The Mystery of the Phantom Lady of Kennedy Hill Road

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The Mystery of the Phantom Lady of Kennedy Hill Road

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In this video, I delve into the scary story of a mysterious haunting that occurred on Kennedy Hill road in the small town of Byron, Illinois. Beginning in December of 1980, multiple drivers witnessed a half-dressed woman walking barefoot on Kennedy Hill road, a secluded area four miles from downtown Byron. When drivers would turn around to offer the woman help, she would always be gone.
The mysterious ghost was a sensation in the press and became known as the Phantom Lady of Kennedy Hill Road. The scary ghost sightings continued into 1981 before coming to an end, although some people claim to have seen the woman in the road years later. Join me as I unravel the scary story of the Kennedy Hill ghost who terrified locals over 40 years ago.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro to the Phantom Lady
00:56 The First Ghost Sighting
1:58 The Phantom Appears at Night
3:19 Witnesses Describe the Ghost
3:47 The Ghost Makes the News
4:25 The Mystery of the Ghost
5:31 The Phantom Lady Legends
6:24 Was the Ghost Real or a Hoax?
8:01 Outro to the Kennedy Hill Ghost
Music:
Intro track: Gloomy Serious Dark Ambient
Artist: Ashot Danielyan
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Main track: Dark Thriller Castle
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@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to the Phantom Lady 00:56 The First Ghost Sighting 1:58 The Phantom Appears at Night 3:19 Witnesses Describe the Ghost 3:47 The Ghost Makes the News 4:25 The Mystery of the Ghost 5:31 The Phantom Lady Legends 6:24 Was the Ghost Real or a Hoax? 8:01 Outro to the Kennedy Hill Ghost

@Markus71167 6 ай бұрын

Hello. My wife and I lived in that farm house on Kennedy Hill rd. Supposedly the ghost was our land lady’s sister who was killed. She was wearing a dress. We both grew up in that area. We are 57 years old, do the math LOL. So this story was common place. We live in Tennessee now but when we go home to visit I will take pictures of the hill and house for you. That hill is steep and dangerous. Mark

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Interesting. Yeah that would be cool to see. Was it the jeep accident where the girl was said to have hit a telephone pole?

@stanmarr4488 6 ай бұрын

It's so refreshing to hear someone tell a story in their natural voice and not try to sound like a 'badly-recorded-empty-tin-robot voice'...

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you lol.

@mstinak8173 6 ай бұрын

Sooo true!

@lenka7776 6 ай бұрын

No kidding , I even had to turn some videos off altogether

@goodbonezz1289 6 ай бұрын

I totally agree. Those other voices are AI…I can’t stand them.

@juliettemilne 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 yup, agree

@MadameM. 5 ай бұрын

You are just what KZfaq needs - a smart, no-nonsense presenter who can provide interesting information in a real voice - no strange inflections, no unnatural way of speaking, no sensationalism. This was great, and I am definitely subbed!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@newmexicojoe5443 5 ай бұрын

Pretty awesome. See, I lived south of Rockford at the time, and drove down Kennedy Hill road every day from 1979 to 1981 while working on the Byron nuclear plant. We would often stop at a bar, called "the Barn" in Byron before heading home, making most of the drive later at night. Sometimes we worked long shifts and work pretty late. One guy I worked with seen her on the road, and it shook him up pretty good. I also noticed that the footage in the video isn't just random farm road, but the actual road. Pretty cool after all these years. I am 67 now, but still remember it well. January and Febuary were cold as hell at that time, where wind chills could reach 20 to 40 below zero. Winter of 80-81 we had a huge near record snowstorm and the gal was seen no more.... and yes, some sightings were very late at night... 1 to 2am.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. Do you remember anything specific about his encounter? Did he give a description of her or mention where on the road it happened?

@newmexicojoe5443 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 Yes. He said it was about a mile and a half south of Montague road, in a barren stretch where there is just fields on both sides. He seen a girl, maybe early 20's, walking on the side of the road wearing only a skimpy nightgown. It was late at night (after 11pm) and the temperature was about 20 degrees. He was certain she needed help so he stopped alongside her. He asked her what why she was out there. He got out of his truck to help, and when he got around to the passenger side, she was no longer there. Just completely gone, yet there was no where and no time for her to have run or hidden. Shook him up pretty good.

