting, love the research! Especially from someone who doesn’t know a lot of American History (I’m in New Zealand). New subscriber & off to read up about Leopold & Loeb!
D3 grave marker cleaner would really do wonders for the monument with the train car. It would make it look brand new and wouldnt damage it. This was a great video, Ron!
Very interesting series of videos from you. Mr. Bangs memorial is outstanding. Some of the crimes you relate are so dreadful. Your reviews help us all to pay our respects to those innocents.
I know Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins had his Mom buried in Rosehill Cemetery after she passed away from cancer in 1996. He wrote a song for her on the 1998 album “Adore” called “For Martha”
I just found your channel. So interesting! Although I have lived in the beautiful mountains of Western NC for a very long time, I was born and raised in Kankakee. (YUCK!! I know) I myself enjoy exploring cemeteries in my area! So thanks! GO CUBBIES GO!!
I love watching your videos my mother loved going to old graveyards and do charcoal scrapings on top of the graves of paper . I'm here in Illinois and love the story's you tell us . keep up the great job .
Beautiful cemetery. I don't think I've seen any like this yet. Heartbreaking stories especially the little boys. I can say this is the first time I've seen deer on any cemetery videos. That was pretty cool. Thank you for the stories
As always you are superb at every video. I appreciate your time your research and the stories and cemetaries. God Bless dear man. Your videos make me feel like i am part of a family. Big fan herd.
One was killed for making advances on an inmate he was jailed with. One wrote books and volunteered for medical experiments to improve vaccines and treatments for soldiers. He actually got paroled and died on some island. Not living it up just writing more about birds. Those young men don't deserve sympathy but at least one tried to atone. He actually got some of the first small pox or polio vaccines if I'm not mistaken.
Albert Loeb (along with a number of Loebs) , father of Richard Loeb, is buried in Rosehill as well. The graves I believe are like 25 feet from each other.
Yes we went to their graves last month, Aleister Crowley episode, I told the whole story. It was three parts, this was the last part of three. ua-cam.com/video/Sk4peWKTN8M/v-deo.html
Sir. I enjoy your videos. Like old style. Videos from 1800s. I'm richard. From california. I was born in 1952. As of this writing it's my birthday. Will keep. Watching
I just started watching your channel and so far I am enjoying the stories behind the graves. But I am wondering if you have any footage of other people who are buried in Rosehill like Sears, Shedd, Montgomery Ward, Brickhouse, Schwinn, Hinkley and Schmidt?
Special Oympian Mary Ann maybe had Downs Syndrone. Used to end lives quite young, around 12 to 15. But medical advances have increased quality and quantity of life nowdays... 50s, 60s, and up.
When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s the main line that ran from New Orleans to Chicago through Mississippi was the Illinois Central RR. It was a lot of fun to watch from Duck Hill, Mississippi, (from the same place Rube Burrows hopped aboard the engine and robbed on Christmas Eve night) as the long line of brown passenger cars passed by at breakneck speed, and watching the mail bag be picked up and another delivered from a fast moving train! Remember the Dobie Gillis show with the thinker statue shown when Dobie was reflecting on life! And beatnik Matnord T. Crepts freaked out over the word "Work?"
Up near the corner of what is now Western and Peterson, there was a tavern at the top of a hill. It was owned by a guy named Roe. When folks wanted a drink they'd go to Roe's hill instead of calling it a tavern or saloon. Note it was still very rural and a good distance from Chicago. Allan Pinkerton is buried at Rosehill too.
I somehow found your channel and have been watching for days. You're an excellent storyteller :) I find these graves interesting and have even Googled some of the random names out of curiosity. Thanks so much for all that you do :)
Mother Frances with her baby daughter Frances Does it say what they past away with? Really love your walks through the cemetery’s Ron and hearing the story’s. I’m a 1959 classic too 😁 lol
I started watching your vids yesterday. Thank you so much for these. I am OBSESSED. Just fyi, I'm from Griffin, Ga and the oak hill cemetery there is really cool. And HUGE. Also, lore says Doc Holliday is buried there. Griffin, Ga is his home town.
@@FacesoftheForgotten we are kindred spirits then. I LOVE the old west and I am a John Henry "Doc" Holliday history nut. I love to read about Mr. Earp as well.
