Haunted Places in Putnam County, Illinois

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In the meantime, here's a list of all haunted places within 100 miles of Putnam County, Illinois.

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Abandoned Train Bridge

Spring Valley, Illinois

8.4 miles from Putnam County, IL

Shadow figures have been seen on and around the abandoned bridge that goes over the train tracks in DePue, Il. The sounds of screams, train whistles, and a train stopping have been heard in the location when the train that runs the track is nowhere near the village. Many ...

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Massock Mausoleum

Spring Valley, Illinois

10.5 miles from Putnam County, IL

The Massock Mausoleum stands in a small graveyard called the Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery, and it's the stuff of legends. Locals tell of a Hatchet Man, a scary ghost who guards the cemetery, and the mausoleum door is said to remain warm and has been sealed closed since the 1960s when ...

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Kaskaskia Hotel

LaSalle, Illinois

13.1 miles from Putnam County, IL

This historic hotel opened in 1916. Locals tell a story of a young woman who committed suicide by jumping from the top floor in the 1920s, but some will tell you she was pushed by her boyfriend. It is said that employees there would hear the click of her heels ...

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Ninth Street Pub

LaSalle, Illinois

13.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

According to local tales, the Ninth Street Pub's ghost is Mrs. Sonnenburg, an elderly woman who lived adjacent to the pub and often complained about its noise. After her death, the owner of the pub purchased her home and made it into a pub addition. A staff member who was ...

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Starved Rock Lodge

Oglesby, Illinois

17.1 miles from Putnam County, IL

At this circa 1900 historic lodge, folks say, reside the ghosts of Native Americans who once fought a battle nearby. Guests have reported seeing a black apparition and strange orbs of light, and they have felt cold spots and experienced doors that open and close by themselves. It should be ...

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Moon Point Cemetery - Moon Creek Cemetery

Streator, Illinois

24.5 miles from Putnam County, IL

Moon Point Cemetery, aka Moon's Point Cemetery or Moon Creek Cemetery, is older than the Civil War and legendary with those who like to tell ghost stories. It was thought to have begun as a family cemetery for early settlers Jacob Moon and his family. The cemetery's most-talked-about ghost is ...

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Amboy Pharmacy

Amboy, Illinois

35.3 miles from Putnam County, IL

This old-fashioned pharmacy is haunted by at least seven spirits, according to a visiting psychic. Dating back to the early 1860's, the main haunting here is by a former pharmacy owner who was displeased by recent renovations. Known as 'Steve', he has been known to knock objects off shelves, ...

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Peoria Players Theatre

Peoria, Illinois

36.3 miles from Putnam County, IL

Peoria Players Theatre is said to be haunted by a playful ghost named Norman, a former theater director who died in 1960 at age 34, and a more sinister entity whose identity is unknown.

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Peoria Public Library

Peoria, Illinois

38.7 miles from Putnam County, IL

Peoria Public Library, according to local lore, was built upon cursed ground. So the story goes, Mrs. Andrew Gray lived in a house here around 1830. Family and financial hardships led to a foreclosure on her home, and Mrs. Gray cursed the property and all of its future owners. Her ...

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Emack and Bolio's

Peoria, Illinois

38.9 miles from Putnam County, IL

This ice cream parlour is haunted by former owner Jim Schwab, who died after falling headfirst down a flight of stairs. Staff have reported disembodied footsteps descending the staircase, while others have encountered a male apparition on the upper floor. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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Safari Bowl

Morton, Illinois

41.8 miles from Putnam County, IL

You will hear footsteps on the lanes when it is jaut you in there. You can hear pins be thrown across the back of bowling ally when no one is back there. There are dog barking. There is also a little girl that is 8 yrs old that haunts ...

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Peoria State Hospital

Bartonville, Illinois

43.4 miles from Putnam County, IL

This abandoned mental hospital, now in the planning stages for restoration, is said to be haunted by Manuel A. Bookbinder, or Old Book. Old Book was a patient who worked with the burial crew at the hospital until his own death.

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Julia Markham - Death Curve

Cambridge, Illinois

49.3 miles from Putnam County, IL

Locals say that a woman wearing a white flowing gown glides across the field on quiet nights. It is said she is the spirit of Julia Markham, who in 1905 killed her 7 children with an ax and then set her house on fire, killing herself.

