Back in November, we presented the now-famous Shadow Picture from the Florentine Ballroom, which has, thus far, held up to scrutiny. And this week, after months of inactivity (nothing’s active all time; places go in and out of active periods), the ballroom has seemed active again. We’ve heard footsteps in the room more than once,…
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Ghost Sightings on the Tour
TWO possible ghost encounters on the tour last night! At the location of H.H. Holmes’ Sobieski St. factory (which was a smaller-scale sort of murder castle; probably the location of the murder of Emily Van Tassel and presumably others), where a great many things have been reported this spring, most of the people on the…
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
At the beginning of our tours, I often ask if there are any places people especially want to see. The most common request is probably the site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, the spot where 7 gangsters working for Bugs Moran and the North Side gang were lined up and shot, presumably by people…
H.H. Holmes On the North Side
We’ve been making more regular stops at one of H.H. Holmes former spots on the North Side, at which he had both a house and a “glass bending” factory that was thought to have been a body dump / spot for cremations. Some months ago we noticed the strange flickering light there; most nights I…
Florentine “Shadow Ghost” analysis!
We’ve now had time to analyze the heck out of the Florentine Room shadow ghost picture that was taken during a tour a few weeks ago – most of the early theories going around revolved around the presence of a “second photographer” taking a picture that cast either my shadow or that of the photographer…
Possible Ghost Shot!
The other night I ran a private tour for a group from bachelors-grove.com. No strange noises in the Florentine Room tonight, but we did get a cool picture – that’s me on the left, but the origin of the shadow on the right is undetermined: I never hold up anything as “good” evidence – there…
The “Lost” New York Times article
Last week, I was asked to write an article about looking for the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt in teh Congress Hotel for today’s edition of The New York Times. They ended up not having room for it in the end (or maybe they wanted me to come off as more of a goofball), so here…
The Ghost of John WIlkes Booth
A few months after his capture and death, John Wilkes Booth was sited in McVicker’s Theatre, the Madison St. theatre where he had performed a couple of stints in Chicago. No one said it was a ghost, though – they simply said that it was evidence that he hadn’t really died at all. Conspiracy theories…