Oskar Cotter Pollock, 2007 (?)-2025. |
There is still much excitement to come, including a new edition of Where the Party Never Ended: Ghosts of the Old Baraboo Inn, and I look forward to sharing more soon. If you love what you read here, you can support me and my free content and storytelling programs through my Virtual Tip Jar. Thank you and Happy Hauntings!
~Amelia
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Lincoln Park and City Cemetery! Buried beneath the surface of the south end of Chicago's sprawling Lincoln Park are the remains of one of the city's best kept secrets: City Cemetery. Lincoln Park is Chicago's largest public park, attracting millions of visitors every year from around the world to its zoo, museums, conservatory, beaches, harbors, lakefront trails, sports facilities, and more. Many people who traverse the south end of the park, even those who call the Lincoln Park and Gold Coast neighborhoods home, are not aware that some 12,000 former residents still lie in eternal repose just below their feet.
Send in the Clowns!
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The Couch Tomb was built in 1858 for wealthy hotel owner Ira Couch and sits today on the grounds of the Chicago History Museum. |
During the 1840s and 1850s, more than 35,000 people were interred at City Cemetery. Between the late 1860s and 1880s, the city undertook the immense project of moving the bodies and grave markers to outlying cemeteries. Met with many challenges, including corruption, poor recordkeeping, and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, not all bodies were successfully moved. And for financial, political, and symbolic reasons, one monument remains: the Couch Mausoleum. Shrouded in myths and legends, haunted highlights of Lincoln Park include the Couch Mausoleum, Potter’s Field, former site of the Suicide Bridge, and Lincoln Park Zoo. Learn more by reading my contribution to the inaugural edition of Haunted Travels Anthology (see below), "Chicago's Buried History: Lincoln Park and City Cemetery," and by watching our "City Cemetery and Reed Dunning" series on One Minute Mysteries with Ground Chuck.
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Clown around and find out. |
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Featured Book: Haunted Travels Anthology: Vol. 1
Featured Book: Haunted Travels Anthology: Vol. 1
Curated by Sam Baltrusis, "What started as a passion project conceived by a group of aspiring paranormal journalists has turned into Haunted Travels Anthology. Sam Baltrusis and his spooktacular team have assembled tales from established authors like Joni Mayhan, Mark Muncy, Roxanne Rhoads, and Amelia Cotter, coupled with curated stories from up-and-coming writers from across the country and a foreword written by Paranormal State's Ryan Buell. From Stephen King's haunts in Maine to a creepy honeymoon tour of Alcatraz in California, take a ghostly road trip to some of your favorite haunted destinations in the United States and abroad. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
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Upcoming Appearances
Queens, Crowns, and Crossovers - Reimagining Women's Power in Wrestling and Media Panel at San Diego Comic Con at San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California
July 26, 2025
The Mystery of Al Capone's Ghost Presentation at Rock Island Roadhouse Esoteric Expo at Haunted Rock Island Roadhouse in Rock Island, Illinois
October 4, 2025
Spooky Story Spectacular III
October 29, 2025 at 7 p.m. | 6 p.m. CST via Facebook Live
Days of the Dead Chicago at Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center in Rosemont, Illinois
November 21-23, 2025
Coming Soon!