That’s sooo cool! I hope they don’t tear that down such a cool piece of history. So cool. Also they should fix the antlers on the Elk? It almost looks real until u got close. Such a shame.
Looks like the statue had been busted up entirely and reassembled. A shame. Someone in a comment here was saying how he and buddies would go to the cemetery and do acid. 🤦🏻♀️. Maybe they thought the elk needed killing?
they mayor of highland park is buried there and he helped create something at rose hill. they have a small board representing it at the train station in highland park
I would guess Peter's parents/ family moved away at some point and that's why only Peter is buried there next to a blank spot for more names on the marker.
My father worked at Rose Hill for over 50 years! My brother & I used to go with my dad & run around the cemetery like a park. It was good to see the place again. My parents are both buried there.
The Leopold and Loeb case was the first true murder case I ever read a book about. I was 12 or 13 at the time. I am 65 now and I still don't understand the concept of murdering to see how it feels, for the thrill of it, to show you're smarter than anyone. Thank-you for honoring their victim, Bobby Franks.
My stepfather grew up at the Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans on the south side. Every year Bobby and his family visited and donated a dinner for all the kids. I think it was for Thanksgiving.
Very nice of them. People were more thoughtful and considerate back then. I think the gesture is very nice of them.
I used to work in a cemetery in Connecticut years ago and that mounded over building is a holding vault for people who died in the winter and had to wait until the spring thaw to open up the ground. Out of experience we used to dig in the winter using a ground warmer 3’ x 8’ with propane torch attached. I have seen the frost in the ground go down 4 feet when the temperature remained below zero degrees Fahrenheit.for a week straight.
That's Very interesting never heard anything like that before. Thank you.
@@marietomkinson5910 I should mention snow on the ground is a great insulator and if temps are below zero without snow the frozen earth would freeze much deeper. Then you get snow and heat from the earth thaws out the frozen earth and you may have about a foot and 1/2 frozen deep. Of course conditions can very. You have perma frost the closer you get to the North Pole.
Thank You 😊
The statue with the Mother & Daughter is absolutely beautiful ♥️✝️🌹💐Watching this video at 3 in the morning as I can’t sleep
I absolutely love your channel! I am a ‘59 baby too so I feel a camaraderie! I am a nurse recovering from covid n I worry that I will run out of your fascinating videos! You’re such a respectful human!
My mom and I used to go to old cemeteries growing up in N.J. I gotta tell her about you. She's disabled now and can't. she'll love to watch your videos.😊👍
Through you and others like you, I'm learning to love "modern" history. Looking back on our deceased loved ones is a reminder of what our ancestors went through. Thank you.
Love going back to the beginning when you started this channel and watch how you evolved it into a masterpiece. I sure wish I knew about it from day one. Your channel has been the first one I look for every day and the last one I watch at night for the last 14 months. My son-in-law told me about your channel when I went to Tennessee a little over a year ago. We were comparing cemetery channels that we both watched, and he showed me yours. Let's just say it was worth the trip!!
thanks, yeah those early videos were rough!!! lol.
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I cant even watch them, hahaha
@@FacesoftheForgotten What did Einstein say..... "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new"
I am getting caught up on videos myself . This was a great video ,
The mother and daughter monument is so beautiful. It looks like they are asleep in a fairy tale. God Bless the father for having so many people close to him pass away. May they all rest in peace. Great job on this video.
I HAVE SEEN THIS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL , JUST HORRIBLE PEOPLE, THIS POOR YOUNG BOY HAD HIS LIFE SNUFFED OUT , SO SO SAD , SICK ARE THESE TWO , RIP BOBBY FRANKS YOU ARE IN THE ARMS OF THE LORD 🙏💔😥🕊
AMEN !
I read the story on Bobby Franks many years ago, and it was so sad. To kill a young boy, just to see what it was like to murder, is so despicable. Two spoiled useless little rich boys, bored and nothing to do , but ruin a families life, and take a life. I believe it was Clarence Darrow who was the Lawyer, he was famous for getting people off. There are so many beautiful tombstones in that cemetery, and much history. The mother, and daughter was so sad. Thank you so much.
@Shirley Bailey Thank you Shirley
patricia lenaburg - I have read several biographies on Clarence Darrow and other attorneys of his day , and you were correct , he was a very slick , and sly character .. He also co-founded the ACLU { American Civil Liberties Union } and was their chief head counsel .. Seems as though he was a great lawyer , with the integrity of a snake .. Have a wonderful day patricia !!
