Acknowledgments 7(2) Introduction 9(3) Historically Haunted 12(34) Abraham Lincoln and the Spirit World 14(6) The Great Chicago Fire 20(4) Capone's Bloody Valentine 24(3) Chicago's Haunted Gangster 27(2) Haunted Dug Hill 29(3) The Hull House Devil Baby 32(5) The Sorrow of Angels 37(2) Dillinger's Last Show 39(4) The Watseka Wonder 43(3) Ghost Riders 46(19) Resurrection Mary 48(9) The Sneering Specter of St. Casimir 57(1) The Stowaway 58(3) The Vanishing Nun 61(2) The Evergreen Teen 63(1) The Flapper 64(1) River Wraiths 65(16) The Eastland Tragedy 67(3) A Devilish Spot on the Mississippi 70(2) The Spectral Steamboat 72(3) The Sad Spirit of Lizzie Clark 75(2) The Shrieking Wraith 77(2) The Boatman 79(2) Ghostly Revenge 81(19) Spirits from the Slaughter 83(4) Mrs. Gray's Curse 87(3) Justice for Louisa 90(3) The Vengeful Ghosts of Canton 93(4) The Unstoppable Charles Vaughn 97(3) Eternally Restless 100(27) Bachelor's Grove 102(4) The Silent Cortege 106(3) The Italian Bride 109(2) In a Rush to Rest 111(1) Monumental Mysteries 112(3) Misplaced Souls 115(4) The Joliet Crooner 119(3) Miracles and Roses 122(1) St. James of the Sag 123(4) Haunted Houses 127(34) Hickory Hill Slave House 129(9) Voorhies Castle 138(3) The Stickney Mansion 141(3) The Faceless Gray Phantom 144(3) Haunted on Old Homestead Road 147(4) The Irish Castle 151(2) A Shared Spirit 153(3) The Persistent Presence 156(2) Ghostly Gold 158(3) Tales From Adams County 161(15) A Phantom in the Fire 163(2) John's Reward 165(1) The Haunted Cabin 166(3) ``Pray for Me'' 169(2) Spirits in Crisis 171(3) The Ghost's Bedroom 174(2) Public Phantoms 176(26) The Phantom of the Woodstock Opera 178(3) The Country House Restaurant 181(2) The Dedicated Librarian 183(2) The Red Lion Pub 185(2) All Souls' Day at St. Rita's 187(2) The Presence of Pemberton Hall 189(3) The Spooky Speakeasy 192(2) Harriet Haskell's Haunt 194(2) A Happy-Hour Afterlife 196(1) The Ghosts of Millikin University 197(3) The Meridian Coffee House 200(2) Assorted Mysteries 202(35) Bloody Mary Worth 204(3) The Shoveling Ghost of Rock Island 207(1) One Ghost or Two? 208(2) A Promise Kept 210(1) The Snowball-Throwing Spook 211(2) Louis Boston Returns 213(2) The Running Woman 215(3) Galena's Ghostly History 218(8) The Headless Horseman of Illinois 226(2) The Hancock Hanging 228(2) Frank Leavy's Haunted Handprint 230(3) The Silver Bullet Process 233(2) In the Nick of Time 235(2) The Seneca Cremation 237