Spooky Berwyn - Creepy Tales from the Chicago Suburbs

This new collection (whose title is an homage to the TV horror host Svengoolie) is a collection of creepy tales in the Chicago suburbs. It includes non-fiction stories from Diane and Gary Hill along with a photo gallery and three fiction stories (from Gary Hill, Duane Pesice and Kevin Wood) all set in the Chicago suburban area. There are black and white photos and graphics illustrating many of the photos.

These are the stories in the book:

Cigars & Stripes: A Haunting with a Side of BBQ by Gary Hill

Berwyn’s Moline House: Is It Haunted or Not? by Gary Hill

Munger Road: A Classic Haunted Train Crossing Legend by Gary Hill

Leland Tower: Is Aurora’s Tallest Building Its Most Haunted? by Gary Hill

Joliet Prison: A Troubled History Gives Way to a Haunted Present by Gary Hill

Colonel Palmer House: Do Children Still Haunt This Old Home? by Gary Hill

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: A Legendary Haunt by Gary Hill

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: A Gallery by Gary Hill

Hotel Baker: Haunted Accommodations in Saint Charles by Diane Hill

Country House Restaurant: A Tale of Clarendon Hill’s Phantom Blonde Music Love by Gary Hill

Elgin Casket Company: A Haunted Haunted Attraction by Gary Hill

Sunrise Park: Is This Bartlett Park Actually the Most Haunted Park in the Country? by Gary Hill

Resurrection Cemetery: Resurrection Mary by Gary Hill

Archer Avenue: With or Without a Spectral Hitch-Hiker It is Considered Spooky by Gary Hill

George Stickney House: A Different Angle on a Haunted House Tale by Gary Hill

Schweppe Mansion: Spirits of Luxury by Gary Hill

Maryville Academy: A Spectral Nun by Gary Hill

Arcada Theater: A Historic Haunting in Saint Charles by Gary Hill

Fox Run Subdivision: Are Troubled Girls Still Restless in Death? by Gary Hill

Spooky Suburban Fiction:

Mrs. Harper’s Stones by Kevin Wood

The Curse of Somantusan by Gary Hill

The Association by Duane Pesice