Barek Halfhand's Videos (Architects of a New Dawn) - Architects of a New Dawn

Famous Real Ghost Photos-Best Of Barek 9

2012-04-17T01:04:01.165Z

This installment includes Downtown Chicago, Downtown Dallas Texas, The Downers Grove Illinois, Founder's Hill District, The site of the Naperville Train Crash of 1946, Fairmount Hills In notoriously haunted Willow Springs along the farthest, darkest stretches of Archer Avenue, various sites from the Appalachian/Blue Ridge Mountains, The site of the Haymarket Riots and Ultra-Creepy Forest Home Cemetery where the Reaper-esque Haymarket Martyrs Memorial grimly glowers at visitors ....b

Spiritually Uplifting or Just Plain Creepy?

2012-04-17T01:02:03.732Z

While making my way through the Oklahoma back roads I happened upon a rather surreal scene in a Church yard ...the mock-up was evidently erected for the Easter holidays to represents the trials and tribulations of Christ's Last Supper, betrayal by Judas Iscariot, abuse at the hand of the Roman soldiers, crucifixion and absence from his burial tomb subsequent to his Resurrection...while I understand the intent, the entire effigy out in The Sticks was like "Children Of The Corn" meets "The House Of Wax"....

Spiritually Uplifting or just plain creepy?...you make the call....b

The Chicago Field Museum Of Natural History.

2012-01-22T21:51:40.723Z

The Field Museum Of Natural History was an integral aspect of my recent downtown expedition that was intended to be featured in Congress Hotel thread...and even as the site is rumored to be inundated with supernatural activity, I felt the exhibits could stand on their own....b

Holiday Season In Downtown Chicago

2011-12-24T01:00:41.802Z

I have just completed some incredible evenings in downtown Chicago photographing multiple locations including a very old and extremely active hotel right on Michigan Ave. The holiday season in downtown Chicago is always bright and colorful, here we see Daley Plaza festivities, the State Street Marshall Fields (Macy's) famous animated window displays, Michigan Avenue and more....b

Ghosts of the Haymarket Riot

2011-12-13T19:18:03.992Z

The growth of American industrial might in the 1870s and 1880s was paralleled by the emergence of unions representing the workers. Foremost among the early labor organizations was the Knights of Labor, which listed more than 700,000 members by the mid-1880s. Working conditions at the time were abysmal—little concern for safety existed in most factories, pay was low, benefits were nonexistent and the work day was often 10 to 12 hours, six days a week. The immediate focus of the K.O.L. and other unions was to achieve the eight-hour day.

On May Day 1886, the workers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. in Chicago began a strike in the hope of gaining a shorter work day. On May 3, police were used to protect strikebreakers and a scuffle broke out; one person was killed and several others injured.

The following day, May 4, a large rally was planned by anarchist leaders to protest alleged police brutality. A crowd of 20,000 demonstrators was anticipated at Haymarket Square, where area farmers traditionally sold their produce. Rain and unseasonable cold kept the numbers down to between 1,500 to 2,000. The gathering was peaceful until a police official, in contravention of the mayor's instructions, sent units into the crowd to force it to disperse. At that juncture, a pipe bomb was thrown into the police ranks; the explosion took the lives of seven policemen and injured more than 60 others. The police fired into the crowd of workers, killing four.