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Just beneath the glossy surface of Rockford's rich heritage lies a dark history of tragedy. The city's troubled and turbulent past left scars that still resonate today. Geraldine Bourbon's final struggle still echoes through the farmhouse where her estranged husband pursued her with a pistol from room to room beofre gently laying her corpse on the bed. The sobs of society darling Carrie Spafford still keep vigil over the family plot of the cemetery...
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Established less than 200 years ago, Chicago has seen a lot of living in that short span of time. Burned to the ground early on, it's been frozen and just recently flooded. Tucked away in the Midwest, it still rivals both coasts with its food, entertainment, and cultural venues. Chicago's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Murderous Mobsters, Midway Monsters, and Windy City Oddities takes you on a tour of that toddlin' town with dozens
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There are a host of ghostly tales and legends surrounding Chicago, Rockford, Dekalb, Dixon, Byron and other cities and towns in the Prairie State. In Ghosts of northern Illinois meet the spirit of a woman who was brutally murdered in the 1940s. Shiver as you learn about a blue figure that runs down the alley adjacent to the Biograph Theater, then falls to the ground and disappears. Encounter a phantom jogger, the Madonna of Bachelor's Grove Cemetery,...
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For over 100 years a giant unknown hairy monster has been terrorizing the people of Southern Illinois. Thought to inhabit the river banks and wooded areas surrounding the Big Muddy River, this white furred beast is often said to be over 8 feet-tall and covered in mud. Join three researchers as they set off to investigate dozens of odd sightings and discover that sometimes fact is far stranger than fiction.
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