CH-1 Vol. 10 #20 Grimes Funeral
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Silent newsreel of the funeral of Barbara (15) and Patricia Grimes (12), victims of a still-unsolved double murder. The girls' bodies were discovered alongside a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957, nearly a month after they disappearred after seeing a movie at Brighton Park theater in McKinley Park. Their disappearance initiated one of the largest missing persons investigations in the history of Chicago.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Telenews titlecard reads "Chicago." Two caskets are carried out of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying. Interior shot of the Holy Mass.
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Crimes; Murders; Death
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12402
Notes: Telenews titlecard reads "Chicago." Two caskets are carried out of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying. Interior shot of the Holy Mass.
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Crimes; Murders; Death
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12402
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15