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Haunted Illinois from A - Z

1. Algonquin - Algonquin cemetery - on Rt.31 And Cary / Algonquin Rd there are two sides. The side that touches 31 is more of a good side in terms of the way the spirits are. The other side has a rapist that has been bound to his grave spot by a high priestess. Do not enter this circle or you will be at the mercy of his anger. A little bit further down the cemetery is a murderers spirit he has also been bound to his grave. When you find the rapist grave towards the back of the cemetery if you stand in one spot you will fell his bad energy and you will hear him running back and forth through the woods. A little boy has also been seen by this area watching the rapist and watching you trying to protect you from harm. The only way to be safe is to stay on the trail until you know where they are.

2. Allenton Park - Allenton Mansion - There have been reports of a mysterious lady in white. She, according to witnesses and old photos of people that use to go there as guest of Mr. Robert Allerton, is a guest that frequently visited there. She has been seen walking along the pond in the back of the mansion, and in "her" room putting on hats and gloves. She's been heard coming down the stairs and pacing the hall in front of "her" room.

3. Alsip - Cemetery(s ) - Alsip was once a huge brickyard for Chicago, as well as a planned cemetery. A really large one, supposedly dubbed The City of Chicago Cemetery. Many of the older houses have pre-dug graves within. Since not all of Alsip was used as a cemetery, the plan was debunked. However, Alsip has Illinois' largest cemetery count. There have been cases of ghosts, poltergeist activity (objects moved around homes), voices, etc. Besides its own graveyards, Alsip also borders several famous ones such as Holy Sepulcher.

4. Altamont - Devil's Peak- It has a rock shaped like the Devil's horns out of the hill you can see it really well and it is said that the devil roams down there, it is in the valley, don't know if the one talking about St. Elmo-valley is talking about the same one.

5. Alton - Lovejoy Monument cemetery- In the cemetery is buried a little girl that died suddenly from a mysterious illness and she walks around the cemetery and darts behind the gravestones like she is playing hide and seek. You can also see the ghost of Elijah P. Lovejoy walking around his monument. If you go into the cemetery at night you will constantly walk into chill spots and it could be 90 degrees out.

6. Alton - Lovejoy School - Many reports of ghostly walking, doors opening and closing, on their own, lights going on and off, and objects being projected across the floors. It is believed that the school is partially located on Indian burial grounds. There have also been ghostly sightings and the scent of strong perfume.

7. Alton - Mineral Springs Hotel - The Lavender-Lady is one about a woman who loved the lavender smell. She had an affair and her husband found out. He chased her down some steps and nobody really knows the rest of the story except that he killed her. There is also a story about the pool area at the basement level. A woman drowned in the pool and it was because of a man.

8. Anna - Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center - Reports of apparitions of people running, people standing in the windows as you drive by, also reported a man that walked in the tunnels and felt a hand on his back.

9. Arcola - The depot by the rail road tracks - There is a ghosts seen holding and swinging a lantern.

10. Ashley - abandoned candy factory - A ghost inhabits the factory. She is said to have been killed during a normal day at work. The roof has caved in and covered the spot where she was supposedly killed. When circled, it is possible to see a face or silhouette of the woman in a doorway of window. At night it is also possible to hear her cries just before she died.

11. Ashmore - Ashmore Estates Mental Hospital/ boys home - Mysterious words such as "die" appear on walls at night . Doors open and close and lights appear at different places in this condemned building. When you are there strange noises are heard and the temperature changes in spots, and eerie feelings.

:UPDATE: Tuesday, November 4, 2003

Please add a warning to your Ashmore Estates listing,. The proprietor of the residence WILL prosecute people caught trespassing on his land,.. and the police do frequent the area, (probably why the mysterious lights appear throughout the place...oh and that of other people checking the place out ) I know this for I have been living across from Ashmore Estates for the past 6 yrs... long after it closed we moved in next door. As a matter of fact, our landlord used to own it when it was a Mental Institute, for the mentally challenged, not mentally insane. The Residence we live in was built for the purpose of housing the nurses who worked in the institution. The few yrs after our landlord lost the property to the state, kids of all ages entered, and began to trash the place, spray painting words on the wall,.. such as and satanic symbols, oh and one time some kids even decided to hang dead animal parts around, made a rather discomforting odor, but I guess that's what they had in mind. The current owner, bought the property to remodel the structure, to move into as his residence. The local kids had other things in mind. Some took rocks while others took .22cal firearms to the windows and framework. At first he had asked me to ask people not to go onto his residence, but I can't stop them all. I asked a few, being the nice guy I am, not to break anything, and it'll be cool,.. about time I got the last word off my breath a kid no further than 3 ft away from me picks up a rock, throws it through one of the windows... so I write his plate no. down among others that where there at the time, and turned it into the landowner.. at that time he didn't want to involve the police, but of course being a nice guy never really gets u anywhere does it? So hence why I'm writing this email Warn your fellow hobbyist's that they can face a minimum of $250.00 fine for illegal trespassing.

sorry for the length of Email, I usually like to keep them short.

but I wanted to give you a bit of the true history of Ashmore Estates.

Cordell.

12. Ashmore - St. Omer cemetery - A large gravestone with a crystal ball said to be that of witch, the date of death on the tombstone is Feb 31, 18??. Many have tried to take pictures but they never turn out. Sometimes there is strange glow coming from the tombstone.

13. Aurora - Leland Tower Hotel - The Leland Tower, 21 stories and the tallest building in Aurora is said to be haunted. Numerous suicides have taken place by guests jumping from upper floors into the Fox River. At night bad smells come from the elevator banks and the elevators seem to moan.

14. Aurora - Mount Olivet Cemetery - Women in 1950's clothing are seen in the cemetery standing by a 1958 Lincoln Continental. They seem to melt and fade away.

15. Barrington - Cuba Road - White mysterious orb follows passing cars on the metal gate of the old cemetery.

16. Barrington - The haunted Silo - there is a haunted farm house with a silo. The legend is a man went crazy because he thought his wife was cheating on him, so he murdered her and his kids. He killed himself as well. There is also a five-point star located about 20 yards away from where he buried his family. The star has a dead tree at each point of the star. Apparently you can still hear noises and see something moving around in the house late at night. Even if it is 80 degrees outside you can feel a bitter uninviting chill. It is located in Barrington Illinois on shoe factory road.

17. Barrington - White Cemetery - Glowing orbs are seen from the road, and a phantom black car can be seen driving from the entrance of the cemetery then disappearing a few blocks down. Also, when pictures are taken of the cemetery the pictures do not develop or the camera is lost.

18. Barrington - Rainbow Road - abandoned farmhouse On Rainbow Road, there is an abandoned property way back in the woods. On one of the curves of Rainbow Road, you can see the gated up driveway that leads about a half a mile into the dark forest. It is said that a family was murdered here around Christmas time. If you explore the property enough, you will even find the guesthouse with an old fashioned fake Christmas Tree, along with plenty of old Christmas decorations around the main home. The pool house is rubble, but there is still a police line around some parts around the barn, where the family was reportedly killed in.

19. Barrington - Rainbow Road - Hitch hiking ghost Mary along the trees at night only when the moon is full, She is seen wearing a white robe. She has her thumb pointed outward just as any normal hitchhiker would. If you stop your car she will get into your car. When she approaches where she wants to get off at she will vanish out of your car with out a trace she was there. If you see this ghost or pick her up take special precaution. She has a very bad temper and is easily mad.

