The city of Alsip used to be a large brickyard for the city of Chicago. Originally plans were to also build a huge cemetery named The City of Chicago Cemetery. Ultimately that never happened, but Alsip still has the highest number of burials cemetery wise.

📷: HauntedChicagoland.com history: The Mayslake Peabody estate, a large gothic structure, was built from 1919-1921. The estate was constructed for Francis Stuyvesant Peabody. Peabody used the mansion as a country home. The property is named in honor of his first wife, who died in 1907, and his daughter, both of who were named May. Mr…
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📷: Marlin history: A long windy, and rural road that is full of as many legends as it is scenic views, Cuba road stretches from Buffalo Grove, Lake Zurich and also into Barrington.  Gangsters used to frequent this road back during the prohibition era, and used the area as a vacation spot.  Al Capone was…
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📷: My Suburban Life history: In the mid 19th century a man in his 40s had a home by the woods.  His home bordered a school, and was destroyed due to many complaints from parents.  He sought his revenge by killing the school children, and leaving their bones in an area surrounding the woods in…
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Story Last Updated: October 11th, 2022 🎃 history: Located behind Evangelical Church, and supposedly a very haunted cemetery.  This small church, built in 1881, dates back to the early settlement years of Chicago and its suburbs. It stood during the time of fugitive slaves. The cemetery and accompanying church sits behind the Old Graue Mill.…
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Photo Credit: Glen Oak Country Club Lots of workers have reported weird events happening caused by a ghost named Pinky.  Pinky is the Country Club’s mascot, and he was one of the most popular and capable caddies at Glen Oak.  One night a former manager was closing up the club, when she went upstairs all…
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A small local cemetery that dates back to the mid 19th century is reported to be haunted.  Feelings of being watched from the cemetery are common when traveling nearby on the Great Western Trail late at night. Location: Carol Stream, IL 60188 (Google Maps) -Cemetery doesn’t have address. -Just Northwest of Concrete Plant. Type of Haunting: intelligent Type of…
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When I first heard of this haunting, it sounded almost like an urban-legend.  It reminded me of your typical story of a lady in white roaming a cemetery.  I wanted to dig deeper because I was skeptical, and because I only had this little tid-bit of information below to go by for 5 years until…
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Closed in 1985 and left abandoned, homeless people used the Ovaltine Factory frequently for shelter.  There were also satanic rituals that took place in the corridors of the factory where small to medium animals were rumored to be sacrificed.  People who went into this location described feelings of being watched and followed, encountered unexplained cold…
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