@laurametheny1008 5 ай бұрын

My daughter was born in 1979. They told me I might have to go to the hospital on a snowmobile lol. I remember I fell in a snowbank 9mths pregnant. My Mom had just dropped me off and she didn't see me fall. No whales have ever been beached in flakes like I was that night! Idk how I didn't go into labor. My landlord came and helped me up thank God. We lived out in the boonies growing up there. The roads were hardly wide enough for 2 cars. And with blizzards..ugh! Our school bus literally got stuck in between the WALLS of snow because that's how they plowed it. So crazy! Good old nuke plant. Still working. Thank God again. My late sisinlaw worked there for awhile.😀

@6omega2 6 ай бұрын

Great story, well told. I agree absolutely that no one was attempting to perpetrate a hoax by running around half naked at midnight, in the dead of winter. Anyone who thinks that has obviously never experienced a northern winter night.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I agree.

@lissanne9769 6 ай бұрын

That's for sure, especially if it's windy out. The wind chill is enough to freeze you to death.

@johannaholmgren8088 6 ай бұрын

I've dashed to my garbage can for a brief moment in bare feet and shorts, in below freezing temps....but I'm extremely close to my back door, and have never gone running through a cornfield.

@Retro_Rich 5 ай бұрын

It was a young Wim Hof in drag 😂

@alvaroakatico9188 5 ай бұрын

I’m not afraid 💀

@mimalemonclock 6 ай бұрын

My mother, sister and I traveled along old route 2 between Rockford IL and the Iowa border many times in the late 70’s. It’s about as scary a pitch black road as you could ever hope to ride upon. This story gave me shivers!!!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I drove on Route 2 along the river. It's a very dark and winding road.

@laurametheny1008 6 ай бұрын

Yes! We lived on route 2 for awhile in the 90s. Trying to get out of that driveway in the winter was a damn nightmare!😳 And my fam is from Iowa so we drove it that direction many times as well.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

I can imagine. Lots of traffic on that road.@@laurametheny1008

@MatthewOBrien-ds1xv 5 ай бұрын

You were all passing through my old stomping grounds. 😀

@StrangeandSinister1 2 ай бұрын

Nice. It's a desolate area along that road.

@kenbarkdoll7252 6 ай бұрын

I'm from Rockford. Illinois and recall the Kennedy Hill Ghost incidents quite well. Many people went out to see the ghost and some of them saw it. The topic made the radio shows and TV news. Quite a stir.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Yes, from what I learned, the ghost was featured in newspaper articles multiple times. A lot of people saw it.

@Chet73 5 ай бұрын

Is Kennedy Hill near Rockford?

@stoneshire645 5 ай бұрын

@@Chet73 a few miles south west of

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

It's a twenty to thirty minute drive.

@vichardman61 5 ай бұрын

Has anyone ever walked that area for 2 miles to five miles maybe a body is there and was trying to tell someone she was there and wanted her body/ bones to be found before all the bodies parts were gone

@ChrisAldridge 5 ай бұрын

I live in northern Illinois. You couldn't run a prank like that on a freezing night in the snow. You would end up in the hospital with hypothermia, if you could even stand the cold long enough.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

I agree. You'd be frost bit in minutes.

@SMtWalkerS 6 ай бұрын

So many ghostly ladies on the road stories all over the country, and they are all so interesting. A co-worker swore to me that he and his sister, when kids, saw a lady walking between the road and the river at night as they walked home from a movie theater. The woman was very pale and in a white dress. She was gliding along knee deep in the soil along the river, as that had been ground level a century earlier. The kids ran the other way in fright. He was dead serious about this and was still frightened by the long-ago experience.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that's creepy! Maybe it was the ghost of someone who drowned there.

@SMtWalkerS 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 Lots of ghost stories in that old town. I never saw one myself, but I love the stories. This guy had been a chef and a butcher, rough around the edges, but related many great well-told stories.

@christinegruenberg3120 2 ай бұрын

There is also the story about "Resurrection Mary" in Chicago. You can look that story up. There is also one in the state of Maine.

@stevieroger7478 6 ай бұрын

It's a pity there were no dashcams on cars back then. It would have been amazing if someone had been able to capture this apparition clearly on video. 👻

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

For sure. That would be awesome to see a pic of the ghost.

@user-du1mz5zx7s 6 ай бұрын

They’re never clearly..😒

@alvaroakatico9188 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1”ghost”

@milumav 6 ай бұрын

This is such a great channel!!!! The pesentation, content, music, and footage are all fantastic! So many lazy and/or greedy youtubers speak too fast, use stupid background music, show random footage that is not relevant or related to the story, or focus WAY too much on cryptids or aliens, instead of true stories of hauntings/ghosts (which so many more people experience). I hope there's many more of these wonderful bone-chilling true ghost stories to come! Great job!!! 🤜🤛 👻👻👻

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! I try to use tracks that fit well with the story. More to come! I'm working on a new video now.

