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Welcome To NIPIS
Northern Illinois Paranormal Investigation Society

Here in our home state of Illinois, there is quite a bit of supernatural activity. If you're ever in these areas, you might want to check them out ...
Or maybe not ...

NOTE FROM NIPIS:
These are not NIPIS's reports, We are not sure whose they are, But NIPIS has been to some of these places.

If you have updated information on any of these locations, Please, email us and we will try to update them as soon as possible.

WARNING
Any places listed on this site requires permission to visit and/or investigate.
Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities.
Trespassers will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
NIPIS takes NO responsibilities for YOUR actions.

Almost 200 listings!

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1. Algonquin
Algonquin cemetery - on Rt.31 And Cary / Algonquin Rd there are two sides. The side that touches 31 is more of a good side in terms of the way the spirits are. The other side has a rapist that has been bound to his grave spot by a high priestess. Do not enter this circle or you will be at the mercy of his anger. A little bit further down the cemetery is a murderers spirit he has also been bound to his grave. When you find the rapist grave towards the back of the cemetery if you stand in one spot you will fell his bad energy and you will hear him running back and forth through the woods. A little boy has also been seen by this area watching the rapist and watching you trying to protect you from harm. The only way to be safe is to stay on the trail until you know where they are.

2. Allenton Park
Allenton Mansion - There have been reports of a mysterious lady in white. She, according to witnesses and old photos of people that use to go there as guest of Mr. Robert Allenton, is a guest that frequently visited there. She has been seen walking along the pond in the back of the mansion, and in "her" room putting on hats and gloves. She's been heard coming down the stairs and pacing the hall in front of "her" room.

3. Alsip - Cemetery
Alsip was once a huge brickyard for Chicago, as well as a planned cemetery. A really large one, supposedly dubbed The City of Chicago Cemetery. Many of the older houses have pre-dug graves within. Since not all of Alsip was used as a cemetery, the plan was debunked. However, Alsip has Illinois' largest cemetery count. There have been cases of ghosts, poltergeist activity (objects moved around homes), voices, etc. Besides its own graveyards, Alsip also borders several famous ones such as Holy Sepulcher.

4. Altamont - Devil's Peak
It has a rock shaped like the Devil's horns out of the hill you can see it really well and it is said that the devil roams down there, it is in the valley, don't know if the one talking about St. Elmo-valley is talking about the same one.

5. Alton - Lovejoy Monument cemetery
In the cemetery is buried a little girl that died suddenly from a mysterious illness and she walks around the cemetery and darts behind the gravestones like she is playing hide and seek. You can also see the ghost of Elijah P. Lovejoy walking around his monument. If you go into the cemetery at night you will constantly walk into chill spots and it could be 90 degrees out.

6. Alton - Lovejoy School
Many reports of ghostly walking, doors opening and closing, on their own, lights going on and off, and objects being projected across the floors. It is believed that the school is partially located on Indian burial grounds. There have also been ghostly sightings and the scent of strong perfume.

7. Alton - Mineral Springs Hotel
The Lavender-Lady is one about a woman who loved the lavender smell. She had an affair and her husband found out. He chased her down some steps and nobody really knows the rest of the story except that he killed her. There is also a story about the pool area at the basement level. A woman drowned in the pool and it was because of a man.

8. Anna - Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center
Reports of apparitions of people running, people standing in the windows as you drive by, also reported a man that walked in the tunnels and felt a hand on his back.

9. Arcola - The depot by the rail road tracks
There is a ghosts seen holding and swinging a lantern.

10. Ashley - Abandoned candy factory
A ghost inhabits the factory. She is said to have been killed during a normal day at work. The roof has caved in and covered the spot where she was supposedly killed. When circled, it is possible to see a face or silhouette of the woman in a doorway of window. At night it is also possible to hear her cries just before she died.

11. Ashmore - Ashmore Estates Mental Hospital/ boys home
Mysterious words such as "die" appear on walls at night . Doors open and close and lights appear at different places in this condemned building. When you are there strange noises are heard and the temperature changes in spots, and eerie feelings.

