Haunted Chicago

Chicago

Last updated on Sept. 8, 2003

House Haunting
A family member died on location, activity began shortly there after.
Strange lights were seen moving about the home.
The stereo began playing by itself.
A solidly constructed bed collapsed by itself.

Archer Avenue The Archer Woods cemetery is haunted by a lady in white. She can be seen crying and walking as a misty form among the tombstones and trees. Witnesses have even seen a spectral horse drawn black hearse. It is driverless and driven by a team of mad horses. It is all black and carries the coffin of a child.

Buena Park Hotel Haunted by prohibition-era spirits in the old ballroom.

Our Lady of the Angels This school was the scene of a very tragic fire which claimed the life of 92 children and three nuns. A young woman attending the school reported hearing screaming and sensing a presence in the hallway when she was alone there. Later she drew faces of victims she saw in her dreams. A mother saw her dead son come to console her. A sibling was consoled by her dead sister. At the Fire Memorial in Queen of Heaven Cemetery where 25 children are buried you can sometimes smell the smoke from the fire and at the school there�s always a feeling of apprehension.

Museum of Science and Industry Witnesses have reported seeing a figure of a man in a top hat with a suit and fedora standing on the steps of the Museum of Science and Industry looking over the water. People who knew Clarence Darrow identified the ghost as him. Others who had never seen Darrow identified him later from pictures after they saw the ghost.

Holy Family Members of this church reported faces appearing on the walls behind a statue where the paper had peeled of the plaster. There were also reports of the spirits of two drowned boys warning parish members of the great fire of Chicago. The ghost of a former Friar Arnold Damen is reported in the church or the adjacent St. Ignatius College and Prepratory High School.

St. Turibius A shadow like ghost is seen near the altar. This church is located at 56th and Karlov Avenue in Chicago.

St. Rita's Church 15 people reported a strange event. During an All Saints Day service ghostly shrill music started to come from the organ even though there was no one playing it. The clock started to spin wildly. Six hooded robed figures appeared, three in white and three in black. The figures began to glide down to the front of the church. As the congregation tried to escape from the unyeilding doors they said "Pray for us" then disappeared.

Ft. Dearborn Massacre In 1812 the 148 settlers were reduced to 50 slaves when they were massacred on the dunes of lake Michigan. Their bodies lay where they fell for many years until disturbed by routine roadwork near the site. Somewhere near 16th and Indiana. After the bodies were disturbed settlers were reportedly seen by many people in the area.

Excalibur's Ghost John Lalime's ghost is sometimes said to be responsible for haunting the Excalibur and its bar the Dome Room. Lalime's remains were stashed at the site of the Excalibur for many years before it was the Excalibur. A bluish form is sometimes seen moving up and down the stairs and poltergeist phenomena is sometimes reported. A lawyer committed suicide on the site. It is said that his spirit may be haunting the place. The site is sometimes mistakenly linked to ghost of the Eastland disaster. It is located at 632 North Dearborn.

Fireman's Hand Print In 1924 a fireman named Frank Leavy had a bad feeling that he was going to die. He told a coworker as he was cleaning a window and rested his hand against the glass. He died that same day fighting a tremendous fire at Curan Hall, an old office building. A brick wall fell killing eight firemen. The next day the window had a handprint etched into the glass. The firemen could not remove it. They tried chemicals and even scraping it with a razor blade. City officials checked the fingerprints of the handprint and found that they matched Leavy's fingerprints. The prints remained there for 20 years until the day the window was broken by a careless paperboy delivering the morning paper.
Engine Company 107 is located at 13th and Oakley.

Tivoli theatre
In Downers Grove a tragic fire trapped Tivoli in a room backstage, yet his remains were never found. Employees hear ghostly footsteps and see an eerie mist late at night after the last show.

The Eastland Disaster 2500 passengers boarded the Eastland steamer on the Chicago River. Too many people were crowded on one side of the ship and the ship capsized. 835 were drowned in the accident. 22 entire families were killed. The accident took place between the Clarke and Lasalle Street bridges. Shortly after the accident pedestrians reported hearing cries of horror near the banks of the river. The Reid Murdoch Building and the Oprah Winfrey's Studios were used as a temporary morgue during the disaster. People in these buildings report unusual occurrences and sensations.