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Clarence, was an attorney, that took on unpopular cases, and he passionately believed in what he was doing. I admire him for saving Dr. Sweet.
@@lyndiablack9098 - I absolutely think the man had fantastic skills as an Attorney , and I shouldn't of attacked his integrity ,, should keep those views { and that is my view } to myself . I was in no way suggesting that he shouldn't be admired ,, sorry if you took it that way .. Sometimes I should shut up rather than speak up , hahaha .. Have a great night Lyndia !!
Many years ago my mother told me a story that her parents (who ran a regional newspaper in Wisconsin and were involved in business concerns in Chicago) had run in some of the same circles as the families of the Leopold and Loeb had. The gossip was that both families had been devastated by what their children had done and the Leopold family blamed the ill health of Nathan Sr suffered from on the stress of living with what his son did. He died a couple of years after the murder.
One of the father's died shortly after his son's conviction, another father, died a few years later. Within 5 years, all of their fathers were dead. Leopold's brothers, changed their last name, thus, not to identify with their brother.
Absolutely stunned by the train car tombstone !!! Amazing and thank you for the history
That was unique!!!! A first!!!
On this story I was going to see if you could do a piece on it.
I took care of Mr. Peterson who was living in The Devonshire of Hoffman Estates Illinois ( a retire community)
He and his wife lived there for years she passed of Alzheimer’s 2 yrs before he passed,
I was a caregiver there and he was such a caring man (He loved to sing) long story short,
When he passed there was a book left in his apartment and the cleaning lady knew I really cared for him so she gave me this book 3 lost boys or 3 boys I can’t remember?
But as I read the book I could not believe this was about his son and 2 other boys I cried through the entire book that’s how sad it was.
Thank you so much for doing this on them.
hi, PLEASE contact me on email please at FacesForgottenToday@gmail.com. please also relate in the email I get 50 emails a day. I was so sad to tell their story. I didn't have anything on him, just the one pic and focused on the other family. Please contact me, would like to hear more, maybe do a follow up on them...the son, Bobby, as I recall was at St. Adelbert in Niles. Are the parents also there? I can't remember seeing their graves. No luck
It was called Three boys missing " by James A Jack..about the pedophile underworld..
I would have thought the plot and spaces on the tombstone here would have been for the parents rather than a sibling, but if they were buried next to their murdered son, their survivors did not have their names and dates chiseled on it. Sadly, that happens more often than one would think.
Hello? I've been watching ur channel since 5pm and now it's almost 2am I'm so addicted to ur channel. WOW!!
More Civil war generals are buried here than any other cemetery in the country, my personal favorite memory of Rosehill happened while I was working Public Safety at Edgewater Hospital directly east of the cemetery, ( Dr Mazel, who founded Edgewater is buried at Rosehill) One night the Chicago police were chasing a subject in a stolen car, the individual pulled up to the Foster Street wall of the cemetery, jumped on the roof of the car, and into the cemetery, the dogs were called out and the cemetery searched, the dogs reacted to a group of bushes and the fearless boys of Foster Ave leaped into the brush to apprehend their man... And got hosed by a whole family of skunks! The affected officers showed up at Edgewaters ER begging for help, the doc on duty was a city boy with no clue about how to help them so I took charge I sent them to a fire exit stairwell at the bottom of which was the physical therapy departments tub room, I went to the kitchen and got all of the tomato juice they had I had the cops bag their uniforms and took them to the incinerator the cops soaked down with the tomato juice and showered then we gave them scrubs and sent them on their merry way!
That is a great story!
Ernest that must have been an amazing night! The images it conjures up runs like a Marx’s Brothers movie - Thank you very much😂 Greetings from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺🐨
Hahaha! Great story! Thank you for sharing it with us! You saved the day, Ernest!! 🤭👨✈️👨✈️😀🙌
Have a Blessed Christmas & A Healthy New Year!