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Williams Hall

Normal, Illinois

50.5 miles from Putnam County, IL

Illinois State University's Williams Hall was the site of the university's first library, and is thought to be haunted by the spirit of the first librarian, Angie Milner. Even though a new library was eventually built in her name, and the old one was turned into Williams Hall, the ghost ...

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Atkin-Colby Hall

Normal, Illinois

50.6 miles from Putnam County, IL

Atkin-Colby Hall at Illinois State University is rumored to be haunted on its 11th floor. One witness claims to have been pushed down the stairs by the ghost. Also described by witnesses are doors opening, whispers, strange noises, and an overwhelming feeling of discomfort and that you are not wanted ...

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Aux Sable Cemetery

Morris, Illinois

50.7 miles from Putnam County, IL

Aux Sable Cemetery is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a mischievous young girl who has been known to play pranks, such as lowering electrical car windows when the key is not even in the ignition. The site is also said to be a portal from a ghostly ...

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Kemp Hall - International House

Bloomington, Illinois

51.6 miles from Putnam County, IL

Kemp Hall International House, or I-House, is said to be haunted by a ghostly Lady in Red. She is believed to be Mrs. A. E. DeMange, former owner of the mansion. She passed away after living here only a year, in 1908. Mr. DeMange sold it to the Illinois Weslayan ...

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Stanford Pour House

Stanford, Illinois

53.3 miles from Putnam County, IL

Originally built at the turn of the century as a mercantile grocery store, it was shortly after used by a local church for their temporary place of worship until their regular church building was completed. It was then used for many years as a funeral home. It ...

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Stanford Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Stanford, Illinois

53.4 miles from Putnam County, IL

Built in 1901, the Stanford Cumberland Presbyterian Church had been loved and enjoyed by it's congregation until it was sold in 2004. Between 2004 to 2012 it has changed hands four times since. The first owner lived it for a very short time. It was then ...

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Conover Square

Oregon, Illinois

56.1 miles from Putnam County, IL

Conover Square is a former piano factory, now a shopping mall. Built in the 1890's, it is now the home of many haunted happenings. A little girl's spirit giggles in the hallways & museum, loud crashes boom from the unoccupied third floor, and more than one female ...

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Mount Olivet Cemetery

Aurora, Illinois

62 miles from Putnam County, IL

This cemetery dates back to the 1850s, and has a very specific type of haunting. It is said on numerous Internet sites that spectral ghosts wearing 1950s attire are seen throughout the cemetery, only to disappear on second glance.

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Old Rush Copley Memorial

Aurora, Illinois

62.5 miles from Putnam County, IL

The Old Rush Copley Hospital was build in 1888 and shutdown in 1996. Paranormal researchers and people that have broken in this hospital have heard footsteps,unexplained voices and even apparitions. In one encounter, a group of teens have seen a doll that might have belong to a young child ...

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The Leland Tower

Aurora, Illinois

63.1 miles from Putnam County, IL

This 21-story building, the tallest in Aurora, has been the means for several jumping suicides. Evidence that the building is haunted includes reports of bad odors and moaning sounds that come from the elevators.

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Baymont Inn and Suites

North Aurora, Illinois

64.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

Claims of a white moving "light" have been seen in the lobby as well as some visitors reporting feeling like they are being choked.

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Cotton House

Clinton, Iowa

65.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

This historic gothic mansion belonged to a family of barristers, who moved out after seeing the apparition of a woman in white roaming the hallways and ground after dark. Visitors to the house will not go down to the basement alone, which is believed to be haunted by an ...

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Patten House Restaurant

Geneva, Illinois

69.1 miles from Putnam County, IL

This historic restaurant dishes up fine southern cuisine, an exquisite range of liquor and a litany of ghost stories. The main spook reported here time and time again is that of a poltergeist that makes itself known on stormy nights. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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Hotel Baker

St. Charles, Illinois

70.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

At this splendid historic hotel, originally built in 1928, an apparent suicide is often given as the reason for some strange phenomena. Moaning sounds come from the sixth floor storage area, which used to be used as housing for employees. Folks say in the 1970s, a hotel chambermaid who was ...

