tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54227362888059716632024-03-05T04:30:25.325-08:00Tales from the Mysterious SideGo on an adventure with me into the mysterious...RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-77896094953918368802024-02-01T19:10:00.000-08:002024-02-01T19:10:49.579-08:00Haunted Joliet Prison EVPs<p>Don't forget to sign up for my Youtube.</p><p><br /></p><p> </p>
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It is a personal passion of mine to bring to light some of the forgotten/forbidden history of this planet. As I’ve begun to find out/prove some of the hidden history of the planet, I have experienced some strange paranormal experiences. Some of the experiences included cold spots, feelings of being watched, chills, olfactory anomalies, audio anomalies, photographing of orbs, and more.</div>
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How do these experiences fit in with scientific proof that I am seeking to prove a hidden past on this planet? I’ve had to put some time into thinking about this and have come to the conclusion that all paths come together to bring light to hidden things. Thus I plan to fully explore the paranormal situations I have encountered. However, I will choose to put it in a separate study of its own until I can gather enough evidence to bring the scientific research together with the paranormal research.</div>
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So please enjoy the things that are coming as all paths will come together.</div>
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RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-66899478016388671542019-11-02T13:43:00.000-07:002019-11-02T13:43:04.242-07:00New Website for TFTMS<br />
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I have been cleaning up my websites and making them mobile friendly and updated. The old blogs will remain. I will be writing a new blog for TFTMS but will copy it to the old blog as well. However, it is worth watching the website as I'm planning on doing a lot more videos, investigations, and interviews on the paranormal.<br />
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Rita Jean MoranRitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-29779369028732638032019-04-01T19:12:00.000-07:002019-04-01T19:12:34.325-07:00George Clayson HouseThe Palatine Historical Society has put together an absolutely fantastic display in this pioneer home from 1873. Inside are many interesting things including a civil war letter from a soldier that is translated for the public and is an absolute tear jerker. This house also features an archive/library for public use. It is well worth the visit. The house is also said to be haunted and was investigated by several paranormal investigators. Next door is a museum for the pioneer firehouse.<br />
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-59431288726996556562019-01-20T14:19:00.000-08:002019-01-20T16:01:38.596-08:00Vintage and Thrift LifestyleThe Vintage and Thrift Lifestyle is an acquired taste or hobby. Sometimes it is born out of necessity. In my case, I grew up in a family that didn't have a lot of money. When I was done with college (after paying for most of it at a state school myself), I began to quickly acquire a few things to furnish an apartment from garage sales, hand-me-downs, or just simply thrown out items that I refurbished before I left home, shortly after college. I was able to acquire a few tables that I refinished and used for a kitchen table and storage unit. Here is one item that was thrown out that I painted green and put decals on and still use to store my work-out clothes in. The lamp on top was a $1 at a garage sale and I rewired it. The other items are a Victorian era mirror (recently purchased) and two angels from the dollar store.<br />
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I still have an old Victorian era trunk that I use to store old dresses and items in. I used to have an old Singer sewing machine (pedal driven) that I tried to reuse but was unable to make it work for me. I ended up selling it to a quilter via CraigsList who thought she could fix it and use it.</div>
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I was able to furnish a small apartment with these low-priced items and art and took most of it with me when I purchased a house. I still enjoy looking at antique/vintage/resale/thrift shops and occasionally purchase small items. I've purchased brand new couches from going-out-of-business sales and still have them. I am able to purchase a few things from the Dollar Store or Five Below store that I use. The only things I won't purchase for use are cooking items and pictures of family members. But I was able to acquire dishes and pots and pans via saving grocery store receipts and redeeming them for cookware.</div>
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With that said, if one is alert and watchful, they could furnish their home for a reasonable price when on a fixed budget. There are other stores that many people buy from that can also add to the home. Ebay, Craigslist, OfferUp, and other online markets have popped up and become competitive with onsite vintage markets and garage sales, but the thrill of going somewhere and looking yourself for a bargain without having to pay shipping is a motivator to still go out hunting for bargains and treasures.</div>
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But why does a person like me feel attracted to some of these old items that I can't ever really use but simply show? For me I find Victorian Era, Native American Art, Egyptian, MesoAmerican and some European pieces simply fascinating. I also look for interesting pieces of jewelry (especially silver). For others they may prefer mid-century or pop culture items. What is it that attracts us to these things? Was it good memories from our childhood or something much more? For me, I feel it is much more and possibly a memory from a different life. I have met others like me with similar interests and they have similar ideas regarding this attraction as well. </div>
