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Illinois Hauntings Ghost
Tours and Discover
what thousands of other
people have discovered every
year since 1994 -- that we
have the most authentic,
most eerie, best researched
and most entertaining tours
in the Midwest! No matter
which of our cities that you
come to, you'll find that
these are not ordinary
"ghost tours" but history
tours that capture the
real-life hauntings that
have been created by the
events of the past!
Our tours are staffed by
authors and historians and
real-life ghost hunters with
a genuine interest in the
supernatural. Join us in any
of our haunted cities for
tours, conferences and
special events and we are
confident that you'll find
while we are often imitated,
we are never equaled! |
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American Hauntings Overnight Excursions
Haunted Weekends, Overnight and Ghost Hunts
all over America! This is America's Original
Overnight Tour company and is often
imitated, but never equaled! We feature many
haunted overnights and ghost hunts in the
state of Illinois, so check it out our
upcoming schedule of events!
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THE PERFECT COMPANION TO THE ILLINOIS
HAUNTINGS TOURS IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM
TROY TAYLOR & THE ILLINOIS HAUNTINGS STAFF!
ILLINOIS HAUNTINGS: MORE TALES FROM THE
HAUNTED PRAIRIE! The
acclaimed "Haunted Illinois Series" returns
with more ghostly tales from the hills, back
roads, houses, graveyards and towns of the
state -- none of which have ever appeared in
the series before!
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Copy! |
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Join us for Not Only the Best of the Windy
City's Haunted Places, Crime Spots & Weird
Locations -- But for Exclusive & Little
Known Haunted Places that you won't find on
ANY other tour! See
the Schedule Below and Discover Why We Have
Been Called the "Most Authentic" Tours in
Chicago, taking you to Most Unique, Unusual
& Most Haunted Places that the City Has to
Offer! This
is Not Just Another Ordinary Ghost Tour --
it's the Tour that takes you where No One
Else Can!
Click
Here to See the Weird Chicago Website &
Schedule! |
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Haunted Decatur: The Tour of Decatur's
Spirits, Scandals & Sins!
Created in 1994, the Haunted Decatur Tour is
one of the longest running ghost tours in
the state of Illinois and has won several
awards for being one of the most authentic
in the Midwest. Troy Taylor has now
re-created the tour for a whole new look at
an even darker side of the city -- revealing
more murders, scandals, sins and spirits
than have ever been featured on the tours
before! It's an unusual look at the reason
why Decatur has earned its sordid reputation
and a celebration of the unusual history
that has placed Decatur squarely on the map
as one of the most haunted cities in
America!
Click Here for the Haunted Decatur Website &
Tour Schedule! |
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Alton
Hauntings Ghost Tours!
According to legend, the author Mark Twain
once called Alton "a dismal little river
town", largely thanks to the dark history
that the city had already endured prior to
its heyday as a thriving river port. From
that time, until well past the turn of the
last century, Alton has seen more than its
share of death, disease, disaster, violence
and murder. Now, come see how the events of
the past have created the hauntings of today
in what has been called "One of the Most
Haunted Small Towns in America"! The Alton
Hauntings Tour is an entertaining and
spine-tingling trip into the history &
hauntings of Alton. Called the "most
authentic" ghost tour in the region, this is
only tour personally created by
nationally-known author Troy Taylor and
based on the bestselling book, "Haunted
Alton".
Click Here for the Alton Hauntings Website &
Tour Schedule! |
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The
Haunted Lebanon Tours are the
FIRST Ghost Tours to Ever
Explore the Haunted & Historic
Places of Lebanon! As part of
the Illinois Hauntings family of
tours, we explore both the
history and the ghostly tales of
one of Illinois' most haunted
small towns!
We're Not Just An
Ordinary Ghost Tour! We're
A Real-Life Glimpse at the Former Residents of Lebanon
who Linger Behind! |
Join the
Illinois Hauntings Tours & Len Adams for a historic and
frightening tour through one of Southern Illinois' most
beautiful, and haunted, small towns. Lebanon was founded in 1804 but the culture here dates
back to pre-history, as evidence by Emerald Mound,
located just outside of town. Lebanon is also home to
Illinois' oldest college, McKendree, which was founded
in 1824. Charles
Dickens, during his travels in America, stopped in
Lebanon in 1842 while visiting the Looking Glass
Prairie. The Mermaid Inn, built in 1830, served as his
stopover point on his journey west. Lebanon's
main street stands alone as a ghost hunters' paradise.
