BLACK AGGIE

from: urbanlegendsonline.com

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 stunts...