{"id":4321,"date":"2016-11-04T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2016-11-04T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T16:19:12","slug":"haunted-buildings-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/haunted-buildings-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Buildings In Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if we were to tell you that your favorite restaurant is haunted? Would you still call it your favorite? Each city has tons of history, and it\u2019s unlikely that you\u2019ll ever come across a building that doesn\u2019t have some eerie history connected to it. But you would like to know, right? We can’t get enough of the spooky stuff. So even if Halloween is over, here are 13 haunted buildings in Chicago<\/a>\u00a0that have a reputation for their spooky history.<\/p>\n

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1964 photo of the Holy Family Church\u00a0from the Historic American Buildings Survey<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Adobo Grill (formerly That Steak Joynt)<\/h2>\n

This is currently a Mexican restaurant\u00a0but was once the most haunted restaurant and steakhouse in the city. In the 1980\u2019s, a medium held seances in a dining room upstairs and people would sometimes get violently ill during them. Since then, the wait staff and visitors alike have experienced a ton of paranormal activity there such as phantom footsteps, strange scents, lights flickering, noises, and the feeling of being touched.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Tonic Room<\/h2>\n

Since the 1920s, this place has served a number of different roles, including a brothel, a tavern, and a meeting place for a paranormal organization called Golden Dawn. Patrons currently state that spirits can be found throughout the bar, and while there is no concrete reason for why the space is paranormal, there are rumors that a ritualistic murder occurred there during a paranormal meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Holy Family Church<\/h2>\n

This was one of the few buildings of its kind to survive the Great Chicago Fire, despite being only a block away from where the fire is believed to have been started. Divine intervention is often cited as the reason why it wasn\u2019t engulfed in flames. People has said to have seen the spirits of two altar boys, as well as a figure standing in the choir area, despite the church being closed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Drake Hotel<\/h2>\n

The current haunting of this hotel can be traced back to the opening night of this hotel. It was one of the most beautiful hotels in all of Chicago, but was doomed from the beginning. The \u201cWoman in Red\u201d committed suicide on opening night after seeing her husband with another woman and since then, her ghost has been seen throughout the hotel and even on the very roof she jumped from.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The Congress Plaza Hotel<\/h2>\n

This hotel was rumored to be a favorite hangout of the famous Al Capone. While there are disputes about what is causing the haunting in this hotel, there is no doubt that something paranormal is residing there. There are sightings of children, pianos playing themselves, hearing gunshots, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Ford\/Oriental Theater<\/h2>\n

Despite this theater changing names and ownership numerous times throughout the years, one thing it cannot change is its dark history. In 1903, a fire ravaged through the building, killing around 600 people in total. Today, the place is haunted as people claim to hear footsteps and are engulfed by a general uneasy feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The Red Lion<\/h2>\n

Any tour of haunted locations and places in Chicago isn\u2019t complete without making a stop at the Red Lion Pub. According to people who work there, visitors, and paranormal experts, the place is crawling with spirits. It is unknown why they reside there, but they definitely do. People claim to see a number of different human-like apparitions from throughout history.<\/span><\/p>\n

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