@milumav 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 👍👍👍

@synesthesia.aesthetic 2 ай бұрын

I love the personal experiences too, in other videos.

@StrangeandSinister1 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have a few videos with personal stories/thoughts at the end. I'll probably do it again in future videos.

@williambarr2846 5 ай бұрын

I believe that any one of the "incidents" that occurred in the general vicinity could be directly related to the unexplained occurrences along this stretch of road-

@trent3872 6 ай бұрын

There is an area close to where I grew up that was creepy as heck. You would see somebody standing on the side of the road, they would stare as you went by, you'd look in your rear view and they were gone. It was near the river.

@footballlvnlady 6 ай бұрын

My ex husband moved into an older home in the late 90’s. Our daughter was in college then and only went there some weekends and holiday breaks. She said she always got a weird feeling when she did laundry in the basement. After my ex moved out my daughter saw the neighbors to that house out for dinner one night. They asked if she knew the history of that house. There was a couple in the 50-60 age group that owned the house. They had a grown daughter who was married and had a young son. The SIL got cancer and died. Their daughter was very distraught and was very depressed. The parents invited their daughter and grandson to move into the house with them. The daughter became more depressed and hung herself in the detached garage. The grandson continued to live there but he became depressed after losing his father and then mother. When the grandson was in his teens he hung himself in the basement of the house. The owners moved out after that. My ex knew the history but never told my daughter.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

That's creepy and sad about the kids. Your daughter never saw a ghost in the basement?

@footballlvnlady 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 No she didn’t. She just felt strange when doing laundry. She only found out the history when meeting the former neighbor out at a restaurant.

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc 6 ай бұрын

@@footballlvnladyDid your daughter move out when she found out about the history of the house?

@bdpage2023 4 күн бұрын

That's awful. Reminds me of Dana Plato & her son.

@danieltossounian1962 6 ай бұрын

Im from California and some of the living people are so freaky they scare the ghosts away ..😂

@tattedandgatted 6 ай бұрын

I'm from Central IL. These stories are really good and better yet they come from here.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. 😊

@corbetcrey 6 ай бұрын

I loved this dashcam footage... so quite and eerie... like something is lurking in this fields...

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was hoping to capture the ghost on film.

@SewEasyCreations 6 ай бұрын

Another great story. I love information you include, well thought out and presented. If only there were more like you who do not try and hype it up. Excellent, thank you.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I like doing videos on places that intrigue me and have some interesting history behind them.

@eviehammond9509 6 ай бұрын

Amen to that!!

@JD-kg3mx 5 ай бұрын

Funny thing - I was tasked with jumping into a company pickup truck to drive out to and load up a replacement engine my employer purchased from an affiliated company of Byron Nuclear Generating Station in 1979. I was young, dumb and ambitious so the driving job, taking four days total didn't faze me until I did it. Man, what a boring drive, all flat farming land. Cell or smart phones didn't exist yet, maps were all paper and music was all AM radio on that Chevy truck. Not too far from my destination I stopped into a road diner to grab dinner. People were friendly. I overheard a conversation some locals were having with the waitress that had something to do with truckers stopping to check on someone laying on the road - that turned out to be what they assumed was a mirage or tricks on the eyes. I wish I could say it was on Kennedy Hill Road but I just don't remember. But a ghost was quite an urban legend in Byron, I remember that.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I knew about the story years ago and always thought it was interesting.

@anthonyanthonymorones4226 6 ай бұрын

We live in Kyle Texas Highway 21 allow people calling dead man’s curve but in our family we call it the haunted highway that the years we lived on this highway. We seen some paranormal on Highway 21 even seen a young girl walking on Highway 21 in a white nightgown, high 21 is known as the dangerous highway in the state of Texas mostly caused by fatal wrong way drunk drivers. It’s a great highway but it’s also a dangerous highway too and also a haunted highway. Give me a thumbs up if you let my comment.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a creepy highway.

@laurametheny1008 5 ай бұрын

You know I forgot about our friend Pat. She was the one who took a dive off the end of Kennedy Hill into the trees over the river but was saved. Pat was always goofy. I lived with her sis when we both worked at Quality. We used to laugh and say it wasprobably Pat on a mission lol. PTL. They lived on Route 2. I don't remember hearing about those shirts. Wish I could have got one.😒👻 Subbed this time😉

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear she was saved. The river is so close to the road there. I'm sure many drivers have ended up in the water.

