Nightmarks in Illinois
4 nightmarks documented
Ghosts & Hauntings
Chicago Historical Society Building — Civil War dead haunt the old morgue
Former Chicago Historical Society Building, Chicago, Illinois·1871
Used as a morgue after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this building still echoes with moaning and the phantom smell of smoke and burning.
Ghosts & Hauntings
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery — Chicago's most haunted burial ground
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Midlothian, Illinois·1830s
A vanishing farmhouse, phantom 1940s cars, and a famous ghost photograph — this abandoned Chicago-area cemetery may be America's most haunted graveyard.
Cryptids
Mothman-Like Sightings in Chicago, Illinois (2017)
Chicago, Illinois·2017
Over fifty-five sightings of a winged, red-eyed humanoid were reported across Chicago in 2017 — including near O'Hare Airport.
UFOs/UAPs
O'Hare Airport Disc — saucer hovers over United gate C-17, then shoots through clouds (2006)
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago·2006
A dark metallic disc hovered over United Gate C-17 at Chicago's O'Hare on Nov 7, 2006, then shot up through the clouds leaving a hole — reported by multiple airline staff.