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The Crenshaw House (also known as the Crenshaw Mansion, Hickory Hill or, most commonly, The Old Slave House) is an historic former residence and alleged haunted house located in Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois. The house was constructed in the 1830s. [2] It was the main residence of John Crenshaw, his wife, and their five children.
Crenshaw was twice prosecuted for kidnapping, but never convicted. Due to Crenshaw's keeping slaves and kidnapping free blacks, who were then pressed into slavery, his house became popularly known as The Old Slave House and is alleged to be haunted. Stories of strange noises upstairs, coming from victims, date to 1851.
Former Chicago Historical Society Building is said to be haunted since its use as a temporary morgue for victims of the Eastland Disaster (1915). [57] Former Anna State Hospital a Kirkbride Plan hospital in Anna. [58] Crenshaw House in Equality. The house was constructed in the 1830s as a station on the Reverse Underground Railroad.
“The Amityville Horror” house may still be “haunted” 50 years after the real-life massacre that inspired the book and movies, neighbors and a paranormal expert close to the case claim.
People's Julie Jordan along with Liz Beedle and Emily Penke, aka the Ghost Moms, checked out the infamous Fall River, Mass. house that is now a museum and B&B
The house that Freddy Krueger haunted was a real nightmare -- though not on Elm Street -- when Angie Hill bought it in 2006. That's right, Hill lives in one of the most legendary horror homes in ...
Pages in category "Reportedly haunted locations in Illinois" ... Crenshaw House (Gallatin County, Illinois) E. English Building, University of Illinois Urbana ...
The Saline River of southeastern Illinois near the U.S. Salines, in Equality, Illinois, where leased out Kentucky slaves boiled down salt brine water from the river into usable salt for sale. 1970s photograph of the Old Slave House. John Crenshaw, a notorious illegal kidnapper slave trader, holding a crutch, for support because of a missing leg ...