Chicago Haunted Handbook : 99 Ghostly Places You Can Visit in and Around the Windy City by Vince Sheilds and Jeff Morris (2013, Trade Paperback)

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All 100 chapters contain information on the history as well as the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate.

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PublisherAdventurekeen
ISBN-10157860527X
ISBN-139781578605279
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038429896

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Book TitleChicago Haunted Handbook : 99 Ghostly Places You Can Visit in and Around the Windy City
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Supernatural
Publication Year2013
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Body, Mind & Spirit
AuthorVince Sheilds, Jeff Morris
Book SeriesAmerica's Haunted Road Trip Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN2013-031303
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal133.109773/11
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction SECTION I, Cemeteries Algonquin Cemetery Archer Woods Cemetery (Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West) Bachelor's Grove Cemetery Bluff City Cemetery Burr Oak Cemetery Calvary Cemetery County Farm Cemetery (Joliet Potter's Field) Evangelical Church Cemetery Graceland Cemetery Holy Sepulcher Cemetery Mount Carmel Cemetery Mt. Thabor Cemetery Naperville Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery and the Demon Butcher Oak Woods Cemetery Queen of Heaven Cemetery Read Dunning Memorial Park Resurrection Cemetery River Valley Memorial Gardens Rosehill Cemetery St. James Sag Cemetery Tyrell Road Cemetery White Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery SECTION II, Bars and Restaurants Al Capone's Hideaway and Steakhouse Bucktown Pub California Clipper Cigars and Stripes BBQ Lounge Clark Street Ale House Country House Restaurant The Drinkingbird Edgewater Lounge Ethyl's Party Excalibur Nightclub Fireside Lounge Gold Star Bar Green Mill Cocktail Lounge Hooters on Wells Street The Irish Legend Pub and Restaurant Ivy Liar's Club Metro and Smart Bar Tonic Room Webster's Wine Bar Willowbrook Ballroom SECTION III, Roads and Bridges American Airlines Flight 191 Disaster Site Archer Avenue Axeman's Bridge Blood's Point Road Camp Douglas Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge Cuba Road Death Corner in Little Hell Eastland Disaster Site Fox River Grove School Bus Accident Site Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti's Suicide Site German Church Road Munger Road Train Tracks Randall Road and State Route 72 Intersection Shoe Factory Road Square Barn Road St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site SECTION IV, Parks Channing Park and School Covered Bridge Trails Dead Man's Creek Emmerich Park Fort Dearborn Massacre Site The Gate Joliet Arsenal Magic Hedge Maple Lake Raceway Woods Robinson Woods Forest Preserve Sunrise Park Trout Park Wrigley Field SECTION V, Museums, Theaters, Hotels and Other Buildings Antioch Downtown Theater Arcada Theatre Baymont Inn and Suites Biograph Theater Cantigny Chicago Water Tower Colonel Palmer House Congress Hotel Edgewater Athletic Club Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre's Death Alley Hotel Baker House of Blues Huntley Grease Factory Jane Addams' Hull House Museum John Hancock Center Leland Tower Suites Manteno State Hospital Murder Castle Museum of Science and Industry O'Hare International Airport Polish Museum of America Rialto Square Theatre Sheraton Gateway Suites Hotel at O'Hare Appendix 1: Chapters Organized Geographically Appendix 2: Daytripping (Or in This Case . . . Nighttripping) Appendix 3: Places That Did Not Quite Make the Book Appendix 4: Local Paranormal Groups About the Authors
SynopsisJoin authors Jeff Morris and Vincent Sheilds as they explore the creepiest corners of the Windy City., Chicago Haunted Handbook is the newest book in the Haunted Handbook collection within the popular America's Haunted Road Trip series and is written with the ghost enthusiast in mind. All 100 chapters contain information on the history as well as the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate. Ghost hunters Jeff Morris and Vincent Sheilds explore all the best haunted locales Chicago has to offer, including Resurrection Cemetery, Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Murder Castle, St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site, and even Wrigley Field. Each two page entry includes directions from downtown, an historical overview of the haunted place, the story of ghostly doings in that place, and advice on visiting the place yourself--if you dare., Gangsters, Gaslights, and Ghastly Murders--Join in Chicago's Grandest Ghost Hunt Chicago Haunted Handbook, part of the popular America's Haunted Road Trip series, is written with the ghost enthusiast in mind. All 100 chapters contain information on the history and the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate. Ghost hunters Jeff Morris and Vincent Sheilds explore all the best haunted locales Chicago has to offer, including Resurrection Cemetery, Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Murder Castle, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site, and even Wrigley Field. Each two-page entry includes directions from downtown, a historical overview of the haunted place, the story of ghostly doings in that place, and advice on visiting yourself--if you dare.
LC Classification NumberBF1472.U6M676 2013

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    Can't wait to visit some of the places in this book.

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