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This will be the first of series of return visits to some of my favorite Chicago-land haunted locations to be filmed/photographed in HD.

*Visual effects have been added to this video.…

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The 1890’s era South Loop building is preternaturally dark against the scarlet city sky …while…

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An impromptu Interview with the most recent resident on his moving day; A Halfhand Nation Exclusive.

The sun was a seldom seen anomaly on this mid February afternoon. I squinted at the…

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The old Cincinnati church stands stoically on the old riverside city side street and I was keenly aware of it before it came into view ……

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The Biograph Theater-The Death of John Dillinger

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Spring in Chicago represents an almost ritualistic awakening from hibernation as the lakeside city is finally freed from the often debilitating grip of Midwestern winter extremes… a drive along Lake Shore Drive on one of these sun bathed, warmer afternoons proves that…

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The Drew Peterson House

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By now, unless you have been living in a cave you all know…

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The Lost Blog

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Long story short, I had a long and…

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The Alamo

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Smack dab in the heart of downtown San Antonio stands an archaic structure has come to serve as the symbol of Texas pride… the name “Alamo” alone represents an entire lexicon of history, lore, romance and war …on one particularly warm Sunday morning I made my way to south on Texas I…

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The St Paul Hotel (St Paul MN) and the Orpheum Theater (Omaha NE)

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The summer of 2012 has thus far been the hottest in the Midwest in recorded history and lowest levels rainfall precipitation measured since the mid 30’s, the likes of which were so bad that it prolonged and exacerbated and already deeply depressed economy…the relentless heat and lack of moisture has decimated crops and vegetation in such a large geographic region that the lack of food production…

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“3 miles away: At Katherine Legge Memorial Park, the main building (not the lodge) used to be a woman's dorm. Supposedly if you are there alone at night on the first floor, you can hear footsteps on the second floor...”

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Road Trip 2012 Part 2

Here is an update that includes a new site just outside Detroit MI that is rumored to be experiencing supernatural activity as well as some (edited) photos from my Oklahoma/Old RT 66 back-roads excursion...

Are they watching from the trees?...

Here are the (compressed to 1MB) photos...some have been slightly sharpened or color enhanced (5/2012) 48 total...…

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Maple Lake

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Maple Lake is a man made body of water just off of the famous haunted Archer Avenue back roads ...the immediate proximity of St James, The Willow Brook Ballroom, Fairmount and Red Gate Woods to Maple/Bullfrog lakes and the long standing albeit less famous legend associated with that placid place in the woods prompted me to add this site to my ongoing coverage of this remote corner of Cook County...



A well stocked lake with a maximum depth… Continue

An Old Downtown Cemetery (updates included)

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Far west suburban Downers Grove is one of many of the main street revitalization projects designed to help reinvigorated the existing classic storefront shops that languished economically in the early 90's with the inception of the Wal Mart superstore model by way of the addition of specialty shops, concept bar & grills, and of course “Starbucks... The…

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Bachelor's Grove 15

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The Blizzard Of 2011 crippled Chicago-land with over 20 inches of snow the beginning of February, leaving many stranded on Lake Shore Drive for an upwards of 8 hours or more after a stalled bus choked off the already crawling traffic flow...the lake effect wind driven snow blowing vertically from the east quickly buried and immobilized vehicles frozen in gridlock necessitating a consortium of … Continue

 

Road Trip 2011 Part One

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The first Road Trip of 2011 was focused on mostly new sites with the exception of one location that has has allegedly been the subject of increasing supernatural activity …



While the ongoing coverage of my famous local sites, many of which I am fortunate enough to reside within an immediate proximity often serves to…

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The St. Paschal Friary Demolition (Peabody Estate)

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The decision to conclude the Peabody Estate installments as one of my recurrent locations ironically coincided with the County F.P.’s announcement that commencement of the St. Paschal Friary demolition had already begun despite the steadfast efforts of historical preservationists and the ambitious seeming renovation designs proposed by local real estate developers that included plans for everything from… Continue

Holy Sepulchre is a member of a triumvirate of South Suburban locales that I have covered in the past shared by Bachelor’s Grove and recently Burr Oak ...and while the Archer Avenue circuit has to a degree been my raison d'etre, I feel that I need to continue tying up some loose ends with an issuance of completion not unlike those I have assigned to St James, Queen Of Heaven, Mt Carmel and the cemetery aspect of the Resurrection Mary legend...Bachelor’s Grove will continue indefinitely or at… Continue