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The most haunted places in Chicago
Short answer: Chicago’s most haunted spots include Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, the old Hull House, the Congress Plaza Hotel, “Death Alley” behind the Iroquois Theater site, and the legend of Resurrection Mary on Archer Avenue. Many feature on the city’s ghost tours.
The legends
- Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery — an abandoned graveyard south of the city, often called the most haunted place in the region.
- Resurrection Mary — the ghostly hitchhiker said to appear along Archer Avenue near Resurrection Cemetery.
- Hull House — Jane Addams’ settlement house, tied to the “Devil Baby” legend.
- Congress Plaza Hotel — a grand old hotel with a long roster of ghost stories.
- “Death Alley” — behind the site of the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire, the deadliest theater fire in U.S. history.
The tragedies behind them
Chicago’s hauntings grew from real disasters — the Iroquois fire, the 1915 Eastland disaster on the river that killed 844, and the crimes of H. H. Holmes during the 1893 World’s Fair. A good ghost tour tells the history, not just the scares.
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