Top 10 Most Haunted Hospitals in Illinois
Posted:1/14/2013 12:35:38 PM Hospitals, perhaps more than any other building, witness the pains of human existence on a consistent basis. Birth, death, illness, despair, and even insanity are experienced by thousands of patients over many decades within their walls. Maybe this is why hospitals are some of the most haunted places in Illinois. But which is the most haunted of them all? At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we have combed dozens of stories to bring you the top ten most haunted hospitals (past and present) in the state.
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NIPT Encounters the Ghost of Amy
Posted:10/30/2012 2:19:22 PM In July of 2011, Northern Illinois Paranormal Team lead investigators, Tony and Dave, were requested to an “Undisclosed” location in Aurora Illinois. This is what they found.
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Top 10 Most Haunted Restaurants in Illinois
Posted:9/19/2012 2:33:05 PM With hundreds of customers coming in and out every day, it would not surprise the Legends and Lore of Illinois if a restaurant turned out to have a ghost or two. Some of these specters are content to simply observe the hustle and bustle, while others are much more “hands on.” Illinoisans have certainly had their share of strange encounters while dining out. Which of these restaurants will prove to be the most haunted of them all?
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Top 10 Most Haunted Bridges in Illinois
Posted:8/6/2012 9:29:03 AM Sometimes perilous and almost always remote, rural bridges have long been a staple of local ghostlore. They are places where ghosts of long-forgotten accidents still roam and phantom voices cry out from the water below. At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we have visited allegedly haunted bridges all over the State of Illinois, but which one will prove to be the most haunted?
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The Cantina Ghosts, Part 1
Posted:7/16/2012 9:04:49 AM Central Illinois author Sylvia Shults shares stories about paranormal investigations at her husband's haunted bar in Pekin, Illinois.
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The Top 10 Creepiest Woods and Parks in Illinois
Posted:7/2/2012 9:28:58 AM Tourist season is in full swing in Illinois, and so we at the Legends and Lore of Illinois have prepared a list of some of the most unusual places you can visit in the great outdoors. While these are all nice places to experience nature, you may also encounter something of the supernatural variety. Be warned, however, some of these places hide very real dangers, not the least of which include hazardous terrain. So never visit them alone!
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Top 10 Most Haunted Churches in Illinois
Posted:6/4/2012 10:03:13 AM As the focus of such devotion and reverence, the Legends and Lore of Illinois has found that churches are some of the most haunted places in Illinois. Whether it is a devoted pastor who refuses to leave his flock, a religiously-inspired vision, or spirits of the departed drawn to the energy of an active congregation, it is rare to find a church devoid of at least one ghostly tale. Which church will prove to be the most haunted of them all?
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Top 10 Tales of Witchcraft in Illinois
Posted:5/7/2012 8:40:32 AM While many historians have attempted to dismiss tales of witchcraft as “superstitions of the past,” these stories have been told in the Prairie State throughout its history, from the very first French settlers until the present day. This month, we at the Legends and Lore of Illinois have scoured newspaper archives and dusty volumes to bring you some of the most exciting and obscure accounts of witchcraft in Illinois. Which story will prove to be the most compelling?
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The Ghost of RuthAnne, Part 2
Posted:5/2/2012 1:21:00 PM A mysterious black dog visits a family in part 2 of this ghost story from rural Illinois.
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The Ghost of RuthAnne, Part 1
Posted:4/30/2012 4:41:24 PM A harrowing true ghost story from Pinckneyville, Illinois.
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Interview with Melissa Tanner, Founder of TnT Paranormal
Posted:4/23/2012 12:11:11 PM Melissa Tanner is the founder and lead investigator for TnT Paranormal Investigators, LLC (TnT Paranormal) out of the Chicagoland area. Before starting TnT Paranormal in 2009, she had investigated with several other paranormal teams and at several of the most haunted places in America. She has used those experiences to hone her skills as an investigator. TnT Paranormal is one of the most professional paranormal investigation teams in Illinois.
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Top 10 Old-Timey Ghost Stories in Illinois
Posted:4/16/2012 2:23:31 PM With all the recent popularity of haunted houses, paranormal investigation, and legend tripping, it is easy to forget that ghost stories have been told for as long as human beings have walked the earth. Here in Illinois, the love of a good ghost story was alive and well in the 1800s and early 1900s, and some of our best tales come from that bygone era. Which one will prove to be the most timeless?
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The Farmhouse Specters, Part 1
Posted:12/8/2011 10:29:03 PM Christina Sanantonio shares her story of living in a haunted farmhouse outside of Monticello, Illinois.
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Top 10 Issues of the Legends and Lore of Illinois
Posted:11/21/2011 4:47:11 PM Between 2007 and 2010, 47 issues of the Legends and Lore of Illinois were released. Each issue discussed an allegedly haunted location in Illinois and featured the continuing adventures of a mysterious team of paranormal investigators called The Fallen. Reviews, interviews, letters from the readers, trivia, and “ghostly games” were also irregular features. Places as diverse as Cahokia Mounds, Western Illinois University, and Aux Sable Cemetery were all explored, but which issue has proven to be the most popular of them all?
