The Old Joliet Prison
The Old Joliet Prison just outside of Chicago was the site of hundreds of executions and held notorious criminals like John Wayne Gacy and Baby Face Nelson. The imposingly dark appearance of the prison casts a shadow on the surrounding area, given it ...
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The Iroquois Theatre Fire
On the morning of December 30th, 1903, a blaze ignited within the Iroquois Theatre that would take the lives of over 600 people. Theatre patrons were burned alive, trampled to death, and trapped in the theatre’s maze-like layout as it burned to the ...
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Excalibur Nightclub & The Chicago Historical Society
Lady In White Excalibur Nightclub ChicagoFor over two decades, the Excalibur was one of Chicago’s biggest and most popular nightclubs, attracting patrons with its gothic architecture and late-night parties. But the Excalibur didn’t just attract p ...
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Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery
Every city has a few haunted graveyards, but few are as infamous as Bachelor’s Grove. The cemetery just to the southwest of Chicago is often touted as one of the world’s most haunted graveyards. It’s been long abandoned and nobody’s been buri ...
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The Ripper Crew of Chicago
The Ripper Crew of Chicago The Ripper Crew was a satanic cult and organized crime gang of rapists, murderers, cultists, and necrophiliacs that ran rampant in Chicago during 1981-1982. They killed 18 women and one man during their reign of ...
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The Demon Butcher of Palos Park, IL
The Demon Butcher of Palos Park, IL In the 1890s, Hermann Butcher of Palos Park was a simple butcher. His problem-solving skills when his apprentice died and his customers wanted meat could be considered...creative. A Problem, ...
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John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown
John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown John Wayne Gacy was a friendly guy who got along well with kids, had a family, and volunteered in his community of Chicago, Illinois. So what made such a seemingly normal man don a clown costume to rape an ...
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Top 10 Haunted Locations In Chicago
The Windy City and Her Ghosts! Chicago is known for its strange inhabitants and occurrences, and with an almost 200-year history, it’s no wonder the Windy City houses some of the world’s most haunted locales. Founded in 1837, Chicago w ...
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The Story Of H.H.Holmes – Part 2 “gruesome and taking a Satanical Cast”
If you just arrived at this article, willy dilly, without a care in the world, then I'm sorry to inform you that you have a bit of catching up to do. You have to study. This is, in case the title didn't clue you in, part 2 of, wait for it, a two-part ...
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The Story of H.H.Holmes – Part 1 “The Devil In Me.”
Why a two-parter? We rarely if ever do a two-parter? Why does a fella’ like H.H.Holmes deserve such a lofty and prominent investigation? Well, I’m just going to come out and say it, because he’s a Batman villain. And by that, I don’t mean the ...
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