“The fascination with the spirit world seems to intrigue many individuals. I’ve always held an interest since I was a child, though many would believe children are making these stories up in their mind. There have been far too many coincidences with children and their so-called invisible friends. Yet, these strange sightings, strange smells, strange lights, and unusual events seem to keep happening throughout time. Could these events be explained in some way? …Researchers and investigators have been asking these questions for decades.”
- Jim Graczyk, Field Guide to Illinois Hauntings
Could these events be explained in some way?
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I don’t believe in ghosts…
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I don’t believe in ghosts… or, perhaps I should say, I don’t think I do. Heck, I’ve seen a lot of things in my twenty-seven years in the news business, the violence of man and nature, but never something that could not be explained… And yet, who hasn’t been in a room where something felt not quite right or heard or seen something that could not be explained… an eerie light or a shuddering cold.”
-Bill Moller, Voices from the Chicago Grave
Friends and family members describe ghostly encounters in hushed tones
February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Perhaps some of us have heard friends and family members describe ghostly encounters in hushed tones. Although some completely doubt their existence, others remain convinced that spirits of the past still walk among us. The believers maintain that ghosts assist us in times of need, seek vengeance when they have been wronged, and tend to unfinished issues… Along the charming towns of its historic Fox Valley are mysteries that we may never know or fully comprehend, are sights that, as Zosia Mucha says, ‘defy reality.’”
- Donna Latham, Ghosts of the Fox River Valley
I was always intrigued by a good ghost story growing up…
December 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
“I was always intrigued by a good ghost story growing up. I even had a good friend who sincerely believed his own house to be haunted, and I could never resist hearing one of his scary stories. Even in broad daylight, I remember getting goose bumps and feeling a chill run down my spine every time he’d talk of blankets flying off the bed up toward the ceiling and unseen hands choking him in his bed at night. The fascination with ghosts persisted into my teens when I spent many evenings out ghost hunting with friends in the suburbs of Chicago. The fear that infused me on those nights was exhilarating. So when I had the opportunity to write a book about all the greatest ghost stories of the Chicago area, I couldn’t wait to get started.”
- Rachel Brooks, Chicago Ghosts
Illinois is a weird place!
November 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“In a matter of almost forty years, I stumbled – purely by accident – into ghostly and phantasmal locals and places at every single stop, in every single year and in every venue that the realm of the paranormal offers. For a time, I became paranoid and almost convinced that some unseen force was guiding me from haunted situation to haunted situation everywhere I went. However, the solution to this mystery-life of mine was far more veiled and prosaic: I lived in Illinois. It took me a long time, loads of research and numerous relocations within this beautiful state to fully come to terms with just how many exceptional haunted locations could be found everywhere throughout the state. Illinois is a weird place!”
- Scott Maruna, in The Illinois Road Guide to Haunted Locations
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