The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories write by Troy Taylor. This book was released on 2009-07-15. The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than 100 stories from haunted locales across the Prairie State. Compiled by Illinois's best-known author on the paranormal, Troy Taylor.
Haunted Rockford, Illinois
Haunted Rockford, Illinois - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haunted Rockford, Illinois write by Kathi Kresol. This book was released on 2017-10-02. Haunted Rockford, Illinois available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Follow local historian and “Ghost Lady” Kathi Kresol as she researches the spirits, curses, and curiosities from the Forest City’s shadowy past. Just beneath the glossy surface of Rockford’s rich heritage lies a dark history of tragedy, a troubled and turbulent past leaving scars that still resonate today. Geraldine Bourbon’s final struggle echoes throughout the farmhouse where her estranged husband pursued her with a pistol from room to room before gently laying her corpse on the bed. The sobs of society darling Carrie Spafford still keep vigil over the family plot of the cemetery where she sowed the heartbreak of her twilight years. From the vengeance of Chief Big Thunder to the Witch of McGregor Road, author Kathi Kresol shares the legends and lore of Rockford’s haunted history. Includes photos! “There are reasons why Kathi Kresol believes Rockford is so haunted. The tour guide said there are good ‘conductors’ for the supernatural in the city’s downtown area. These factors include being near a body of water, having limestone in the area and the area having a Native American influence.” —Beloit Daily News
Haunted Illinois
Haunted Illinois - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haunted Illinois write by Troy Taylor. This book was released on 2008-05-05. Haunted Illinois available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Illinois's mysterious and often violent history has made the state a haven for restless spirits.
Tales of Coles County, Illinois
Tales of Coles County, Illinois - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tales of Coles County, Illinois write by Michael Kleen. This book was released on 2020-10-01. Tales of Coles County, Illinois available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The sixth and final edition of Tales of Coles County, Illinois combines the original Tales of Coles County, the Legends and Lore of Coles County, and a new third section on the Hidden History of Coles County with updated pictures, additional legends, and new stories. First published in 2004, Tales of Coles County, Illinois takes an entertaining look at local history through vivid historical fiction. When four students from Eastern Illinois University are stranded during a violent storm, they seek shelter with an elderly couple who give them more than they bargain for. After one night, the four will never look at Coles County the same way. With each story, they learn more about the place they've come to call home. The Second Battle of the Ambraw, the Charleston Riot of 1864, the Coles County Poor Farm, events surrounding the Airtight Bridge Murder, and the Blair Hall Fire of 2004, all are told. In the Legends and Lore of Coles County, Michael Kleen reveals over a dozen hidden stories from the from the area’s past and present, including ghost stories, folk tales, and other legends and lore. When did a poltergeist terrorize one rural family in Pleasant Grove Township? What is the real story behind the “Mad Gasser of Mattoon”? Why do they call one stretch of road "Dead Man's Curve"? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this definitive volume. In part three, Hidden History, Michael Kleen examines events some believe are better left unremembered. What is the history of Coles County’s ghost towns? What were some of its most infamous murders? What happened in the Tornado of 1917? Never-before published information about Mattoon's battle with Prohibition and even a local chapter of the KKK is inside.
Haunted Illinois
Haunted Illinois - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haunted Illinois write by Troy Taylor. This book was released on 2021-07-15. Haunted Illinois available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hauntings are believed to be created from violence and bloodshed. And from the beginning, the Prairie State was a place where death thrived, and mysteries became commonplace. Illinois was the home of ancient peoples know as Moundbuilders whose only legacy is silent graves and many unsolved mysteries. The French left behind their own ghostly stories after their displacement by the Americans in the 1700s and countless slaughters such as the Dearborn Massacre gave birth to tales of horror that live on in the history of Illinois. Eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and terrifying specters haunt Illinois. Tales of headless horsemen, haunted castles and a penitentiary occupied by ghosts chill the spines of visitors. Haunted Illinois explores the Prairie State’s paranormal side and serves as a guide to its haunted places.
