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Charlie Birger’s Gallows: Lost and Finally Found
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. On April 19, 1928, Charlie Birger was the last man to be publicly hanged in Illinois. His...
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Lying in State
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. I felt that familiar uneasiness in my stomach. The woman had just told me her father had laid...
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Top 10 Most Haunted Places in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois is the most geographically distinct of all Illinois regions. It is known as “Little Egypt” because of its proximity to a vital river trade route (like the Nile delta in Egypt) and the...
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The Legend of Potts’ Inn
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. River Pirates, the Harpes, Mason and Bixby; these are the stories that come from this little...
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Conversation with a Ghost
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. My grandpa, Clyde Damron, was a fox hunter, as were many men in Hardin County in the mid-1900s....
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Rose Hotel Featured in the Daily Egyptian
The Rose Hotel, Photo by Michael Kleen The Daily Egyptian, newspaper of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, has featured the haunted Rose Hotel in a recent issue. The Rose Hotel is...
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Henry, the Ghost of Shryock Auditorium
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. Shryock Auditorium is located on the Old Campus of Southern Illinois University. The auditorium...
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Boomer the Three Legged Hero Hound
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. Across from the boardwalk in Makanda next to a picnic shelter by the railroad tracks you will...
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The Phantom Spectre Hunter
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. In the mid-1700s, a mysterious entity was often seen on dark and stormy nights near the Cahokia...
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The Stump Pond Monster
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. Strange creatures and monsters are common in southern Illinois. One of the oldest stories was...
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