{"id":3011,"date":"2015-10-08T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2016-07-26T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:21:21","slug":"4-most-haunted-places-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/4-most-haunted-places-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Most Haunted Places in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of October brings Chicagoans many wonderful things: a reduced amount of tourists, boots, scarves, pumpkin spiced lattes, and of course, Halloween, and everything that comes with it. It\u2019s the time of year for horror movies, costume parties, and of course, haunted houses. Here at Chicago Genie, we love haunted houses as much as the next person; however, we also think that they\u2019re arguably unnecessary because basically the entire city is a rumored to be haunted. While some of these places are well known, we\u2019re willing to bet you had no idea some of them could be on the list. Here are the four most haunted places in Chicago:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The Congress Hotel<\/strong>, <em>520 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3015\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Most haunted places in Chicago\" width=\"700\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-700x462.jpg 700w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-541x357.jpg 541w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2-732x483.jpg 732w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/the-congress-plaza-hotel-2.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Congress Hotel is supposedly one of the most haunted places in Chicago. Built in 1893, the Congress was one of the major attractions during the World\u2019s Fair. The hotel hosted many different guests, stars, and even politicians. With such a diverse guest list, there was always something interesting going on at the Congress\u2014but not always something good. As years went on, mysterious deaths began happening there, and it gained the reputation of being haunted. Some of the most notorious stories are of \u201cThe Judge\u201d and Karel Langer. The Judge was one of the last elderly people to live in the hotel. During his last few years, he would entertain himself by roaming the hallways with a remote control, turning peoples\u2019 TVs on and off. Guests of the Congress have been known to call down to the front desk and complain of their TVs acting strangely. Karel Langer was a six-year-old boy whose mother went insane, killing him, his brother, and herself. Guests have reportedly seen a little boy running up and down the halls of the 12<sup>th<\/sup> floor (where he stayed), standing in people\u2019s rooms, and hanging around in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>East River between Clark and LaSalle.<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3014\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6.jpg\" alt=\"Most haunted places in Chicago\" width=\"800\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6-600x487.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6-700x568.jpg 700w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6-440x357.jpg 440w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Windows-Live-Writer-cd4151e7cf9b_1236C-i40126-8x6-595x483.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Before there was the Titanic, there was the Eastland Disaster. The S.S. Eastland was known as \u201cThe Speed Queen of the Great Lakes.\u201d On July 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 1915, the Eastland was one of five boats meant to take employees of Western Electric across Lake Michigan to Michigan City, Indiana for the company\u2019s annual picnic. The Eastland was set to be the first to depart that morning, and many employees wanted to get on first. The boat slowly began to list back and forth from port to starboard, and guests thought nothing of it until they began to fall. Passengers and the ship\u2019s captain failed to realize what was going on, and nobody was evacuated from the ship. The Eastland capsized very suddenly causing 844 people to die in the river that day. There have been reports from Chicagoans and tourists alike of hearing blood-curdling screams, people yelling for help and splashing in the water. Some people even claim to have seen people drowning, only to vanish within seconds, making it one of the most haunted places in Chicago.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>John Hancock Building, <\/strong><em>875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3013\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001.jpg\" alt=\"Most haunted places in Chicago\" width=\"700\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001.jpg 700w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001-600x583.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001-368x357.jpg 368w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cid_john_hancock_001-497x483.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Hancock Center is not only one of the most recognizable skyscrapers on the skyline, it\u2019s also reportedly one of the most haunted places in Chicago. Completed in 1968, The Hancock Center has a trapezoidal design. This design is thought to have caused the mayhem that has taken place over the years. Anton Szandor LaVey created what he called the \u201cChurch of Satan,\u201d and he was very interested in the building\u2019s structure. LaVey believed that the trapezoidal shape served as a doorway for evil forces.\u00a0About three years after completion, a woman named Lorraine Kowalski fell to her death from her boyfriend\u2019s 90th-floor apartment. This occurrence remains a mystery to this day as Kowalski broke through glass made to withstand 200 pounds of pressure and 150 mile per hour winds. Two other men are reported to have fallen to their deaths from the 97<sup>th<\/sup> and 91<sup>st<\/sup> floors. The Hancock Center has been linked to many mysterious deaths over the year including Heather O\u2019 Rourke, star of Poltergeist, whose health took a turn for the worse after doing her final publicity plug in Hancock Studios. Harold Ramis was inspired to write Ghostbusters when hearing about the building\u2019s strange structure.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>HH Holmes Death Castle\/Post Office, <\/strong><em>611 W 63rd St., Chicago, IL 60621.<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3012\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B.jpg\" alt=\"Most haunted places in Chicago\" width=\"864\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B.jpg 864w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B-700x292.jpg 700w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TBhVv9B-857x357.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, you might not think that the post office on 63<sup>rd<\/sup> Street would be one of the most haunted places in Chicago, there are plenty who\u2019d disagree. Chicago is famous for its organized crime. From Al Capone to John Wayne Gacy, there are quite a few notorious criminals who\u2019ve spent time here. The original Chicago criminal doubles as America\u2019s first known serial killer, HH Holmes. Holmes was a doctor, and he apparently built an extravagant hotel, supposedly meant for the World\u2019s Fair. This site is nicknamed \u201cThe Murder Castle\u201d because of the gruesome deaths that took place there. The castle was built with secret passageways and torture chambers which allowed Holmes to kidnap, maim, and kill his victims. The house was eventually burned down, and it remained a vacant lot for years with people reporting hearing screams from the ground. Some time later, a US Post Office was built on the lot, but people still report strange occurrences from cold spots, dogs barking and pulling away for seeming no reason, and uneasy feelings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year, instead of going to the typical haunted houses, try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagohauntings.com\/\">visiting <\/a>some of\u00a0the most haunted places in Chicago for a real scare!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of October brings Chicagoans many wonderful things: a reduced amount of tourists, boots, scarves, pumpkin spiced lattes, and of course, Halloween, and everything that comes with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1047,1045,1046],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-popular","tag-halloween","tag-haunted","tag-scary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 4 Most Haunted Places in Chicago | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We love haunted houses as much as anybody else, but in Chicago, they get pretty terrifying. 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