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Chicago ghost tours: the city’s most haunted walk
Quick answer: a Chicago ghost tour walks you past the sites behind the city’s darkest legends — the Iroquois Theater fire, the Eastland disaster, Resurrection Mary and more — with a guide telling the stories after dark. The top-rated option pairs the ghosts with the gangster history on one walk. Tours run year-round and peak at Halloween.
The hauntings you’ll hear about
Chicago has more than its share of tragedy, and the ghost stories grew from real events: the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire (the deadliest theater fire in U.S. history), the 1915 Eastland disaster on the Chicago River that killed 844, and the legend of Resurrection Mary, the ghostly hitchhiker of Archer Avenue. A good guide ties the legend back to the history.
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Want the gangster side too?
Chicago’s ghosts and its gangsters share the same streets, which is why the combined walk is so popular. See gangster tours or read the full list of most haunted places in Chicago.