History, hauntings, legends, lore, true crime, and the dark side of American History. Hosted by Cody
This is not an easy story to tell. It has a lot of twists, turns, and subplots and, as we mentioned
Every town has a story like the one you just heard. Some places, like Alton, have more than one. Mos
On a hot, sunny, summer Saturday, three young women in bathing suits left all their belongings on a
In this episode, Troy introduces three haunted houses in town. Although this hardly scratches the su
A young woman will always remember her wedding day. Unfortunately for newlywed Mary Shotwell Little,
This is a sneak peak of our Patreon-only series "Sinister: The True Story of H. H. Holmes."
In this episode, we introduce you to Alton’s OTHER ladies in black, whose reason for remaining behin
On the evening of March 5, 1957, William and Margaret Patterson left their home at 3000 Piedmont Dri
It is safe to say there are two things that Alton loves – booze and ghosts. And in this special epis
“The call is coming from inside the house.” That’s the line that always gets us – it’s a line from o
During the first half of the nineteenth century, Alton was actually the largest town in the state of
In the summer of 1951, Beverly Potts was just 10 years old. When the Showagon came through Cleveland
In 1833, construction was completed on the first penitentiary in Illinois. Located in the riverfront
The Conference is over and we have ghost stories! Thank you to everyone who came out to our biggest
In 1867, Harriet Haskell arrived as the new principal of Monticello Female Seminary (present day LCC
In 1923, Barbara began her most extensive project yet – a complete novel. Finally, in 1926 – after m
In this episode, we discuss Elijah P. Lovejoy, and how his death in Alton, Illinois, in 1837 started
Ruth was last seen on the night of May 4 by some of her Tri-Delta sorority sisters shortly before 11
Weird things can happen in the skies over Alton, Illinois. Join us in this special 10-episode "o
Everett financed his wanderings by selling prints and paintings, but he never stayed in the same pla
