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Historic haunted places in Alton, IL. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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The Alton Military Prison site in Alton, Illinois, marks the state's first penitentiary, built in 1833 and closed in 1857. During the Civil War it reopened in 1862 to hold Confeder…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Alton ghost accounts describe a man in period clothing walking near the monument to abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy, who was killed by a mob in 1837. A second story tells of a y…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The owners say more than eleven presences have turned up at this 1869 Italianate mansion. The best known is Sarah, said to have been a servant to the McPike household, and the ston…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The Jasmine Lady is this 1914 spa hotel's signature ghost: witnesses smell strong jasmine by one stairwell, and some have seen a woman there. Researcher Troy Taylor notes no murder…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.