1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
Wind & Souls uses the ghosts of Chicago’s past to recreate a city that was and is no longer. Theater fires and the Alley of Death; HH Holmes at home in his murder castle. Chicago has seen it all. From empty tombs to mass graves leaking bodies, these stories are like gusts of wind off of Lake Michigan: they leave a chill in your bones that just won’t quit.
At this stop, you will hear about the tragedy of how 602 people lost their lives at the Iroquois Theatre in 1903.
13 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At this stop you will visit the Oriental Theatre, now named James M. Nederlander Theatre, which stands in the same spot as the Iroquois. The story of the tragedy of the Iroquois Theatre will be continued and you’ll hear about paranormal activity in the Alley of Death.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At this stop, you will discuss the second librarian in the history of Chicago’s public library system, Frederick H. Hild, and how his spirit lurks behind in the very building in which he was the first librarian.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At this stop you will hear about some of the stories that have happened around the area. You’ll discuss Lincoln Park, which was once a burial ground.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Art Institute of Chicago is the second-largest art museum in the country. Here you will discuss how that how some of more than 300,000 items are haunted.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At this stop you will visit one of the most haunted hotels in the country. You’ll hear how Stephen King was inspired to write a short story by Room 441 and you will discuss tragedies that made this a hotel a paranormal hot spot.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At this stop you will hear the story of a figure that haunts not just one place, but the entirety of Chicago, the Ghost of Al Capone.
11 minutes • Admission Ticket Free