Peace🕊️😘
@Ernest Clements...... I love that story, a skunks smell is so hard to get rid of. A guy I knew when I was growing up had this big bright idea (a stupid idea) to beat a skunk with a big tree branch. Well, the skunk sprayed him and walked away.😂😂 He smelled like that skunk for a long time after that. And he had taken several tomato juice baths. When ever he came in our house, I ran him out, the smell was horrible.😂
@@aliciabrewer9444 LOL!! That'll teach him to NEVER try and beat up a skunk!! At least the skunk had the last laugh!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭🤭
You do awesome research...iv never seen anyone do the extensive research that you do with the amazing pics and compassion...keep up the great work!
My Grandmother is buried there. Forty years ago my mother and I seen those head stone but never knew the story behind them. Thanks for sharing
When I was a young man we used to spend the night tripping on Acid there. There's so many interesting gravestones and famous people buried there. Lots of crazy story's .
Been there, done that. What better place for interdimensional travel than in an historic burial ground. We would read the old stones with a Bic lighter and groove over the morbid and unusual inscriptions. We live in an area with stones that go back to the late 1600s, so some of the early black slate gravestones had bizarre figures carved in them, such as skulls with wings and other gothic memento mori carvings.
Right place to die of an overdose ! Tanks God you make it l Don't play with your life, instead give it to the Lord, He have protected you for a better and biggest reason ! Blessings l
@@irmalaucirica1688 These are my drugs the Lord can get his own!!!
@@kookycoolauntkaryn5884 A Awesome person 🧐hmm maybe? Lol. But I did lot of drugs in weird creepy places, and have a plethora of tails from the trail.
You took me all the way back to my senior year of high school in 1977, and sociology class. Our case study was the Leopold-Loeb case.
The cemetery is beautiful! and the statue of the mother and child wow!!!. I loved it all, your very lucky seeing the deer walking around we would never see that here in England, well not in a cemetery anyway. May those poor boys res tin in peace so sad. Thank you so much for your hard work!
The cemetery where my dear dad is interred the deer actually come into the cemetery & eats the flowers, the cemetery is here in the UK
I love how you spent a few moments with the beautiful deer! Just really enjoy your documentaries, they are all so well done.
Very Cool! Just looked up George Banks and that grave is cool. He has a Wikipedia page and it says that stone cost to build was $5 K and today would have cost $132,466 in 2019
Wow! Can you only imagine? Thanks for that info!
Peace 🕊️😘
Thanks for the added info ..its so interesting
I rewatched this episode. I first watched it 8 months ago. I like how you mix in good stories about important things people did so that it isn't all only about something crime related. It is a healthy balance.
9:58 The 5 arches. I love that. I have 5 arches on my patio done the same way but in brick (and round arches, not Gothic). Something my Mom and I dreamed of for many years that we designed into the plans for my house in Warner Robins. I have pics of it on my Facebook page pinned to the top. I was also inspired from my trip to Florence, Italy, in summer of 2014 (business trip). I incorporated many changes into the designs of my house plans (lots of arches),...built in 2015.
That tree, train, train tunnel sculpture was so unique. So interesting to hear the history on that man.
The deer wildlife were beautiful. Still young enough to be sporting spots on its coat.
Those two criminals always creep me out. I remember a Hitchcock movie which echoed the story.
22:58 Look at the dead eyes that creep has. No feeling. No remorse except that he got caught. Like there is no thought at all of anyone but himself. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Wretched mind behind those eyes.
I wonder if these creeps' parents were just as creepy as them or did they have enough sense to be horrified at the evil their sons unleashed. I wonder was it a case of the apple not falling far from the tree or were these creeps born without a conscience.
So glad people are paying respects to this family who endured such tragedy. They carried that pain all the years of their lives.
26:26 Such a beautiful statue of mother and baby at the end of the video. Only thing is, I bet his first wife wonders why he didn't commission a statue to her and her two kids. 😬
My favotite part is all the many folds in the fabric and how the sculptor turns stone into such an amazing masterpiece.
With regard to the Baker family, Kingston St Michaels is a village in the English county of Wiltshire which lies in the south west of England.
thank you so much, being a widow and having lost most of my family, it is so refreshing to see how respectful and caring you are, thank you x, here in South Africa there is a growing trend of our cemeteries being vandalized and nothing gets done about this,
Hugs for you 🤗
My great-great aunt was a governess for one of the two, accordding to my late mother. Can't remember which one after all these years.