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Simply stated, people still purchase items that can only be used as a show piece in today's world because it makes them feel good and at ease deep down in their soul because it is something familiar to them and with some sort of meaning or interest. Here are some items from Wolff's Flea Market (closing in Palatine and moving back to Rosemont for now) that caught my attention. I photograph things when I am walking through a large market so that I can remember what I may want to come back and purchase. This is generally ok for a vintage shop, but not for a craft show so please be cognizant of this practice and where you are at. Here are the items I found interesting.</div>
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When you start looking, you find all kinds of things. A Utopian commune started by Jacob Beilhart moved from Libson, Ohio to Ingleside, Illinois to live their lifestyle of spiritual development and free love. For the year 1905, it was pretty scandalous to live a "free love" lifestyle and produce love bomb children, but they did it. After the founder's death, the group carried on for a bit and moved to California.<br />
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There is nothing new under the sun. What is more interesting to me involves my research of the mound builders that lived in the same area and all around Lake County. Some say there are mounds that still exist unnoticed in Ingleside, Illinois today. I'll be looking for them.<br />
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<a href="https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Spirit_Fruit_Society">https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Spirit_Fruit_Society</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A very twisted tale of inappropriate affections led to murder on November 22, 1863 in Lake Zurich during pioneer days. The murder of a sixty year old woman, Ruth Briden, by a hired hand who had the hots for her teen-age daughter and a disgusting plot to take the daughter as a bride and inherit the land from the elderly widow concocted by William Bell, led to the first execution in Lake County in the summer of 1865.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mrs. Ruth Briden was found dead by the neighbor, Mr. Morley, who found her lying dead in the cow-yard near her house on her farm. One side of her head had received a stunning blow from the flat of ax and the left side of her neck was severed at the jugular vein. Part of the head was decapitated. A razor that belonged to Mr. William Bell, was in her hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tracks were found leading from the front yard in the light snow to the place where William Bell was chopping wood. William Bell tried to deny it and blame it on the neighbor, but the tracks proved otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ms. Almeda Briden, the 16 year old daughter, had refused to marry William Bell and told him he was too old for her and she was not interested in him. He had also abandoned a wife and ten-year old daughter back in Vermont. He felt that Almeda's mother stood in the way of a marriage. Almeda was at school in Wauconda, when the murder of her mother occurred.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Before he was hung, William Bell made a rambling speech claiming he was innocent.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"When I took Mrs. BRIDEN's place, she, and also her daughter, forbade me having Mr. MORLEY come into the place, and she said she wanted nothing to do with him. Didn't want that I should change works with him; said if I did she wouldn't board him, and I never did; never had him on the place. He testifies that he never had any difficulty with the old lady, that they were on good terms. The neighbors, all the neighbors that knows old MORLEY knows better than that. There is nobody that tells that MORLEY's family had threatened to 'burn the old lady's house down and wring her d -- d old neck,' and that they said that 'she kept a whore house.' I present these, gentlemen, just as Mrs. BRIDEN told me, and that she had a notion to have them arrested for abusing her with slander. Nobody tells that old MORLEY had a son that was corresponding with this girl of Mrs. RUTH BRIDEN; but, 'I killed the old lady in order to get the girl, because I had asked her the question some time during the Summer, and she answered that she wasn't so hard up as to have an old married man.' Mr. MORLEY started a story that Mrs. BRIDEN's girl was coming down to Waukegan to get a license to marry BELL, and reported it about the neighborhood. The old lady came in contact with him about it, and he owned up in the presence of neighbors there, that he made up this and reported it, which he confessed was false. Wasn't he trying to injure me, gentlemen, in making such remarks as those, because I was living on Mrs. BRIDEN's place? There was no motive for nobody but me to kill Mrs. RUTH BRIDEN. His son couldn't have got the property there if the old lady was out of the way. That could not have been a motive, could it gentlemen? I don't say, gentlemen, that Mr. MORLEY killed that old lady, but, gentlemen, I say I did not kill that old lady. (This he uttered with great emphasis, elevating his right arm at the same time toward Heaven.) Nobody tells that that Copperhead BRIDEN and the old lady was at variance and had been for years. Nobody tells that. Nobody tells that he hadn't been on the place but once while I was there, and that was in the case of the death of one of his children, and the old lady said if it was him, she would not go to his funeral. No one tells that he was owing the old lady a hundred dollars, and that since her death he has tried to break her last will that she left on this earth. Wouldn't a man that would do that, wouldn't he cut a woman's throat to get her property, a man of such a disposition as that? Would'nt he be as likely to do that as poor BELL, beceuse he was living on her place. Wouldn't there be a motive there, gentlemen? I understand since I have been in here in this prison below, that she had made her will and he was trying to break that will. That was the first I ever knew that she had made a will. I want you to take it for granted, gentlemen, that this matter is wrong. I believe, gentlemen, that there was a motive for some one to kill that old lady. I did not say that JOHN BRIDEN killed that old lady, but, gentlemen, I say that I did not kill that old lady (using the same venemence and gesture as before.) Nobody tells that this old lady's daughter and her used to quarrel and fight, beyond my language to express, gentlemen. It was nothing for her to call the old lady an old liar or anything else she wished to call her. She treated the old lady worse than I could a dog, but I don't say that the girl killed the old lady, but I say, gentlemen, that I did not."</span></span><br />
