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Historic haunted places in Springfield, 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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Staff in Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie house report footsteps in upper rooms that stop when someone goes to look, and visitors have heard clapping from empty spaces. A wall sconce r…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The resident spirit is said to be Bell Miller, founder of this 1909 apartment building turned B&B: books move between shelves, a crystal candy dish rattles and peeling wallpaper is…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Witnesses in the only home Lincoln ever owned describe skirts rustling through empty rooms, rocking chairs moving on their own and lavender scent in the parlor, Mary Todd Lincoln's…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Visitors to the Lincoln Tomb describe feeling watched in the burial chamber, hearing faint voices in the rotunda corridor and finding cold spots near the sarcophagus. Counterfeiter…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
A tall figure in 19th-century dress has been reported on the plaza in front of the building where Lincoln gave his 'House Divided' speech. Inside, guides describe cigar smoke in th…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.