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Chicago Haunted Handbook: 99 Ghostly Places You Can Visit In and Around the Windy City
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Overview
Chicago Haunted Handbook, part of the popular America's Haunted Road Trip series, is written with the ghost enthusiast in mind. All 100 chapters contain information on the history and the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate. Ghost hunters Jeff Morris and Vincent Sheilds explore all the best haunted locales Chicago has to offer, including Resurrection Cemetery, Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Murder Castle, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site, and even Wrigley Field. Each two-page entry includes directions from downtown, a historical overview of the haunted place, the story of ghostly doings in that place, and advice on visiting yourself—if you dare.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781578605279 |
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Publisher: | Clerisy Press |
Publication date: | 09/24/2013 |
Series: | America's Haunted Road Trip |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 628,793 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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ALGONQUIN CEMETERY
Cary Road and Route 31, Algonquin, Illinois 60102
Directions
From the center of Chicago, take I-90 West for about 26.5 miles to the Roselle Road exit. Keep right on the ramp toward Palatine/Little City and merge onto North Roselle Road. After about 1 mile, turn left onto West Algonquin Road and follow it for about 13 miles. Turn right onto Main Street. After about 0.5 mile, turn right onto Cary Road. The cemetery is on both sides of Cary Road.
History
The first settler in the Algonquin area was a man named Samuel Gillilan, who built a log cabin on the site of the cemetery. Eventually, Gillilan passed away, and the site on both sides of Cary Road was used as the cemetery for the village of Algonquin.
There is a story about a man who lived in the area who raped a woman. The man died soon thereafter and was buried at Algonquin Cemetery. Many felt that his burial in the cemetery was too good an end for a rapist and wanted something worse for him. A priestess who lived in the area visited the cemetery and drew a circle around the rapist’s gravesite. She then cast a spell on the gravesite, forever binding the rapist to this spot.
Ghost Story
There are essentially two areas to find ghosts at this cemetery, but the section that borders Main Street, on the north side of Cary Road, houses the more pleasant ghosts. People have seen figures in this section of the cemetery and will often see orbs of light floating through the area at night. Voices are also heard in this part of the cemetery when there is no physical body present.
The other side of the cemetery, on the south side of Cary Road, has a much darker presence. The ghost of the rapist haunts this section of the cemetery but cannot leave the circle that was drawn by the priestess around his gravesite. If you stand on the gravesite of the rapist, you will apparently feel extreme discomfort. People who stand on the gravesite will report seeing figures running back and forth in the adjacent woods. Sometimes the ghost of a small boy will stand at the edge of the forest and watch anyone who stands on the rapist’s grave. Other visitors to the cemetery will see the apparition of a man in a black suit standing on the site of the rapist’s grave, watching any passersby menacingly. Angry whispers are heard in the area, and some people report being pushed by some unseen force or grabbed by the ankles when standing on or near the gravesite.
Visiting
The cemetery is open from dawn until dusk, so it is closed at night. Your best bet for experiencing the ghost of the rapist is to go into the cemetery just before it closes at sunset. Many of the ghost legends surrounding this site occur at night, but you should not enter the cemetery after it closes or you will be subject to arrest for trespassing. The grave of the rapist is reportedly the one closest to the woods on the south side of the road that loops through the dark side of the cemetery. Some say that you can still see the vague imprint of a circle in the ground surrounding the gravesite.
The balls of light on the north side of the cemetery can be seen from Cary Road, which is, of course, open to the public throughout the night.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments x
Foreword xii
Introduction 1
Section I cemeteries
Algonquin Cemetery 3
Archer Woods Cemetery (Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West) 5
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery 7
Bluff City Cemetery 10
Burr Oak Cemetery 12
Calvary Cemetery 14
County Farm Cemetery (Joliet Potter's Field) 16
Evangelical Church Cemetery 18
Graceland Cemetery 20
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery 23
Mount Carmel Cemetery 25
Mt. Thabor Cemetery 27
Naperville Cemetery 29
Oak Hill Cemetery and the Demon Butcher 32
Oak Woods Cemetery 34
Queen of Heaven Cemetery 36
Read Dunning Memorial Park 38
Resurrection Cemetery 40
River Valley Memorial Gardens 42
Rosehill Cemetery 44
St. James Sag Cemetery 47
Tyrell Road Cemetery 49
White Cemetery 51
Woodlawn Cemetery 53
Section II bars and restaurants
Al Capone's Hideaway and Steakhouse 56
Bucktown Pub 58
California Clipper 60
Cigars and Stripes BBQ, Lounge 62
Clark Street Ale House 64
Country House Restaurant 66
The Drinkingbird 68
Edgewater Lounge 70
Ethyl's Party 72
Excalibur Nightclub 74
Fireside Lounge 76
Gold Star Bar 78
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 80
Hooters on Wells Street 82
The Irish Legend Pub and Restaurant 84
Ivy 86
Liar's Club 88
Metro and Smart Bar 90
Tonic Room 92
Webster's Wine Bar 94
Willowbrook Ballroom 96
Section III roads and bridges
American Airlines Flight 191 Disaster Site 99
Archer Avenue 101
Axeman's Bridge 103
Blood's Point Road 106
Camp Douglas 108
Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge 110
Cuba Road 112
Death Corner in Little Hell 114
Eastland Disaster Site 116
Fox River Grove School Bus Accident Site 118
Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti's Suicide Site 120
German Church Road 122
Munger Road Train Tracks 124
Randall Road and State Route 72 Intersection 126
Shoe Factory Road 128
Square Barn Road 130
St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site 132
Section IV parks
Channing Park and School 135
Covered Bridge Trails 137
Dead Man's Creek 139
Emmerich Park 141
Fort Dearborn Massacre Site 143
The Gate 146
Joliet Arsenal 148
Magic Hedge 150
Maple Lake 152
Raceway Woods 154
Robinson Woods Forest Preserve 156
Sunrise Park 158
Trout Park 160
Wrigley Field 162
Section V museums, theaters, hotels and other buildings
Antioch Downtown Theater 166
Arcada Theatre 168
Baymont Inn and Suites 170
Biograph Theater 172
Cantigny 174
Chicago Water Tower 176
Colonel Palmer House 178
Congress Hotel 180
Edgewater Athletic Club 183
Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre's Death Alley 185
Hotel Baker 188
House of Blues 190
Huntley Grease Factory 192
Jane Addams' Hull House Museum 194
John Hancock Center 197
Leland Tower Suites 199
Manteno State Hospital 201
Murder Castle 204
Museum of Science and Industry 207
O'Hare International Airport 209
Polish Museum of America 211
Rialto Square Theatre 213
Sheraton Gateway Suites Hotel at O'Hare 215
Appendix 1 Chapters Organized Geographically 217
Appendix 2 Daytripping (Or in This Case… Nighttripping) 219
Appendix 3 Places That Did Not Quite Make the Book 221
Appendix 4 Local Paranormal Groups 223
About the Authors 226