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You may be familiar with the haunted Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada, but what about Chicago’s haunted clown cemetery? Showmen’s Rest, as the section of Woodlawn Cemetery is known, is one of the stops on this year’s Tragic Tour. In fact, it’s a new addition. Let’s check out what otherContinue Reading

Haunted Christmas cover of Haunted Places with Christmas Names image of creepy Santa

The first episode of Haunted Christmas, the second themed season on the podcast, explores haunted places with Christmas names…both secular and religious. But which ones? Well, I shared eight places that had both paranormal activity and the names of things commonly associated with Christmas. Think decorations, reindeer, and people andContinue Reading

Chicago Pedway marker

The Chicago Pedway system isn’t a secret tunnel system to those who live and work in downtown Chicago. It’s a handy way to get around underground, especially during inclement weather. But it felt like discovering a secret world when we found it while staying at the Radisson Blu Aqua hotelContinue Reading

Exterior view of the Old Joilet Prison with fencing around it

The Chicago Tribune recently reported that the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site in Joliet, Illinois, is reopening for tours. Starting this month, March, and running through October, visitors can choose from self-guided tours or group ones. In 2020, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the prison found itself adapting to theContinue Reading

Ghostly figure on a dark empty road

This is a guest post from Tia Philippart. The terrors of the Halloween season are here! Witches, spooky spirits, strange creatures, and more. These mysterious occurrences are all haunted legends that comprise the grounds of America’s most haunted roads. The roads each hold an individual tale — giving you goosebumps withContinue Reading

Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits stars Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley and Jay Wasley

Travel Channel’s four-part miniseries, Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits, premieres Saturday, October 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The GAC Crew will tackle the question: does evil linger? Every Saturday throughout October, the crew investigates the haunted locations associated with some of America’s infamous serial killers. They embark on a terrifyingContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Chloe Bennet. Everyone loves a good ghost story, and America is a country filled with spooky, unexplained happenings and creepy old buildings full of history. If you’re interested in ghouls and poltergeists, you don’t need to look very far to find them! 1. FlaglerContinue Reading

From Oregon to South Carolina, there are literally thousands of total solar eclipse events scheduled across the country on August 21, 2017. The eclipse’s coast-to-coast cut across the U.S. makes viewing totality accessible for millions of Americans. Not just the ones lucky enough to live in the eclipse’s path, butContinue Reading

EarthSky used some of the most spine-tingling language I’ve ever read to describe what it’s like to see a total solar eclipse.  Among other things, they described them as “other-worldly” events that reveal the sun’s corona and “its apparition-like appearance.” According to EarthSky, day won’t suddenly become night. It willContinue Reading

What is happening in Chicago? Why are so many people suddenly spotting flying anomalies? Is it a bird? A plane? Superman? It’s definitely not a plane or Superman, and if it’s a bird, it’s a new, as yet unidentified, species. What am I talking about? Something interesting that Fortean ResearcherContinue Reading

We’re very pleased to welcome Harry Parsons from Arcadia Publishing with this fabulous guest post about notorious graveyards. Enjoy! With Halloween fast approaching, it only stands to reason that our thoughts might be turning to ghost stories and creepy things in anticipation right around now. We’re wondering what we shouldContinue Reading

Historic Ghost Hunt Tours of Elgin, Illinois recently announced a new tour, Bluff City Cemetery Ghost Hunt Intensive, and an improved one, Elgin Cemetery Ghost Hunt Van Tour. The new Bluff City Cemetery Ghost Hunt Intensive is a three hour tour that meets at Bluff City Cemetery. They allow tour goersContinue Reading