Allerton Mansion
A woman in white haunts this mansion and its grounds. She is sometimes seen putting on her hat and gloves and walking in the garden. Anyone staying overnight in a certain room reports hearing footsteps outside the door pacing. If they investigate they find no one is there.

Chicago Transit Authority
The ghost of a little brunette girl buried in Evergreen Cemetery sometimes tries to hitch a ride on various freeways in the western suburbs to see the sights in Chicago. When she fails she takes a ride on the bus. If asked for her fare, she simply vanishes. The cemetery is on 87th street and Kedzie Avenue

Calvary Cemetery
A man is seen drowning in Lake Michigan near this cemetery. He is then seen moving across Sheridan road to the Calvary Cemetery. He is said to be the ghost of a pilot who drowned in Lake Michigan while trying to land on an aircraft carrier during a World War II training mission. Mount Carmel
When a boy was accidentally left here once his parents returned to find him in the care of a mysterious white lady. She then vanished upon seeing his parents.

Rosehill Cemetery, The haunted Hopkins mausoleum
Ghostly moaning and chains rattling are heard coming from inside. The ghost of a woman floating above the ground was seen in the cemetery and there are reports of several other ghosts. Bachelors Grove
There are rumors of satanic worship here. Many of the graves have been desecrated. The gangsters used to dump bodies in the small pond beside the cemetery. There is a two headed ghost and the ghost of a farmer with a horse and plow was dragged into the lagoon. Phantom cars appear on the Midlothian turnpike. Phantom figures in dark hooded robes, various spook lights, and a yellow glowing woman with a baby are sometimes reported. She is called Mrs. Rogers or the White Lady, or even the Madonna of Bachelors Grove. She is said to be buried here next to her son. The yellow ghost of a man was seen walking down the path to the cemetery. It was once rumored to be an Indian tribal ground. The cemetery is located west of Midlothian in the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve.

The Chicago Water Tower
A curse was laid on the area by John Streeter when the state of Illinois took his land away from him. The tower is haunted by the ghost of a man who was hanged there. Many have seen the man looking out the window. It is located on George Wellington Street.

Lewis and Clark Community College
This college is haunted by the ghost of the former headmistress. Harriet Haskell has been responsible for haunting footsteps, elevators operating by themselves, and a mysterious smell of perfume filling the hallways.

The Watseka Wonder
At the Vennum House a thirteen year old girl named Lurancy Vennum fell into a catatonic state. She began to speak in several different languages and spoke to spirits. The attacks happened up to 12 times a day in 1877. She was commited to the Peoria Insane Asylum for mental illness. After treatment from spiritualist Mary Roff, another man�s dead daughter began to speak through Lurrancy. She pleaded to be allowed to go home to visit her family. Lurancy went to live with them for a while behaving as if she was their dead daughter Mary returned to life. She knew intimate details about the family without ever having been told. She stayed for a while and then returned home as Lurancy cured of her catatonic states. Mary's spirit occasionally spoke through her for a while after she was cured. After she was married and moved away the spirit stopped speaking through her.

Lithuanian Cemetery.
A rough looking figure of wandering thin man with a distinctive sneer is seen in the headlights of cars near the cemetery. Then he vanishes. It is now a Catholic Cemetery.

Lourdes High School
Phantom footsteps and mysterious music are reported by teachers, students, and custodians. The school is located at 4304 West 56th Street in Chicago.

Victorian House Antiques
The attic area of this store is haunted. Doors open and close by themselves. A strange cold spot moves through parts of the house. A woman was murdered in the house and four people died in the attic in a fire. It is located at 906 West Belmont in Chicago.

