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Historic haunted places in Chicago, 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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FBI agents gunned down bank robber John Dillinger outside the Biograph in July 1934 after he watched a film there. His ghost is said to linger in the alley next to the 1914 theater…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Opened in 1893 for World's Columbian Exposition visitors, the hotel has piled up more ghost lore than any other Chicago building. Tales include a phantom bride on the upper floors,…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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In the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire, 602 people died during a holiday matinee, many of them in the narrow alley behind the building while trying to escape. That alley, Couch Place, b…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Hull-House is tied to the early-1900s 'Devil Baby' rumor, which once drew crowds to its door hoping to glimpse a demon child supposedly kept inside. A Lady in White is also said to…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The Drake's best-known legend is the Lady in Red, said to have leapt from an upper window after finding her husband with another woman at a New Year's Eve party. Guests and staff d…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.