20. Bartelso - Old Carlyle Road - If you sit out on the road for a little bit with your lights off you will see a car coming towards you and then it goes below a hill and disappears. It is said to be the ghost of a girl who was raped and killed.

21. Bartlett - Bartlett High School - The power goes out on important dates (such as final exams), music wont play during pep rallies when the dance team is up to perform, and the school has never gone an entire year without experiencing a death of a student or staff member.

22. Bartonville - State Hospital- They say the residents of the Bartonville State Hospital haunt the grounds and can be seen at various times. Bartonville-old Illinois State hospital - More info here:
http://theshadowlands.net/famous/bartonville.htm

23. Bartonville condemned mental hospital that has the famous story of the crying man - a mentally retarded resident would dig the graves of all the other insane residents who died.. He would lean against a big oak tree in the cemetery and cry his eyes out during every burial. When the man himself died, he was buried in the facility's graveyard; immediately the oak tree died, and the sound of crying out was heard during his burial.

24. Belleville - Pasta House - It is said to be haunted by a family that was killed when it was a hotel many years ago. If you are there late enough you can hear a woman and child scream.

25. Belleville - The ghost tracks are the alleged resting place of a young boy killed by a train on the tracks. It is said that if you roll over the tracks and stop just after you cross them and put your car in neutral, the boy will push the car back over the tracks, up a hill, to save you from his fate. If you put baby powder on your bumper, after he pushes you, you can see his fingerprints.

26. Belvedere - Blood's Point Cemetery - Sightings of white orbs, mists, and leaves manifesting into human forms. Electrical malfunctions such as flashlights turning off and cameras turning off, that function normally outside the cemetery, Also heard, peculiar cries, whistles and whispers, and an occasional growling from around the shed area.

27. Bishop Township - Kings Cemetery - Pictures have been taken at night, and mysterious orbs are seen in the pictures, And silhouettes jumping out of the person, though not moving....At least 5 different cameras used and different kinds of film. It's in the Middle of Nowhere, no houses, just trees.

28. Bloomington - Old Federal Prison on Market - stories of young boy looking out the attic window. Boy said to be hatchet to death.

29. Bloomington - The old Mennonite hospital (now Eureka) - There is this one room on the 3rd floor at the end of the hallway where a lady passed away a very painful death from cancer. After she passed the call light would always go on and off, there would be the smell of death in the room, that no matter how hard they tried it couldn't be removed. There were always strange noises coming out of the room. That room was never used again.

30. Bullvalley - The House With No Corners - This house was built in the 1800's. The family that lived in it all died in the upstairs, the only part of the house with corners. The reason for the downstairs and outer perimeter not having corners was for the purpose of ghosts and spirits to have no place to hide. Late at night, in the dark of the upstairs windows, figures can be seen moving about. Sounds of steps can also be heard faintly. On the second floor is the door to nowhere that is up on the house leading to no deck nor any stairway.

31. Carpentersville - Big Boy's restaurant - in Carpentersville on rte 25 and Lake Marion Roads now closed! Resold three times over, but the same building is occupied. Five ghosts linger there.

32. Central City - Central City Cemetery - Late at night when all is quiet in the southeastern part of the grave yard there is a statue of a girl playing the violin which you can heard clearly but faintly on calm nights. She is know throughout the small town as violin Annie.

33. Centralia - Centralia cemetery - It is said in an old cemetery in this town that a young girl was murdered by her father with her very own violin. There is a statue of her where she was buried holding a violin and at night on certain days if you listen closely you can hear her play the instrument.

34. Champaign - Church St. YMCA - cold spots, lights turning off and on by themselves, feelings of being watched, balls rolling down stairs by themselves, strange noises, shadows moving. doors on third floor opening and closing by themselves.

35. Champaign - Urbana - The University of Illinois - The English building - is supposed to be haunted. The story is that it was once a girl's dormitory, and a girl killed herself there. Supposedly her spirit haunts the building.

36. Charles Munger Road - Wayne St. - A haunted road were many car lights have been seen and then disappeared. Also old insane asylum which is haunted.

37. Charleston - Eastern Illinois University - Pemberton Hall - where a young college girl was allegedly brutally murdered, before winter break, by a psychotic janitor. Clocks turn back in time, voices are heard in the halls and doors mysteriously lock after the young girls enter. Wet footprints on the floor or bloody footprints. The floor where she was killed is closed off but mysterious music still plays from a piano she once played on. The murder supposedly took place on the fourth floor, which is now boarded up.

38. Cherry Valley - Bloods Point Road - There is a bridge down this road with a train track running under it. At one time, a school bus full of children ran off the bridge, causing everyone to die. If you put your car in neutral in the middle of the bridge, you will be guided to safety on the other side. There is also a traffic light that keeps moving, never staying in the same place.

39. Cherry Valley - Blood point Road - A ghost car will come out of no where and chase you and run you off the road. Off of blood point road there is Sweeney road where there is a spot to pull over by a stonewall. Over the wall is a field with paths that lead to the woods were red floating orbs have been seen. In the woods is the foundation of church of some kind. No flashlight will work it will turn off one step into the woods. an old farmer will came running through the woods with a shotgun then once outside the woods he disappears. At the end of Sweeney road at the stop sign it turns in to Pool rd. proceed with caution as a phantom black big rig will come out of no where. And on your way out you will be chased by the ghost car until you leave the area.

40. Chicago - Archer Woods Cemetery - The cemetery gates are never locked, so entry is easily accessible. As you walk into the Cemetery You follow a path that leads around in a circle. As you leave the cemetery it is said that a white filmy form floats among the trees near the gates. She is called the sobbing woman and you can also hear her sobs and wails. The strange part is that you only see her as you exit never when you enter.

41. Chicago - Bachelor's Grove Cemetery - Over the years people claim to have spotted glowing lights, phantom cars, and over 100 ghosts. The Ghost Research Society had seen a young woman dressed in old-fashioned clothes and perched on a tombstone on August 10,1991. But even though she seemed to be almost transparent, a camera caught her image pretty clearly. If she was a ghost that picture will prove that ghost are real to people don't believe in them.

42. Chicago - Biograph Theater - the ghost of John Dillinger is seen running in the alley behind this building where he was killed.

43. Chicago - Garet Durson mental Hospital - Numerous flash lights going off and not working at the same time, hear people screaming , and a woman in a white robe running down the stairs.

44. Chicago - Graceland Cemetery - Graceland Cemetery is one of Chicago's oldest graveyards and boasts several hauntings. The most famous is the spirit of Inez Clark. Inez was just shy of seven years old when she was struck by lightening at a family picnic. Her parents, distraught over the loss, had a life-size statue of the child erected at her grave site. The statue is enclosed in glass, protecting it from the elements. On rainy nights, when thunder is rolling, the statue reportedly disappears from the glass box, and a young girl can be seen roaming the cemetery grounds.

45. Chicago - Holy Family Church - parishioners have seen a white apparition here.

46. Chicago - Jane Addams Hull House - Now a museum, said to have been the home of a devil baby. Sightings are still reported, as well as sightings of ghosts and Monks.

