Central Medical Clinic of Chicago

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the dimly lit hallway of Central Medical Clinic of Chicago, a small child pointed and whispered, ‘Mommy, look—eyes!’ The nurse glanced down and saw nothing but an empty examination room. Yet every now and then, patients swore they could hear footsteps behind them. One evening, a delivery driver mentioned seeing an old lady in a white coat waving from a window on the third floor. Nobody else noticed her, but everyone agreed she must be the ghost of the clinic’s founder. Since then, whenever someone forgets their lunch or phone in a room, they say it was taken by ‘Grandma Clara.’

2. In the Central Medical Clinic of Chicago, an elderly nurse whispered to her colleague, ‘I swear I saw that same old man in the waiting room three times today.’ Her colleague shook his head with a smile, replying, ‘Nurse Helen, you must be seeing ghosts—there’s no one else who looks quite like that grumpy old delivery driver!’

3. In the Central Medical Clinic of Chicago's waiting room, a delivery driver noticed something odd in one of the empty wheelchairs—an old, dusty teddy bear with a tag that read ‘Property of Dr. Johnson.’ No one claimed it. Soon enough, an elderly lady approached the desk and asked if anyone had found her lost teddy bear. The staff laughed when she described its unique red bowtie. That’s when everyone realized—the dusty toy belonged not to some doctor, but to a neighborhood retiree who visited regularly for check-ups.

4. In the early morning fog of Central Medical Clinic of Chicago, a delivery driver parked his truck and stretched, noticing a shadowy figure darting between the parking lot trees. The shadowy figure turned out to be just a neighborhood cat, who scurried away with a mischievous look. The delivery driver shook his head, smiling, and thought, ‘Another day in the mysterious life of Central Medical Clinic.’