Ghosthunting Illinois.
Title:
Ghosthunting Illinois.
Author:
Kachuba, John B.
ISBN:
9781578603732
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (190 pages)
Series:
America's Haunted Road Trip
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- METRO CHICAGO -- Beverly Unitarian Church -- Biograph Theater -- Ghosts of the Eastland -- Glessner House -- Graceland Cemetery -- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum -- Museum of Science and Industry -- Red Lion Pub -- NORTH -- Bachelor's Grove Cemetery -- Country House Restaurant -- DeSoto House Hotel -- Galena/Jo Daviess County Historical Society and Museum -- Turner Hall -- Mount Carmel Cemetery -- Widow McCleary's Pub & Grill -- CENTRAL -- Pumpernickel's Deli & Eatery -- C. H. Moore Homestead -- Greenwood Cemetery -- Meyer Jacobs Theatre, Bradley University -- Peoria Public Library -- Dana-Thomas House -- Inn at 835 -- Abraham Lincoln Home -- Abraham Lincoln Tomb -- Vachel Lindsay Home -- Old State Capitol -- SOIUTH -- Mineral Springs Hotel -- Loomis House -- Old Slave House -- Ruebel Hotel -- Pere Marquette State Park Lodge -- Fort de Chartres -- Afterword -- Ghosthunting Travel Guide -- Visiting Haunted Sites -- Ghostly Resources.
Abstract:
Lock the doors, draw the curtains, and light a candle as you join author John Kachuba on a guided tour of Illinois's most terrifyingly haunted places. Your hair-raising journey will take you to: Old State Capital, Springfield Lincoln lay in state here before his burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Could his ghost haunt the spot where his body lay? Harpo Studios, Chicago When the Eastland steamer capsized in 1915, the building served as a temporary morgue. Oprah's employees have encountered the ghosts of the victims, including the Gray Lady" who floats through the halls. And many more scary sites. Maps and travel information are provided to every haunted location for those brave enough to make the journey in person.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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