47. Chicago - Lourdes High School - It is claimed that nuns that have died over many years haunt the school. On the third floor you can hear someone walking down the hallway. In Stritch hall shadows have been seen.

48. Chicago - Monks Castle - Suppose to be a religious order that if you try to get onto their land, they will chase you. One particular story was about a bunch of kids going in at night and sneaking around (around 1983 - 1985), they said they saw something in the woods that had glowing red eyes that started to chase them. They made it across the gate, as one of the girls sat down on the curb by the street light, a monk grabbed her, and she was never heard from again.

49. Chicago - Mt Carmel - Spirit of Julia Buccola Petta is said to wander the cemetery grounds. On one occasion when a young boy was left behind in the cemetery, the family saw the boy take the hand of a lady in a white gown upon their return to retrieve the boy. When they got closer the lady disappeared.

50. Chicago - O'Hare airport - dead passengers and flight attendants pilots. An American airlines flight crashed into an airfield near the airport. The crash ignited a huge fireball all passengers and crew died in the disaster.

51. Chicago - S-M-C Cartage Company - On Valentine's Day in 1929, Al Capone sent some of his men to leave a tragic message to Bugs Moran at one of his buildings. The building was called the S-M-C Cartage Company and was a red, brick structure on Clark Street. Seven men were lined up and mowed down with machine gun fire, leaving the wall splattered with blood and full of bullet holes. After hearing the news, Bugs was heard to exclaim, "Only Capone kills guys like that!" In 1972, a man bought the factory and transformed it into a 20's themed club. The brick wall the massacre took place on was dismantled and the factory was torn down. People still hear gunfire and screams coming from the area. Supposedly, before it was torn down, seven shadowy figures were seen lined up on the wall and the viewer would be filled with fear.

52. Chicago - Options Exchange Building - In 1979 two traders had a disagreement over a trade. They decided to settle the matter outside by the horse statue/fountain. One of the men was so badly injured that he died before the paramedics could save him. To this day, janitors say they can hear what sounds like two men arguing after everyone has left.

53. Chicago - Red Lion Bar - Just ask some of the "regulars" of the noises, footsteps and voices they hear there on a regular basis.

54. Chicago - Robinson Woods - Reports have been made that you can see black shadows , red, or white orbs, scents of violet, or lavender at times. Pictures of ectoplasmic mist can be seen through photography.

55. Chicago - The Congress Hotel - Numerous cold spots all over the old hotel and TV's going on and off for no reason at night. Things moved in the night. Lots of bizarre occurrences as well as doors closing and odd feelings walking down some hallways.

56. Chicago - The Dome Room- A nightclub that is very haunted. The building that it occupies once housed a morgue with hundreds of dead bodies. It was also a sewing house that burned in the Great Chicago Fire and claimed many women's lives. Phenomenon occurs there nightly. There have been many eyewitnesses to ghosts and many other things.

57. Chicago - Webster's Wine Bar - apparition has been seen at the second floor bar.

58. Cicero - Chodl Auditorium - A teacher\director is said to haunt the theater. According to legend he died of a heart attack the opening night of West Side Story and never got to see the production. Students have claimed to see and feel a presence in the theatre especially later at night after long rehearsals . West Side Story hasn't been put on out of respect but once since his death.

59. Cicero - Morton College -This school is haunted by the spirit of a girl named Emily who was murdered. Before the school was built, her body was found on the site after being killed on Laramie Bridge. She has been spotted on the roof at night by security guards. She is rarely seen by the students. Emily has been heard in the theater, however. She usually appears during plays that involve violence and murder.

60. Cicero - Warren Park - Inside the Warren Park administration building on the top floor people have heard (after hours) what sounds like moaning and footsteps and an actual sighting of a misty apparition, plus doors opening and once a glass window being totally shattered.

61. Clarendon Hills - The Country House restaurant - It is said that a young women with her child came into the bar one night upset and alone. She became angry when she asked the bartender if she could leave the baby in his care while she went out do some things. He refused, fearing that she was going to abandon her child. She then stormed out of the restaurant and sped away in her car. A few miles down the road, the women and her child were found dead in a car accident. Nobody knows whether she intentionally rammed her car into the tree, or is was just an accident. Many people, (mainly the employees) have felt or seen the ghost. She haunts the upstairs storage area where the lockers and dry supplies are. She has locked people inside the room, flickered lights on and off, and broke many dishes and glasses.

62. Colchester - Vishnu Springs - Vishnu is an old abandoned township located just west of Colchester. There are feelings of being watched, viewed shadow like beings in darkened corners.

63. Collinsville - Cahokia Mounds - Ghost of Indians and strange shadows and balls of light.

64. Collinsville - Old First Baptist Church - The story goes that a German janitor was locked into the basement and then the building set afire. This occurred during WWI when tensions were high against German-Americans. The church was rebuilt on the original basement. Ironically, it is now used as a haunted house during October. Workers and patrons alike have experienced cold spots, uneasiness, footsteps, shadow figures, and images of both a hell hound and a hooded figure walking around. After some investigation it was found that seven spirits inhabit the building, and one referred to as the demon. This demon is responsible for hiding objects and grabbing people to the point of leaving bruises.

65. Colona - Kauzlarich House - There had been shadows in the halls and things turning on and off without being touched.

66. Crete - Ax-Man's House - In the 1970's a man murders his wife and children along with two police officers, with an ax. After killing them he hung them from hooks in the meat shed in the back of the property. He was then chased through the woods near his home by the police until he was finally shot and killed near the road. Upon entering the grounds a strange feeling of being watched is felt, and if you go around to the back of the house you can still see the blood splattered in the meat shed. In the house you will find a staircase that leads into the ceiling. If you go into one of the upstairs bedrooms you will find women's shoes all over the floor and if you look out the window you will see what looks like a woman hanging from a rope in the tree. You can also still see the path that the ax man ran down to try to avoid the police. He is said to still haunt the bridge near where he died.

67. Crystal Lake - The Fountains of Crystal Lake - On the upper floor there is an apparition of an old lady that wanders the halls and when you follow her, she leads you down a dead end hallway and she disappears. Also on the upper floor, there is an area with checkerboards to play checkers on. The checker chips move by themselves. In the basement, right when you get on the basement floor, you get the sensation of being watched. If you walk down the long dark hall, you hear footsteps follow you.

68. Crystal Lake - Lake view cemetery - The Lake View Cemetery is said to be haunted by the spirit of a women who set her self on fire here.

69. Crystal lake - Mt. Thabor Cemetery - Red, green, and white glowing balls of light have appeared in photographs taken at this fairly isolated old cemetery. Erie shadows are also seen fluttering about the cemetery at night amongst a mass of green mist which sometimes engulfs the graveyard. Motorists passing this cemetery at night have often seen balls of light floating towards the road.

70. Crystal Lake - Palmer House - Palmer was a man who ran an orphanage. He beat and tortured and murdered these kids over the years you can hear cries from in the house if you put your ear to the door you hear kids scratching at the door. Then you hear palmer stomp on the floor or hit the door. Sometimes you see figures in the basement windows.

71. Crystal Lake - Park in Covered Bridge Trails - There is a stream behind the park that has some odd activity around it. Strange shadows have been seen there and a ball of light.

72. Danville - cornfield cemetery (niccum) - very old cemetery in the middle of a cornfield. reported apparitions seen and very eerie feelings. Off of Long rd.

