Lots of new information on the history of Inez, Graceland Cemetery’s famous “Girl in Glass.”
Tag: ghosts
Podcast: A Suicide Bridge Ghost Story
See more podcasts This year, I had the distinct honor of running the “Haunted History” tours at the Lincoln Park Zoo, which gave me a good opportunity to research some interesting aspects of the Zoo that I didn’t know about, search as zoo director Marlin Perkins’ search for the Yeti. And, of course, the ghost…
Some New Hull House Information
Charles Hull’s monument at Rose Hill. When the grounds were dedicated in the late 1850s, many prominent citizens stayed after the ceremonies to pick out their plots. Being so close to the gate, I assume that Charles was one of them. While I was the University of Chicago library today, I ran across an 1867 book…
The Ghostly Woman of the LADY ELGIN Graves
In 1860, the sidepaddle steamer Lady Elgin was wrecked about nine miles off Winnetka – another ship had collided with it, and the ship was busted up by breakers. Just under 400 people were on board, bound to Milwaukee from Chicago, allegedly after having seen Senator Douglas speaking in his campaign for the presidency (though the…
The Ghostly Nun Who Turned to Stone
Some days you win, some days you lose, and some days you follow a story about the Couch Tomb and up with a story about nuns who turned to stone, then allegedly came back from the dead to express anti-semitism. That’s life in Mysterious Chicago. An image of Mother Galway found in Holy Family Parish:…
Carl Wanderer’s Last Song
Carl Wanderer photographed by the Chicago Daily News (expanded and updated from an older post after watching the first episode of Fargo. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say it reminded me a little of this guy’s story) One day in 1920, Carl Wanderer came up to a drifter on Madison Street and told…
Ghost pic in the alley?
I only occasionally post “ghost” pictures here, partly because I rarely see any thing I think are all that interesting. You know what I always say – “there is no good ghost evidence, only cool ghost evidence.” Well, here’s some of that. One of my most common tour stops is the alley behind the site of…
Lincoln’s Phantom Funeral Train described in 1872
I’m finishing up the draft of my new book on Lincoln ghostlore for Llewellyn Worldwide – it’s been fun tracing all the stories back to their origins! Here’s one find that I should really wait on, but I got so excited by it that I just had to post it. The Lincoln Funeral Train is…