Download entire issue (in .pdf): $2.35 $1.35! For years, students and faculty in Western Illinois University’s Simpkins Hall have told stories about phantom children, but many other odd occurrences are attributed to “Harold,” a former janitor or graduate assistant who lurks among the classrooms on the third floor. After classes finish for the day, the [...]
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Explore Haunted Simpkins Hall
Posted: September 1, 2010 by makleen in New IssuesTags: ghost child, Western Illinois University, McDonough County, Simpkins Hall, Harold, Typing Ghost, Phantom Child, Macomb
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“Man hunting ghost train killed by real train”
Posted: August 28, 2010 by makleen in Breaking NewsTags: Accident, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Train, North Carolina
[This article really shows why it's important use some common sense when you go out looking for ghosts, although this man's valor in saving that woman should obviously be commended -ed.] by RAD BERKY / NewsChannel 36 E-mail Rad: RBerky@WCNC.com WCNC.com Posted on August 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM STATESVILLE, N.C.– Christopher Kaiser, 29, of [...]
People might laugh at you if you reported seeing just one alligator in the waters around Chicago, but what if you saw two? You wouldn’t be crazy: this summer, two alligators have been spotted and captured in the Chicago River, one of which was captured earlier in August. Both are believed to be former pets [...]
Our Interview with Matt Hucke of Graveyards.com
Posted: August 23, 2010 by makleen in InterviewsTags: Cemeteries, Graveyards.com, Matt Hucke, Graveyards of Chicago, Haunted Chicago, Taphophilia
This is an extended version of our interview with Matt Hucke that we featured in the August 2010 issue of the Legends and Lore of Illinois. Download the entire issue by clicking here. Matt Hucke is the webmaster of Graveyards.com, one of the oldest and most well-known cemetery sites on the Internet. He is also [...]
Top 10 Most Haunted Houses in Illinois
Posted: August 16, 2010 by makleen in Top 10 CreepiestTags: Bluff Dale Farm, Charles Guiteau, Crenshaw House, Dennis F. Hanks, Emma Jones, Frank Shaver Allen, Hickory Hill, J. Eldred, McPike Mansion, Nellie Dunton, Old Slave House, Old Stone House, Saltbox Place, Sweetin Home, Tycer Home, Willow Creek Farm
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 creepiest homes and mansions in Illinois? After much debate, we are happy to bring you the Top 10 Most Haunted Houses in Illinois. [...]
“Death Curve” Based on True Story
Posted: August 13, 2010 by makleen in UpdatesTags: Cambridge, Child Murders, Death Curve, Julia Markham, Roadside Ghosts, Rose Dale Cemetery
A reader recently commented on the new issue, saying, “My family is from Cambridge and I went to school there. Odd that I never heard this story until I saw it on shadowlands. I always assumed it was just a story someone made up until now.” Many people have heard the stories of the ghost [...]
Exclusive Preview of the 2010 Afterlife Paranormal Conference
Posted: August 9, 2010 by makleen in EventsTags: Ursula Bielski, Afterlife Paranormal Conference, Willie Atkins, Sycamore, Stratford Inn, Paranormal Conference, Dale Kacmarek
Willy Adkins of Afterlife Paranormal joins us for a sneak peak at the upcoming 2010 Afterlife Paranormal Conference. The Conference will be held at the historic and haunted Stratford Inn in Sycamore, Illinois August 13 & 14, so order your tickets now! What speakers or presenters will be featured at the 2010 Afterlife Paranormal Conference? [...]
The Fallen Re-Imagined
Posted: August 5, 2010 by makleen in The FallenTags: The Fallen, legends and lore of Illinois, Mike, Illustrations
Special thanks go out to Katie Conrad, an excellent illustrator (and comedian) for providing new versions of our favorite characters from the Legends and Lore of Illinois! I will be posting the updated image of one member of The Fallen intermittently from now until I run out of them. Deal? Done. Our first illustration is [...]
Dare to Navigate the “Death Curve”
Posted: August 1, 2010 by makleen in New IssuesTags: Cambridge, Child Murders, Death Curve, Graveyards.com, Julia Markham, Matt Hucke, Roadside Ghosts, Rose Dale Cemetery
Download entire issue (in .pdf): $2.35 $1.35! On the morning of Saturday September 30, 1905, while her husband labored in a neighboring field, a woman named Julia Markham murdered her seven children with an ax in the house near this curve in Timber Ridge Road. Julia had carefully planned the massacre and tried to commit [...]
Testing the Bridge
Posted: July 27, 2010 by makleen in UpdatesTags: Monmouth, Crybaby Bridge, Ghost children, phantom hands
Charisma, 27, was a resident of Monmouth for many years and had her own interesting encounter at the area’s “Crybaby Bridge” as she and a friend tested the legend: “I grew up in Monmouth, living there most of my life, and of course had heard all of the stories about crybaby bridge. A few years [...]