73. Danville - New Holland Apt. Building - the building is now empty, but in the basement you can feel cold spots and the chains from the lights will swing with no one touching them. several pictures taken in the basement have has orbs. it is said that a man was found dead in the basement. not known if it was drug overdose or murder.

74. Decatur - Avon Theater - The ghost of the original owner has been seen by many people roaming this old theater.

75. Decatur - Greenwood Cemetery - Arguably the most haunted cemetery in central Illinois. Greenwood is home to "the Greenwood Bride" who can be frequently seen and heard weeping. , The Civil War section is filled with Confederate prisoners who died from yellow fever. Their bodies were buried in unmarked graves. Many say that these soldiers still walk the hills of Greenwood Cemetery and will even confront you. and a host of other spirits who prowl the confines of this large graveyard. For decades Ghost lights have been reported on the southern edge of the graveyard.

76. Decatur - Lincoln Theater - A ghost called one-armed red is seen and heard here.

77. Decatur - Milliken University - There are a number of ghosts who hang around the 150 year old campus. In the main theater, there is a ghost called "Track girl" for whom the performers leave candy before a show to ensure that all things will be well.

78. Decatur - Pecs Cemetery - Glowing dots have been seen floating in mid air, wolfs howling, and sounds of feet running and when you look there isn't anything there.

79. Des Plaines - Galaxy Club - Late at night near the juice bar of the club, you can hear over the loud music people calling your name. There is a air hockey game in the back of the club and when nobody is playing it you can hear the puck move across the board and hitting the paddles. After the club closes and all the lights are off, you hear loud crashing noises. But when you go to look, nothing has fallen. You even can see orbs of light moving fast through the darkness of the club.

80. Des Plaines - Maryville Academy - Back in the 1930's when the Academy was used as a Catholic orphanage, there was evidence that the girls' dormitory was haunted by the spirit of a nun. There were sounds of footsteps, swishing of skirts, and the sound of the rosary beads clicking, but the nun herself was invisible.

81. Dogtown - Pleasant Grove Cemetery - To get to this cemetery, you have to take dirt roads about a mile back in a field. The cemetery is surrounded by forest. Once in the cemetery, different creepy sounds can be heard. Some figures have also been viewed here.

82. East St. Louis - state street abandoned building - reports of hearing a faint scream. A figure that looked like a woman appeared from nowhere with its hand reaching out.

83. Effingham - Kazbar - Old cemetery that has haunted caves. A werewolf and a man in a black cloak with red eyes is said to be seen there. Many weird things have happened here.

84. Elgin - Elgin Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery -Documentation of patients being tortured in the turn of the century era before science understood insanity. They then were buried five in a grave with the name of the body on top marking that grave. All kinds of supernatural activity here ranging from orbs to apparitions.

85. Elgin - Elgin State Mental Hospital - Elgin State was a relic of the 1950s era of using pain for mental treatment. Electroshock and cold therapy were some of the ghastly methods used on patients. Many died and as the years went on, and the cemetery ran out of room, the bodies were incinerated in the basement. The campus is shut down, and is closed down. Visitors have to hop a fence and run from the security guards to avoid being fined $5,000. Reports include tapings, screams, shadows, lights inside, cold fields, and fog. Inside, visitors claim to see blood stained walls, and smell the scent of rigor mortis. Many consider it the most haunted place in Chicago land.

86. Elgin - Ellis Middle School - The auditorium is supposedly haunted by a woman in a white lace dress, and can only be seen in the Hallways backstage.

87. Elkhart - Elkhart Cemetery - the cemetery where Governor Ogelsby is buried. The ghost of his wife visits his tomb. She will be seen sitting outside his tomb for a few minutes when a group of Indian ghosts come up and chase her off across the bridge leading over the road by the cemetery.

88. Elmhurst - Single track train track - reports of an apparition of a man with a lantern walking on the tracks and disappears.

89. Evanston - The First Methodist Church of Evanston - The sanctuary is haunted by the ghost of a man in a black business suit. He has the way of not being involved with anyone in the room that all ghosts have. He walks down the side aisle in the sanctuary, coming out from behind one pillar and walking behind the next, but if you look behind the pillar, no one will be there. There are no doors or windows that he could have gone through, and no one in a black business suit was in the room. It is unknown who he is or why he is haunting the church.

90. Forest Park - Jewish Waldheim Cemetery-A beautiful young spirit with brunette hair is said to hang out at the cemetery gates and at times hitch rides to 'Melody Mills Ballroom' just down the street.

91. Forest Park - Woodlawn Cemetery- In 1918 a train wreck took the lives of the members of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. People report hearing sounds of wild animals coming from the cemetery.

92. Galesburg - Jail Cell - The old Knox County Jail was purchased by Knox College in the 70's, and it is located on the college campus. The front half of the building was renovated and is used for offices and classrooms, but the back half (the cell area) remains untouched and hasn't changed since it was built in the late 1800's. When the jail was still active, an inmate supposedly escaped, ran across the college campus, but was caught and placed back in his cell. He later committed suicide inside the cell on the second level, the second one from the stairs.

93. Galesburg - Knox College - Returning from a study group one night, a beautiful coed was bludgeoned with a brick, and left to die on the steps of her dorm. Some say late in the evening, one can smell the essence of perfume in the stairwell, as if the coed keeps a vigil of protection over this dorm.

94. Gladstone - Monmouth - There is said to be a man at this cemetery standing and when you go by he looks at you and he is really mean.

95. Glen Ellyn - Maryknoll Seminary - It was said that this Maryknoll Seminary is haunted by the ghost of a dead monk who hung himself in the bell tower. The monastery is huge, with hundreds of rooms and no electricity turned on as the place is boarded up and the bell tower sealed off. Reports of fresh blood "bleeding" from the exterior of the bell tower and strange noises are not uncommon, and the place is still used as a secret gathering place for various cults and possibly Satanists, as there are satanic markings and words from ancient languages on some walls. Unfortunately, this seminary has been torn down so it can no longer be seen. There are subdivisions and houses going up in that area now.

96. Glenview -The Grove- In the Kennicot house, it has been reported that the headless body of a woman appears to be walking down the front staircase. She is dressed in the style of the 1800's. The same period as when the family lived in the house. A light...as if from an oil lamp...is seen moving about the house. When police have gone to investigate, there is no one there and no sign of forced entry. Although, it was on one such call that the police saw the headless woman.

97. Georgetown - Vermillion county - Ridge farm - These towns are located in Illinois almost every cemetery is haunted. Most of them are located back in the country where almost no one lives. About 99% of these cemeteries date back to the civil war times, and before that with heavy paranormal activity.

98. Goreville - Happy Hollow - Various sightings and sounds have been reported through the years. Civil War infantry have been seen walking around, ghost cowboys, and other apparitions have been seen. Also, it is reported that if you drive through there after ten PM, you will see no wildlife in that area until 6 AM.

99. Granite City - Irish Cemetery - There is an old cemetery down the street from the Wal-Mart (the only Wal-Mart in granite city). It was owned by the Irish family. It is said that if you trespass onto the cemetery, the ghost of an Irish family member will actually scare you so much, that you will have a Heart Attack. They said it only happens at night though, and to people that are not there to mourn the deaths of the Irish.

