Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center - Reports of apparitions of people running, people standing in the windows as you drive by, also reported a man that walked in the tunnels and felt a hand on his back. It is reported that there are faces in the buildings and the uppers and lowers the cottages are also EXTREMELY haunted by nurses and prior residents. There is also reports of a "devil dog" attacking a resident and when lights in the room were turned on there was nothing just scratches all over the persons body. There are several accounts of choate being haunted but it is mostly under choate in the tunnels where all of the activity happens because the old buildings burned and all that was left was the original basements which is now the tunnels that run all under choate and some even run out of Choate.
Union County Hospital& Nursing home - On the second floor of the hospital there is a little boy who died in the 50's and when you go there in the night you see him. In the nursing home there are many people who were once residents there and every now and then you catch a glimpse of them.
Antioch
Antioch Movie Theatre - This old theatre has been around since the 40's. It used to be an old theatre house, where plays were held. There has been many stories about the old theatre. Like a girl had hung herself from the balcony, and that Al Capone had tunnels dug underneath the theatre leading towards Fox Lake. If those are true or not employees have reported that flood lights have come on out of nowhere and turned off by themselves. Also reported hearing things after hours like noises, bangs, and people on the stairs. Some employees report having a sence that there is something else in the room, when they are really alone.
Arcola
The depot by the rail road tracks - There is a ghosts seen holding and swinging a lantern.
Ashley
Abandoned candy factory - A ghost inhabits the factory. She is said to have been killed during a normal day at work. The roof has caved in and covered the spot where she was supposedly killed. When circled, it is possible to see a face or silhouette of the woman in a doorway of window. At night it is also possible to hear her cries just before she died.
Ashmore
St. Omer cemetery - A large gravestone with a crystal ball said to be that of witch, the date of death on the tombstone is Feb 31, 18??. Many have tried to take pictures but they never turn out. Sometimes there is strange glow coming from the tombstone.
Ashmore Estates - South of Ashmore - Ashmore estates was an old insane asylum, legend has it that the government stopped the funding and all the employees left the patients. With no where to go and the inability it help themselves. The patients all died of starvation and dehydration. Illegal as it may be, when people venture into the building, strange voices are heard, and when leaving people have reported loud banging noises, and when looking back they saw the trunk of their car dent in and out as if being pounded on.
Argyle
Old Church at 173 & Beloit Rd - Legend has it witch's were hung there along time ago. People who have witnessed a lady in black sitting in the window by the bell late at night then disappear. The church painted the window black recently. Several people have witnessed the "lady".
Arlington Heights
South Middle School - Other than the fact that it's a Middle School, this place is known to have a gateway to Hell or something of the like in it's lower floor. Strange noises have been heard there by several kids who want to be daring.
St. Viator High School - Rumor has it that one night a janitor was cleaning in the auditorium while it was dark. While cleaning the stage he bumped into something...when he looked up he saw a boy hanging from a rope. people say you can hear strange voices and see odd things.
Aurora
Baymont Inn and Suites - A former employee and guest heard people talking in an empty room late at night none was registered in room and when door was opened voices stopped and none was in there. Another employee reports a guest coming downstairs and wanting out of room #208 because he woke up and felt someone strangling him with none there. There was also an incident in the lobby and office with a guest on the phone nearby we both witnessed a white ball of light shoot from behind the office and out into the lobby then vanished the guest was very disturbed this happened on St Patrick's day 2001 at approximately 2am.
Leland Tower Hotel - The Leland Tower, 21 stories and the tallest building in Aurora is said to be haunted. Numerous suicides have taken place by guests jumping from upper floors into the Fox River. At night bad smells come from the elevator banks and the elevators seem to moan.
Mount Olivet Cemetery - Women in 1950's clothing are seen in the cemetery standing by a 1958 Lincoln Continental. They seem to melt and fade away.
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