Bartonsville Mental Hospital
Two orbs chased a reporter out of the basement. It is about five stories tall, with vines growing on all sides. All the windows are dark and broken out. There are three cemeteries surrounding the property. One is called the Lost Cemetery. It has very small headstones, about a foot high, some standing straight, some leaning against trees, others knocked down, with only a number etched into them. Another is named the Large Cemetery. Headstones as far as you can see on both side of a makeshift road. On the one side were stone that were in the ground and on the other side were the ones that stand up. Some of the stones were a bit different, around 1960 they had the number like the rest but now they etched the name and the date they died. The last is named Ol' Book's cemetery.
When Ol Book was burried his casket was placed across the beams, and the men of the burial corps stood ready to lower him into the ground. The men grasped the ropes, stepped forward, and with a powerful, muscular effort, prepared to lift the coffin. They heaved away at the ropes and the next instant, all four lay on their backs. The coffin, instead of offering resistance, bounded into the air like a eggshell, as if it were empty. A strange but usual sound was heard by all in the graveyard. Disembodied sobbing and wailing was coming from Old Book�s graveyard elm. Those in attendance saw Old Book, weeping as he always did by the tree. Dr. Zeller order the men to open the casket and just as they began to open it the weeping stopped. As the lid was open for all to see there laid Old Book.
Despite the best efforts of the staff Old Book's tree began to die. Within a year the limbs began to fall from the elm. Workers were assigned to remove the dead elm tree from the graveyard, but when the first blow of the ax to the tree was swung, the tree let out a type of wail. The decision was made to burn the tree, but when the fire was started the tree let out another wail. The tree was then left alone to sit and decay.
This cemetery is located next to a church, easily seen off the road.

Hillside, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, Mount Carmel Cemetery
The cemetery is the burial place of a woman named Julia Buccola Petta, better known as the "Italian Bride". Julia�s grave is marked today by the life-sized statue of Julia in her wedding dress, a stone reproduction of the wedding photo that is mounted on the front of her monument. The statue marks the location where Julia�s apparition is said to appear. Her ghost is clad in a glowing, white bridal gown.
Shortly after she was buried in 1921, her mother, Filomena Buccola, began to experience strange and terrifying dreams every night. In these nightmares, she envisioned Julia telling her that she was still alive and needed her help. For the next six years, the dreams plagued Filomena and she began trying to have her daughter�s grave opened and her body exhumed.
When the casket was opened, Julia�s body was found not to have decayed at all. In fact, it was said that her flesh was still as soft as it had been when she was alive. A photograph was taken at the time of the exhumation and shows Julia�s incorruptible body in the casket. Her mother, and other admirers, placed the photo on the front of her grave monument, which was constructed after her reburial. The photograph shows a body that appears to be fresh, with no discoloration of the skin, even after six years. The rotted and decayed appearance of the coffin in the photo however, bears witness to the fact that it had been underground for some time. Julia appears to be merely sleeping.
Students at Proviso West High School, which is located just east of the cemetery on Wolf Road, have reported a girl walking in the cemetery at night. A carload of people traveling down Harrison Street was startled to see a woman passing through the tombstones one night. They realized later that, even though it was pouring down rain, the girl was perfectly dry.
. On one occasion when a young boy was left behind in the cemetery, the family saw the boy take the hand of a lady in a white gown. When they got closer the lady disappeared.
Mount Carmel Cemetery is located in Hillside, Illinois and can be reached off Roosevelt Road. Julia's grave is located near the old cemetery gate and is easily recognizable thanks to the life-size stature of her on top of the monument.

Maple Lake
Located just off Archer Avenue, it has come to be known as a paranormal "hot spot" on the south side of Chicago. There are many other haunted locations in the area, including Resurrection Cemetery and St. James-Sag Cemetery. There has been a been string of young women's bodies found along the shore of the lake.
The Maple Lake light is said to be the head of a local farmer who was accidentally beheaded by his farm machinery. They say that at night he returns with his trusty lantern, looking along the far side of the lake for his head. There are many eyewitness accounts of the mysterious light. The accounts say the light is red in color and lasts for just a few seconds. It usually bobs along the shore of the lake for a few moments before it disappears. It is said to be more frequent at night.

the Red Lion Pub
Across the street from the Biograph Theater.
People have reported feeling dizzy and faint when passing by the bar and many claimed to feel a presence there. Upstairs there is a spirit by the name of Sharon, a retarded girl who died in the building 50 years ago. Sharon likes to lock women in the upstairs bathroom and push patrons down the stairs. She is also reported to be heard upstairs walking around and is seen walking down the staircase between the times of two and four on Sunday afternoon. She is said to leave behind the scent of a strong perfume when nearby.
Another story about the second floor is of a barstool that one of the owner's friends cannot sit upon. He feels dizzy and has to be escorted down to the first floor to the main bar area. One night the owner had a few of his "cop buddies" waiting for him to close and one of his friends heard a noise from upstairs that sounded like a dresser being moved across the floor. The police officer pulled his weapon and went upstairs to investigate. The barstool that the one friend cannot sit on, was moved to the center of the room, with no one in sight. A search of the place revealed that no one was there.
A spirit seen wearing cowboy clothes and walks up and down the main bar. A blonde-haired man, and another man that wears a black cowboy hat with a beard are also seen around the bar and call out people's names then disappear.