100. Grayslake - The Town - Our town has had many different sightings. The grave yard. Some of the older houses and some of the buildings in town. Here is a website so that maybe you can learn more -
http://www.geocities.com/anababy15/haunted.html/

101. Great Lakes - Naval Training Center - Camp Barry - This U.S.O. was originally the barracks for naval boot-campers. It is said that one of the young man hung himself in the stairwell. Workers complained of their names being called out and seeing a figure of a man in one of the upstairs rooms. The U.S.O. has been closed down and re-opened in a different part of the naval base.

102. Great Lakes - Recruit Training Command - Recruit training command AKA boot camp for the navy is haunted my many spirits. In ship 12 you can hear a woman's scream loudly and fade within seconds. In ship 13, you sometimes will see a figure of a recruit who hung himself. In ship 15, which was once reported as a mental loony bin that caught on fire killing many people. Throughout the night, you will see figures and shadows walking around. Sometimes a ghost will whisper in your ear " Reveille Reveille" This has happened to many people as well. One time a coat hanger flew off the wall, over the fan that was on at the time, and hit a friend of mine on the head. I was witness to it.

103. Gurnee - The Gate - It is a clearing where a little school house was. The house is torn down. The road into the property is blocked off. All that stands is a huge black iron gate. The legend has it that, a crazy man broke into the school house and killed all the children. After decapitating a few of the children the man walked out to the gate and staked the children's head on the sharp points of the black iron fence. The community decided to tear down the house after the tragic act, but The Gate still remains as a memory. And it's told that you can hear children crying, and see heads on the gate every now and then. But just being there looking at The Gate is enough.

104. Harpo Studios - formerly the Chicago armory- Was the sight of a makeshift morgue after the Easton tragedy. There were 1,500 people that died in the incident, and they're bodies brought to the armory for identification. Numerous stories of the armory, now Harpo Studios, being haunted.

105. Hartsburg - The Old Red Barn - Near Hartsburg in a small wooded area is where cultists used to practice in an old barn. The barn has been burned down, but lights and apparitions can be seen, as well as strange noises can be heard.

106. Havana - Lawford Theater- Cold chills have been felt behind the curtains before opening night performances. It is said that this is the presence of past actors coming back to watch a play one more time.

107. Highland - Family Inn Restaurant - Reports of an apparition of the Lady that used to own the house, lights turning on and off and strange noises.

108. Highland - House of Plenty Restaurant -People have claimed to hear strange noises, and seen a weird light from the basement.

109. Highland Park - Fort Sheridan - numerous hauntings. The military base ( which is open to the public) is famous for many ghost stories. First of the base is REALLY old. MANY cases of people hearing voices in halls or laughing. Even police written documents of seeing ghosts or other supernatural sights. Especially the water tower story, in which a young lady died in water tower and now she haunts it. In base there are even many EXORCISED BUILDINGS! Where you can even see bricked off rooms where people that died in, the people who haunted the place, THEY ACTUALLY EXORCISED ROOMS BRICKING THEM OFF!

110. Highland Park - Highland Park High School -Many years ago, a small boy was crossing the street directly across from the high school and was hit by a truck. He died instantly. Just a few years ago, there was a janitor walking around the school on Halloween night and noticed a small boy standing across the street. The janitor went outside and saw a giant freight truck coming toward the boy. The little boy started in to the street and the janitor ran after him telling him to stop. Just as the janitor jumped at the little boy to get him out of the way, he disappeared.

111. Hoffman Estates - Algrims Funeral Home - Located off of Golf Road, Many are said to have seen mysterious lights are seen in the area at night, Close neighbors of the area claim to this day that they see a black horse enter the parking lot and disappear at random.

112. Joliet - Joliet Arsenal - Old army ammunition plant. Ghost cars (are heard but not seen or seen but not heard) far enough from main road where you cannot hear or see those cars, footsteps in empty buildings, strange noises that cannot be explained. Witnessed numerous times.

113. Justice - Resurrection Cemetery - The famous ghost of Resurrection Mary is said to return here after being dropped off by young men after they picked her up hitch-hiking or at the local ballroom which she was at the night she died .

114. Kewanee - Amityville House -An old lady died here of a very painful disease shortly before a man hung himself at the same residence. Even though the house has been burned, at certain nights you can hear the blood curdling screams of the old lady, and see the rope from which the man hung himself. The deaths are true and even documented.

115. La Grange Park - Park Jr. High - The school used to be a nunnery in the 1950's. It was rumored that a nun killed herself in one of the upper floors in the building. Now she haunts the room (room number cannot be found). Students found erasers missing, felt chills around the room, and heard voices in the absence of the teacher.

116. Lake Forest - St. Mary's Cemetery - In the far back corner of the cemetery, by the creek and next to a fence is a grave with the name Dameon on it. Sometimes at night, if you go by it you can see a boy sitting on it staring at you. As you get closer, he disappears.

117. Lake Forest - Barat College - The school is about 150 years old and there have so many ghost spottings there that you could write a whole book about it. Apparitions that have been seen include 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy), Nuns (not sure how many, but the school used to be Catholic and the Nuns used to live on campus) a groundskeeper and various others. A large majority of students have seen or heard unexplainable phenomena.

118. Lake Forest - Schweppe Mansion - was unoccupied for 50 years after the owner committed suicide, while mourning the death of his wife, Laura Schweppe. The ghost of the family's servant haunts the mansion's hallways and corridors, while the ghosts of the owners haunt the bedrooms. One of the windows of the master bedroom that never needed to be cleaned, while all the others collect dust over the years.

119. Lake Zurich/Barrington - Cuba Road- Cuba road is a long, old road that spreads from Buffalo Grove through Lake Zurich and into Barrington. Late at night there have been many people to pass an old, abandoned house on the far east end of Cuba and see a congregation of people standing around a large white flame in the field near the house, then suddenly the flame disappears in a flash of white light and all of the people seen so clearly standing around the white flame have disappeared.

120. Lebanon - McKendree College - A dorm is said to be haunted by the ghost of "Rhoda Penn Calbreath" who according to legend killed her daughter "Hester" when she caught her practicing witchcraft in the nearby woods. People who have tried to take pictures of Rhoda's grave have never been able to get a clear picture. Reportedly, a group of students spent the night at her grave years ago and got a tape recording of a young girl saying "Mommy, please don't kill me."

121. Lemont - Old Quarry Jr. High School - Believed to be curse by souls that where buried there.

122. Lemont - St. James Sag Cemetery - Also known as "Monk's Castle," an old cemetery where monks, a phantom carriage and Lady in white have been seen.

123. Lincoln - Lincoln College - University Hall - Reports of foot steps, and things being knocked over. A face will sometimes appear in the bell tower.

124. Lisle - Benidictine University - Benidictine University used to be an orphanage. There have been sightings of a little boy running around campus in a blue tee-shirt and a pair of shorts no matter what the weather, then just disappears. In one of the dorm buildings there is a heavy presence. They actually closed that dorm down now... Then there is Benidictine hall. Some of the janitors will not even go up to the 4th floor to clean it. A priest is suppose to haunt that floor. There are also underground tunnels under the campus that are also haunted.

125. Lockport - Bruce Road- On certain nights, some have seen a man's torso float towards you on the right hand side of the road, before you reach the stop sign at the intersection. The image is said only to last a few seconds, and then fade away.