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Arcada Theater

St. Charles, Illinois

70.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

Arcada Theatre, built in 1926 by millionaire and Chicago Tribune cartoonist Lester J. Norris, is haunted by disembodied voices that waft from the balcony throughout the rest of the building, a phantom odd odor, and unexplained cold pockets.

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Blood’s Point Cemetery

Belvidere, Illinois

70.9 miles from Putnam County, IL

Blood’s Point Cemetery, named after the area's first white settle, Arthur Blood, is said to be a hot spot for the eerie, such as orbs, a vanishing barn, phantom vehicles and a ghost dog that sports glowing red eyes. To add to the spookiness, the nearby railroad bridge was said ...

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Lincoln College

Lincoln, Illinois

72.5 miles from Putnam County, IL

Lincoln College is rumored to have ghosts in the 1866 University Hall, where a face appears in the bell tower and white misty forms appear in the windows. The ghosts, whose footsteps also are heard from time to time, are believed to be a boy and girl who passed away ...

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Willow Creek Farm

Shannon, Illinois

73 miles from Putnam County, IL

Willow Creek Farm was once the property of William Boardman and his wife Mary, who arrived in New York from England in 1835. Homes for his daughters and their families also were built on the property. It is said to be haunted by former residents and Native Americans; witnesses have ...

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Tinker Swiss Cottage

Rockford, Illinois

73.8 miles from Putnam County, IL

Tinker Swiss Cottage is said to be haunted. Witnesses and paranormalists have heard humming and other children's voices, believed to be because the site used to be a home for terminally ill children. The spirits of the Tinker family are believed to linger in the place as well. Tinker Swiss ...

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Faust Hotel - Faust Landmark

Rockford, Illinois

74.2 miles from Putnam County, IL

This old hotel was reportedly remodeled into housing for seniors. The basement used to hold a bar and bowling alley, but it hasn't been used since the 1980s. An eerie presence can be felt here, as well as sudden temperature changes and an overwhelming urge to leave the area. The ...

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Coronado Theatre

Rockford, Illinois

74.6 miles from Putnam County, IL

One night, police were called about a ghostly woman in white who appeared in an elevator at a parking garage. Earlier, witnesses had been confused as to why the elevator kept going up and down with no one inside it. But when the white figure showed up in the glass ...

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Lawford Theatre

Havana, Illinois

74.6 miles from Putnam County, IL

Folks who have visited or worked at the Lawford Theatre have seen faces appear in photographs and have felt cold chills behind the curtains on opening nights.

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Rockford College

Rockford, Illinois

74.9 miles from Putnam County, IL

Several campus structures seem to be inhabited by haunts. Adams' Arch, the only part left of the original campus, rings with the laughter of young women late at night. The Burpee Building and Talcott Hall are each said to be haunted by men who committed suicide. The Clark Arts Center ...

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Lucerne's Fondue and Spirits

Rockford, Illinois

75 miles from Putnam County, IL

Although the spirits in the name of this old-fashioned fondue restaurant refers to alcohol, it could also refer to a number of ghosts reported by staff and diners throughout its history. The residence that houses the establishment dates back to 1895, and was formerly occupied by the Utter family, ...

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Munger Road

Bartlett, Illinois

76 miles from Putnam County, IL

Munger Road is reportedly haunted by flashing lights, screams that come from the railroad tracks, and phantom trains. Legend has it that a train once hit a school bus, killing the children on board, and their ghosts linger all over the area. But that's not the only legend told about ...

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Sunrise Park

Bartlett, Illinois

76.8 miles from Putnam County, IL

Sunrise Park has many different spirits and hauntings; first, the black dog with a human face, speculated to be a demon by those who have seen it, and next, a murderer from the 1800's who murdered children and scattered their bones around the park; his spirit is still rumored to ...

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East Otto Cemetery

Lewistown, Illinois

78.9 miles from Putnam County, IL

Local legend has it that the specters of two headless women can be seen at this cemetery late at night, screaming as they're being chased by an axe-wielding maniac. No word on exactly how a headless woman is supposed to be able to scream, but you know, details, details...

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George Stickney House

Woodstock, Illinois

89.7 miles from Putnam County, IL

Because of George Stickney's belief in spiritualism, he designed his house with no 90-degree angles inside so that no spirits would be caught in the corners. The Stickneys had 10 children, but only 3 lived to adulthood, and they are said to have regularly conducted seances on the 2nd floor ...