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Ashmore Estates: The Myth and the Legend
Posted:9/23/2011 12:00:00 AM Tonight on the Travel Channel at 8pm central/9pm eastern time, the season premier of Ghost Adventures will feature Ashmore Estates, a former almshouse and psychiatric facility in Coles County, Illinois. Before you see the show, get the facts about this mysterious location!
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Top 10 Hottest Ghosts in Illinois
Posted:9/12/2011 12:00:00 AM For reasons only Sigmund Freud could understand, we at the Legends and Lore of Illinois have noticed that a great number of ghosts happen to be young, attractive women who are desperate and alone. This combination has proven to be very alluring, but which one of these ghosts deserve the title of most captivating in the entire state of Illinois?
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A Spiritual Ride to the Other Side
Posted:9/2/2011 12:00:00 AM In July, Russ Wells was returning home from the store when he fell asleep behind the wheel and wrapped his car around a pole. What followed was a life-changing experience that Wells can only explain as a glimpse of the "Other Side."
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Interview with Edward Shanahan
Posted:8/8/2011 12:00:00 AM Edward Shanahan is a Chicago Psychic Reader, Medium, Spirit Feeler, does Channeling and is the Chicago area Paranormal Host of Chicago Paranormal Nights. He has appeared in four different paranormal books (a fifth and sixth are now being worked on), and is authoring his own e-book ‘Taking The Paranormal and Spiritual World Seriously’, to be released within the next month.
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The Cottonwood Tree
Posted:8/5/2011 12:00:00 AM Thus is the story of the only recorded lynching in Jackson County, Illinois. Only the footings of the Mt. Carbon Bridge remain today and the cottonwood tree has long since been swept away by floods along the Big Muddy River. Several fishermen along this stretch of the Big Muddy River report mournful cries and wispy vaporous forms along the river banks.
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A Murder, A Hanging, and A Haunting
Posted:7/22/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline examines a murder in Murphysboro, Illinois in 1915 that led to the haunting of a majestic Victorian home.
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Top 10 Most Haunted Hotels in Illinois
Posted:7/18/2011 12:00:00 AM With their rich history and romantic atmosphere, the Legends and Lore of Illinois has found that hotels can attract quite a number of ghostly tales. Illinois has several historic hotels dating back to the 1800s, but even more modern establishments are said to be the home of some tortured spirits. Which one will prove to be the most haunted of them all?
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Interview with Stan Courtney, Cryptozoologist
Posted:7/11/2011 12:00:00 AM Stan Courtney has had an interest in Bigfoot/Sasquatch since 1959, and had his first possible encounter near Springfield, Oregon in 1967. Stan has been a member of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization since 2004 and has interviewed 250 Bigfoot witnesses and posted over 160 reports on the BFRO website. He has also traveled to the 48 contiguous states, recording and researching sighting locations.
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Top 10 Most Haunted Bars & Pubs in Illinois
Posted:6/20/2011 12:00:00 AM At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we have patronized many drinking establishments in the course of our travels to mysterious places all over the Prairie State. However, sometimes the pub is our destination, since there are many said to contain “spirits” of a different nature. Which one will prove to be the most haunted of them all?
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WSIU-TV Goes on a Ghost Hunt with L.E.G.S.
Posted:6/17/2011 12:00:00 AM WSIU-TV accompanies Bruce Cline and the Little Egypt Ghost Society on an investigation of a home haunted by a music-loving ghost.
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“Psychic” Creates Media Stir with False Report
Posted:6/8/2011 12:00:00 AM Yesterday, some news networks reported that dozens of bodies of children had been found at a rural home near Hardin, Texas. Today, it seems that report was wrong. It turns out that police and news crews were reacting to a false claim by someone calling herself a psychic. Should law enforcement take psychic testimony seriously?
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A Tragic Wedding – a Prophecy of Doom
Posted:6/5/2011 12:00:00 AM A ghostly wedding party warns of impending war in this antebellum ghost story from Southern Illinois.
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Top 10 Most Haunted Schools in Illinois
Posted:5/23/2011 12:00:00 AM At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we know adolescence can be a particularly hard time in a person’s life, and that most of that time is spent in school. At some Illinois schools, however, homework, grades, and bullies aren’t the only thing students have to worry about. Some locker-lined hallways are stalked by the unseen. Which one will prove to be the most haunted?
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Video Previews of Haunting Illinois
Posted:5/17/2011 12:00:00 AM With a listing of 200 haunted and mysterious places, 85 pictures, icons, a “creep factor” scale, and a comprehensive introduction covering the history of folklore and paranormal research in Illinois, “Haunting Illinois” is fast proving to be the most exciting book to come out on this subject in the past several years. Check out these video previous showing some of the places covered in the book...