126. Lockport - Canal St. Junkyard- A ghost of a little girl can be seen in the junkyard.

127. Macomb - Western Illinois University - Tanner Hall - In this building, there is a ghost on the twelfth floor. In 1972 a young man ran into the elevator door during a water fight. He fell to his death in the elevator shaft down to the fourth floor. Many occurrences such as people being touched and seeing a mysterious male on the floor have been reported.

128. Macomb - Western Illinois University - Simpkins Hall - This building is the second oldest on campus. It was a grade school, high school, and finally the English building. There is a janitor that haunts the third floor. Many a professor has claimed that the janitor turns off their office light and closes the door while they were still working within. A little girl roams the 1st floor. You can here her little running footsteps and an occasional giggle. If you're lucky she asks if "you want to play".

129. Manteno - Decaying Mental Hospital - It is said that the hundreds of men that died of a chemical spill still walk the halls and lie in the beds remaining.

130. Moline - haunted hospital - abandoned about five years ago stuff has been occurring such as stuff flying and such. Many have died in here as it is a hospital with its own church and skywalk. located in the basement is caged up. people have heard babies crying and doors slam with no wind nights.

131. Moro - Snake Road - On this road are many stories. The stories begin with the bridges on the road. First bridge: A woman had thrown her baby into the creek. Sometimes if you stop and look over the bridge you can hear a baby cry. Around the same area, a woman had hung herself in the trees. You can see her ghostly figure by the trees hanging from a rope.

132. McClure - Grapevine Trail (Dead Mans Curve) - It is said that several car accidents have been documented on these treacherous curves. One in particular killed a couple of teenagers. On a certain night around midnight you can hear the screeching of tires and a crash shortly after the crash you can hear the screams of a woman and then an explosion.

133. Middletown - 400th Avenue Bridge - This site is where hangings took place. The tree, bridge, and fields are haunted. Whisperings, talking, chains, and screams can all be heard. Apparitions have been seen on numerous occasions. If you touch the tree, you sometimes get visions.

134. Midlothian - Bachelor's Grove Cemetery - This is the sight of a load of supernatural occurrences like : a "ghost house " , balls of light , the ghost of a woman and a young child who stand near the shore of a pond where a satanic cult dug up their bones and threw them in the pond . It's an old German cemetery with most of it's headstones dating to early 1900 or even 1800's .

135. Montecello - cry baby bridge - There was a family driving across the bridge only that lived in the 1800. They were carriage driving across the bridge. Another carriage ran right into them. The baby fell out and drown. Now if you go across the bridge at night and turn you car off you hear the baby crying. Also if you stay long a blue green small fog will float were it drown and come close to you car.

136. Morris - Old Stage Road - ghostly glows above old grain silos. It is said to housed many bandits in the 1800s.

137. Morris/Minooka - Aux Sable Cemetery - Aux Sable is located in the countryside between Morris and Minooka. Paranormal activity includes the locking of car doors, fogging up of windows, and the entrance being blocked while attempting to leave. Fires have been started mysteriously. The old grave keepers house has tunnels under it two go to some where and the third has a gate to hell supposedly. There have been many sightings on paranormal activity. Police do not want visitors there.

138. Mounds - Wagner Hill - The tombstones glow, there is often an figure of a woman in white seen floating around. It is said it is the ghost of Mrs. Wagner. She killed her husband after he was caught cheating on her. If she catches someone there it is said that she will throw heads at you. If they hit you, it will kill you instantly and the next person that ventures in there will see your body hanging from nearby trees by a rope.

139. Muncie - Ball State University - Elliot Hall - A male student came to school after having fought in WWII. He was burned during the war and his face was disfigured. Supposedly, he became severely depressed and went to the fourth floor and hung himself from the cross members of the ceiling. At night you can hear a table being dragged across the floor to the point where the man was found hanging.

140. Mundelein - Carmel High School - About 40 years ago in the rooms of this school the old monks and priests use to perform exorcisms here. Most of the time they were fake and nothing happened. But once a young boy was having a exorcism and nothing happened he was still doing all sorts of impossible things. One day after the priests performed this exorcism each priest died a horrible death. A train hit one in a car crash, another in a house fire and the third. After all of the priests died the boy next died. It is said today that every Friday night you will see the boy walking around out side the school. And every full moon it is said that the priests try to cast out the spirits of the young boy once again.

141. New Athens - Tunnel Hill - Kids party at this area and sometimes when your sitting all by yourself you hear growling and feel something rub up against your leg. Sometimes around midnight you can see a silhouette of a dog. It is now called the crazy tunnel dog.

142. New Lenox - Just a hotbed for paranormal activity. The Sanctuary Golf Course unearthed an Indian burial site a few years back, and god knows what else has been unearthed and possibly ignored in the rapid suburbanization of this once quiet rural town. Neighborhoods located on Jackson creek seem to be especially susceptible for ghost activity that includes strange screams and unexplainable knockings and sounds.

143. New Lenox - Clinton Road - There is an abandon house on this road that at night red and blue glossy lighted objects flash from the windows. Other than the house on this road, you get the feeling that something just isn't right, it could be 90 degrees out and it gets chilly when you pass by the abandoned house. Even in the daytime when you travel on this road there is never any wind, you never hear birds or anything until you get back on the main highway.

144. New Lenox - Messenger Woods Forest Preserve - Strange, uneasy feelings occur to people as they drive pass this place. Some even say they've heard screams and have seen unexplainable shadow-like objects pass in front of their vehicles as they have drove by.

145. Normal - Soldiers and Sailor's Home - Used to be where from what I understand, soldiers and sailors left children in times of war.. Though some of the buildings have been renovated for offices, the theatre and select buildings still remain...At night glowing yellow orbs can be seen in buildings. Overwhelming feelings of depression can be felt whilst driving by the old infirmary.. Also if you go into some of the buildings they have been left as they were then. A few years back some friends of mine went into the theatre.... They said that everything is still backstage.

146. Normal - Illinois State University - Atkin Hall - Atkin-Colby Hall is 10 stories tall plus penthouses--what we call the eleventh floors. The building opened in the fall of 1962. The elevators only go up to the tenth floor; you have to take stairs from there to the eleventh floors. The eleventh floors are generally locked and used for storage. I believe people originally lived in them, although nobody has for years. The eleventh floor of Atkin has a presence in it. Nobody seems to know what could have caused a haunting up there, and I don't think a ghost has ever been sighted. But there seems to be a very strong negative presence. You can even feel it on the landing--outside that locked door. I know people who won't go up there alone at night.

147. Normal - Illinois State University - Fraternity house - A girl was said to have died in the back stair well to this fraternity house. Her bedroom was on the second floor and mysterious whispers and footsteps can be heard in the stairwell and in her old bedroom.

148. Normal - Illinois State University - Williams Hall - At an old library there is said to be the ghost of the original librarian, Angie Milner, haunting the isles. There have been many occasions where books have been mysteriously pushed one by one onto the floor and people have seen a white object out of the corner of their eye. The library was scanned and measured and the results were that there was some type of energy or spirit was present.

