Mount Carmel Update: Al Capone-The Italian Bride The Italian Bride Mt. Carmel’s primary point of interest has generally been the grave of Chicago’s seminal Mobster: Al Capone, but that is just a 3rd of a triumvirate of accompanying legends… a distinction shared by “The Italian Bride” and “The Revolving Tombstone” aside from an
I have always considered Queen Of Heaven one of my personal favorite sites out of the circuit of famous haunted locations that remain supernaturally active within my immediate proximity …and while repeat visits to these sites may seem redundant or at times even moribund to some, I feel that making one visit to a location
A sun drenched, mild mid February afternoon brought me back to the Maylake/Peabody Estate to complete the Friary edition of the site update…on a day with highs in the upper 30′s it seemed like a comparably temperate climate as I flashed back to the frost bitten, sunrise sojourn through the fields and sparsely wooded east
I took these photos over the course of a month and a half in Feb and March of ’08 …it is the progressive demolition photos of Plymouth Place retirement home…a reputedly haunted location as recounted by employees and confirmed by my own vigilance in chronicling the dismantling of what was considered the Ritz Carlton of
There is a duality associated with the Peabody Estate (tomb) legend, and most that grew up in the Chicago land area are at least vaguely cognizant of it as some of the lore is apparently founded by fact while much is the result of fabrication and the added embellishments of countless retelling the artistic license
At precisely what point does dedication become compulsion if not full blown OCD?… Is it the adrenalin rush associated with wandering through a cemetery alone in the wee hours of the night, the need to escape the mundane banality of everyday life that only the reckless abandon of extreme sports, roller coasters or an enlisted
What can I say about St. James that will adequately describe it and not detract from it as an active site and a registered historic landmark?…I chose the designation of trip ten because like most of the others I have usurped in the area as one of my ongoing sites, I have lost count so
The ever spinning wheel of time and a confluence of events lead me to spend most of Thanksgiving weekend in Louisville Kentucky and I felt that I would be remiss in not making the pilgrimage to Cave Hill National Cemetery, a site that actually rivals Mt Carmel in geographic size at 296 acres as well
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
“Lockport- Canal St. Junkyard- A ghost of a little girl can be seen in the junkyard.” http://www.ratrun.com/illinois.htm http://theshadowlands.net/places/illinois.htm The I&M canal system and companion waterway; The Des Plaines River have a rich history that dates back to the days of it serving as a Native American transportation route and the early French explorers of the
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