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Updated: December 2009                                              

 

Here you will read about local haunting spots and get directions to them. Also view pictures and post your own. Tell your experinces. And share your own places of interest. Also visit links of local webpages of ghosts hauntings. Also join the local Rockford Ghost Hunters Meetings.

 

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Places of Interests

Bloods Point -  If you live in the Rockford area you know about this place. It is an active sight. But has been unactive recently. It is located in Cherry Valley area. Legend has it an old lady named Witch Beula got mad one day and decided to hang each of her children from the nearby bridge. She took them down there and hung each one of them one by one. If you visit the bridge nowdays you may possibly see the children hanging from the bridge, and also if you put car in neutral you will be pushed off the bridge by the children. If you visit the Bloods Point Graveyard you may see the old man in overalls with a pitchfork that mysteriously disappears. Or see a zombie rise from the graves to only vanish. Maybe you might hear the screams and moans of the ghosts that have died so suddenly. As of now only pics of orbs are the only evidence. No pics of apperitions or no EVP's.   ( There are several stories of Witch Belua, the one posted above is one of many legends/stories of her )  If you know of any please email me.

Rest stop at 173 and Mitchel Road.  -   Legend has it a bus full of kids slammed into the tree at the rest stop years ago and many have passed away. If you go to the rest stop and sit thereand take a little rest rest you may hear the kids laughing and then your car may shake violently and when you try to get away from it your car will not start. As of right now no pics are known of this place. Feel free to go hunt and take a few pics and see what you may find.

Church located at Beloit Road and 173. - Legend has it at that church many years ago they would hang local witches from the bell tower. Not much is known about this place besides that. No pics or EVP's are known of this place. If you have any pics or anything else of interest please feel free to email me.

Rock Cut State Park  -  I don't know the local legend behind this, but i do know that if walk in the willow creek area on the bike path at night you will see dark figures following you in the woods.They even chase you !  No pics are known of this yet but many upon many stories.   Also there is a mountain lion in that same area. Many stories are told of seeing it. I myself did a little research on it and talked to local rangers and they said there is a mountain lion but didn't want to try to catch it because of security reasons. The mountain lion has chased a few people and pinned down one person in the past. So this may be what the local ghost legend might be?

Tunnels under Swedish American Hospital - Legend is there is underground slave tunnels under the hospital. Only people that have access to it is Swedish American Hospital employees. I have talked to a few employees and they all describe scary noises that follow you through the tunnels while you walk through it. Also been told that a white apperition appears on occasion in front of you in the tunnel. Only people who have access is the employees so not much is known beside employee personal experinces. If anyone has any stories or pics please email me.

Twin Sisters - Twin sisters park, on Charles St. A few kids died there accidently, and there once was a hanging tree, legend says it still there there are some ghostly things that go on there, I have a few photos I could show you if you like. There have been reports of a little girl, running around the wooded area there

More places of interest

Rockford - Bell School Rd - corn field - sightings of white orbs, a strange man who disappears once you leave the corn field, off of bell school rd close to the new condos just built

Rockford - Blackhawk - it is said that in this house down the road a black man was shot in the basement and now the people that live in that house have seen a black shadow wander around their house during the night.

Rockfard - Bloods Point - Visitors of the old cemetery get chased by a ghost truck which will follow you with no headlights then suddenly flip them on and chase you then disappear. An old bridge where three women were hung is a site for more activity. It is known if you stop your car at the end of the bridge and try to start it again it will not.

Rockford - Cherryvalle Mall - It is said that several stores in this mall are to be haunted. Several mall employees have reported being followed through the mall by unseen forces after mall hours, things moving on their own, hangers swinging around, clothes mysteriously falling off racks, strange voices, bathroom doors being held shut when no one was there, and occasionally a store would be rather messy the next morning when it was cleaned quite well the night before.

Rockford - East High School - It is said that an old theater lover that worked for the school died many years ago. An old employee of the school saw the figure of a woman walking on the auditoriums balcony. He later identified the woman as Addy (or Haddy as the thespians called her) the woman who had died. To this day people have heard footsteps in an empty auditorium, exit lights flashing when the wiring had been check several times, faint singing after school hours were closed, doors slamming shut, things being moved around, and several other strange occurrences

Rockford - Jefferson High School - a girl fell off of ladder on stage by props balcony. you hear he cries and moans only when a show is on. sometimes the tech theatre students see her shadow trying to get up off of the ground!