@heathermanning5368 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for Sharing! I really can't see this as a hoax, it seems like a residual haunting, with the exception of people seeing different clothing, I wonder if anyone has had recent sightings Hopfully her spirit can finally rest in peace!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Supposedly the sightings ended in the early 1980's.

@stevevalley2784 6 ай бұрын

I just came across your YT channel & just watched the Bachelors Grove video & now watching this video. As a new subscriber I'll be looking forward your future videos. Excellent job!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 😊

@listensister8808 6 ай бұрын

Your voice makes me so homesick but in the sweetest of ways. Love your channel ❤️ Igrew up in the Lockport and Joliet area and lived as an adult in Glen Ellyn and Schaumburg. These stories are just glorious.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 There's more to come!

@Jade_holloway 6 ай бұрын

Nice eerie story! Your narration is great too, very natural-sounding.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊

@user-ze9to3ef1f 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1search: the ghost of uniondale in south africa😰😰😰😰its real and she hikes then disappear out of the car or off the bikes. They say it stopped in 1984 when her then fiance died

@MarvinHartmann452 6 ай бұрын

I don't believe in ghosts because I never saw one in 56 years, but that story is entertaining. You have a good voice to do this. Well done.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@heathernikki5734 6 ай бұрын

I’ve seen exactly one in 40 years and I didn’t believe in them before then either

@laurametheny1008 6 ай бұрын

Whoa. I was JUST thinking about my ex boyfriend from Byron who committed suicide many years ago. And there is your vid. Jeez thats creepy. I lived and worked in Byron for the years I was with him. My whole fam worked at Quality Metals there for years. Some of us at different times. We lived across from the cemetary. I took my daughter and moved to Rockford after we broke up. Traveled up and down Kennedy Hill hundreds of times over many years as my fam lived off Montague. Never saw the spook tho. Heard plenty. A friend of ours actually DID go off Kennedy at the bottom of that hill across route 2. Into the trees. But SHE didn't die. We had 2 friends who died on route 2 tho. One was just a little girl, playmate of my daughters. I had a wreck on Kennedy Hill myself. Definitely was a scary road to drive on in winter. Thanks for the vid. Boy was that a rush!😳🥶👻

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Yeah the hill on that road is steep. I could see it being very dangerous when icy.

@adriennecruz4964 6 ай бұрын

I think the settings are real great chanel and video I also love you voice❤

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)@@adriennecruz4964

@georgeplace8513 6 ай бұрын

😊 That was a good story. Never heard of this before. Thank you 😊 for posting it. I can't believe, either, somebody running around, halk naked, in sub artic weather, waiting to try and prank somebody. Not knowing when, or if, somebody would pass by. Add in the fact there wasn't really any place anyone could hide? I don't know 😮. If it was a prank, they should get bonus points for tolerating the cold, then get treatment for hypothermia 😅. Just saying 😅. 1/27/24.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yeah it sounds a little extreme for a prank. Hypothermia is a guarantee.

@madisonwhitley539 5 ай бұрын

There is a road very similar to this one in Colorado a lot of people don't know about, I don't live too far from it. I really enjoyed watching this one, great work and nice job.❤👻

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. That's cool. Does the road involve the ghost of a girl?

@madisonwhitley539 5 ай бұрын

@StrangeandSinister1 Not quite sure, I have heard a lot of conflicting stories about Riverdale Road, ghosts, cars breaking down around certain spots, ghost cars, sounds of native american drums beating in the distance, the whole nine yards, so a ghost girl wouldn't surprise me, lots of rumors about that road, I've heard it's haunted as hell, very rarely am I ever down that road at night, so I can't really answer you honestly, I stay away from it during the evening, or at least,I try to.❤️👻

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Wow, it sounds like a creepy road.

@madisonwhitley539 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 Yes, indeed🤗

@CodingAbroad 5 ай бұрын

As many others have said… awesome voice! You’ve made me a subscriber

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ddesafety2278 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and telling this story. I had always heard the stories about the ghost as a kid and what he tells are the stories I heard. When I got my license in 86, I would drive that road a few times a year just to see if I could see anything. After leaving the area and moving to Iowa I still drive that road when I come back to see family, just to tell the story of the ghost to someone new or just the hope to finally see it years later, but alas I never did. Highway 2 from Kennedy Hill to Oregon, IL is already a beautiful drive, plus you have Chief Blackhawk protecting just outside of Oregon, IL on the opposite side of thr river.

@StrangeandSinister1 2 ай бұрын

I was looking the whole time hoping I'd see her. It is a beautiful drive along Highway 2. The Blackhawk statue in Oregon is really cool.

