Chicago History: The Stranger Side: The Stranger Side

by Raymond Johnson

Overview

Former criminal investigator, author, and local historian Ray Johnson takes a new look at nine popular Chicago locations and their history, digging up strange new discoveries and connections. Who may have murdered sisters Barbara and Patricia Grimes in 1956? Who is the seventh body located under the 1893 Columbian Expo Cold Storage Fire Memorial at Oak Woods Cemetery…when there should only be six? Is there more of a link between H.H. Holmes and Chicago's White City than previously thought, and could there also be another connection to England and other murders? What ties Chicago to the Titanic disaster of 1912? What rituals were being performed at El-Sabarum (currently The Tonic Room) that could explain some of the bizarre occurrences reported there? Explore these historic mysteries and read about the stranger side of Chicago. Original illustrations by Kimberly MacAulay.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764345098
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2014
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,071,906
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Raymond Johnson has had a lifelong passion for the mysteries of the past. He spends much of his time writing, lecturing, and teaching on the history, legends, and folklore of Chicago and its suburbs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 4

Introduction 6

The Chicago Courthouse and an Elmhurst Haunting 9

The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Fire and the Secret at Oakwoods Cemetery 29

The Devil, The White City, William Green, and The Cook County Sheriff 47

The Haunted Palace, of Lincoln Park 65

Chicago and the R.M.S. Titanic 75

The Search for Peabody's Tomb and the Masochistic Monks? 99

Voice of the Grimes Sisters' Killer? 111

The Tonic Room Witch 131

Haunted History of a High School Landmark 141

Conclusion 153

Bibliography and Suggested Reading 154

Index 155