Then everyone would move out of town. 10 Haunted Locations Near You in Chicago | UrbanMatter Joliet, Illinois. The movie theater was the site of a blood-curdling crime in 1972 when its manager, Gloria Kirkpatrick, was stabbed multiple times by an unseen assailant. Illinois Local Haunts: 11 Spooky Spots You Can Visit In 1881, the town was destroyed when the Mississippi River shifted to a new channel. The town is only 15 miles from Govan so it makes a great two-for-one ghost town jaunt. You might have passed this seemingly innocuous Clark Street lot before without feeling the slightest chill, but stroll by with your four-legged friend in tow and see what happensdogs in the area have been known to become quite distressed, triggered by the chilling events poor Highball saw go down that fateful day. 8 Abandoned Ghost Towns In Illinois That Once Were Thriving Ghost towns captivate our imagination as we stand in the midst of a town site and look around us trying to envision the bustling activity of the people who lived and worked here. So long as it's in Chicago, Cook County, or any of the collar counties and it has some kind of reputation for being haunted, spooky, or otherwise just plain weird, we'd probably be willing to take a look. Manage Settings The town two and a half hours north of. Only one year later, another worker tragically fell to his death from that same tower. It is located in Southern Illinoisactually, it is the most southern city in all of Illinois. Ghost City Tours in Chicago operate a complete Guest Services office, open from 9 am - midnight, 7 days a week. Some parts of the 150-acre former psychiatric complex were recently redeveloped: the Pathology building now houses the Indiana Medical History Museum and some brave college students are living in the old administration building that's been turned into dorm-style apartments. You just have to visit South Dakota. Strange things happen in Chicago every day, and according to paranormal researchers, we may have some restless spirits to blame. But the Great Depression soon forced the plant and others in the now-dissolved town of National City to close. Perhaps some of the lessons we learn from earlier generations about overuse of our natural resources and abuse of our environment can be applied to our 21st century world. There were also barns for the work animals (horses and oxen) used in the logging camps. Hemlock bark was peeled off logs and shipped off to be used in tanning leather. New Tradition Chorus "Blast From the Past" with songs of '70s and '80s.