@mjrchapin 6 ай бұрын

Excellent ghost story!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@komrad40 5 ай бұрын

Haunted or not, the road is shockingly beautiful.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

It's a nice area.

@juliewessels4045 6 ай бұрын

We pass this road every time my husband takes me to the doctor in Rockford. I've heard the stories, but I've never been on the Kennedy Hill road.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Maybe one day you can take a drive down the road on your way home and look for the ghost.

@juliewessels4045 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 I'd like to, but we always go during the day.

@heathernikki5734 6 ай бұрын

This was actually really creepy 👀

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

It was creepy driving down that road at night.

@StocktonJustin95 4 ай бұрын

Just found your channel last night! Living in the south suburbs of Chicago, I love seeing you tackle alot of legends and hauntings in my backyard. Subbed and cant wait for more!

@StrangeandSinister1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll be releasing some new haunted videos soon.

@sharronb2476 5 ай бұрын

This was a really creepy story, one that I had never heard before. I think it was a ghost, can't imagine a real person pulling a prank like that as cold as our winters get up north! 👻 Thanks for sharing yet another awesome, eerie video! 😊❤ I love your channel!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I totally agree. It seems a little extreme for a prank but who knows.

@fernandoduran2094 6 ай бұрын

Good creepy story before bedtime 🌙. I just love a good old-fashioned folk tale. Kind of keep you thinking if this ghost 👻 is around today. THANKS 😊

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. It could be. I was looking for it when I filmed there.

@tamarakindle73 5 ай бұрын

I love your channel!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

@shaunhourston-wells458 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this and your other videos. Good luck with the new channel!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@daren7889 6 ай бұрын

I know someone who refuses to travel South on ZmD Rt65 past the Antietam Battlefield Sharpsburg MD! Numerous car accudents have iccured in that strtch of Highway! Some people have claimed to see Confederate Ambulances crossing the road 8 dome accidents have occured on that road! ???? Antietam was the single bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War , September 17,1862! 23,000 died in a single day!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that's crazy. I've heard stories about Gettysburg and other battle sites being haunted. Thanks for sharing.

@josephmiller9424 6 ай бұрын

Has anyone stopped right by the woman rather then having to come back , because she could be part of a team getting travelers to stop then Rob them

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

When I was reading about the guy who saw it at night on the road, he said he took off because he thought it was a trap.

@josephmiller9424 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 because it is a trap attractive woman barely dressed late at night some men may be drinking stops a group comes out guns take vehicle with person , now a missing person and no girl either and it stops why did they do a exorcism

@emelio7995 6 ай бұрын

Ghosts that haunts normal living humans is true. I do believe in ghosts. They keep coming back to tell us in different ways about what really caused of their demise when they were still alive.

@buddapudgie8482 5 ай бұрын

Your comment reminded me of a quote I read once. It goes " A haunting is history waiting to be heard" - Anonymous.

@jackanapes6676 6 ай бұрын

There is also the legend of Witch Beula who resided close to that area out on Weldon rd just a few miles from Kennedy Hill. Also McCormicks tomb is also located on Montague rd there also.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

The witch sounds really interesting. I'll have to look that up. Thanks for sharing.

@jackanapes6676 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 Unfortunately, the house that was there is no longer standing. The legend says that there were broomsticks used for railings to enter at the front of the house. Locally, there is a lot of mystery and lore around the legend.

@laurametheny1008 6 ай бұрын

OMG yes! We lived on Weldon most of my childhood. I went to school in Winnebago. We used to drive out there as teens. Also Artesian Well the old end of Weldon that's now paved I think. Our old, old house got torn down after my parents moved to route 2. Weldon itself was almost a driveway lol. Hardly room for 2 cars. So much nostalgia tonight. Half my fam is gone sadly. Wish I could go back.🙏🏼😔

@56cadd 6 ай бұрын

Beulah was an elderly woman that was a widow who wanted to be left alone. In the early 70s, my cousins hunting dogs got lost around her place. The next day , we went looking for them and we saw them at her house, she fed them and was taking care of them.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

I'll have to look into Beula and Weldon road. Sounds really interesting.@@laurametheny1008

@CurtisGrupe 6 ай бұрын

Hello just came across this at 3 o'clock this morning really enjoyed it

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@brandonfouts4074 6 ай бұрын

Elvis 🎸🎶 can be heard in his house

@garycondon7719 6 ай бұрын

I could show you a house where , as a kid , I saw ghosts every single night until we eventually moved when I was 10-ish

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

That sounds very interesting. Did you move out because of the ghosts?

