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- Cave-in-Rock State Park, Cave-in-Rock. Cave-in-Rock can be found on the Ohio River and it is known as one of the most notorious treasure hunting spots in Southern Illinois.
- BPL Plasma, Carbondale. The building that now houses BPL Plasma once served as the stately cement post office in Carbondale. According to employees, there are some very strange things that have been happening in the building.
- Devil’s Bake-Oven, Grand Tower. The Devil’s Bake-Oven is a cave that sits along the Mississippi River and it is the home of one of Southern Illinois’ most famous, not to mention oldest legends.
- Crenshaw House, Equality. Crenshaw House in Equality was originally known as Hickory Hill, but it is also known locally as ‘the Old Slave House’. It was used in the reverse underground railroad to capture free black people and then sell them into slavery.
Oct 6, 2018 · This is the perfect time of year to tour some of Illinois’ scariest and most haunted spots. These eight creepy places all figure in horrific events that took place right here in the Land of Lincoln. These are the stories they didn’t teach you in history class.
- Chesterville Witch’s Grave, Arcola, Illinois. Address: N. Co Rd 425E, Chesterville, IL 61911. It turns out Salem isn’t the only place with a rather witchy history.
- Death Curve, Cambridge, Illinois. Address: Timber Ridge Road, Cambridge, Illinois 61238. Timber Ridge Road seems unsuspecting enough, at least until motorists catch the fluttering of a white gown in their periphery as they angle their way through the so-called “Death Curve.”
- Acid Bridge, Collinsville, Illinois. Address: Lebanon Road, Collinsville, IL 62234. Next up on the most haunted places in Illinois is Lebanon Road that is home to seven bridges collectively referred to as “The Seven Gates of Hell.”
- H.H. Holmes Murder Castle, Chicago, Illinois. Address: 611 W. 63rd St., Chicago, IL 60621. If you drive past the empty lot flanked by a post office and train tracks on either side at 611 W. 63rd Street in downtown Chicago, you would never know that the location was once the home of America’s first known serial killer, H.H.
- McPike Mansion—Alton. The Haunted History. Also known as Mount Lookout, the Italian-Victorian McPike Mansion was built in 1869. It was part of a grand estate owned by Henry Guest McPike, who was once the mayor of Alton and an important industrialist.
- First Unitarian Church—Alton. Another Alton site, the First Unitarian Church was originally built in 1820. The first church on the site burned to the ground just 20 years later.
- Congress Plaza Hotel—Chicago. Haunted History. Located on Michigan Ave in Downtown Chicago, the Congress Plaza Hotel was opened at the end of the 19th century to house the crowds coming to the city for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
- Englewood Post Office—Chicago. Haunted History. This modest post office sits on the location of the H.H. Holmes Murder Castle. Victims were lured here to be tortured and killed, and the hotel was full of hidden passageways and secret rooms.
Aug 16, 2022 · Discover nine haunted places in Illinois that make the most terrifying state in America. Check out these frightening spots.
Sep 23, 2021 · Updated September 23, 2021 40.1K views 12 items. There are plenty of ghost stories from Illinois to choose from - some involve vanishing apparitions while others appear in the form of spooky sounds and otherworldly footsteps. These creepy Illinois tales cover everything from ghost stories to things that do a whole lot more than go bump in the ...
Oct 25, 2022 · Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur. Greenwood Cemetery is among the most haunted places in Illinois, and possibly the entire country. Recent paranormal investigations detected that unusual activities like horrifying screams and unexplained ghost lights still emanate from the cemetery.