Such a beautiful cemetery my family is buried there and my mother worked there 20 years ago. She had lots of ghost sightings. The cemetery was designed by the same man that designed the famous water tower downtown. Used to love coming here.
The caretakers of the cemetery have sworn they have seen the mist .
I hope your channel grows. You reveal some really intriguing stories
Love your channel.
I believe that is The Thinker
My grandma is buried at this cemetery. It is truly a gorgeous place.
Rose Hill is absolutely amazing. I still need to go back there probably two more times, next spring!!
Mine too!
What a beautiful piece of sculpture ❤️
Breathtaking statue of Francis & baby. Terribly sad story. 😔
do you happen to know the cause of death? i cant find anything thanks
By the way the statue appears to be a copy of a statue by Rodin called “The Thinker”.
Well , I finally finished watching every video you have posted on your homepage , Yeah !! Now I am caught up , and will continue to watch every new post you make .. I am having a blast !
Hey Jeff, very cool. I’m glad you like them. It’s getting better and better and I’ve got some really good stuff coming up, so I’m glad you will be tuning in!
@@FacesoftheForgotten you should team up with Lamont at large he does the same thing
@@allisonmigneault6707 - Lamont is a good guy.
It cracked me up with you calling "Hey buddy!" to the two female deer....
she is Bambi Gyal basically. i wish they would react like dogs though
Ives sculpture piece- what fantastic detail! And I lived in Germany/Italy for 23 years- so I have seen some awesome art. But this piece-Unbelievable.Thank you for video
Thank you for touring Rosehill! I have two grandparents, an aunt and uncle buried there. My grandfather bought seven plots in 1935. That year my aunt died of ectopic pregnancy and my uncle of heart failure brought on by rheumatic fever. No antibiotics in those days.😢
wow, so sad.
Rosehill is one of my top two favorite cemetries to spend my time. That and Bohemian National here. It's large with old oak trees, quiet -consideing right in the city, such a peaceful and interesting place to explore.
Hi , Mr. Leopold was released in 1958 and moved to Puerto Rico ,were he died in 1972 . Nietzsche eventually went insane I studied Philosophy in University and some of Nietzche's work was novel , but the hard core Nietzsche students used to creep me out . Leopold and Loeb were just cowards. Picking on a 14 year old boy ! Why not pick on someone their own size ? Why choose Bobby Frank's. ? I don't think that question was ever answered. The orginal kid you talked about , I remember the story how the three boys were supposed to see a movie and they got picked up by the monster that murdered them and sexually assaulted them . He did unspeakable things to them while they were alive . Question : Are there woods near the cemetery or are those the deer only deer there ? It's almost like they don't mind the car traffic or the people. I recognized the sculpture of lady ( stone ) made in Italy . You don't find that degree of detail in the US at the time of the deaths . Wealthy families had sculptures imported monuments from Italy back in the early 1900s . But this cemetery contain plenty of art. Mr. Volk's sculpture, had a piece of iron sticking out of the armpit , there is probably more in the sculpture, it acts like a skeleton for the sculpture. Too bad you could not get into the underground area connected to the chapel. May be you might be able to speak with the cemetery administrators and they will let you take a tour ? Cheers.
maybe a part 3...yes! thx, great note Robert...
Wow Interesting
Hopefully you can come to cleveland ohio to visit lake view cemetery. President garfield is laying in state in the garfield monument.. you will enjoy everything about it. It's a huge cemetery you will need more then one day . Awesome video as always. You RAWK
I just discovered your channel and I am enjoying your videos very much. I also love cemeteries and all of the history that they hold ...whenever I travel I always seem to find time to visit a local cemetery and must say that I am overcome with a feeling of peace. I love to say the names on the headstones and for just a moment bring them back to this world and like you, I always say may you Rest In peace. You are a wonderful storyteller and your research and presentation is definitely to be commended. Thank you for what you do ...God bless and stay safe.🌼
Tragic tale about Frances and her baby. It is heartbreaking. Her memorial is so beautiful. Her poor husband.
Nice to see this episode again, Bobby Peterson and Bobby Franks hope you are resting in peace.
Beautiful monument for George Bangs also.
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RIP to the kids, I like that one stone with the train, keep up the good work with the videos lots of love and hugs.