@garycondon7719 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 No , the family was getting too big for the house . I was pretty much the only one who saw and heard these beings , though years later I discovered that my older brother witnessed one strange experience and my oldest sister as well

@leanntoepfer77 5 ай бұрын

I live near Byron, IL and have heard this story my whole life (I'm 46). Ive never seen the ghost, but the house that sits on Route 2 that is part of the Kennedy Hill farms still sits empty. Just drove by it yesterday. It is supposedly haunted. Nothing is out of the question...

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Another viewer mentioned that too. That it’s haunted.

@leanntoepfer77 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 most likely. It was rented on and off for years then probably the last 15-20 years it's sat vacant with the gates chained out front.

@davidkraft314 5 ай бұрын

Where I live (Ontario canada) we get some of the coldest winters around. I can't see someone running around half naked, bare foot, in the middle of winter on a snowy night. They would get severely sick, get frostbite, lose a toe from said frostbite, plus stepping out into the snow barefoot hurts like hell (having done it when my boot got stuck in a snow bank), I can't see someone walking down a road bare foot while suffering from that kind of icy pain.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

I agree. A prank is unlikely, unless there was a warm car hidden nearby.

@davidkraft314 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 cars in the winter give off a lot of exhaust against the cold. You would notice a powered on car.

@srinivasaraoyp3640 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@robertandersen2318 6 ай бұрын

It was a ghost and will never go away

@davidcarter1013 6 ай бұрын

If it was a ghost it will dissipate,eventually.

@davidcarter1013 6 ай бұрын

The astral shell.

@robertandersen2318 6 ай бұрын

@@davidcarter1013 I lived in a haunted house, they never left we did

@rickhunt4487 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting ❤

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@RM-mm4jr 6 ай бұрын

Just found your channel n subscribed. I am now binge watching!! 💖 From Australia

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing and watching. I'm glad you're enjoying my videos.

@timothytrainful 5 ай бұрын

I live in Byron now and I heard stories about her. I drove up and down Kennedy road quite a few times past few years just hoping to see her.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

I was hoping to see it when I filmed for the video.

@jrspiritcommunicator7611 5 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work 👍

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. 👍

@randyhebbebusche3644 4 сағат бұрын

Very interesting, don't care about driving at night so much though. Thanks for a good story and background.

@letzvisit1661 6 ай бұрын

Loved the video and your style of storytelling. I myself am trying to get into just making shorts about ghosts or stories. Definitely keep up the videos these are great and they are stories I’ve never seen or heard of before personally.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'll have a new video out today or tomorrow.

@nancyoleksy 6 ай бұрын

Love your channel. My friend and I are always looking for places to explore. We go cemetery hopping and have had many crazy things happen. Thanks for these stories.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you found it interesting. What cemetery have you had an experience at?

@petercole8798 6 ай бұрын

Read my comment about scary things. In Massachusetts.

@12stanhumphries 6 ай бұрын

Just Came Across your Channel and Subscribed to it. Great Job on the Story and Love the Footage of the Road! I love Ruarl America 🇺🇸 It's Beautiful to Look it but it can be Quite Hanting as well when you hear Stories Like This!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@john0597 5 ай бұрын

As you said all the commentator said I don't think it would be a hoax because it was freezing cold weather

@duvessa2003 5 ай бұрын

Nice job! New subscriber here 😉

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@user-kn8jg6rj9e 6 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

@KSJPW 5 ай бұрын

I’m from Rockford and when I was in high school in the 70’s we cruised around those roads looking for the ghost, it originated in the 50’s or 60’s I think. One night, a guy wearing a hood was in the middle of the road, raised an ax and swung at us as we drove past. Probably a prankster, but it was really scary!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

😦 I probably would have called the police.

@Brodypuppycrazyadventures 5 ай бұрын

I stumbled upon this channel and I'm so glad I did! This channel is awesome! I'm so entertained and freaked out at the same time! Thank you! ❤😊

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@swagbear9965 6 ай бұрын

Love these local unheard of stories man. Keep up the good work👍🏻

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I've always thought this story was interesting.

@jpturner171 5 ай бұрын

Wow, agree with your viewers, you narrated this story with a calm, factual voice. Thank you and well done.👏🏽👏🏽 I have subscribed and plan to contribute

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@StarrySpider 5 ай бұрын

Just found your channel with my husband last night. We watched the rainbow video on our tv so I figured I’d add you to my account as well! Thank you for not having any AI generated voice, just as everyone else had said. Good luck with the channel!! ❤

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much! I refuse to watch AI voice channels myself and I'll never do that in my videos. Thank you again! 😊

@StarrySpider 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 happy to hear that! They drive me insane lol

@mikeharper4021 6 ай бұрын

Love your channel, wonderful narration just subscribed 😀

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! And welcome to the channel!

