Alma Anderson spent the early morning of June 18, 1957 as she often did. Her son, LaVerne and his wife Lucille had joined Alma and her husband Eric for breakfast …
Andersonville Prison. That phrase conjures up horrible images of men living in conditions beyond comprehension. It was notorious even back when it opened. Any man who was taken prisoner feared …
December 22, 1905 started out bright and chilly. Mr. Enderle was walking down South Main Street shortly after 6:00a.m., when he noticed a man staggering into the Harbough’s Restaurant. Enderle …
An article written in the Daily Gazette in March 1886 told the strange story of Goodliff family. Mrs. Goodliff had suffered for some time with pain in her leg. The pain eventually grew so bad that couple had to make the difficult decision to have Mrs. Goodliff’s leg amputated.
Most people in this area have heard of the Resurrection Mary story from Chicago. But Rockford had its own hitchhiking ghost during the summer in 1933. What makes this story especially intriguing is that the Chicago story was first reported in 1934 or 1935 (depending on the source).
Winnebago County Deputy Sheriff George Bubser thought he had seen it all. He was the deputy sheriff of the county in 1921, during prohibition. He had seen murders, suicides, and men who had been blinded by the illegal hooch that was sold on the streets.
Peter Reed was almost finished with work on November 7, 1889. It was 6:00p.m. and he had put in a long day at the Rockford Union Furniture Factory. Peter was …
Carol Neal was awakened by the sound of one of her young daughters screaming in an adjoining bedroom in the middle in the night. Carol ran for the bedroom where she found two-year old Laura, crying and trembling.
Alma Anderson spent the early morning of June 18, 1957 as she often did. Her son, LaVerne and his wife Lucille had joined Alma and her husband Eric for breakfast …
Andersonville Prison. That phrase conjures up horrible images of men living in conditions beyond comprehension. It was notorious even back when it opened. Any man who was taken prisoner feared …
December 22, 1905 started out bright and chilly. Mr. Enderle was walking down South Main Street shortly after 6:00a.m., when he noticed a man staggering into the Harbough’s Restaurant. Enderle …
An article written in the Daily Gazette in March 1886 told the strange story of Goodliff family. Mrs. Goodliff had suffered for some time with pain in her leg. The pain eventually grew so bad that couple had to make the difficult decision to have Mrs. Goodliff’s leg amputated.
Most people in this area have heard of the Resurrection Mary story from Chicago. But Rockford had its own hitchhiking ghost during the summer in 1933. What makes this story especially intriguing is that the Chicago story was first reported in 1934 or 1935 (depending on the source).
Winnebago County Deputy Sheriff George Bubser thought he had seen it all. He was the deputy sheriff of the county in 1921, during prohibition. He had seen murders, suicides, and men who had been blinded by the illegal hooch that was sold on the streets.
Peter Reed was almost finished with work on November 7, 1889. It was 6:00p.m. and he had put in a long day at the Rockford Union Furniture Factory. Peter was …
Carol Neal was awakened by the sound of one of her young daughters screaming in an adjoining bedroom in the middle in the night. Carol ran for the bedroom where she found two-year old Laura, crying and trembling.
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