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, in the Chicago suburb of Worth
One graveIn fact is said to be able to heal the sick and the dying. Many people feel that this is a sacred place and is made so because the grave holds the final remains of a young girl named Mary Alice Quinn. Hundreds have claimed to experience miraculous healings here, while others speak of strange occurrences that can only be paranormal in nature. Mary�s grave and tombstone have been the subject of visits by religious pilgrims and supernatural enthusiasts alike.
Mary died suddenly in 1935, when she was only 14. She was a devoutly religious girl, devoted to St. Theresa, who claimed to have a mystical experience when she saw a religious image appear on her wall. After that, she became known in her neighborhood for curing the sick. While on her deathbed, Mary told her parents that she wanted to come back and help people after her death. Soon after her death, she was said to have mysteriously appeared to a number of people in the Chicago area. Throughout the 1930�s and 1940�s, it was not uncommon to hear of new Mary Alice Quinn sightings.
Her healing powers are said to have taken on another manifestation and one that surrounds her grave marker. When she passed away, she was secretly buried in a cemetery plot that belonged to the Reilly family. It was thought that this might keep her burial place a secret and prevent the graveyard from being overrun by curiosity seekers intent on finding her resting place. Thousands have come to the site, many of them bringing prayer tokens, rosaries, coins and photos to leave as offerings and to ask that Mary intercede for them in prayer. Many claim to have been healed of their afflictions after visiting the grave and others have been healed by extension. They claim to have found relief from one of the many spoonfuls of dirt that has been taken from Mary�s grave.
The phantom scent of roses has been reported filling the air around the gravestone, even when there are no roses anywhere around. The smell is said to be especially strong in the winter months. Many visitors have alleged this smell over the years and some of them even say that it is overwhelming.

Graceland Cemetery
The City Cemetery was located exactly where Chicago�s Lincoln Park is located today. Before its establishment, most of the early pioneers simply buried their dead out in the back yard, leading to many gruesome discoveries as the downtown was developed years later. Two cemeteries were later set aside for both Protestants and Catholics, but both of them were located along the lake shore, leading to the frequent unearthing of caskets whenever the water was high. Finally, the city set aside land at Clark Street and North Avenue for the Chicago City Cemetery. Soon, many of the bodies were moved from the other sites. Not only was it severely overcrowded from both population growth and cholera epidemics, but many also felt that poorly carried out burials here were creating health problems and contaminating the water supply. Both the city morgue and the local Pest House, a quarantine building for epidemic victims, were located on the cemetery grounds.
One cemetery that benefited from the closure of the graveyard was Graceland Cemetery, located on North Clark Street. The cemetery chapel holds the city�s oldest crematorium, built in 1893.
A ghost has been seen in the vicinity of the underground vault belonging to a man named Ludwig Wolff. The tomb has been excavated from the side of a mildly sloping hill at the south end of the cemetery and it is supposedly guarded by the apparition of a green-eyed dog that howls at the moon.
The statue that was placed over the resting place of a man named Dexter Graves has become commonly known as the "Statue of Death". It is said that anyone who looks into the face of the statue will get a glimpse of his or her own death to come. The statue is impossible to photograph and no camera will function in its presence.
The most famous sculpture of Graceland is that of Inez Clarke, who died in 1880, at the age of six. She was killed during a lightning storm while on a family picnic. It is not uncommon to come to the cemetery and find gifts of flowers and toys at the foot of her grave. The site has become one of the most popular places in the cemetery, for graveyard buffs and curiosity seekers alike. According to local legend, this site is haunted. There are stories of strange sounds heard nearby and some claim that the statue of Inez actually moves under its own power. Disembodied weeping is heard nearby. It is said that Inez will sometimes vanish from inside of the glass box during violent thunderstorms. Many years ago, a night watchman for the Pinkerton agency stated that he was making his rounds one night during a storm and discovered that the box that holds Inez was empty. Other guards have also reported it missing, only to find it back in place when they pass by again, or the following morning.

