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Black Aggie
There is a legend about
Druid Ridge Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. It is locally
well-known for it being the former home of a statue known as Black
Aggie.
In the early part of the
century, there was a woman named Aggie, who was a nurse working at a
hospital. She was congenial and well-liked, but it seemed that
patients under her care always seemed to die. Superstition grew, and
she was put to death, which turned out to be a mistake when she was
discovered innocent the very next day. A communal feeling of guilt
spread, so a statue was put in Druid Ridge Cemetery in her honor.
This became the second mistake, when strange occurrences started
happening.
Legend has it that if you
stand before it at the stroke of midnight, you will be struck blind
by the statue's red glowing eyes. People were even found dead in
front of it, including a pledge from a local fraternity.
Another rumor is that
pregnant women who walked in the figure's shadow (where oddly, the
grass never grew) would suffer miscarriages. People would gather at
the graveyard at night, which became a frequent problem.
All of this finally came
to a climax one morning when the cemetery employees walked into work
only to find Black Aggie with one of her arms sawed off. Upon
investigating this, the arm of the statue and a saw were found in
the backseat of a worker's car. The man was brought to trial, and he
claimed Black Aggie cut off one of her arms and had given it to him
in a fit of grief. Some people believed the ironic story, but it
wasn't enough for the court. He was found guilty.
Eventually the statue was
removed from Druid Ridge Cemetery, and was donated to a Baltimore
museum. It was never displayed however, and resided in the basement.
Occasionally, people still congregate at the cemetery in pursuit of
truth in the legend, but it is no longer the location of fraternity
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