Chicago Street Guide to the Supernatural: A Guide to Haunted and Legendary Places in and Near the Windy City

by Carol Mercado, Richard T. Crowe, Richard T. Crowe; Carol Mercado

Book Overview

Chicago's Street Guide to the Supernatural by Richard T. Crowe is a personally guided tour to local haunts and mysterious sites. All areas of Chicagoland and suburbs are covered and exact directions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940542064
• ISBN13: 9780940542068
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Carolando Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Chicago Ghost Tours: The Print Version

The person who buys this book should be someone who has been on one of Richard Crowe's ghost tours and is purchasing the book as a kind of souvenir. Crowe isn't much of a writer: the text of "Chicago Street Guide to the Supernatural" is mostly a word-by-word duplication of the speeches he gives on his tours. That being said, Crowe really knows his stuff. He's been giving ghost tours in Chicago for years and could talk to you for hours about any of the haunted locations mentioned in his book. He's not a scientist and not exactly a historian, but Crowe specializes in legends, and that's what ghost stories are made of. This book contains summaries of Chicago's most famous ghost stories, including Resurrection Mary and John Dillinger. Crowe includes information that he obtained from interviews as well as many interesting photographs. It's an interesting and entertaining read, and anyone interested in learning more about Supernatural Chicago will enjoy it immensely.

The authoritative guide to Chicago's Ghosts - a great read.

In his book, Richard Crowe attempts to provide the reader with a compilation of "ghost stories," associated with the greater Chicagoland area. What he accomplishes, however, is a fantastic guide to many supernatural sites (not limited to hauntings, but also to curses, hexes, and other superstitions and otherworldly phenomena). He is a superb story teller, and many of the passages in the book will give you "the willies." One reviewer commented that much of the book is "folklore" and this is true. However, I have not seen too many tales of hauntings published in scientific journals. Our source, as a society, of supernatural stories is folklore and people like Richard Crowe, who keep these stories alive. I recently was a guest on one of his tours, and it is far from a "party bus." It is a great, fun time, but it is a tour, not a ghost hunt or research expedition. I never knew so many places that people walk through (such as the alley near the biograph theatre where Dillinger died) are haunted places. I would recommend this book and his tour to anyone with even a passing interest in the supernatural history of Chicago. The book also features great pictures of almost every site, and is very well written. It is one of my favorite ghost books.

It's About Time

I have been on numerous tours with Richard and have always tried to remember everything that he covers within the 5 hours. And now with the book it greatly helps out with the smaller details muched overlooked by some. Keep up the good work.

About Time Richard

I have been on NUMEROUS tours with the famed Richard T Crowe and have been interested in Chicagos vast supernatural history since a young age. The book is a great fountain of information of folk lore stories, locations, and even it you don't believe good information on the windy city. Keep up the good work,Richard.Check out his tours when in Chicago