The Biograph Theater
Located on North Lincoln Avenue, the theater has gained a reputation for being haunted, but the story of the ghost seen here actually revolves around the alleyway outside. People passing by the Biograph on North Lincoln Avenue would began to spot a blue, hazy figure running down the alley next the theater, falling down and then vanishing. Along with the sighting of this strange apparition were reports of cold spots, icy chills, unexplainable cool breezes, and odd feelings of fear and uneasiness.
The ghost of John Dillinger is seen running in the alley behind this building where he was killed.

German Church Road near Willow Springs Construction worker Leonard Prescott spotted what appeared to be two discarded clothing store mannequins lying next to a guard rail, about five feet from the road. A few feet away, the ground dropped off to Devil's Creek below. Unsure of what he had seen, Prescott nervously brought his wife to the spot, then they drove to the local police station. Investigators realized the "mannequins" were actually bodies, and they soon discovered they were the Grimes Sisters, Patricia and Barbara.
Since the discovery of the bodies, the police have received reports from those who say they have heard a car pulling up to the location with its motor running. They have heard the door open, followed by the sound of something being dumped alongside the road. The door slams shut and the car drives away, yet there is no car in sight. Another woman claimed that in addition to the sounds, she saw what appeared to be the naked bodies of two young girls lying on the edge of the roadway. When police investigated, there was no sign of the bodies.

St. James Sag Church and Cemetery
It can be reached by taking Archer Avenue south to the Lemont Avenue exit. It used to be an Indian Burial ground to the Irish immigrants, who constructed the I&M canal, that are buried at this location as well.
On September 30, 1897 two local musicians, William Looney and John Kelly, were performing at the church. At the end of their performance, the two decided to stay at the church. Soon after they fell asleep Looney was awakened by the clatter of hooves on the gravel driveway. When he got to the window to see what was going on he saw a two-horsed carriage enter the cemetery. As it passed the building it came to a stop and a young women appeared from nowhere and got into the carriage. It then turned around and rode off toward Archer Avenue. As it passed under the archway, the carriage, and the woman disappeared.
In 1977 a cook county police officer was making his rounds. As he came up to the gates of the cemetery, he saw eight or nine hooded figures enter the small gate of the cemetery. The officer immediately got out of his car and told the figures to stop where they where. The figures preceded up the hill toward the cemetery. The officer ran after the figures. They seemed to glide right up the side of the hill. As the figures reached the top of the hill, they began to go down the other side. The officer reached the top of the hill and saw nothing. He searched the area but didn't find anything. As backup arrived he had his fellow officers searched the area, but even with k-9 units there, they found nothing. The ground was covered with dry leaves. As he chased the figures the only crunching footsteps he heard were his own. Many people say he saw the phantom monks of St. James Cal Sag...

Hull House
Located at 800 S. Halsted St., it is open to the public as a historic site.
Jane Addams died of natural causes in a second-floor bedroom of the mansion and within a few months of her passing, her ghost was said to be haunting that particular room. Overnight guests began having their sleep disturbed by footsteps and what were described as "strange and unearthly noises".
Jane Addams was awakened one night by loud footsteps in the otherwise empty room. After a few nights of this, she confided her story to Ellen, who also admitted to experiencing the same sounds. Helen Campbell, the author of the book Prisoners Of Poverty, reported seeing an apparition standing next to her bed in the room. When she lit the gas jet, the figure vanished. The same peculiar sounds and figures were also observed by Mrs. Louise Bowen, Jane and Mary Smith, and Canon Barnett of Toynbee Hall.
There have been sightings of ghosts and monks. You can't take camera's, video's or anything in there. You can't go upstairs, the tour consist of four small rooms.
According to Jane Addams' book, Twenty Years At Hull House, earlier tenants of the house believed the upstairs of the house was haunted. They had always kept a bucket of water on the stairs, believing that the ghost was unable to cross over it. The ghost was always considered to be rather sad, but harmless.
Hull House received its greatest notoriety when it was alleged to be the refuge of the Chicago "devil baby". This child was supposedly born to a devout Catholic woman and her atheist husband and was said to have pointed ears, horns, scale-covered skin and a tail. The young woman attempted to display a picture of the Virgin Mary in the house but her husband tore it down. He stated that he would rather have the Devil himself in the house than that picture. After enduring numerous indignities because of the child, the father allegedly took it to Hull House.
After being taken in by Jane Addams, staff members of the house took the baby to be baptized. During the ceremony, the baby escaped from the priest and began dancing and laughing. Not knowing what else to do with the child, Jane kept it locked in the attic of the house, where it later died. Within a few weeks, hundreds of people came to the house to get a glimpse of the baby. The story was reported by famous Chicago reporter Ben Hecht.
On certain nights, the image of a deformed face could be seen peering out of the attic window, and a ghostly version of that face is still seen by visitors today.