From mysterious underground tunnels to phone calls from
the beyond, you'll jump between the present and the
past, the living and the dead with this chilling tour! Based on
Len Adams' upcoming book, Phantoms in the Looking Glass, the Haunted Lebanon tour is a 3-hour
walking tour & spine tingling journey into the haunted
history of Lebanon.
Click Here to Learn More About the Tour! |
All Haunted
Lebanon tours will depart from the Lebanon
Visitors Center,
located at 211
West St. Louis Street.
There will be no spring or summer
tours in Lebanon in 2012 as Len Adams
recovers from back surgery! Check back this
summer, though, for the Fall Schedule! |
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Welcome to
Jacksonville, One of the Most Haunted Towns
on the
Illinois Prairie!
The
Haunted Jacksonville Tours are
the FIRST Ghost Tours to
Ever Explore the Haunted &
Historic Places of Jacksonville!
As part of the Illinois
Hauntings family of tours, we
explore both the history and the
ghostly tales of Jacksonville!
In addition to our occasional
walking tours, we offer many ghost hunts and
haunted overnights throughout the year, both
in Jacksonville and the surrounding area. Escape from
the Ordinary & discover the secret side of Jacksonville
with the Illinois Hauntings Tours!
Click Here to Learn More About the Tour! |
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January 28:
Night at the Old Funeral Home
Jacksonville, Illinois
Join us for another eerie ghost hunt at this
former funeral home, which is teeming with
ghosts from the past!
Click Here for Details! |
February 11: Night at
the Virgil Hickox House (Norb Andy's)
Springfield, Illinois
Join us for dinner and a ghost hunt at the
famous Norb Andy's, one of the most haunted
places in Springfield history!
Click Here for Details! |
February 25:
Night at the Haunted Rectory
Jacksonville, Illinois
Join us for a "Dead of Winter" ghost hunt at
the eerie Our Savior Rectory and search for
the resident ghosts!
Click Here for Details! |
March 10:
Night at the Haunted Mansion
Carrollton,
Illiinois
Return with us
to the haunted Lee-Baker-Hodges house for
another search for the spirits during this
chilling ghost hunt!
Click Here for Details! |
March 17:
Haunted Jacksonville Bus Tour & Pub Crawl!
Join the Haunted Jacksonville Tour
on St. Patrick's Day for a tour of ghosts
and spirits -- of both kinds! Discover
Jacksonville's most haunted places by bus
and celebrate the season with some pub stops
along the way! Departs from the East
Side of the Jacksonville Square! 7:00 PM
$30 Per Person!
Click Here for Reservations! |
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Friday,
April 13: Haunted Greene
County Bus Tour
Join Haunted Jacksonville's Loren Hamilton
for a rare bus tour of haunted places all
over Greene County, including the Eldred
House, Baker House in Carrollton, Greene
County Almshouse, Little Drummer Boy grave,
Roodhouse Mausoleum & More! This is your
chance to experience the places you've only
heard about! Limited Spots -- Don't miss
out! Departs from the Baker House on
the Carrollton Square! 7:00 PM --
$45 Per Person
Click Here for Reservations! |
April 28:
Night at the Eldred House
Eldred,
Illinois
American
Hauntings returns for another ghost hunt at
one of the most haunted places in Illinois!
Join us for the first Eldred investigation
of the season!
