Ghosts of the Haymarket Massacreby Barek Halfhand The Carter Harrison (Sr.) administration saw it’s share of turmoil during his stint as Chicago mayor…The nation’s first prolific serial killer; H.H. Holmes prowled the periphery of the 1893 Columbian Exposition (White City) to prey upon tourists, urban transplants and transients…ironically Mayor Harrison would be murdered by
It’s been over a decade since I worked at the Joliet Correctional Center and just returning to the empty main lot reminded me of the dread, insecurity and very real sense of mortal vulnerability that only those that have worked in such an institution can truly relate to…
(Scroll down for 10-2011 update) Haunted Archer Avenue: Fairmount Hills by Barek Halfhand *From 5-09: The Archer Avenue gates to Fairmont Hills lie between St James Church and The Willow Brook Ballroom along the farthest, forest draped reaches of that famous stretch of Chicago land roadway. There was no predetermined destination when stumbled into my
…I ignored her and continued experimenting with camera angles and the flowing stream and thus terminating her extemporaneous apparition…
I am starting to wonder if I have a demonic attachment that likes to mimic horrible paranormal cliche’s? …
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