149. Oakbrook - Evangelical Church Cemetery - In a small town called Oakbrook behind the old Graue Mill underground railroad station there lies a church. Behind this church lies the most haunted cemetery in the entire world. It has been rumored that the church has been around since the early settlement of the Chicago area. The church was certainly around during the time of the fugitive salves and was the church of the mill owners and the mill's surrounding inhabitants. Buried in the cemeteries grounds are the bodies of the slaves which never achieved true freedom and died on their trek to Canada. On some late summer nights its been said that one can see the slaves not at rest, but stirring about in the cemetery and the church. The cemetery is most defiantly haunted by these restless souls as well as many other ghouls and probably monsters. Just joking about the monsters but for real the place is haunted and is defiantly worth a trip out to see.

150. Olney - Green Lantern Road - The legend is so old that nobody really knows what happened to the man but, as the story goes, if you travel down this road late at night you will see a green shining lantern/light quickly float behind your car, your car lights will shut off and the car will die, then a man in a trench coat ends up holding the lantern and walks out in front of you to the cemetery and disappears in the woods, where as, your car starts up again.

151. Olney - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - An old church stands at the front of the cemetery. This church is said to be haunted. When the front door is knocked on, sounds are heard within the church, sometimes choirs, footsteps and strange lights. On some nights funeral sessions are seen at the church. Although no funerals have taken place there since the 50's.

152. Pekin - Pekin High School - The theatre at Pekin High School is haunted by Sid, who used to be a stage manager. He would sit upon the catwalks and do the lights. He died of a heart attack in the dressing room.

153. Peoria - Bradley University Theatre - An apparition of a man in a brown suit has been seen, accompanied with the smell of cigar smoke and cologne.

154. Peoria - Peoria Players Theatre - "Players" is supposedly haunted by Normie the friendly ghost. He died on stage during a performance a long time ago. This is possible because Players is the third oldest theatre in the country. Normie has been seen backstage several times and has even helped a few people out with lighting. The toilets have flushed themselves. He supposedly likes the women's dressing room too. A painting of him hangs in the bathroom.

155. Peoria - St. Frances hospital- rumors of two ghosts of two nuns that were working along time ago at least a hundred years ago they have been seen sometimes in the hospital in various places.

156. Peoria - Woodruff High School parking lot - An outdoor swimming pool was once located at the site. Sometime after it was built, some kids climbed the fence for a midnight swim. A teenage boy drowned, almost pulling his girlfriend down with him. Teenage girls who drive across the spot sometime feel a hand at their ankles, pulling their foot hard onto the gas pedal.

157. Peoria - Zeller Mental Hospital - voices, noises, and apparitions are heard and seen. Unseen cars can be heard driving up and headlights of cars that disappear when you go out to check to see who's there. Police or ambulance sirens can be heard driving up but none appear.

158. Port Byron - Cherry Street - A home that is now torn down, used to be a hospital back in a war. And then later was a nursing home. There has been a man in a hat called "the man in the hat" that has been seen roaming around in the home. Seen by residence and visitors. Smoke in the dining room when no one was smoking. Very strong presence , eerie feelings, once someone heard there name called and no one else was in the home. Very strong eerie feelings even from the street.

159. Prairie du Rocher - Fort de Chartes- Between 11 pm and midnight, on every 4th of July that falls on a Friday, a phantom funeral procession forms. There are about 40 wagons and additional riders on horseback who escort a casket lying on a wagon. This was first witnessed in 1889. Next chance--2003!

160. Quincy - Madison School - In the early 1900's, a house stood in the place where the school is today. A woman, living alone was murdered, and the killers were never found. It is told that she was dragged down the large staircase, then stabbed until her screams stopped. They then hid her body in the closet at the base of the stairs. The bloodstains were never able to be removed completely.

161. Quincy - Quincy University - Padua Hall - The fourth floor of Padua Hall is haunted by a former student that committed suicide by jumping out of the window. The floor was eventually closed down, but reopened. People have reported hearing the boy screaming.

162. Reynolds Township - Reynolds Cemetery - In the rear of the cemetery there is the small grave of a baby boy. The baby was abandoned and found weeks later and the mother was never caught. On a full moon at exactly midnight you can feel his heartbeat if you lay your hand on his stone.

163. Rockford - Rockford College - Maddox Theatre -Down in the dressing rooms, lights sometimes flicker. They once went off in a storm and a face seemed to appear in the mirror. Often, in different parts of the theatre, loud screaming noises can be heard, even though nobody is around. The area around the building always seems to be windy.

164. Rockton - Wagon Wheel Lodge - this old resort which is said to be haunted by a bell hop who mysteriously disappeared one night and of a man who was a guest in lodge who hanged himself in his room. The wagon wheel has since burned down 3 different times, the last was 4 years ago and has not been opened since. if you drive by you can see what appears to be a "face" in the window and you can see lights on through the windows but, the lodge has no electricity.

165. Rosiclare - Pleasanthill's Cemetery - At night, if you go all the way back to the small creek, you here bells, and the sound of a gate opening and closing. There is a spirit there that haunts the cemetery more than others. The name of the spirit is Ahab Gullet. His tombstone reads: "Friends beware as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As I am you soon shall be, prepare for death and follow me." If you read this aloud, spirits will appear before you.

166. Shawneetown - The Old Slave House - a tourist attraction for history buffs and ghost hunters alike, once a slave owner's mansion, built in the early 1800's by a man named Crenshaw, the house is now haunted by ghosts of the former slaves, bound there due to the terrible suffering they had to endure at the hands of this cruel man, as well as the ghost of Mrs. Crenshaw, who haunts the second floor. Apparently, her husband not only abused the slaves, but her as well, and there is suspicion she may have had an affair with one of the male slaves.

167. Spring Valley - Massock Mausoleum - The area surrounding the tomb has many local reports of paranormal occurrences, including spectral phenomena and "blood running" from the door of the tomb. Some murders took place within a mile of the place, as well.

168. Springfield - Calvary Cemetery - There is a legend of an angel statue that sits on top of a grave near the park side entrance of the cemetery. Supposedly, she turns around and weeps when it is late, or on a certain date, or something like that. Also, there are several large, old trees in the cemetery that move and sway, even if there is no wind.

169. Springfield - Panther Creek Subdivision - Since Panther Creek was founded, reports of mysterious footprints of a large cat have been reported. Also, people have claimed to have seen a large leopard or such in the wooded area around the area. Growling and sometimes roaring can be heard near the creek itself.

170. Springfield - prairie capitol convention center - strange happenings such as doors slamming and seats slamming shut. The convention center is haunted by a young boy that was killed in the convention center while watching a tractor pull. Boy was killed by flying engine parts from a blown tractor engine. He died instantly and is still their wondering the convention hall at night.

171. Springfield - Theatre Center - Joe supposedly haunts the theatre! He was one of the best actors there. One night when he was coming out of the building he was pulled behind an alley and was murdered! He has haunted the theatre ever since.

172. St. Charles - Haines Middle School - Haunted by different teachers said to roam the halls in the early morning hours.

173. St. Charles - Hotel Baker -Various interpretations have been given for the mysterious moans and noises coming from the hotel's sixth floor. Once serving as the employee dorm, it is now a large storage area. Some say that the floor is haunted by a chambermaid who drowned herself in the nearby Fox River, sometime in the 1970`s. She is rumored to have been left at the altar. Investigators found evidence, but no trace of the woman was uncovered.

