Search Results for "Sterling, Illinois"
Searching near: Sterling, Illinois, United States of America within 50 miles
Found 29 haunted location(s)
Rock River
7th Avenue - Many ghosts have been sighted along the Rock River along the bluffs and railroad tracks where many have died on the "blind corner" near the Dillon Museum hit by trains and also...
Fairmount cemetery
Really cold and erie feelings when you walk in to it or drive by. you also feel like your being watched.
Franklin Blacktop
There is a house that sits catty-corner from the 4-H Center, it is reported that in the 1800's a man was murdered in his home and buried 500 feet from the upstairs bathroom window. If you go into...
Reynolds Cemetery
In the rear of the cemetery there is the small grave of a baby boy. The baby was abandoned and found weeks later and the mother was never caught. On a full moon at exactly midnight you can feel...
Cherry Street
A home that is now torn down, used to be a hospital back in a war. And then later was a nursing home. There has been a man in a hat called "the man in the hat" that has been seen roaming around in...
Hickory Hill Cemetery
the cemetery is located down a dirt road that is between two cornfields.? the road comes to an end at the top of a hill of trees.? The cemetery is located to the left in the trees. it is said that...
The LaSalle Inn
In the early 1920s there was a prohibition and this is where Al Capone stopped routinely on his way to Iowa and further west. It has been reported that his and other ghosts haunt this hotel in the...
Blackhawk
it is said that in this house down the road a black man was shot in the basement and now the people that live in that house have seen a black shadow wander around their house during the night.
haunted hospital
Update: Has been torn down - abandoned about five years ago stuff has been occurring such as stuff flying and such. Many have died in here as it is a hospital with its own church and skywalk....
Kaskaskia Hotel
Many hauntings have occurred here, myself seeing a few of them while I worked there. A girl supposedly committed suicide off of the top floor (six stories) back in the twenties or so. However, it...
Jefferson High School
a girl fell off of ladder on stage by props balcony. you hear he cries and moans only when a show is on. sometimes the tech theatre students see her shadow trying to get up off of the ground!
Rockford Board of Education Building
An interesting place is our Rockford Board of Education building at 201 S Madison St in Rockford. The head custodian there has for many years told stories of the evening shift custodians and the...
Faust Hotel
It is said that many areas of the old Faust Hotel are haunted. Many service/repair men go to the basement area which includes an old bar and bowling alley that haven't been functional since the...
Rock River School
Witnesses have seen an apparition of a male figure in a white shirt and sweater standing in the stairway of the gym area watching them. Many teachers would not go near that area of the building...
East High School
It is said that an old theater lover that worked for the school died many years ago. An old employee of the school saw the figure of a woman walking on the auditoriums balcony. He later identified...
Twin Sisters Park Woods
If you walk by the willow tree it is said that you have a strange desire to go into the woods. There is an old hanging tree with some odd carvings on it. A little girl is said to be seen walking...
Masonic Temple, Brady St.
Currently owned by Palmer College. Security reports many types of haunting phenomenon at all hours of the day.
Rockford College
Adams' Arch - the only surviving remnant of Rockford Colleges' original campus, is reported to echo with the laughter of young women late at night.
Bloods Point Road
There is a bridge down this road with a train track running under it. At one time, a school bus full of children ran off the bridge, causing everyone to die. If you put your car in neutral in the...
Blood point Road
Possible Urban Legend - A ghost car will come out of no where and chase you and run you off the road. Off of blood point road there is Sweeney road where there is a spot to pull over by a...
Cherryvalle Mall
It is said that several stores in this mall are to be haunted. Several mall employees have reported being followed through the mall by unseen forces after mall hours, things moving on their own,...
Palmer College of Chiropractic
One of the lecture halls which were built in the middle 1800's is residence to several ghosts which have been known to fly around the ceiling, causing the hanging lamps to swing back and forth....
Blackhawk Hotel
There has been many circumstances of seeing a lady roaming the halls wearing a red or blue evening gown. There has also been instances of pianos playing in the main ballroom misc. disturbances...
St. Ambrose University
Ambrose Hall - When there are only a few professors left in the building late at night, they have heard strange noises. They have heard foot steps and seen lights flickering on and off. It's said...
police station
Bell Tower - When the station was first built the guards used to hang prisoners in the bell tower so no one could hear or see what they were doing. If you go east behind the police station at...
Scott
City Hall - A heavyset man reportedly sits in the city council chamber. They call him Hal. The legend of Hal goes like this. Hal was a citizen who was extremely upset with city government. He ran...
Putnam County
The owners of the Putnam County Junior High John Swaney and Sarah haunt the school. Lockers in the P.E changing rooms at games have been known to open and shut. When people stay after school...
Bloods Point
Visitors of the old cemetery get chased by a ghost truck which will follow you with no headlights then suddenly flip them on and chase you then disappear. An old bridge where three women were hung...
The Villa
The Villa, back in the early 1900's The Villa was a school for girls, like dormitories. The Villa was a Catholic School. The legend has it that the priests would have intercourse with the nuns,...