Ghosts of Springfield and Southern Illinois

by Rachel Brooks Posadas

Southern Illinois' ghost stories stretch from Springfield, where Abraham Lincoln's ghost relaxes in a rocking chair in his old home, to the city of Alton, where the ghost of murdered abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy roams near his monument in Alton Cemetery. While you're in Alton, you'll meet the ghost of Reverend Phillip Mercer who locks and unlocks doors at the First Unitarian Church. In downtown Decatur, you just might run into Red, the Lincoln Theater's most infamous ghost. And if you're still feeling brave, you can wander to the Cracker Factory where you can hear the whistling ghost of Sam Thames. He has a knack for moving things around at night. Get ready to come face to face with these and other Illinois ghosts.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[John]

Terrible, full of glaring factual errors for one thing. Not a good start for a history book. Most of her material is rehased from stuff Troy Taylor wrote in Ghosts of Springfield, Haunted Alton & Haunted Illinois and (oddly) an article I wrote about New Salem...would have been nice to be credited for that.
It's like an Amazon reviewer pointed out, it's almost like she took one of the Springfield Ghost Walks and tried to remember what they said during the tour but just couldn't quite recall the details. I'd imagine they'd like credit for their material too.