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Ghosthunting Illinois
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.
• 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.
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2005
About the author
John B. Kachuba
28 books9 followersJohn B. Kachuba is the series editor of America's Haunted Road Trip from Clerisy Press and the author of Ghosthunting Illinois and Ghosthunting Ohio. He has also written other books such as Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers, and Other Investigators of America's Paranormal World, How to Write Funny, and Why is this Job Killing Me? (co-authored with his wife, Mary A. Newman, PhD).
John's short fiction and nonfiction have been widely published and he has received several awards for his fiction, including the 2004 Dogwood Fiction Prize.
He holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing from Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH) and Ohio University. He has taught writing at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University. He is also on the faculty of the Gotham Writers Workshop.
John is a noted conference speaker and presenter and is a sought-after guest on many radio and television programs throughout the country and internationally.
John lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife Mary.
John's short fiction and nonfiction have been widely published and he has received several awards for his fiction, including the 2004 Dogwood Fiction Prize.
He holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing from Antioch University (Yellow Springs, OH) and Ohio University. He has taught writing at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University. He is also on the faculty of the Gotham Writers Workshop.
John is a noted conference speaker and presenter and is a sought-after guest on many radio and television programs throughout the country and internationally.
John lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife Mary.
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October 25, 2012
Ghosthunting Illinois by: John B. Kachuba was a great book. I really liked it and I would read it again. The book is basically about a man and his wife traveling across the country (in this case Illinois) searching for haunted places. Anywhere from stately mansions were murders were committed there or an abandoned cemetery were no one has been buried there in over 50 years. I can connect this book to two summers ago, when my family and I took a trip to Springfield, Illinois's capital. We went to Abraham Lincoln's home and apparently in the book, it was stated that it was a haunted location. We also went to the final resting place of Lincoln. People say they here muffled crying and screams throughout the halls. I recommend this book to people that like ghost books.
September 20, 2007
I picked up this book because the author lives in Athens Ohio where I went to school at Ohio University. Same ghost stories as told in books before such as Haunted Chicago. Not many photographs or new insight, but it's always fun to read about haunted places in your area. The Italian Bride who is buried in the same cemetery as Al Capone is one of the spookier stories, as is Bachelor Grove Cemetery, a truly frightening place friends and I made a trek to years ago.
July 5, 2019
I lol at the practical guide to ghost hunting that comes at the beginning of the book.
This was a really fun look at the history/culture/folklore of the places he visited. I also like that he mostly just told the ghost stories, but didn't really make claims that these places where 100% haunted. It was just his experiences and the tales of others.
This was a really fun look at the history/culture/folklore of the places he visited. I also like that he mostly just told the ghost stories, but didn't really make claims that these places where 100% haunted. It was just his experiences and the tales of others.
July 2, 2018
Very interesting topic.
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