:UPDATE:
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Please add a warning to your Ashmore Estates listing,. The proprietor of the residence WILL prosecute people caught trespassing on his land,.. and the police do frequent the area, (probably why the mysterious lights appear throughout the place...oh and that of other people checking the place out <Illegally>) I know this for I have been living across from Ashmore Estates for the past 6 yrs... long after it closed we moved in next door. As a matter of fact, our landlord used to own it when it was a Mental Institute, for the mentally challenged, not mentally insane. The Residence we live in was built for the purpose of housing the nurses who worked in the institution. The few yrs after our landlord lost the property to the state, kids of all ages entered, and began to trash the place, spray painting words on the wall,.. such as <DIE> and satanic symbols, oh and one time some kids even decided to hang dead animal parts around, made a rather discomforting odor, but I guess that's what they had in mind. The current owner, bought the property to remodel the structure, to move into as his residence. The local kids had other things in mind. Some took rocks while others took .22cal firearms to the windows and framework. At first he had asked me to ask people not to go onto his residence, but I can't stop them all. I asked a few, being the nice guy I am, not to break anything, and it'll be cool,.. about time I got the last word off my breath a kid no further than 3 ft away from me picks up a rock, throws it through one of the windows... so I write his plate no. down among others that where there at the time, and turned it into the landowner.. at that time he didn't want to involve the police, but of course being a nice guy never really gets u anywhere does it? So hence why I'm writing this email Warn your fellow hobbyist's that they can face a minimum of $250.00 fine for illegal trespassing.

sorry for the length of Email, I usually like to keep them short.

but I wanted to give you a bit of the true history of Ashmore Estates.

Cordell.

12. Ashmore - St. Omer Cemetery
A large gravestone with a crystal ball said to be that of witch, the date of death on the tombstone is Feb 31, 18??. Many have tried to take pictures but they never turn out. Sometimes there is strange glow coming from the tombstone.

13. Aurora - Leland Tower Hotel
The Leland Tower, 21 stories and the tallest building in Aurora is said to be haunted. Numerous suicides have taken place by guests jumping from upper floors into the Fox River. At night bad smells come from the elevator banks and the elevators seem to moan.

14. Aurora - Mount Olivet Cemetery
Women in 1950's clothing are seen in the cemetery standing by a 1958 Lincoln Continental. They seem to melt and fade away.

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15. Barrington - Cuba Road
White mysterious orb follows passing cars on the metal gate of the old cemetery.

16. Barrington - The Haunted Silo
There is a haunted farm house with a silo. The legend is a man went crazy because he thought his wife was cheating on him, so he murdered her and his kids. He killed himself as well. There is also a five-point star located about 20 yards away from where he buried his family. The star has a dead tree at each point of the star. Apparently you can still hear noises and see something moving around in the house late at night. Even if it is 80 degrees outside you can feel a bitter uninviting chill. It is located in Barrington Illinois on shoe factory road.

17. Barrington - White Cemetery
Glowing orbs are seen from the road, and a phantom black car can be seen driving from the entrance of the cemetery then disappearing a few blocks down. Also, when pictures are taken of the cemetery the pictures do not develop or the camera is lost.

18. Barrington - Rainbow Road
Abandoned farmhouse On Rainbow Road, there is an abandoned property way back in the woods. On one of the curves of Rainbow Road, you can see the gated up driveway that leads about a half a mile into the dark forest. It is said that a family was murdered here around Christmas time. If you explore the property enough, you will even find the guesthouse with an old fashioned fake Christmas Tree, along with plenty of old Christmas decorations around the main home. The pool house is rubble, but there is still a police line around some parts around the barn, where the family was reportedly killed in.

:UPDATE:
Friday, May 23, 2008
Recently the gate is torn down and the whole property is being converted into a subdivision (one road leading to a cul-de-sac of houses. New houses are already built and people have moved in. The pool house area hasn't been touched yet, but most likely will also be gone soon. Nothing yet on whether or not the sightings/strangeness of the property will persist.
-Brad

19. Barrington - Rainbow Road
Hitch hiking ghost Mary along the trees at night only when the moon is full, She is seen wearing a white robe. She has her thumb pointed outward just as any normal hitchhiker would. If you stop your car she will get into your car. When she approaches where she wants to get off at she will vanish out of your car with out a trace she was there. If you see this ghost or pick her up take special precaution. She has a very bad temper and is easily mad.

20. Bartelso - Old Carlyle Road
If you sit out on the road for a little bit with your lights off you will see a car coming towards you and then it goes below a hill and disappears. It is said to be the ghost of a girl who was raped and killed.

