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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. […]

Windy City Spooks: Ghosts Of The Fort Dearborn Massacre

February 18, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The Fort Dearborn Massacre in Chicago during the War of 1812 lead to the death o many innocents and the soldiers may still be fighting that battle today. […]

Towers of Death at Chicago's Marina City Complex

Chicago’s Towers of Death, 300 N. State St.

January 27, 2022 Rick Hale 2

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

Paranormal Census #14 – Visions and Visits

January 9, 2022 Tim Woolworth 0

The census submission by Susan covers some fantastic experiences that she had including visits by deceased pets and a pre-birth visit by her granddaughter […]

Remembering Annaliese: A Demonic Exorcism Tragedy

December 29, 2021 Rick Hale 0

Demonic exorcism may bring relief to those who are plagued by unseen entities; but a misdiagnosis of demonic possession can have tragic consequences. […]

5 Final Lesser-Known Chicago Haunts

December 22, 2021 Rick Hale 0

In this final survey of lesser known haunts in Chicago, Rick takes you through some haunted locations known only by the locals. […]

Journey of Souls: Excerpts

August 18, 2018 0

Journey of Souls by Dr. Michael Newtong gives an inside view of the experiences of those who have glimpsed the afterlife. Dr. Newton was a lifelong atheist whose views were converted shortly after a couple [...]
Why Would You Buy That? Part III: Busby’s Chair Of Doom

November 20, 2021 0

Can a person curse an object? Can that curse carry on past their death? Learn about Busby’s Chair which may be responsible for the deaths of several people in this latest article by Rick Hale. [...]
The Ontario Terror

August 14, 2020 0

As a rule, police officers don’t like dealing with weird stuff. They are highly trained, highly skilled observers of humanity and the supernatural doesn’t typically figure into that. However, every once in a while, the [...]
The Mineral Point Vampire

August 3, 2020 1

The vampire, a bloodthirsty creature borne of darkness that lives in either our darkest dreams or between the pages of sensual gothic romanticism. According to fiction the vampire lives in castles upon windswept mountains forever feeding [...]
The Madame’s House of Horrors

October 4, 2020 0

If there is anything history has taught us, it’s that monsters do indeed exist. They walk among us in human form and rather than fangs and talons, they possess sinister intent and a murderous disregard [...]