When people see ghosts and other paranormal phenomenon, what are they actually seeing? Are these spirits, interdimensional travelers, or something conjured up by our own mind? The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at that last possibility, at the psychic and psychokinetic powers of the human mind and how they might create paranormal incidents.

Antioch, Illinois is a town with a rich history, and perhaps a rich paranormal history to go with it. Some ghost tours of Antioch start at the Lodge of Antioch, a restaurant which claims to have a ghost of its own. The Weird Around Illinois team stops in to visit this Antioch eatery to sample the paranormal atmosphere and, more importantly, the food. But is the Lodge, or Antioch itself, actually haunted?

When people think of places to find Bigfoot, they think of Washington State, Alaska, the Sierra Nevada's...And Peoria, Illinois. That's right, Peoria has been a hotbed of Bigfoot activity lately, so the Weird Around Illinois team is here to share stories about the primate cryptid in Central Illinois.

Wisconsin is best known for beer, cheese and Dogman. We'll leave it to you to rate the beer and cheese, but the Weird Around Illinois team wants to help you out with finding the elusive canine cryptid in the dairy state. We share the top five Dogman sightings in Wisconsin.

Indiana sits right in the middle of some pretty weird states (Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky), so it stands to reason that they would have their own fair share of strange cryptids. The Weird Around Illinois team takes a look at the top ten cryptids of Indiana.

As the U.S. government becomes more open about UFO or UAP sightings, it feels like we're moving along a path to full disclosure about the existence of extraterrestrial life. This is a good thing, right? But what if there is a dark ulterior motive, a deeper alien conspiracy that is even worse than the conspiracy to hide evidences of UFO's and extraterrestrial life in the first place? The Weird Around Illinois team goes down this scary rabbit hole and talks about what alien disclosure might really lead to.

If you had a cryptid or paranormal sighting, where should you report your sighting? In this video, the Weird Around Illinois team talks about the top places to report your sighting.

All cryptids are reported to have certain special abilities, and Bigfoot is no exception. But what can Bigfoot (or Sasquatch, or the Hairy Man, or the Skunk Ape, etc.) actually do? The Weird Around Illinois team takes a closer look at Bigfoot and what some of Bigfoot's special abilities may be.

In this video, the Weird Around Illinois team discusses the good, and not so good parts of 2025.

In this video, the Weird Around Illinois team talks about 10 celebrities that believe in bigfoot!