@eviehammond9509 6 ай бұрын

Love stuff like this!! Your video showed up in my recommended & so glad it did!!❤liked & subscribed & looking forward to future posts, but will watch your other videos til then.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching my videos. I'm glad you enjoy them. I'm working on a new one.

@juliemudd2985 5 ай бұрын

I love stories like this! New subscriber 🤗 Thank you for sharing!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Veronica.A. 6 ай бұрын

Okay, so the apparition was seen by individual drivers at night. They went and told other people about it. Rumor spread like wild fire. Everyone gets intrigued about it and flocks down to see the ghost and suddenly the apparation just stops manifesting itself?! It just doesnt add up. The only thing i think of is that people had nothing better to do in the early 1980's ( when they're wasn't any mobile or smartphones), and so they made this up in order to prank or to create a sensation. This ghost isn't real.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

You could be right, who knows.

@danielchatshorror8539 6 ай бұрын

Just subscribed. Can’t wait to see more videos

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@georgeplace8513 6 ай бұрын

😊 P.S. Congratulations 🎉👏 on approaching 200 subscribers 😊. 1/27/24.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@georgeplace8513 6 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 Your very welcome.

@FieckBrothers 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on 200+ subscribers!🥳🎉

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the congrats! :)

@georgeplace8513 6 ай бұрын

Yes. Congratulations 👏👍🎆 on reaching 200 subscribers. Next stop... 300 subscribers. 1/27/24.

@melodyfranklin2287 6 ай бұрын

This is absolutely creepy but yet it's very interesting as well.. thank you for sharing this true story. I love it.. your totally amazing forever love so kindly Melody 💗 aka Mel 💝

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.

@connerscon 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👏 👏 presentation

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

@julieq1291 6 ай бұрын

My friends and i used to drive that rd lo9king for her all the time. Also, off of Kennedy Hill Rd, (cant remember the name) was witch Bula's house.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Another viewer mentioned Beula on Weldon road, but she was just an elderly woman who lived alone and was sadly labeled a witch. I've heard about this story before. I'll have to learn more about it.

@bettyvarone4420 5 ай бұрын

A poor wondering soul looking for peace, sometimes they just need prayers, this was most likely a real ghost and finally went home to heaven.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

It's possible.

@chendaforest 6 ай бұрын

The cynic in me says it was a PR stunt to boost tourism. That said I don't doubt that at least some of the sightings were subjectively real, as in drivers sincerely believed they saw something. We have a similar case in South Africa, check out the Uniondale hitchhiker.

@melzwings 6 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and I love it!!! Great videos!!

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you for checking out my videos!

@bobjones2460 5 ай бұрын

Just found your channel -keep up the good work!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍 🙂

@petercole8798 6 ай бұрын

Love the story Brey rd too. Love the background music creepy ghosts scary story. True well ..maybe. now come to Massachusetts and do a story on Freetown state forest and hockomock swamp . Talk about creepy. Then October Mountain feldon pond Pittsfield state forest in the Berkshires very heavily wooded areas in western Massachusetts. October Mountain Bigfoot sightings and Dogman. Lee mass is out near the new york state line about 135 miles west of Boston mass. Many strange things out there. Please do a story on our state of Massachusetts paranormal events..

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I might eventually cover some stories in MA. I'll make note of the places you mentioned.

@tommyabernathy9880 5 ай бұрын

I love this channel. Subbed!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! And thank you! 🙂

@Maryann-ir6gk Ай бұрын

I wouldn't mind visiting Illinois. Thanks for sharing your story. I think its real.

@StrangeandSinister1 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@thepissedoffwhitedude969 6 ай бұрын

oh hey another small creator covering neat shit in my home state, I actually never get tired of these, just the fact that I live nowhere near these sites. why do they all gotta be up by chicago, man?

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out my channel.

@Dreama88 6 ай бұрын

That face tho !!! I had to put my hand up to block it and look away. It was funny i had to laugh at myself

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

lol

@Hilaire_Balrog 5 ай бұрын

lol I did the same.

@lorizeglin3103 6 ай бұрын

A theory I heard once. If there is an area that has had goats sighting or some form of communicate with the after life. That creates a vase amount of people over a period of time. That the result after however many years the sightings continues. This helped the after life ghost cross over

@DebbieSkelly-ib5dv 2 ай бұрын

Great video! I am very familiar with the Phantom of Kennedy Hill Road and it was so interesting to watch your video. I really do think it was an elaborate hoax from what I heard several people are certain about who the "phantom" was but no concrete proof so it makes for a great ghost story. Very well done and thank you for sharing!