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-60580010328647916072018-12-22T19:13:00.001-08:002018-12-22T19:46:29.903-08:00Chicago International Museum of Surgical Science<span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;">This museum opened up to the public on September 9, 1954. It was the result of the work of Dr. Max Thorek who founded the International College of Surgeons (ICS) in 1935. The museum was originally designed as a repository for the growing collection of historical surgical instrumentation, art, and books. Dr. Max Thorek was also an internationally acclaimed amateur photographer and author of several books.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This museum is housed in an old mansion that was owned by Eleanor Robinson Countiss to house her family. Her father JK Robinson was an executive at the Diamond Match Company and he provided the home building fund for her. The building was acquired by Dr. Max Thorek and the International College of Surgeons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There are many interesting displays inside the museum that are definitely worth the look. A cab ride can be taken from the Ogilve or Union Station (about 15 minutes in light traffic) to visit. Of particular interest to me were the trephined skulls from Peru. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is my opinion (all though not stated in the display at the museum) that these skulls had some sort of alteration done to them before trephination such as head binding and possibly some cradleboard effects. This is a subject that I am studying on my own and hope to correlate and explain at some time in the future. </span></span><br />
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-56465953538299641012018-12-22T13:57:00.002-08:002018-12-22T14:02:57.118-08:00Surprise at the Chicago Cultural CenterThe Chicago Cultural Center was completed in 1897 as Chicago's first central library. It became a cultural center in 1991. The landmark building is home to two fantastic stained-glass domes, art exhibits, performances, films, and more. The Tiffany stained-glass dome is more well known. When I went to visit, I asked to find the Tiffany dome but I was told by a lady that the dome on the 2nd floor was worth looking at even though it was less known. I decided to check it out and to my surprise it was a dome room and ballroom dedicated to the Union Soldiers of the Civil War. I was silent when I realized this because I am researching this time period extensively and had no idea what I was going to find upon my visit. If I had not asked for directions to the 3rd floor dome of this particular lady, I would never have visited the 2nd floor dome to take in its full beauty and meaning. I was silenced as this is just one of the many synchronicities I am experiencing right now in my life. This place is worth the visit.<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Grand Army of the Republic</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">GAR</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) was a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_organization" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fraternal organization">fraternal organization</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> composed of veterans of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Union Army">Union Army</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Army">United States Army</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Navy" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Union Navy">Union Navy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Marine Corps">Marines</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Revenue_Cutter_Service" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Revenue Cutter Service">U.S. Revenue Cutter Service</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> who served in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Founded in 1866 in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and growing to include hundreds of posts (local community units) across the nation (predominately in the North, but also a few in the South and West), it was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Albert Woolson">Albert Woolson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (1850–1956) of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth, Minnesota</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Linking men through their experience of the war, the G.A.R. became among the first organized </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy_groups" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Advocacy groups">advocacy groups</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, promoting patriotic education, helping to make </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> a national holiday, lobbying the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> to establish regular veterans' pensions, and supporting </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> political candidates. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Union_Veterans_of_the_Civil_War" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War">Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (SUVCW), composed of male descendants of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Union Army">Union Army</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Navy" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Union Navy">Union Navy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> veterans." - Wikipedia</span><br />
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-45622002537437190072018-12-22T13:07:00.002-08:002018-12-22T19:51:46.915-08:00Treasures Found at Broadway Antique MarketBroadway Antique Market (also known as BAM) is a wonderful place to visit on the North side of Chicago. It has a large collection of mid-century (1950s/1960s) furniture and items, but it also has quite a few hidden treasures. I found a Native American drum which I purchased and was very tempted to purchase some unique silver vintage jewelry. This place is worth a visit or more to see what treasures await for you. One of the owners wrote a book, which I did purchase and read, about his fascinating experiences in the vintage industry. Some of the experiences include hauntings/paranormal activity associated with some of the items being sold as well as other unique experiences. I recommend it.<br />
