The Monster of Salt Creek

June 21, 2022 Rick Hale 0

In 1970, the people of Farmer City witnessed a large bipedal hairy beast that has become known as the Monster of Salt Creek. […]

The Taking Of Betty: An Alien Abduction Case

May 13, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Abduction lore is pretty rote and predictable. But not in the case of Betty Andreasson-Luca because she met a divine being during an abduction. […]

The teeth of the black dog baring its fangs.

Hell Hounds On The Prowl: Black Dogs in England

May 4, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The lore of giant black dogs have been a part of England for centuries, but did you know that there is physical evidence of their encounters? […]

Windy City Spooks: The Neighborhood of Terror

April 28, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Dunning, on Chicago’s NW side, has been the sight of a poor house, a mental asylum, a mass unmarked grave and many ghosts. […]

Windy City Spooks: Steak and Spirits

April 25, 2022 Rick Hale 0

That Steak Joint, formerly located at 1610 N Wells St, was a place where spirits were behind the bar in more ways than one […]

Windy City Spooks: Beverly Unitarian Church (aka The Irish Castle)

April 19, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The Irish Castle in Chicago has been a private residence, a school, and a church. Throughout all these caretakers, once thing has been a constant: ghosts. […]

Windy City Spooks: The Curse, and Ghosts, of Wrigley Field

March 22, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is a ballpark that carried a curse resulting from a goat, but is also haunted by three well-known phantoms […]

Windy City Spooks: James M. Nederlander Theater

March 18, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The Iroquois Theater (now the James M. Nederlander Theater) had a horrific fire that killed hundreds of theater attendees…and their ghosts remain. […]

Windy City Spooks: Beer, Wings and Hooters

February 22, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Hooters is a theme restaurant in the US that features, well, hooters. At the Near North Side location, you might just get a side of ghosts with your wings. […]

Windy City Spooks: Sweating with Ghosts at the Edgewater Athletic Club

February 20, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The former Sovereign Hotel in Chicago now hosts an athletic club and apartments complete with mysterious hauntings. […]

Haunted Chicago Bar Crawl

September 17, 2020 0

In my 20s, I would often make the trip to Chicago and hangout in the various bars and clubs that populate my beloved Windy City. A particular favorite of mine was Exit on North Avenue. [...]
12 Creatures of the Home: Are You Living With A Cryptid?

January 10, 2021 0

Creatures and spirits from around the world that you may have in your house right now You’ve likely heard of elves, faeries, gnomes and other cryptids that have worked alongside humans in faery tales. But [...]
5 Haunted National Parks in the United States

August 21, 2021 0

The USA has over 400 National Parks to preserve the country’s natural beauty. In addition to preserved land, something more sinister is preserved: ghosts. […]
Chicago’s Towers of Death, 300 N. State St.

January 27, 2022 1

The Chicago Marina Complex is home to two oddly shaped residential towers that have become colloquially called the Towers of Death with good reason. […]
Hauntings at the Galleries Of Justice

November 28, 2020 0

For well over six centuries, Nottingham, England’s the Galleries of Justice, was used to judge and jail criminals of every sort. First, used by the Normans in 1375 CE as a headquarters for the Sheriff [...]