THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AMERICAN CITIES THAT MAKE THE CLAIM THAT THEY ARE THE "MOST HAUNTED", BUT IN MY OPINION, CHICAGO LEADS THE PACK. AS FAR AS "GHOSTS PER CAPITA", NO OTHER CITY CAN BOAST EVEN CLOSE TO THE NUMBER OF GHOSTS FOUND IN CHICAGO! AS WITH OUR SECTION ON "HAUNTED ILLINOIS", THE PAGES BELOW WILL NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE BEST OF THE GHOST STORIES AND HAUNTED PLACES... BUT ALSO WILL FEATURE SOME OF THE DARK HISTORY OF THE CITY, FROM GANGSTERS TO DISASTERS TO BRUTAL MURDER AND VIOLENT DEATH. I ALMOST HATE TO TELL YOU TO ENJOY SUCH THINGS... BUT YOU UNDOUBTEDLY WILL! SO, WELCOME TO HAUNTED CHICAGO!

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DARK HISTORY, CRIME & DISASTER IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO'S HAUNTED PLACES

THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE A Terrible event from the early days of Chicago.. and one that left ghosts behind! EIGHTY ACRES OF HELL The Confederate Prison of Camp Douglas THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE The city's greatest disaster! What happened and how did it change the face of the city forever? OTHER CHICAGO FIRES The tragic fires of the Iroquois Theater, Our Lady of Angels School & others THE EASTLAND DISASTER The downing of the ship and the ghosts of Harpo Studios THE HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT Unrest among Laborers leads to death and violence in Chicago THE MURDER CASTLE HH Holmes, Herman Mudgett & America's First Serial Killer LEOPOLD & LOEB Chicago's own "Thrill Killers" THE CUSTOM HOUSE PLACE LEVEE DISTRICT Chicago's "Printer's Row" was once home to every sort of vice imaginable.. and then some! THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED CHICAGO! The Schuessler-Peterson Slayings and the almost unsolved mystery that rocked the city! JOHN WAYNE GACY The Twisted Crimes of the "Killer Clown" and the supernatural elements surrounding his crimes FLIGHT 191 One of America's Most Horrible Air Tragedies.. do ghosts still linger at the crash site? THE "HOUSE OF WEIRD DEATH" The Strange stories of the Wynekoop Mansion THE SOUTH SIDE LEVEE DISTRICT The Wildest Crime Spot in all of Chicago THE TROLLEY OF DEATH The Green Hornet Trolley Disaster BORN TO RAISE HELL The Horrific Legacy of Richard Speck GANGSTERS, GUNS AND GHOSTS HISTORY & HAUNTINGS OF CHICAGO'S CRIME & CRIMINALS THE UNTOUCHABLES Eliot Ness and his pursuit of Fame & Al Capone THE HAUNTING OF AL CAPONE The bloody life of Chicago's greatest gangster and the ghost that hounded him to his grave THE LEXINGTON HOTEL Explore Al Capone's Favorite Hide-out and the Secret Vaults of Geraldo Rivera! THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE The gangland murders and the lingering spirits of the event THE BIOGRAPH THEATER The theater's mysterious ghost and the legends behind the death of John Dillinger  THE GRIMES SISTERS MURDER SITE One of Chicago's Most Tragic Crimes.. and one that has left ghosts in its wake! THE SAUSAGE VAT MURDER Adolph Luetgert and a ghost from one of Chicago's Most Horrible Crimes!

RESURRECTION MARY The elusive ghost of Archer Avenue and Chicago's favorite Spirit BACHELOR'S GROVE CEMETERY The Most Haunted Place in Chicagoland JANE ADDAM'S HULL HOUSE According to stories, this legendary house was once home to a "Devil Baby".. but real ghosts may have walked here as well! FLAPPER GHOST OF JEWISH  WALDHEIM CEMETERY  While not the most famous hitchhiking ghost in Chicagoland, this fetching spirit is certainly popular anyway! THE GRAVE OF MARY ALICE QUINN Chicago's "Miracle Child" and the Ghostly Legacy she has left behind THE CHICAGO WATER TOWER One of the only structures to survive the Great Chicago Fire, this unique landmark has a ghostly past as well. ROSEHILL CEMETERY Chicago's oldest and most beautiful is no stranger to ghostly activity! MT. CARMEL CEMETERY Haunting Place of the "Italian Bride", Julia Petta THE IRISH CASTLE This strange building is home to at least one fascinating spirit EDINBURGH CASTLE PUB The Ole St. Andrew's Inn has been haunted through several incarnations FIREHOUSE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 107 One of Chicago's Most Famous Stories and a Tale of Fire Department Lore GRACELAND CEMETERY The mysterious haunted home of Inez Clarke and other spirited denizens THE RED LION PUB Perhaps Chicago's Most Haunted Taverns ROBINSON WOODS The Haunted Indian Burial Grounds and former home of a Chicago Legend THE COUNTRY HOUSE RESTAURANT This Suburban Restaurant plays host to a phantom customer from the past ST. JAMES SAG CHURCH AND CEMETERY An Archer Avenue Haunt and home to some of Chicago's "phantom monks" ARCHER WOODS CEMETERY Another haunted spot near the famed Archer Avenue MAPLE LAKE GHOST LIGHTS These mysterious lights have been seen for many years THAT STEAK JOYNT This now vanished restaurant was once one of Chicago's most documented haunted spots THE ORLAND HILLS POLTERGEIST What strange events took place at this suburban home... the details of which still remain a mystery? THE ANIMAL GHOSTS AT 95TH & KEAN Do automobile tragedies from the past cause ghostly horses to appear at this dangerous intersection?

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