@StrangeandSinister1 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's a fascinating story for sure. It was creepy driving down that road at night too.

@roselauk3211 6 ай бұрын

In Chicago they had ressuration Mary she use to walk down the road at night looking for help people would pick her up and drop her off out side the cemetery and drive off look in there rear view mirror and she be gone hundreds of people picked her up for years

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I might do a video on Resurrection Mary. It's one of the oldest Chicago ghost stories around.

@Digibeatle09 5 ай бұрын

Mind you - as regards the “hoaxer” theory - and then the reference near this video’s end to “shivers down the spine”, well .. the young female prankster - if such was the case - definitely would have had shivers down her spine !!!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

lol

@roys5563 5 ай бұрын

There is Ghost Story in France. Where a Ghost lady is sighted on the road , disapears but when the driver see in his rear view mirror, she's is seen sitting at back seat. Opps panicky horror

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

That would be creepy. 😦

@kevincharles1983 6 ай бұрын

Are You ever going to do longer videos? Subscribed

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Probably, but the videos will vary in length.

@yvonnemiller4406 5 ай бұрын

Is no one sure no one else could have died in that area or unalived and the body is somewhere in the cornfield

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

It's possible. The road is really old. There could have been a death and burial somewhere along there that no one knows about.

@stoneshire645 5 ай бұрын

I’m from Winnebago, Illinois, and my wife and I grew up hearing stories about this ghost. We still travel the route many times a year, though we’ve never seen it. The adjacent property is said to be haunted too, including the main home and the guard houses. How’d you come across this tale? Thanks for the video!

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

I've known about this story for a long time. It's always interested me. Guard houses? On Kennedy Hill road?

@stoneshire645 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 very cool, so glad you made a video on it. I shared it with several friends! Yes, there was a prominent farming family who built a large home way back off Kennedy Hill road (which is called Westfield further north) on their massive, mostly wooded property, and there are at least three white brick guard houses just off Kennedy Hill Rd. and one more on Route 2, where Kennedy Hill dead ends heading east. The guard houses haven’t been occupied for sometime, though someone still lives in the family home, and offers a room for Air B&B. The wife and I have considered staying there for the weekend, but haven’t found the time. If you’re interested, I’ll dig up info on the place.

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

If it's the house at Route 2, I drove past it. It sounds interesting. It would be interesting to learn more about it.

@stoneshire645 5 ай бұрын

@@StrangeandSinister1 yep, it’s the white brick house with a gate in front

@cazi13mama67 6 ай бұрын

Maybe there are more than one lady ghost...the farmer did ruin a cemetary??? Could explain different sightings and descriptions of different lady ghosts. Peace

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

That could be.

@D.JKennedy 6 ай бұрын

well thats very unsettling and creepy.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

It was creepy driving through there at night.

@njhainsworth4355 6 ай бұрын

If she is a ghost you have to figure out why shes unclothed and yes they sometimes are sèen in different clothes

@cherylschantz9893 6 ай бұрын

Maybe someone who is mentally I’ll who wanders around late at night?

@Jade_holloway 6 ай бұрын

yes, I thought that too

@StrangeandSinister1 5 ай бұрын

It's possible.

@monicahensonyearton1647 2 ай бұрын

When I heard this story back in the 80's it was the one of a girl that ran off the end of the road and drowned. Only it was that people picked up the ghost and drove her to her home on Kennedy Hill and she would leave her sweater in the car. When the driver tried to return it the family would inform them their daughter had drown. There are so many different stories out there about her. I do believe people did encounter a ghost on this road but wish the truth would be discovered.

@StrangeandSinister1 2 ай бұрын

I heard the part about the girl driving through route 2 into the river, but not the sweater part. A girl allegedly died in a car accident while traveling down the hill. The stories are slightly similar to Resurrection Mary, which I covered in another video if you want to watch it.

@LovieBrown-hy7dq 6 ай бұрын

Well told.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@JohnDavies-cn3ro 6 ай бұрын

I hadn't heard this story before - Troy Taylor seems to have missed it. It is certainly unusual - as you say, the weather conditions aren't condicive to a prank, but the girl's dress changes don't fit traditional ghost behaviour. Perhaps she took offence at being enshrined on a tee shirt? Enjoy the story, anyway.

@StrangeandSinister1 6 ай бұрын

Dale Kaczmarek covered it in one of his books, and I've always found the story interesting, but who knows, it could have been a prank. It would be creepy as hell to see that while driving in the middle of nowhere at 1am.