Haunted Chicago

Chicago Ghost Stories

The following ghost stories and folklore tales are excerpted from the books of Ursula Bielski: "Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries" (with Matt Hucke), "Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City," and "More Chicago Haunts: Scenes From Myth and Memory." They are reprinted here with the permission of Lake Claremont Press.

Bachelors Grove Cemetery

Myriad tales have taken root about the Bachelors Grove Cemetery (Rubio Woods Forest Preserve in Bremen Township, near Oak Forest, Midlothian, and Crestwood). These woods may have been the site of the original "hooked maniac" of urban legend.

The Phantoms of Fort Sheridan

The history of Fort Sheridan is fully American, richly anecdotal, and often eerie.

Montrose Point Haunts

Montrose Point serves its share of free spirits in the summer months. But all has not always been fun and games here.