Ghost Stories of Illinois

Enjoy 75 accounts of ghostly visitations–among them spirits from the Great Chicago Fire, the curse of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, a spectral steamboat on Fulton County’s Spoon River and the wandering ghost of Abe Lincoln.

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The I-Files True Reports of Unexplained Phenomena in Illinois

Bizarre… Mysterious…Compelling…Discover the world of the paranormal in the Land of Lincoln.

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Haunted Illinois (All Editions)

What makes Illinois so haunted? Most believe that it’s the history of the state itself. Ghosts and hauntings are born of from violence, murder and bloodshed. The tragedies of yesterday so often become the ghost stories of today. Even from its very beginning, Illinois was a place where death was commonplace and unsolved mysteries thrived. In this volume from Stackpole Books, author Troy Taylor visits the many hauntings of Illinois and takes readers on a trip that travels through the legends and lore of this eerie and sometimes terrifying state, revealing stories and locations.

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Bloody Illinois

Join author Troy Taylor as his “Dead Men Do Tell Tales” Series continues with a terrifying and blood-spattered look at Illinois crime, mystery and tales of hauntings from all over the state – many of which have never appeared in any book before! In this volume, Taylor unlocks files of rare, seldom-told and favorite stories from both the cities and rural areas of the Prairie State, revealing true accounts of violence, murder, bloodshed and ghosts. Journey back into Illinois’ past and discover tales of bandits, thieves, pirates and killers from the early days of the state; haunted prisons, jails and police stations; bloody vendettas; Illinois hangings; unsolved murders; ruthless murderesses; Charlie Birger, the Shelton Gang and War in Illinois; Pat Quinlan, the Devil’s Apprentice; the Herrin Massacre; the Hundley Murders; the famous Coliseum Ballroom; the Battle of Barrington; Hell Hollow; the Lake Club; Fred Vannuci’s “One-way Ride”; the Starved Rock Murders; Ghosts of the old Cook County Jail & the Joliet Penitentiary; and dozens more! You don’t want to miss this collection of uncut and uncensored tales from the blood-dipped pen of Troy Taylor. It’s a chilling book that is not for the faint of heart!

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MYSTERIOUS ILLINOIS

For nearly two decades, Troy Taylor has been delving into the ghosts and haunted places in the state of Illinois but in this book, the author takes a journey down a darker road and takes readers on a search for the strange, terrifying and bizarre in this mysterious region. For centuries, Illinois has played host to the unexplained from the ancient mysteries of Cahokia, the stone forts of southern Illinois, anomalous petroglyphs and many other oddities from our distant past. Journey back in time to this lost era and then go on a hunt for the state’s chilling creatures, including Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, phantom panthers, water creatures and some of the strangest beasts to ever walk on four feet –– or two! Finally, take the plunge into the depths of the unexplained as we search for answers to the state’s greatest enigmas like the Macomb Poltergeist, Williamsburg Hill, Illinois’ spook lights, Watseka Wonder, Illinois’ sky mysteries, flying saucer invasions, Illinois vampires, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon and much more! Don’t miss out on this amazing book — including accounts, stories, eyewitness reports and in-depth research that has never appeared in print before!

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Weird Illinois

Fabled places, roadside oddities, bizarre beasts and people if it’s weird and it’s in Illinois, it’s in Weird Illinois. Troy Taylor, long a chronicler of the strangest hauntings the Prairie State has to offer, has taken a long, eerie look at the goings-on around here and  come up with more strange stuff than any one state should legally be able to have.

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