Archer Woods Cemetery - The cemetery gates are never locked. There is a path that leads around in a circle. As you leave the cemetery a white filmy form floats among the trees near the gates. She is called the sobbing woman and you can also hear her sobs and wails. You can only see her as you exit never when you enter.

Garet Durson mental Hospital - There have been numerous flash lights going off and not working at the same time. YOu can hear people screaming and a woman in a white robe runs down the stairs.

The Givins Castle - In the small town of Beverly located in Chicago's Southside, there is a castle that an Irish man named Givins built for his wife while she still resided in Ireland. She died before she got to live in her castle. She dwells there now and can sometimes be seen walking up the hill that leads to the castle door.

Holy Family Church - parishioners have seen a white apparition.

The House of Blues - there once was a little girl that died of an illness. You can hear her in the room. There will be imprints in the bed sheets and once a little boy came to stay with his mother and at night a little girl was playing with his toys saying "want to play with me?" The boy screamed and it went away

Hubbard High School - In the basement of Hubbard High School you can see and hear a teenage girl crying and sometimes screaming for help.

Lourdes High School - Nuns that have died over many years haunt the school. On the third floor you can hear someone walking down the hallway. In Stritch hall shadows have been seen.

Loyola University of Chicago - A Jesuit priest and a nun once had an affair. The nun found out that she was pregnant, and wanted the priest to runaway with her, so they could raise the child. The priest refused and the nun hung herself on the 13th floor of the Skyscraper building. The priest found the body, and jumped out of the window. The top floors of the building have long been vacant, but the light in the room where she killed herself can be seen lit from the outside. Those that have ventured up there have seen the nun and priest walking hand-in-hand.

Maryville Center For Medically Complex Children - It was an institute for drug addicted, handicapped, insane, and foster children. It was mysteriously shut down, and boarded up for reason related to asbestos. Located at Oak Park Rd. and Forest Preserve Rd. (Montrose ave.) in Chicago, you must park about a mile away and make the trip to the entrance on foot. Once inside you must pass numerous buildings marked: A, B, C, etc. Follow the main concrete path off to the left until you see a run down playground once used by the children who lived at the center. Go past the swing set and the second slide you see and go between the two building before you. All but one of the windows around you will be boarded up. The one window that is not boarded up leads into the indoor pool. A main hallway can be reached through a room called the pool office. From there you will find numerous stairwells that provide access to about 75% of the entire center. There are many reports of people hearing the sounds of children laughing, and in some instances even seeing people in white robes walking around. Lots of paranormal activity takes place in this abandoned asylum.

Monks Castle - There is supposed to be a religious order that if you try to get onto their land, they will chase you. A bunch of kids went in at night and snuck around (1983 - 1985). They said they saw something in the woods that had glowing red eyes that started to chase them. They made it across the gate, but as one of the girls sat down on the curb by the street light, a monk grabbed her, and she was never heard from again.

O'Hare airport - Haunted by dead passengers and flight attendants pilots. An American airlines flight crashed into an airfield near the airport. The crash ignited a huge fireball all passengers and crew died in the disaster.

S-M-C Cartage Company
Clark St.
On Valentine's Day in 1929, Al Capone sent some of his men to leave a tragic message to Bugs Moran at one of his buildings. Seven men were lined up and mowed down with machine gun fire, leaving the wall splattered with blood and full of bullet holes. In 1972, a man bought the factory and transformed it into a 20's themed club. The brick wall the massacre took place on was dismantled and the factory was torn down. People still hear gunfire and screams coming from the area. Before it was torn down, seven shadowy figures were seen lined up on the wall.