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On the Scene with Ghost Adventures
Posted:5/2/2011 12:00:00 AM On a pleasant, sunny afternoon late last month, I found myself in the company of the Travel Channel’s most famous ghost hunters. Zak, Nick, and Aaron had come to Coles County in order to film an upcoming episode of their hit show Ghost Adventures at Ashmore Estates, a former almshouse and care facility in Coles County.
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Rule #1: Never Go Alone
Posted:4/27/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society, discusses strange happenings at Bachelor’s Grove in south suburban Chicago.
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Top 8 UFO Encounters in Illinois
Posted:4/18/2011 12:00:00 AM The recent claims of a UFO over Chicago piqued our interest at the Legends and Lore of Illinois, so we called in John Stevenson to tell us and our readers about some of the most famous UFO sightings in Illinois. Which one will prove to be the most compelling evidence of alien visitation?
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Exclusive Interview with Chicago’s Own Resurrection Mary
Posted:4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM Resurrection Mary hardly needs an introduction. Ever since the late 1930s, she has been hitching rides along Archer Avenue in southwest suburban Chicago. Her story has appeared in books, television shows, songs, and feature films. After decades of avoiding the press, she finally sits down for this tell-all interview with the Legends and Lore of Illinois!
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Exploring the Mysteries of Winston Tunnel
Posted:3/21/2011 12:00:00 AM Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a railroad worker, the entrance to the Winston Tunnel sits deep in the woods several miles southwest of Galena near the tiny community of Rice. Join the Legends and Lore of Illinois as we explore the secrets of this place.
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Train Wreck at Oakland Cemetery
Posted:3/18/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline of the Little Egypt Ghost Society explores the 1888 horrific train wreck near Oakland Cemetery in Carbondale, Illinois. The cemetery is still haunted by the engineer to this day.
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Mystery of the Woodlawn Sarcophagus
Posted:3/4/2011 12:00:00 AM Deep on the east side of a hill at Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale, Illinois, there is a stone sarcophagus raised a few feet above the ground. No one knows who is interred there, but there are stories..
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Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures in Illinois
Posted:2/21/2011 12:00:00 AM At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we are familiar with the haunted and legendary places of Illinois, but did you know this state was also home to a wide variety of mysterious creatures? From the Lake Michigan Monster, to thunderbirds, to hairy bipeds, and the Enfield Horror, which one will prove to be the most unusual and terrifying of them all?
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The Tuttle Bottoms Monster
Posted:2/18/2011 12:00:00 AM Southern Illinois has long been known for its reports of monsters and strange happenings, and Tuttle Bottoms is known to have its share of strange creatures.
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A Review of ’Ghost Hunters’ by Deborah Blum
Posted:2/14/2011 12:00:00 AM Learn the history behind parapsychology and ’psychical research.’ Anyone who fancies him or herself a ghost hunter or paranormal investigator first needs to read this review, then needs to read the book!
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Demonic Forces Plague Eldorado Home
Posted:2/4/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society, receives a request to help rid a house of demonic activities. The owners of the house stated that “something” unseen appeared to choke their baby as she slept and would shake the crib.
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Top 10 Most Haunted Theaters in Illinois
Posted:1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM As any fan of ghostlore knows, nearly every theater in Illinois is thought to have a resident ghost or two, but what are some of the eeriest and most interesting of them all? The Legends and Lore of Illinois is here to bring you the history and the ghost stories behind some of Illinois’ most notorious haunted theaters!
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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 3 of 3
Posted:1/5/2011 12:00:00 AM The conclusion of the Little Egypt Ghost Society’s investigation of the Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown, Illinois.
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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 2 of 3
Posted:1/3/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society, discusses photographic evidence captured at the Rose Hotel in southern Illinois.
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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 1 of 3
Posted:1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM Bruce Cline of the Little Egypt Ghost Society takes you on an investigation of the old Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown, Illinois.
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Top 10 Lost Treasures in Illinois
Posted:11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM Many of you may not know that Illinois is loaded with forgotten loot and buried treasure, but millions of dollars in gold and silver are right under your feet – if you can find it. Luckily, the Legends and Lore of Illinois is there to bring you the story of some of Illinois’ most notorious lost treasures! Perhaps you have what it takes to solve these mysteries and strike it rich?
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Top 10 Creepiest Abandoned Places in Illinois
Posted:6/7/2010 12:00:00 AM At the Legends and Lore of Illinois, we spend a lot of time crawling around the ruins of some of Illinois most notorious and spooky abandoned hospitals, mansions, and schools. But what are the scariest abandoned places in Illinois? After much debate, we are happy to bring you the Top 10 Creepiest Abandoned Places in Illinois:
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Top 10 Creepiest Places in Illinois
Posted:5/9/2010 12:00:00 AM As we at the Legends and Lore of Illinois know, the Prairie State is a very creepy place! Haunted cemeteries, colleges, abandoned hospitals, roads, forests, and schools abound. But what are the most creepy places in Illinois? After much debate, we are happy to bring you the first in a series of “top 10″, places to visit if you are looking for a good scare – the Top 10 Creepiest Places in Illinois
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