High Spirits Chicago

Episode 31: Ghosts 101 – PART 2

Jay walks us through the Second part of GhostBasics™.

Hang on to your bedsheets - things get a little boozy in the GhostStudio™!

This story contains:

1. Jinn, Poltergeists and Banshees (Ghost Around the World!)

2. Toyols, Skondhokatas, and Strigoi (Unhappy Ghosts!)

3. Kuchisake-onna, La Llorona, La Pisadeira, Hanako-san, and the Deer Woman (Ghost women!)

4. Jiang Shi and Gjenganger (Interactive CreepMachines™!)

5. Huaka'i pō (Night Marching Ghosts!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 30: Ghosts 101 – PART 1

Jay walks us through the first part of GhostBasics™.

This story contains:

1. What’s a ghost? (No seriously – what’s a ghost?)

2. Burials (And the reasons the ancients did them.)

3. Traditional Ghost Lore (Some are mean! Some are metaphors! Some are magic!)

4. Ancient Ghost Stories (The Epic of Gilgamesh. (You’re welcome!)

5. The Bible, Greece, and Rome (Getting all historical up in the GhostStudio™!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 29: Ghost Destinations – Canada, Sweden, and More

Noelle walks us through the great ghost stories of Banfff, Bowling Green, Atlanta, and Sweden.

This story contains:

1. Plan a trip to some great haunted destinations! (Canada, Sweden and some places In Betweeden!)

2. Banff Springs Hotel, Canada (BANFF, BANFF, BANFF. It’s just fun to say.)

3. Wood County Historical Center (Bowling Green, OH)

4. Ellis Hotel, Atlanta (FIRE!!!)

5. Borgvattnet, Sweden (Haunted Vicarage!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 28: Lincoln Park Cemetery, Chicago

Jay walks us through the story of the history of Lincoln Park Cemetery… I mean, Lincoln Park.

I mean, Lincoln Park Zoo.

I mean, your $850K condo on Webster. (There are bodies beneath the foundation. SORRY!)

Whatever. Lincoln Park. (Cccceeemetery!)

*** Whooooo, Boooo-- GAG-- SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! ***

This story contains:

1. In 1837, the state of Illinois gave Chicago a piece of land outside the city limits to use as a burial ground. (Interesting?)

2. In July of 1854 – in a six day period - more than 200 cholera victims were buried in the Potter's Field. (Near all the bars bros love!)

3. This includes the nearly 4,000 Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Douglas and were buried in Potter's Field. (Those tingles are more than sweet Phish riffs!)

4. A researcher estimates more than 35,000 people were buried in the area. (That’s like if the entire U of I was dead and buried beneath you!)

5. 145 of the bodies lie clustered together at the north end of the baseball field, 130 by 200 feet in dimensions. (That’s why your Indiana University intramural softball team is cursed!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 27: Black Hope Cemetery, TX

Noelle walks us through the story of the haunting of Black Hope Cemetery, TX.

This story contains:

1. Black Hope: a slave cemetery on the former McKinney plantation grounds (Texas.)

2. Grave markers cleared and the land was used as a housing development (Awful!)

3. In the 1980s, a resident uncovered two graves when building a swimming pool (Sounds familiar!)

4. At that time, further development of the subdivision was halted (Someone at long last comes to their senses!)

5. The cemetery remains were never relocated and still exist beneath the Newport subdivision (That makes for fun slumber parties!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 26: Ghosts of Portland, OR

Jay walks us through the story of the ghosts of the City of Portland, OR.

This story contains:

1. Underground Tunnels (The Underbelly of Portland!)

2. Shanghai and Crimping (Kidnapping!)

3. A large populations of seamstresses (That’s a nice word for hookers!)

4. The Merchant Hotel (Haunted by the ghost of Nina!)

5. Candy Cane Park (The ghosts of a murder victim haunts the merry-go-round!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 25: The Winchester Mansion: Guns, Ghosts, and Other Dimensions

Noelle walks us through the story of the Winchester Mansion (San Jose, CA.)

This story contains:

1. Sarah Winchester (Rich-ass KWEEN!)

2. Civil War Gun Money (Maybe Sarah felt bad about all the people her guns killed?)

3. A crazy house that never stops expanding (Contractors making a buck off Sarah and her ghosts!)

4. Doors to nowhere / Windows inside the house (Sounds like an emo song we should write!)

5. Freemasons (That’s right. When in doubt, pull out some Freemason action. The crowd will GO WILD!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 24: The Ghosts of Green Bay

Noelle walks us through frigid and haunted Green Bay, Wisconsin.

This story contains:

1. Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley (Willard haunts Lane 17!)

2. Captains Walk Winery (Come for the ghosts, stay for the booze!)

3. The Ghost of Helen Morrow (Our kind of lady: “She moves and throws wine glasses, turns on the radio, runs the freight elevator up and down, and turns on the sink faucets.”)

4. 214 E Walnut Building (Homicide/Suicide in this historic building!)

5. Fun Fact: All of Downtown Green Bay is haunted (Yah. It was built on an Indian Burial Ground.)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 23: Dolly Parton --- Death and Her Coat of Many Ghosts

Jay walks us through Dolly Parton’s Ghostly and Deadly sings!

*** Megan Ensley joins Jay and Noelle!

This story contains:

1. Letter to Heaven

2. Me and Little Andy

3. Daddy’s Moonshine Still

4. The Bridge

5. Down from Dover

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 22: The Chateau Marmont

Jay walks us through the colorful history, scandals, and ghosts of the Chateau Marmont.

This story contains:

1. Resonant Energy (Maybe Ghosts are Just Imprints of the Past!)

2. The Hollywood Studio System (Send Your Pervs to the Marmont!)

3. Scandals, Torrid Love Affairs, and Stupidity (Really, Jim Morrison? Come on.)

4. The Death and Haunting of John Belushi (A Toddler played with the “Funny Man”)

5. Honey Bunches of Oats of Your Favorite Drugged-Out Celebs (When Courtney Love says you have a Problem: You have a Problem!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.