I am just amazed at the beauty of that statue. I wonder what the costs would have been to have that done. 💜 Love your channel!
i'll wager having it done Italy was the equivalent of having it done in China in those days. so basically dirt cheap
The 🦌 are beautiful I was so happy to see them yayy
INTERESTING STORY OF THE YOUNG WOMAN AND HER LIL BABY , SO SAD ANOTHER YOUNG LIFE GONE WAY TO YOUNG , THE SCULPTURE IS ABSOLUTELY HAUNTINGLY STUNNING 🕊😥💔🙏
My mum was buried east of May Chappel 3 months ago. Inside the church is very beautiful, it was copied from a German church according to the Cemetery director when we had a vigil in December for all those that passed in 2023 and were buried at Rosehill. Very nice of them to do that, hot chocolate, pastries and gifts.
I am so sorry for your loss of your Mom. I know she must have been very special to you. I pray that God will comfort you through your grief journey. Take care. God Bless You.
Justice be served on those two creeps and RIP to the beautiful Mom and baby.
Justice? Bobby, did not get justice. Those two, should have spent the rest of their lives in jail. Well, at least Leopold. Loeb, got killed while in prison. Leopold, got out, made friends, got a wife, traveled, got another degree, and taught. He never showed any remorse for what he did.
Excellent research and presentation. These (this one and your last one on Rosehill) are the best videos on this cemetery that's ever been done. I used to work there in the late 1990s. Everybody had a ghost story to share - including ME!
It's so sad about those young boys being murdered. Karma will always get you for the wrong that you do.
Very interesting, love the research! Especially from someone who doesn’t know a lot of American History (I’m in New Zealand). New subscriber & off to read up about Leopold & Loeb!
The cemetery should clean the post guy's train.. that is so cool!!!
D3 grave marker cleaner would really do wonders for the monument with the train car. It would make it look brand new and wouldnt damage it. This was a great video, Ron!
Very interesting series of videos from you. Mr. Bangs memorial is outstanding. Some of the crimes you relate are so dreadful. Your reviews help us all to pay our respects to those innocents.
I know Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins had his Mom buried in Rosehill Cemetery after she passed away from cancer in 1996. He wrote a song for her on the 1998 album “Adore” called “For Martha”
You made some 4 legged friends,,, I felt peace in this video of this grave yard.
THAT WALK WAS QUITE MOVING RON ,AND VERY SAD AT THE SAME TIME . 😢😢 THANKYOU AGAIN RON AND TEAM FOR THE HISTORY . DIANE FROM AUSSY
It would be nice to restore George Banks memorial...I bet it would be beautiful
Hi Ron, I did a college paper about this murder that took place and yes very sad case.
I just found your channel. So interesting! Although I have lived in the beautiful mountains of Western NC for a very long time, I was born and raised in Kankakee. (YUCK!! I know)
I myself enjoy exploring cemeteries in my area!
So thanks!
GO CUBBIES GO!!
I TRULY ENJOY WATCHING YOU'RE VIDEOS. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, FROM YOU. THANK YOU.🙂💗💗
I love watching your videos my mother loved going to old graveyards and do charcoal scrapings on top of the graves of paper . I'm here in Illinois and love the story's you tell us . keep up the great job .
The deer are just lovely!
Thank you for showing a beautiful detail sculpture but a sad story one I was very thankful you shared. Have a Great day.🙂
R.I.P. to all. Ty for video that mom and daughter statue was beautiful.
Very interesting cemetery. Thank you.
Beautiful cemetery. I don't think I've seen any like this yet. Heartbreaking stories especially the little boys. I can say this is the first time I've seen deer on any cemetery videos. That was pretty cool. Thank you for the stories
Thanks Ron for a great walk and talk.
I do the same thing you do and compare dates to my birth year👍🏼 what tragic young losses here🙏🏼🌹 the statue of the Mother & Baby sleeping is just wow🕯
I love your channel and the stories you tell. Keep up the great work, and thank you!
As always you are superb at every video. I appreciate your time your research and the stories and cemetaries. God Bless dear man. Your videos make me feel like i am part of a family. Big fan herd.
What a tragic story. Such beautiful sculptures in that cemetery
One was killed for making advances on an inmate he was jailed with. One wrote books and volunteered for medical experiments to improve vaccines and treatments for soldiers. He actually got paroled and died on some island. Not living it up just writing more about birds. Those young men don't deserve sympathy but at least one tried to atone. He actually got some of the first small pox or polio vaccines if I'm not mistaken.