21. Bartlett - Bartlett High School
The power goes out on important dates (such as final exams), music wont play during pep rallies when the dance team is up to perform, and the school has never gone an entire year without experiencing a death of a student or staff member.

22. Bartonville - State Hospital
They say the residents of the Bartonville State Hospital haunt the grounds and can be seen at various times.

23. Bartonville - Condemned Mental Hospital that has the famous story of The Crying Man.
a mentally retarded resident would dig the graves of all the other insane residents who died.. He would lean against a big oak tree in the cemetery and cry his eyes out during every burial. When the man himself died, he was buried in the facility's graveyard; immediately the oak tree died, and the sound of crying out was heard during his burial.

24. Belleville - Pasta House
It is said to be haunted by a family that was killed when it was a hotel many years ago. If you are there late enough you can hear a woman and child scream.

25. Belleville - Ghost Tracks
The ghost tracks are the alleged resting place of a young boy killed by a train on the tracks. It is said that if you roll over the tracks and stop just after you cross them and put your car in neutral, the boy will push the car back over the tracks, up a hill, to save you from his fate. If you put baby powder on your bumper, after he pushes you, you can see his fingerprints.

26. Belvedere - Blood's Point Cemetery
Sightings of white orbs, mists, and leaves manifesting into human forms. Electrical malfunctions such as flashlights turning off and cameras turning off, that function normally outside the cemetery, Also heard, peculiar cries, whistles and whispers, and an occasional growling from around the shed area.

27. Bishop Township - Kings Cemetery
Pictures have been taken at night, and mysterious orbs are seen in the pictures, And silhouettes jumping out of the person, though not moving....At least 5 different cameras used and different kinds of film. It's in the Middle of Nowhere, no houses, just trees.

28. Bloomington - Old Federal Prison on Market
Stories of young boy looking out the attic window. Boy said to be hatchet to death.

29. Bloomington - The old Mennonite hospital (now Eureka)
There is this one room on the 3rd floor at the end of the hallway where a lady passed away a very painful death from cancer. After she passed the call light would always go on and off, there would be the smell of death in the room, that no matter how hard they tried it couldn't be removed. There were always strange noises coming out of the room. That room was never used again.

30. Bullvalley - The House With No Corners
This house was built in the 1800's. The family that lived in it all died in the upstairs, the only part of the house with corners. The reason for the downstairs and outer perimeter not having corners was for the purpose of ghosts and spirits to have no place to hide. Late at night, in the dark of the upstairs windows, figures can be seen moving about. Sounds of steps can also be heard faintly. On the second floor is the door to nowhere that is up on the house leading to no deck nor any stairway.

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129. Manteno - Decaying Mental Hospital
It is said that the hundreds of men that died of a chemical spill still walk the halls and lie in the beds remaining.
:UPDATE:
Thrusday, September 18, 2008
Gina W.
hey there. I saw your website on here and wanted to let you know some info is incorrect. So I thought I wouldlet you know the real things that happened (still scary)
The really story is...no chemical spill. The mental hospital was orginally the site for southern illinois university. If you go there today whats left of the buldings have a college like feel to them. And there was no chemical spill. Hundreds of men and women were tortured and killed. Hospital was shut down in 1970's or so. And yeah its crppy but most of it now is businesses and homes. in fact most of the surviving patients were taken to the mental facility in tiney park. If you want to know more email me. I used to live in manteno.

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189. Watseka - Watseka Manor
Supposedly, there is a mansion in Watseka that is haunted by demon. The story goes, that in 1812(early 1800's), there was a 12-year-old girl who had moved in with her family. A short time after, she became possessed. They tried exorcising the demon, but she eventually died. Her name was Mary. Some years after the family had left the home, a new family moved in. Their daughter became possessed as well.
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Thrusday, September 18, 2008
Gina W.
hey there. I saw your website on here and wanted to let you know some info is incorrect. So I thought I wouldlet you know the real things that happened (still scary)
hardly a mansion ( 135 belmont ave.) late 1800's and it involved lurancy vennom being possesd by mary roff, who dies like 10 years before this. no demon. whatsoever. the other house that mary roff's family built is 300 e sheridan. I live about 2 blocks from each of these places. there is a book called possesed: the watseka wonder. read it....it tells the truth. we also have the famous lantern lane out here in watseka.

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