Customer Reviews

Chicagoland Ghosts (Thunder Bay Tales of the Supernatural)

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This book was OK. The author had a good blend of well-known stories with lesser-known ones. But I grew tired of the undocumented "this happened to a relative of mine" and "I'm the only one who knows this" stories that read like campfire tales. Many of the sections are literally only 3 or 4 sentences and state only the location and that "some say it is haunted". I was interested as to why but no reasons are stated or incidents/evidence are given. Try'Chicago Haunts' by Ursula Bielski and 'Haunted Illinois' by Troy Taylor for better local haunted tales. I gave this book 3 stars because the author is a good story-teller.

In this compact volume, Mr. Clearfield has collected a variety of brief but engaging explanations of the Chicago area's most popular ghost-related tales, along with a large number of lesser-known stories from nearby Joliet, Illinois. If you collect books of regional ghostlore, you'll want this for your collection.

Though far from brilliant, this book seemed to have been written by someone with a sincere interest in the haunts of South Chicago--mainly Joliet, stories of which were heavy in this volume. I'd like to see them fleshed out a bit.

I got this as a gift for my husband, so he could read the story of his High School Ghost.
It is fun to hear about how he really did roam the school!
The book is also neat to read about other ghosts in our area that we grew up hearing about.
If you love ghost stories, and if you are a Chicagoan, get this book!