Options Exchange Building - In 1979 two traders had a disagreement over a trade. They decided to settle the matter outside by the horse statue/fountain. One of the men was so badly injured that he died before the paramedics could save him. Janitors say they can hear what sounds like two men arguing after everyone has left.

Robinson Woods - Reports have been made of black shadows, red, or white orbs, and scents of violet or lavender. Pictures of ectoplasm mist can be seen through photography.

The Congress Hotel - There are numerous cold spots all over the old hotel and televisions go on and off for no reason at night. Things move in the night. Doors close and there are odd feelings walking down some hallways

The Dome Room - This nightclub is very haunted. The building that it occupies once housed a morgue with hundreds of dead bodies. It was also a sewing house that burned in the Great Chicago Fire and claimed many women's lives. Phenomenon occurs there nightly. There have been many eyewitnesses to ghosts and many other things.

Webster's Wine Bar - An apparition has been seen at the second floor bar.

2740 N. Pine Grove the apartment of Teresita Basa who was killed and haunted one of her friends until her killer was found.

Chicago, 2122 North Clark Street
While he was incarcerated in Pennsylvania Capone began to be haunted by the ghost of James Clark, one of the massacre victims and the brother-in-law of Bugs Moran. While in prison, other inmates reported that they could hear Capone screaming in his cell begging "Jimmy" to go away and leave him alone. After his release, while living at the Lexington Hotel, there were many times when his men would hear him begging the ghost to leave him in peace. On several occasions, bodyguards broke into his rooms, fearing that someone had gotten to their boss. Capone would then tell them of Clark's ghost The crime boss even went so far as to contact a psychic named Alice Britt to get rid of Clark's angry spirit. Not long after a s�ance was conducted to try and rid Capone of the vengeful spirit.
Hymie Cornish, Capone's personal valet also believed that he saw the ghost. He entered the lounge of Capone's apartment and spotted a tall man standing near the window. Whoever the man was, he simply vanished. Years later, Capone would state that Clark followed him to the grave.
He was sent to Leavenworth, where he died from lung cancer in February 1957. Chicago, in its own way, memorialized the warehouse on Clark Street where the massacre took place. It became a tourist attraction and the newspapers even printed the photos of the corpses upside-down so that readers would not have to turn their papers around to identify the bodies.
A club was built using the bricks from the building where he died. When it closed the owner placed the 417 bricks into storage. He then offered them for sale with a written account of the massacre. He sold the bricks for $1,000 each, but soon found that he was getting back as many as he sold. It seemed that anyone who bought one of the bricks was suddenly stricken with bad luck in the form of illness, financial ruin, divorce and even death. According to the stories, the bricks themselves had somehow been infested with the powerful negative energy of the massacre! Whatever became of the rest of the bricks from the building is unknown.
People walking along Clark street at night have reported the sounds of screams and machine guns as they pass the site. The building is long gone. Five trees are scattered about the area and the one in the center actually marks the point where the rear wall once stood -- where Moran's men were lined up and gunned down. Passersby have reported strange sounds, like weeping and moaning, and the indescribable feeling of fear as they walk past. Those who were accompanied by their dogs also reported their share of weirdness too. The animals seemed to be especially bothered by this piece of lawn, sometimes barking and howling, sometimes whining in fear.
Residents of the senior housing complex had strange encounters of their own, especially those who lived on the side of the building that faced the former massacre site. A television report from Canada interviewed a woman who once lived in an apartment that overlooked the small park area and she often complained that at night, she would hear strange voices, sounds and knocking on her door and her window. A new tenant moved into the rooms and she too complained of odd happenings, including knocking sounds that would come at her door at night. When she opened the door to see who was there, she never found anyone nearby. One night she saw a dark figure who was wearing an old style hat. He remained in place for a few moments and then faded away.
The inexplicable sounds and the odd behavior of the animals continue along the street.

Cicero - Chodl Auditorium - A teacher\director is said to haunt the theater. He died of a heart attack the opening night of West Side Story and never got to see the production. Students have claimed to see and feel a presence in the theatre especially later at night after long rehearsals. West Side Story hasn't been put on out of respect but once since his death.

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