Rockford - Rockford Board of Education Building - An interesting place is our Rockford Board of Education building at 201 S Madison St in Rockford. The head custodian there has for many years told stories of the evening shift custodians and the basement. The building was at first built as Rockford Central High School near the turn of the 20th century.?It has two buildings attached to?it and an underground hallway that my mother (deceased) used as a student and they called that passage "rat alley". The hallway connected the first building to the second building. The basement of the "haunted" area used to be the "shop" area and housed small machines for the male students to practice machine skills. It is not clear what happened down there, but the custodians DON'T like to go down there at night, the lights will turn on after being turned OFF. Many a morning the head custodian will arrive for his day shift and find all the lights on in the basement. The lights seem to have a will of their own. A former secretarythought it was strange to hear hear grown men sound afraid of the basement. They hear noises down there, voices, all kinds of things.

Rockford - Rockford College - Adams' Arch - the only surviving remnant of Rockford Colleges' original campus, is reported to echo with the laughter of young women late at night.

Rockford - Rockford College - Burpee Building - Students and staff members working late in the basement of the Burpee building have reported seeing doors rattle violently or slam shut, hearing footsteps in the hallway, and a male voice in the old radio station rooms. - November 2003 Update: Haunting believed to be caused by a guy who committed suicide. A person reportedly was working late one night and saw a reflection of him in the window. When he turned around and looked at the sound room, there was no one there. Then the papers the guy was working on blew off his desk, and the only paper that was left on the desk was an old archive article about the guy's death.

Rockford - Rockford College - The Clark Arts Center - is said to be haunted by the ghost of the Theatre Arts professor who designed the building. Flickering lights, piano music, and echoing footsteps on catwalks are just some instances of this; in particular, Cheek Theater, Maddox Theater (as well as the hallway outside of it) and the green room (actors' dressing room) seem to be hot spots.

Rockford - Rockford College - McGaw Hall - 5th Floor - where an epileptic girl died in the bathtub over a Thanksgiving break some years ago is reported to have ghost activity. If you have any information, please email us at Haunted Places - August 2004 additional information: A cheerleading squad has just came back from a four day cheerleading camp at Rockford College and they stayed on the 6th and 7th floor. In many cases, as they took their showers, they would hear a girl singing. Also in the bathroom, one cheerleader heard a man talking yet could not understand what he was saying, when there were no men in the building at anytime during the four days (the janitors were all women). Also, in room 607, many times everything on the third shelf from the top fell for no reason, sometimes when no one was in the room, everything on the shelf was: a box of tissues; sandals laying flat; and towels. Two cheerleaders stayed in room 603 and they heard walking and the chair sliding across the floor above me in room 703, when no one stayed in that room and the unoccupied rooms are locked and they did not have a key to that room.

Rockford - Rockford College - Maddox Theatre -Down in the dressing rooms, lights sometimes flicker. They once went off in a storm and a face seemed to appear in the mirror. Often, in different parts of the theatre, loud screaming noises can be heard, even though nobody is around. The area around the building always seems to be windy. Also In the prop room in Maddox theatre, there is a bell that supposedly rings on it's own. It was taken years earlier for a girl that was ill in her room and anytime she needed anything, she was to ring the bell. A couple of days later, she died in a car accident. It is said that a man several years later had the bell for the same purpose, and he would wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of the bell ringing.

Rockford - Rockford College - Talcott Hall - room of a student who hung himself in the early nineties.

Rockford - Twin Sisters Park Woods - If you walk by the willow tree it is said that you have a strange desire to go into the woods. There is an old hanging tree with some odd carvings on it. A little girl is said to be seen walking around.

Rockton - Wagon Wheel Lodge - this old resort which is said to be haunted by a bell hop who mysteriously disappeared one night and of a man who was a guest in lodge who hanged himself in his room. The wagon wheel has since burned down 3 different times, the last was 4 years ago and has not been opened since. if you drive by you can see what appears to be a "face" in the window and you can see lights on through the windows but, the lodge has no electricity. - February 2005 Update: Has been torn down.
!!!WARNING!!! - This area is patrolled by police, and you will be arrested if you trespass. You MUST get permission to investigate any of the places on this Website!

 

 

We are interested in hearing about your personal stories of experinces of the paranormal. We also want to hear from you if you have places of interest.

Contact information

For directions to places of interests, share your experiences, if you don't see a place of interest on this site and want to add it, to share pictures and videos, and also add your input please email us at ROCKFORDGHOST@GMAIL.COM  Thanks. Rickie Traeger

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