Showmen's Rest
Forest Park, IL 60130
Showmen's Rest is a section of Woodlawn Cemetery that contains the remains from a 1918 circus-train wreck in a mass grave. Between 60 and 110 employees were killed when another train conductor fell asleep, causing the train to hit the circus-train. Since many of the victims' names were not known, a lot of the markers say things like "unidentified male," or "Baldy," or "4 Horse Driver." The section is still used today for burials of circus showmen and locals have reported hearing the sounds of phantom elephants at night.
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Sounds like a Zuneisha Reference to me.
May 2026
| Would Recommend | Yes |
Work Nextdoor. On late shifts definitely hear weird noises. Once me and my colleague heard a pack of wolves and felt the ground shake. We ran to our cars.
January 2025
| Would Recommend | Yes |
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
People used to report hearing lions roar.
Brookfield Zoo is 2 miles away.
I grew up in Brookfield 1.5 miles west of the zoo & when conditions were right we could hear the lions.
The Zoo no longer has elephants but my guess is people heard ones from there.
November 2024
| Would Recommend | No |
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
I heard weird sounds.
January 2021
| Would Recommend | Yes |
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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