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Blood & Marble | Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery
In 1900, Chicago families spent their Christmas inside a cemetery. Sleigh rides, carolers, children playing among snow-covered monuments — all of it unfolding across 350 acres on the city's north side. It sounds like a Hallmark movie. It was Rosehill Cemetery.
In this episode of The Grim, host Kristin explores Chicago's first and grandest private cemetery — a Gothic fortress of ambition, tragedy, and restless spirits receiving the city's dead since 1859. Its castellated limestone entrance gate mirrors the iconic Water Tower on Michigan Avenue, both designed by the same architect. Inside…
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