Albert Loeb (along with a number of Loebs) , father of Richard Loeb, is buried in Rosehill as well. The graves I believe are like 25 feet from each other.
Yes we went to their graves last month, Aleister Crowley episode, I told the whole story. It was three parts, this was the last part of three. ua-cam.com/video/Sk4peWKTN8M/v-deo.html
Sir. I enjoy your videos. Like old style. Videos from 1800s. I'm richard. From california. I was born in 1952. As of this writing it's my birthday. Will keep. Watching
Thank you 4 all you do to have many not forgotten!
I'm so glad I discovered your channel
Beautiful Monument of mother and daughter both died way to young God Bless Them
I just started watching your channel and so far I am enjoying the stories behind the graves. But I am wondering if you have any footage of other people who are buried in Rosehill like Sears, Shedd, Montgomery Ward, Brickhouse, Schwinn, Hinkley and Schmidt?
I haven’t been able to yet, hope to someday, maybe a 3rd circle back. There are so many notable people there!
Special Oympian Mary Ann maybe had Downs Syndrone. Used to end lives quite young, around 12 to 15. But medical advances have increased quality and quantity of life nowdays... 50s, 60s, and up.
Sad place with a beautiful panorama !
When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s the main line that ran from New Orleans to Chicago through Mississippi was the Illinois Central RR. It was a lot of fun to watch from Duck Hill, Mississippi, (from the same place Rube Burrows hopped aboard the engine and robbed on Christmas Eve night) as the long line of brown passenger cars passed by at breakneck speed, and watching the mail bag be picked up and another delivered from a fast moving train! Remember the Dobie Gillis show with the thinker statue shown when Dobie was reflecting on life! And beatnik Matnord T. Crepts freaked out over the word "Work?"
Up near the corner of what is now Western and Peterson, there was a tavern at the top of a hill. It was owned by a guy named Roe. When folks wanted a drink they'd go to Roe's hill instead of calling it a tavern or saloon. Note it was still very rural and a good distance from Chicago.
Allan Pinkerton is buried at Rosehill too.
A lot of History with your stories! Very well worded. Salutes from Tampa, Florida.
I somehow found your channel and have been watching for days. You're an excellent storyteller :) I find these graves interesting and have even Googled some of the random names out of curiosity. Thanks so much for all that you do :)
Welcome to the group!
I lived a block from Rosehill.
Mother Frances with her baby daughter Frances Does it say what they past away with?
Really love your walks through the cemetery’s Ron and hearing the story’s.
I’m a 1959 classic too 😁 lol
Beautiful cemetery . The ghost stories I love .
I started watching your vids yesterday. Thank you so much for these. I am OBSESSED. Just fyi, I'm from Griffin, Ga and the oak hill cemetery there is really cool. And HUGE. Also, lore says Doc Holliday is buried there. Griffin, Ga is his home town.
Thanks, I’ll have to get down there sometime because I am a Wyatt Earp history fanatic.
We have the Earp descendants in Monmouth Illinois here (where he was born/young) and I will be going there at some point, not too far away from me
@@FacesoftheForgotten we are kindred spirits then. I LOVE the old west and I am a John Henry "Doc" Holliday history nut. I love to read about Mr. Earp as well.
May They Rest In Peace 🙌💐🙏
Heartbroken Horrific Crime😔🥺
Cute Deer. So sweet little things...
That’s sooo cool! I hope they don’t tear that down such a cool piece of history.
So cool. Also they should fix the antlers on the Elk? It almost looks real until u got close. Such a shame.
Looks like the statue had been busted up entirely and reassembled. A shame.
Someone in a comment here was saying how he and buddies would go to the cemetery and do acid. 🤦🏻♀️. Maybe they thought the elk needed killing?
Great information and pictures, thanks
I went to high school with a bill peterson.
And a chris newsom
they mayor of highland park is buried there and he helped create something at rose hill. they have a small board representing it at the train station in highland park
Amazing tour of this cemetery!
I know about these poor boys... heartbreaking, rip boys 🌹🌹🌹
I would guess Peter's parents/ family moved away at some point and that's why only Peter is buried there next to a blank spot for more names on the marker.