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Illinois

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City/County:Christian County

Haunting Name: Stone Cabin
Description:
Has figures that appear in it. It was said that a man, wife and there kids lived in the cabin. One day the man killed his family then hung himself on the bridge near by.

City/County:Christian County

Haunting Name: Haunted Cemetery
Description:
There are alot of orbs that are seen by many. And on certain nights there are dark shadows with red eyes there. Legend has it if you pull into the cemetery itself at night your car will not start or die soon after leaving. The old section of the cemetery is cold no matter what season it is. And a vortex of some kind lurks there as well.

City/County:Alton

Haunting Name: McPike Mansion
Description:
Pictures taken there show strange balls of light that have gone unexplained by professional photographers. Others show human-shaped outlines, shadowy and some glowing, that was not seen by the human eye until the pictures were developed.

City/County:Suburb of Chicago

Haunting Name: Bachelors Grove Cemetery
Description:
It is in the Rubio Woods forest preserve near the southwest suburbs. Just west of Cicero Avenue, the Midlothian turnpike makes a curve to the right. Motorists see a path into the woods, blocked off by posts with a chain stretched between. About one-half mile in, You will see a chain-link fence on the right. Over a hundred sightings have been reported here. Many have seen a white house in the distance, usually described as a Victorian farmhouse with a white picket fence, a porch swing, and a warm light coming from inside. The house disappears whenever anyone tries to approach it, though one version of the story says if anyone who succeeds in entering the house will never return.
Ghosts have been seen near the pond to the north, along with a two-headed man, and a farmer with a horse and plow (rumor has it that he died in the 1870s when his horse bolted, pulling him into the water). A blue light has been seen on numerous occasions, floating from stone to stone. Faces in the mist also have been reported, and a face that formed on the surface of a tombstone and soon vanished. Another ghost here is called "Mrs. Rogers", or the "White Lady". Appearing entirely in white, she seems to be searching for something amongst the graves - thought to be her baby. Ghost cars have appeared on the road to the cemetery, as well as the Midlothian turnpike nearby. The cars have vanished within plain sight of these witnesses. Another lady in white is said to haunt the grounds. As legend has it she would bring her suiters to the cemetery and then behead them.
WARNING: Stay away from Bachelor's Grove, especially around Halloween. You could be arrested for trespassing.

City/County:Taylorville

Haunting Name: Witches Bridge
Description:
It is said in the 1800's a woman was hung off the side of this bridge for being a witch. Since then, it is said that if you stop on the bridge late at night you will hear footsteps. If you stay too long, it might take a minute to restart your car. Also, strange lights flicker over the creek below.

City/County:Taylorville

Haunting Name: Moving Headstone - Oak Hill Cemetery
Description:
Taylorville - - - Oak Hill Cemetery - - - Has a Head stone that was made in 1910 and has the family names of Richardson and Adams. It is a ball that is placed on a pedestal. It weighs around several hundred pounds and is set in a granite base and is not designed to rotate. But it does. How and why no one knows.

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