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Hello, and welcome to Crimes and Witch Demeanors, the paranormal podcast where we go beyond the Wikipedia page and delve into historic and primary sources to find the truth behind your favorite ghostly tales.  I’m your host and loveable librarian – Joshua Spellman.

 

Welcome back, by the time this is airing it’s officially fall and I couldn’t be more excited to break out my layers!  But if I’m being honest – I think I’m a little bit more excited for today’s episode.  There are so many versions of this story it’s hard to find out which is the definitive one and the thing that’s crazy is that they’re all so different!  Like…so…different.  I did my best to include them all but I think you’re going to love today’s ghost story.  It’s the quintessential thing that local legends are made of but unique in such an oddly beautiful way.

 

Today we’re not straying far from where I am now and venturing down to the quaint hometown of Lucille Ball…Jamestown and no, we’re not talking Lucy’s ghost here, we’re talking about one she would have heard legends of growing up and one that she is buried with…the Lady in Glass.

 

 

Five young kids drove in the dark.  Their fear and anticipation had left them silent; unsure of what the night would bring.  They bumped and bounced along the ill maintained roads until the headlights of the old Chevy Malibu pierced the hazy night, highlighting the large stone sign declaring their destination: “Lakeview Cemetery”

 

“We’re here” Cyndi, the oldest, and the driver said in an almost whisper, parking the car a little down the road as to not raise suspicion. 

 

Jack, the youngest at only 8 years old, and Cyndi’s brother, let out a small whimper that he hoped the others didn’t hear. 

 

“Oh shut up, twerp” Cyndi said, turning off the lights, and climbing out of the car and lightly closing the door behind her.  The others followed: Jack’s two friends, Riley, the girl he had a crush on, Dane, his best friend, and Corey, Cyndi’s boyfriend.

 

“Thanks for driving us” Dane said.  The other muttered their thanks too before Corey motioned them to be quiet, and waving them to follow him.  The five kids walked a little ways through the woods before hopping over a low stone wall and into the cemetery.

 

Corey passed a flashlight to Jack and another to Dane before whispering “Well, we all know why we’re here, right?” he asked.

 

They looked at each other, nodding, some more assuredly than others.  “It’s the anniversary of her death” Corey continued “The Lady in Glass.  All the way back in in 1898 Grace Galloway was to be wed.  She was beautiful and came from a wealthy family.  She was an heiress like Paris Hilton or something and the man she was marrying was carefully chosen by her father.

 

But she was in love with someone else.  Grace had been having a secret affair with her chauffer and couldn’t bring herself to marry a man she didn’t love.  On the night of her wedding, as she was pleading with her lover who had decided to leave.  He had decided it was best she marry and live a happy life where she would be provided for.  She was heartbroken but decided to carry on.  But when it came time for the wedding…her fiancé never showed.  It turned out he had overheard her conversation with her chauffer and left Grace at the altar.

 

With her heart broken by not only one, but by two men that left her, Grace died of a broken heart.  This monument” Corey paused, shining the light dramatically behind the group, lighting up a beautifully eerie scene: behind them was a large stone pedestal, and atop it was an incredibly lifelike statue of a woman, encased completely in glass, “This monument” Corey continued “was made.  But something strange began to