Ghost Stories of Illinois - Softcover

Christensen, Jo-Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551052393 ISBN 13: 9781551052397

Publisher: Ghost House Books, 2000

Synopsis

The history of Illinois is permeated with mysterious and ominous tales, from the streets of Chicago to the gentle curves of the Mississippi. Disembodied whispers behind walls and fading screams from across the water have given rise to ghostly legends and folklore around inexplicable events:

* Al Capone's victims return in ghostly forms to drive him crazy
* The spirit of Abraham Lincoln is felt, both in the White House and in his native town of Springfield
* A beautiful young lady flirts in Chicago ballrooms and hitchhikes through the Southwest Side, but invariably vanishes behind the gates of Resurrection Cemetery when pursued
* Farmers along the Mississippi feel their blood run cold when they encounter a grim, taciturn boatman -- with the face of a corpse
* Pedestrians on the Clark Street Bridge in Chicago hear the screams of the hundreds of pleasure-seeking passengers who plunged to their death when the steamboat Eastland capsized -- in 1915
* A Headless horseman riding a coal-black steed terrorizes citizens near Lakey's Creek
* Visitors to the old Hickory Hill Slave House tell of a shapeless terror that lurks in the attic there, recreating the horrors of the Reverse Underground Railroad
* From snowball-throwing spooks to grisly ghosts of vengeance, amazing apparitions arise in Decatur, Dallas City, Warsaw, Joliet, Bloomington, Peoria, Gurnee, Moline, Lewistown, Naperville, Monticello, Equality, Canton, Jonesboro, Woodstock, Normal, Charleston, Alton, and many little towns along the Mississippi.

Murder and tragedy are woven together with mystery and misfortune in this chilling collection of paranormal tales.

About this title

About the Author:

JO-ANNE CHRISTENSEN is the author of more than a dozen books, ranging from collections of fictional ghost stories to researched accounts of paranormal phenomena. She is both a full-time writer and a full-time mom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ghost House Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1551052393
• ISBN 13: 9781551052397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: MacLaren Eli