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Vol. 39, No. 43
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October 30, 2024
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Are there ghosts in Riverside?
A success at Monsters on Main Street
Learn the supernatural tales a new walking tour dishes for area residents By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
TODD BANNOR
About 1,600 trick-or-treaters turned out for Brookfield’s Monsters on Main Street, Saturday, Oct. 26. See more photos online.
Regardless of whether you believe in ghosts, the Riverside area is a hotbed of supernatural stories. There’s the 1930s flapper girl in a snow-white gown, with a short bob haircut that was popular at the time, who has been seen looking for a ride to the Melody Mill dance hall. Problem for her is, the Melody Mill was torn down in 1984. But it’s also a problem for all of us. What should we believe? Are we to believe that the spirits of soldiers commanded by Gen. Winfield Scott that were stationed in what is now Riverside during the Black Hawk War of 1832 are roaming around? Some of those soldiers died of cholera and were almost literally buried where they fell … in unmarked graves. And what about the Bloody Stop Sign, purportedly near the Scout Cabin at 417 Fairbank Rd.? Legend has it there was a young girl who died in a terrible way and every Halloween blood oozes from a nearby stop sign. See GHOSTS on page 5
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