When planning your next get-away, keep these places in mind if you’re looking for some ghostly action.

Abingdon Middle School

Years ago, a teacher hung herself because her child fell down the stairs on a tricycle and died. To this day, you can hear screaming and yelling and the squealing of the tricycle tires. People also report seeing the woman and child again.

Algonquin Cemetery

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On one side of the graveyard is spirit of a rapist who has been bound to his grave by a high priestess. The other side of the graveyard is home to a murderers’ spirit. Just like the rapist, he too has been bound to his grave. His grave is located towards the back of the cemetery and once you find it, you will feel his bad energy and hear him running back and forth through the woods. There is also a boy’s spirit that has been found around this area and is seen watching both the rapist and the murderers’ spirit as well as watching you protecting yourself from any harm.

Woodstock Opera House

A seat in the balcony, DD113, is always left empty for the ghost, Elvira. That is her favorite seat. All the seats in the opera house are spring loaded so they stay in the upright folded position unless being used. This seat works quite properly, but it is often seen in the down position as if some unseen presence is sitting in it. Often if a performer misses their cue or messes up a line, a deep sigh is heard from the neighboring seat 113. Late one evening, Shelly Berman was working on some scenery and heard a noise from the audience and when he looked in the direction of seat 113, not only that seat but several seats in the same row were in the down position. He believes Elvira and other ghostly patrons where watching him work on the stage.

Elvira is seen walking the halls and looking out the upper windows. She is a beautiful entity with blond hair that falls below her slim waist and is seen wearing a filmy, dancing gown. When young actresses are trying out, the staircase is watched diligently, because on occasion a young actress has the irresistible urge to travel up the staircase to the open portals under the influence of Elvira. She not only hypnotizes performers but also likes to move props, untie scenery flats so they fall over to let the living know that she is there and needed some laughs.   

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Choate Mental Health and Development Center

All that is left of this once mental health facility is the basement and its tunnels. It’s been reported that if you walk in the tunnels you’ll feel a hand touch your back. Figures of people are also seen in the windows as well as running around the building. The nearby cottages are also extremely haunted by nurses and prior residents and faces appear in the buildings. There is also a report of a devil dog attacking a resident and when the lights were turned back on there was nothing there but scratches all over the person’s body.

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Calvary Cemetery – Springfield

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An angel statue sits on a grave near the park side entrance of the cemetery and when it’s late she’ll turn around and weep. There are also several large, old trees in this cemetery that move and sway when there is no wind.

Lake Club – Springfield

Lake club is a 1930’s building used by the mafia. Al Capone and his gang killed people there. To this day, you can hear doors closing, and footsteps. People also reported seeing a man and a woman there were murdered there by a jealous husband. This building unfortunately burned down in 2004.

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Rock River and 7th Ave in Sterling

Along the bluffs and railroad tracks there have been many ghost sightings. These people either died from the blind corner near the Dillon Museum by being hit by trains or have drowned in the river’s strong currents. When you go down the dead-end road of 7th avenue, you can hear a mother calling for her children and she can be seen walking along the tracks and disappearing into thin air.

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Moon Creek Cemetery – Streator

Located just south of the city, this cemetery is home to a hatchet lady. A mother gone insane due to her daughter’s death and now each night when there is a full moon she is seen running around the cemetery, tossing hatchets. It was reported that colored mists were also seen. Often when driving through the gate, people’s vehicles died. When people are present in this cemetery, mysterious fires would start.

Here are some other Paranormal articles to check out!

Haunted New Orleans

http://socyberty.com/paranormal/haunted-new-orleans/

Most Haunted City to Visit in the US

http://trifter.com/usa-canada/louisiana/most-haunted-city-to-visit-in-the-united-states/

How to tell of your house is haunted

http://gomestic.com/home/how-to-tell-if-your-house-is-haunted/

6 haunted houses in virginia

http://www.trifter.com/USA-&-Canada/Virginia/Six-Haunted-Houses-in-Virginia.467141

10 haunted houses in Minnesota

http://trifter.com/usa-canada/minnesota/10-haunted-houses-in-minnesota/

10 scariest haunted houses in the United States

http://socyberty.com/paranormal/10-scariest-haunted-houses-in-the-united-states/

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