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St. Valentine's Day Massacre

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

February 1929: America edged towards the Roaring 20’s great hangover that would see a nation plunged into the Great Depression when stock values took a similar trajectory. Open warfare filled the streets in Chicago’s gangland. Prohibition had s ...

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View Article - The Haunted Chicago Riverwalk
Haunted Chicago skyline

The Haunted Chicago Riverwalk

Chicago, Illinois, is the so-called ‘Windy City’ because of its blusterous politicians from a time gone by. It is a city synonymous with the age of the Tommy Gun, an industrial past that made it renowned the world over, and celebrated architectu ...

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View Article - The Story of H.H. Holmes | Chicago’s Most Infamous Serial Killer
Serial killer H.H. Holmes

The Story of H.H. Holmes | Chicago’s Most Infamous Serial Killer

When you think of the darker side of Chicago’s history, a few things come to mind: gangsters, prohibition, bank robberies, and the Great Fire. Yet, there was one man whose crimes were perhaps more heinous than any other individual who called Chica ...

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View Article - Hauntings of the Drake Hotel
The Drake Hotel Chicago

Hauntings of the Drake Hotel

For more than a century, the Drake Hotel has been a staple of what it means to live in the high life. Opening its doors during the dawn of the Roaring 20s, the Drake has glitzed and glammed with some of society’s biggest household names. People li ...

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View Article - The Haunted Red Lion Pub
Old time bar scene

The Haunted Red Lion Pub

Water is said to be a perfect conduit for spiritual activity, making the city of Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, the ultimate location for spiritual haunts as it towers over Lake Michigan. It stands as a necropolis underneath its hustle a ...

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View Article - Hauntings At The Golden Dagger 
Haunted The Golden Dagger or Tonic Room Chicago

Hauntings At The Golden Dagger 

What’s in a name? In the case of Chicago’s live music venue and bar, The Golden Dagger, now Hunter’s On Halstead, it is more than just a title. This little bar at 2447 N. Halsted has served many purposes throughout the decades. What is now a m ...

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View Article - Haunted John Hancock Building in Chicago
City skyline of Chicago overlooking tall buildings

Haunted John Hancock Building in Chicago

Although its official name is currently 875 North Michigan Avenue, there’s no mistaking the iconic John Hancock building in downtown Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. With its distinctive trapezoidal shape and X-brace design, the John Hancoc ...

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View Article - Hauntings on Prairie Avenue
City with eerie, haunted locations

Hauntings on Prairie Avenue

Affluence and opulence aren’t forever, but the ghosts of the past can be. The ground where Chicago’s Prairie Avenue sits has gone through multiple transformations. First the site of Native American trails, then a slice of Chicago’s millionaire ...

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View Article - The Haunted Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
Lion Statue Chicago

The Haunted Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago

Nestled in the heart of Lincoln Park, Illinois, the Lincoln Park Zoo spans 35 acres and boasts a legacy dating back to 1868. As the fourth oldest zoo in North America, it has witnessed a myriad of wildlife and many phantoms. Home to over 200 species ...

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View Article - Horrors and Hauntings at Alton State Hospital
Horrors and Hauntings at Alton State Hospital

Horrors and Hauntings at Alton State Hospital

As is the case with most mental hospitals from the early 1900s, the patients of the Alton State Hospital were subjected to cruel and inhumane 'treatments' under the guise of medical progress. Patients unlucky enough to land within its thick wal ...

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