174. St. Elmo - The Valley - Fires and figures in cloaks can be seen and heard chanting.

175. St. Charles - On Prairie St.- At night you can see bright white figure standing on a curb looking for someone. About five minutes later a shadowy car pulls up and they both vanish.

176. Streamwood - Hanover Countryside Elementary School - This small school is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of several teachers that have passed away in the years. Sounds have been heard ranging from bells to chains, to voices. Also Lights seem to turn on and of by themselves.

177. Streator - Moon Creek Cemetery - This cemetery is located just South of the city and has been known to have a "hatchet lady". Many years ago, her daughter died. The tragedy caused her to go insane and each night of a full moon a spirit is seen running around the cemetery, tossing hatchets. Also, colored mists were seen back in the 1980s. People's vehicles have also been known to die as soon as they drive through the gate. Mysterious fires have also started when visitors have been present.

178. Sycamore - Sycamore Theater - Reports of cries and moans coming from the downstairs theatre.

179. Taylorville - Andersons Cemetery (cemetery X) - This cemetery is filled with creepy paranormal activity. There is an old part of the cemetery that in the daytime is unreachable. Only after dark will the trees part and the path appears again to the ancient tombstones. Also haunted by a specter wolf that is said to chase trespassers.

180. Tolono - The Oaks Trailer Park - a cult lived there in 1985 and tortured 54 civilians there has been numerous reports of people being chased by shadow figures.

181. Tolono - railroad tracks - screams and white blurs of light heard and seen. Every other week the "ghost train" comes at 1:59 am and leaves at 2:01. Some times people wander down to THE TRACKS and a week later you would see missing signs up.

182. Tremont - Mt. Hope Cemetery - It is said that one of the large, stone covered graves there houses the remains of a church organist with her organ. At night, if you put your ear to the stone, you can hear muffled organ music as the lady still plays to her congregation.

183. Urbana - Woodlawn Cemetery - Legend states that the road beside Woodlawn Cemetery is haunted by a ghost that locals call "The Blue Man." Witnesses have seen him walking the road, swinging a lantern from side to side. Most of the sightings seem to occur at twilight.

184. Utica - Oak Hill Cemetery -If you stand near the mausoleum in the cemetery and listen carefully, you can hear a faint moaning.

185. Vermont - Eflins Woods - These woods used to have a road going through it and an old bridge. People said that there was a car accident that took some lives on this bridge and they are believed to haunt the place. On some nights people have seen different colored lights that follow you above and through the trees, heard whistles and talking, and some have seen a human figure that follows whoever goes in the woods. The woods are outside of Vermont on west quarter road.

186. Villa Park - 7-11 Convince Store - A new 711 is built on an old cemetery, the workers there report hearing chains rattle and people talking real late at night when no one is there.

187. Wadsworth - St. Patrick's Cemetery - Heavy satanic activity. Was a house, barn, and animal shelter through the woods. Story is that a witch killed her husband and Burnt the house down. The barn and "kennel"(?) stood for some years before they too mysteriously burnt down. Mostly known for a cult hang out, but people have complained of glowing tombstones and chills. Located on Mill Creek rd. Wadsworth.

188. Wayne - Powis road railroad tracks - basically the story about these tracks is that a mother was driving a car over the tracks with a car filled with children. The car stalled just as she got onto the tracks. The mother got out of the car to see if she could get it to start again. However, being preoccupied with fixing the car she didn't realize a train was coming around the curve. She tried to get the kids out but it was to late. The train hit, killing all the children. Story goes, if you park your car over the tracks late at night the children that died in the accident will try to push your car off the tracks. And their hand prints will remain on the trunk of the car.

189. Watseka - Watseka Manor - Supposedly, there is a mansion in Watseka that is haunted by demon. The story goes, that in 1812(early 1800's), there was a 12-year-old girl who had moved in with her family. A short time after, she became possessed. They tried exorcising the demon, but she eventually died. Her name was Mary. Some years after the family had left the home, a new family moved in. Their daughter became possessed as well.

190. Wenona - Cumberland Cemetery - One of the oldest cemeteries in the area, it has had a hundred ghost stories surrounding it, including that of a "headless woman" whose jealous husband cut her head off on a stump in the cemetery and of a apparition that appears in a nearby barn.

191. West of Ramsey - Little Hickory Universalist Church - Doors have been known to open and close and images have been seen through windows. Strange noises have been heard. There is a feeling of another presence there.

192. Willow Springs - Indian Head Park - About a half block into the woods off the side of German Church Road. The old gravel driveway can barely be seen now that most of it is covered with dirt and grass. You find yourself walking up a slight hill and all of a sudden you find yourself standing on top a an old foundation. The house was torn down and all that is left is the foundation. Behind it is the bog. The bog where the two girls were thrown into after they were drugged, raped, and murdered. The Grime sisters were their names. It is said that the two sisters haunt the wooded area near the house.

193. Woodstock - Woodstock Opera House - ghost sits in same seat in balcony and is never occupied. it is always left empty for the ghost during any performance. The ghost is seen walking halls and in the upper windows periodically looking out.

194. Worth - Holy Sepulcher Cemetery - a grave sight of a young girl that omits the smell of roses even though there are no rose bushes to be found anywhere near the grave sight. The grave sight is said to have supernatural powers of healing and occurrences.

195. Yorkville - The Fox River Front - At the Fox River Front there is a dam. Many people think that since it is small they can get their canoes, boats, ext. over it. Well, you can't. Therefore they drown. There have been several drownings there. Around 1:00 a.m., Saturday, you can see a family of 3. The father is holding a canoe paddle, the mother is crying, and the girl that is about 11 is holding a life jacket. They start walking from the dam, through the river back to the river front, before they get onto the river front, they disappear.

196. Zion - Zion Moose Club #667 - The land that the Moose now stands on was the previous site of a home, which burned down in the 1940's. A young girl 8 years old died in the house fire -- patrons of the Moose have repeatedly seen the ghost of a young blonde haired girl playing in the facility, have experienced lights flickering, doors slamming, and have heard strange, giggling noises from a child that isn't there. Members have named their resident ghost "Mary" and acknowledge her upon entering and exiting the facility.

197. Zion Cemetery - A bit of blue light giving a silhouette of gravestone once you see it and go to it, it fades out but you can spot it from a distance and on nights of no moon you can see the light in a church just down the road, the folk tale is that a phantom car is seen, it is on Fulton county back road called Babylon and it is off of county highway 17 going east.

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines a vampire as the following......
Main Entry: vam·pire
Pronunciation: `'vam-"pIr`
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vampir
Date: 1734
1 : the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep

	The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines a zombie as the following......
	Main Entry: zom·bie
	*Variant(s): also* zom·bi /`'zäm-bE`/**
	Function: noun
	*Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zõbi,* of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost**
	Date: circa 1871
	1 usually zombi a : the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body b : a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated
	*2 a : a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead; especially* : AUTOMATON b : a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior**

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines a Ghost as the following......
Main Entry: ghost
Pronunciation: 'gOst
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gAst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heda anger
Date: before 12th century
1 : the seat of life or intelligence : SOUL
2 : a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
3 : SPIRIT, DEMON
4 a : a faint shadowy trace b : the least bit
5 : a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection
6 : one who ghostwrites
7 : a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin
- ghost·like /-"lIk/ adjective
- ghosty /'gO-stE/ adjective

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