Click Here for Details! |
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Haunted Illinois Ghost Books! |
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HAUNTED CHICAGO
The most
haunted places, weird legends and dark history of the
Windy City, including the story of Resurrection Mary,
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Flapper Ghosts, The Murder
Castle of H.H. Holmes, Al Capone, John Wayne Gacy,
Leopold & Loeb, the Great Chicago Fire, the Fort
Dearborn Massacre, the Eastland Disaster, the Grimes
Sisters, and much more! Based on the books
Haunted Chicago & Bloody Chicago by Troy
Taylor! |
HAUNTED SITES & STRANGE
TALES OF ALTON
Ghosts,
Legends & Haunted Places along the Mississippi River,
including the Alton Confederate Prison, the Piasa Bird,
the infamous McPike Mansion, the hauntings of Elijah
Lovejoy, the Cracker Factory, the Mineral Springs Hotel
and others! Based on the book Haunted Alton by
Troy Taylor! |
HAUNTED DECATUR SITES
Strange
legends and ghostly locations in the haunted heart of
Illinois, including Greenwood Cemetery, Millikin
University, the Lincoln Theater, the Avon Theater, the
Harrold House, the Culver Mansion, the haunted former
speakeasy in downtown Decatur and many more! Based on
the best selling series of "Haunted Decatur"
Books by author Troy Taylor! |
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THE ORIGINAL
SPRINGS HOTEL
Okawville's Mysterious Mineral Springs Have Left Behind a
Legacy of History & Haunts! |
THE OLD SLAVE
HOUSE
The most haunted
house in southern Illinois and listed as one of the 10 Most
Haunted Houses in America! Find out Why! |
THE LEGEND OF
ANNA BIXBY
A mysterious healer and the cave that now hides her gold -
and her ghost! |
CAHOKIA
MOUNDS
This ancient civilization mysteriously vanished hundreds of
years ago... find out why many consider this a "place of
power" today. |
HARTFORD CASTLE
Lost Legends of this Abandoned Place |
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE AND
DEVIL'S BAKE OVEN
One of the most
mysterious haunted places along the Mississippi River |
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THE CURSE OF KASKASKIA
Learn the fate of Illinois's first state capital and how
an Indian curse caused the dead to rise from their graves! |
THE OLD STATE
CAPITOL
The early capital in Vandalia is rumored to be plagued with
its own hauntings! |
THE PHANTOM FUNERAL OF FORT
DE CHARTRES
This ghostly funeral
brings hundreds of visitors to the remains of the fort on a
certain occasion... find out when it is! |
THE
MCPIKE MANSION
Many claim this dilapidated mansion is the most haunted
house in Alton... a town that is already known as one of the
most haunted small towns in America! |
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MINERAL SPRINGS HOTEL
Originally opened as a health spa, this place still
retains the look of an old hotel and you can almost expect
to see guests come strolling down the corridors... and
according to some, they still do. |
GHOST OF THE MONTICELLO SEMINARY
Now known as LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE, ghost hunters still seek
out the ghost of the school's former headmistress, Harriet
Haskell |
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THE THREE
MILE HOUSE
Although it burned down in a terrible fire in 1985, the
stories of the Three Mile House still linger to thrill new
generations of ghost enthusiasts. |
ILLINOIS
COLLEGE
Some believe this may be the most haunted university in the
Midwest! |
PEMBERTON HALL
The Ghost of Mary Hawkins on the Eastern Illinois University
campus |
URBANA HIGH SCHOOL
Is this Urbana
high school really haunted? |
MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY
Another of
the Most Haunted Colleges in the Midwest! |
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GHOSTS
School Spirits from Champaign-Urbana |
CHESTERVILLE WITCH'S GRAVE
The curious
legend of this small town |
THE
LOOMIS HOUSE
A Haunted Former Hotel in Carlinville |
GREENWOOD CEMETERY
One of the Most
Haunted Graveyards in Illinois with hundreds of documented
tales of strange phenomena, ghosts, and unexplained
phenomena! |
PECK
CEMETERY
This vandalized
cemetery is considered to be one of the strangest and most
frightening places in Central Illinois, with tales of occult
activity and strange happenings. |
THE HAUNTED SITES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Spooky spots in Springfield connected to our most haunted
president |
THE LINCOLN HOME
Is it really haunted? And if so, is the ghost that walks
here one of the Lincoln's? |
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THE
LINCOLN THEATER
This spooky
theater is haunted by the ghost of a former stage-hand
who still roams the theater.... more than 70 years after
he died! |
HAUNTED NEW SALEM
History & Hauntings of this Lost Illinois Town |
"ACCORDING TO LEGEND..."
The Strange Case of Nathaniel Van Noy |
MURDER OF REBECCA HOULDEN
A Tale of Illinois Homicide & The Ghosts It Left
Behind |
THE
AVON THEATER
Perhaps
Decatur's Most Haunted remaining theater with many
reports of strange activity, apparitions and weird
goings-on! |
STEALING ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The myths and mysteries hauntings Abraham Lincoln's Tomb |
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OLD UNION CEMETERY
A secluded
Central Illinois cemetery with reports of ghost lights |
THE SPRINGFIELD THEATRE CENTER
Home of "Joe", the city of Springfield's most
notorious ghost |
WILLIAMSBURG HILL
Cold Spring
Cemetery and the strange happenings on this hill |
VOORHIES
CASTLE
One of the most famous haunted spots in Central
Illinois |
THE LAKE CLUB
Although the site burned down years ago, this
remains one of Springfield's most famous hauntings |
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DANA HOUSE
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