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-4813205798055739922018-12-22T12:55:00.001-08:002018-12-22T12:56:09.479-08:00A Race of Giants Lived in Lake County, ILA race of giants were found in the mounds when the early pioneers came to Lake County. Many were over 7 feet tall. They didn't leave much in the matter of records and their skeletons were falling apart. Who were they? We won't ever know until the Smithsonian is put in check and we are allowed to fully examine their DNA without interference. That day will be coming. Here is the page from the book with the testimony.<br />
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"Of the very early history of the region which now embraces Lake County but little can be written. The Mound Builders had occupied it and passed away, leaving no written language and but little even as tradition. They had erected their piles of earth, usually from the surface soil, and underneath them had deposited the remains of their dead, together with bits of pottery and a few rude implements of husbandry and warfare. The mounds were quite numerous along the rivers and in the vicinity of the inland lakes. That they were of great antiquity is evident from the fact that huge forest trees had come to maturity upon their summits and were awaiting the ax of the pioneer. Excavations of these piles of earth have revealed the crumbling bones of a mighty race. Samuel Miller, who has resided in the county since 1835, is authority for the statement that one skeleton which he assisted in unearthing was a trifle more than eight feet in length, the skull being correspondingly large, while many other skeletons measured at least seven feet. There were extensive burial ground on the shore of Lake Michigan, mainly south of the stream known as Waukegan River; also at various point all through the county."<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">- Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County Edited by Newton Bateman LL.D, Paul Selby, A.M., and Hon. Charles A. Partridge, Chicago, Munsell Publishing Company, 1900, page 619.</span></div>
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<br />RitaJeanMoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967233669629509579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422736288805971663.post-64418498579573208292018-10-04T17:34:00.001-07:002018-10-04T17:35:39.126-07:00Rosehill CemeteryA very old cemetery with a lot of history in Chicago.<br />
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Without giving too much away, I'll tell you a little bit about my visit to Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum. The museum is said to have 30 rooms. The tour (which includes a tour guide) is about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The haunted basement where occult rituals have taken place is off limits. The rooms are very small. I went at night for one of the last tours. The tour included about six people and a tour guide. Most of the tour guides were wearing crosses for protection. I suppose I fit right in with my purse and its Celtic cross.</div>
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You are not allowed to take pictures inside the tour but you are allowed to take pictures outside and in the lobby. I took a couple but they were very dark.</div>
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The lobby had the "old building smell" with some sort of herbal aroma that smelled like possibly evergreen or similar aroma. If you go on this tour, I will warn you to be prepared for surprises and that is all I will say.</div>
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The tour began by taking us to the entrance of the home and throughout the house to each room that had its own theme and collection. The most notable was the room that contained the Bella Lugosi mirror (as seen on Ghost Adventure's show at the Museum). The mirror was draped with a black cloth. We were brought in the room and given the history of the items. I swear I saw black eyes on one of the paintings near the mirror and some sort of black shadow around the face of the woman in the painting that was next to the mirror. I don't know if it was an optical illusion or not. We were offered to look behind the cloth and into the mirror. I chose not to and so did a couple of others, but the rest of the tour lined up to do so. </div>
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After moving on to a couple more rooms, I did see very black hands briefly on the wall of the room. I am not sure if they were a shadow of the hands of the tour guide or not. The hands were very dark and were briefly ( about 2 seconds) on the wall.</div>
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I experienced cold spots on my right leg and side during most of the tour until we got to the upstairs where the Dybukk Box and haunted doll were. I chose to not look at either again as we were given a choice. I waited out in the hall by the stairs and experienced over-heating and what may have been fog from a fog machine.</div>
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Perhaps you could explain most of these strange things to "psychological" suggestion and air blowing (all though I was told the air conditioner was off and they were not blowing anything through the museum). After about one hour of the tour, I asked to leave early, as I was not feeling good and was very tired, after standing outside the rooms with the Dybukk box and haunted doll. I was able to leave with security.</div>
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I purchased sage at the gift shop and cleansed myself and the person I was with before we left. Once was enough for me. I will not give all the details away of the tour, but I will say that the final thought in my mind was that overall I experienced the energy of Zak Bagans and not anything in particular in that museum. His energy and mindset was the strongest energy of all. Perhaps his museum is haunted, perhaps Zak Bagans is a very good Showman, or perhaps a bit of both. If you visit, take care.</div>
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