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Is rural Illinois’ infamous “Graveyard X” simply a publicity stunt that got out of hand, or is it a portal to the beyond? “Graveyard X.” The name conjures up images of a foreboding and desolate graveyard―a secretive place known only to an elite cabal of investigators who made an arrangement with local authorities to keep…
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Until the mid-1950s, people who could not take care of themselves; orphans, the elderly and infirm, epileptics, and alcoholics, often found themselves on a county farm known as a “poor farm.” A superintendent and his family looked after the residents while they earned their keep by farming the land or performing other useful tasks, if…
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The ghost of a decapitated woman who fell victim to a husband’s jealous rage is rumored to haunt this hallowed ground. Cumberland Cemetery, located near the town of Wenona in Marshall County, is rumored to be the home of a headless lady, spook lights, and the ghost of a little girl. The cemetery itself is…
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Some say the ghost of “Aunt Ange” lingers among the books she carefully cataloged when she was alive. Founded in 1857 and originally a teacher’s college, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois is currently home to around 23,000 students and faculty, as well as one tenacious ghost. This ghost is said to be that of…
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Former location of the Katherine Kreigh Budd Memorial Home for Children and St. Francis Home for Boys, Independence Grove has gained a reputation for being haunted. Click to expand photos According to legend, sometime in the distant past a school stood behind the set of iron gates at a sharp bend in River Road, about…
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M.A. Kleen 