Ursula Bielski

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1. John Wayne Gacy is arrested for the rape and murder of young men in Chicago. His crimes lead to his execution. Ursula Bielski writes about the paranormal residue of his crimes at the site and at the Cook County Courthouse where Gacy was tried

2. American Ripper H.H. Holmes becomes the first serial killer to literally tear apart the heart and soul of the nation, terrorizing the World's Fair of Chicago, 1893. He is pursued by one of the world's legendary detectives and is arrested and tried. The Devil in the White City tells his tale to millions a century later, and his descendant opens up a whole new case. Do ghosts still roam? Ursula Bielski takes you on a ghost tour of the the Chicago sites where H. H. Holmes, the Chicago Devil, and his victims may still walk.

3. Al Capone fights tooth and nail with Bugs Moran over "turf" in Chicago in the infamous Beer Wars of the Prohibition era. But on a blustery February morning in 1929, a bloodbath on Clark street brings it to an end. No arrest is ever made, and the mystery of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre still rests with the ghosts who walk the hallowed grounds. Ursula Bielski takes you on a ghost tour of the Chicago site of the famous haunting tale

Ursula Bielski is the author of 12 books on Chicago's haunted and dark history and the founder and owner of Chicago Hauntings Tours. She is the host of The Hauntings of Chicago on PBS and the co-host of "The Haunting of M.R. James." Scroll down for a coupon for Chicago Hauntings Tours, available year round, and a link to the website.

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Ghosts of the White City: Ghosts Stories of the World's Fair, the Great Fire and Victorian Chicago. History Press. 2019

Also see :

Ursula Bielski: Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City.

Ursula Bielski: More Chicago Haunts: Scenes from Myth and Memory

Ursula Bielski: Chicago Haunts 3: Locked Up Stories from an October City

Ursula Bielski & Matt Hucke: Graveyards of Chicago

Ursula Bielski: Creepy Chicago

Ursula Bielski: There's Something Under the Bed!

Ursula Bielski: Haunted Bachelors Grove

Ursula Bielski: Haunted Gary

Coming in 2020/21:

Ursula Bielski: Chicago Hauntings: A Treasury of Classic & Contemporary Ghostlore

Ursula Bielski: Permanent Paranormal Objects

Ursula Bielski: The Ghost in You

Ursula Bielski: The Bluebird Tap: A Memoir

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