![]() ![]() ![]() It’s on that spot that she dies, burns to death, right in the middle of Cabrini-Green. While everyone is fussing over him, Helen stands up and walks right into the fire. They say she was in a fugue state, fighting back blindly, but they got the baby free. Baby in her arms, she runs toward the fire, but they’re on her quick. On the night of the annual bonfire, with all of the residents of Cabrini watching, Helen arrives with a sacrificial offering. The mother is devastated, everyone is looking for him, and: nothing. She goes on a rampage, leaving a trail of bodies in her wake, and then, the baby of one of the residents is abducted. … The authorities take her in, but she escapes almost immediately. By the time the police show up, she’s in one of the apartments making snow angels in a pool of blood. For research, she came down to Cabrini a few times, you know, asking questions, taking pictures of graffiti, people. She was a grad student-a white grad student-doing her thesis on the urban legends out of Cabrini-Green. This is a story about a woman named Helen Lyle. ![]()
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