Explore Galena's Paranormal History
Discover the Most Spine-Chilling Locations and Their Dark Stories
Explore the Paranormal
Discover the dark history and ghostly encounters at Galena's most notorious haunted sites
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Illinois' oldest operating hotel has hosted presidents Lincoln and Grant, survived fires and explosions, and accumulated 170 years of ghost stories—including the famous Lady in Black whose mystery wasn't solved until 2011.
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This 140-year-old former county jail held prisoners for nearly a century, and their stories—carved into the window frames—remain alongside something else that may have never left.
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This 1845 Greek Revival building housed jail cells in its basement where a woman drowned during a flood. Her spirit still haunts the building, with sounds of crying and screaming rising from below.
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This Victorian estate once employed 20 servants and hosted President Grant. Now it's known as Galena's most haunted home, where phantom pianos play and EMF detectors react to unseen presences.
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This wine tasting room on Main Street was once Galena's first mortuary, and today a self-playing piano and unexplained phenomena remind visitors that some spirits can't be bottled.
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This quaint riverside restaurant is haunted by its namesake Otto Sallman, a friendly spirit who continues to greet customers and watch over the establishment he once loved.
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