My night job is working as a tour guide, historian, and ghost buster for Weird Chicago Tours. We offer 3 hour bus tours of the city that you'll never forget! Ask about rates for school and student groups! And don't forget to subscribe to the Weird Chicago podcast, available for free by clicking this button:

One of my favorite things about the job is documenting the rapidly-vanishing places and people that help make Chicago, in my opinion, the greatest city in the world. Here some examples!

THE HOUSE OF CROSSES - RIP The now nearly-vanished House of Crosses on West Chestnut street was created to keep a local gang - most likely a greaser gang known as The Almighty Gaylords (really) - away. Click here for unprecendented photos and information! Click here to hear the Weird Chicago interview with Don Zaraza, the last owner of the house, and nephew of Mitch, the house's creator.

CHICAGO STYLE HOT DOGS Would you believe me if I told you I recently ate a hot dog topped with goat cheese, pomegranet creme fraise, and vodka-soaked dried blueberries? Only Chicago has elevated the hot dog to a gourmet meal. www.DragItThroughTheGarden.com - my chicago hot dog web page. Click here to hear the Weird Chicago interview with Hot Doug, the greatest hot dog genius in Chicago, and, therefore, the world!

GHOSTS OF THE CONGRESS HOTEL A large part of my job with Weird Chicago is working on investigations of haunted places - little-known ghosts of this elegant hotel include the ghosts of Pegleg Johnny and Drywall Dave! Click here for picture and information gathered in our research!

BUGHOUSE SQUARE Chicago's free-speech park until about 1960! Click here for info, history and pictures! Click here for a podcast, including interviews with Joffre Stewart (anarchist and poet) and former Hyde Park alderman Leon Duprese.

ODIN - THE HAUNTED TATTOO PARLOR Of all the places I've investigated, this former funeral parlor has yielded the strangest results - and it keeps getting weirder. Click here for a live podcast.

BACHELOR'S GROVE Is this REALLY the most haunted cemetery in Chicago? Click here for a look at a couple of the stranger supposed ghosts of the cemetery. Click here for Ken Melvoin-Berg and I's audio investigation.

THE CLARK THEATRE Chicago's famed 23-hour-per day revival house - a different doublt feature nightly until it closed in the early 80s. Much more info - including pictures and original fliers - coming soon!

MORE COOL STUFF FROM Weird Chicago.com by Troy Taylor, featuring many regular tour stops!

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre - a regular tour stop!
The Sausage Factory Murders - contrary to popular belief, the factory is NOT long gone. It's still there - an a frequent stop on the tours!
The Murder Castle - NOT a stop on the tour (for a variety of reasons), but a great story!
Death Alley and the Iroquois Theatre Fire - one of our most popular haunts!
Leopold and Loeb - Thrill Killers
Resurrection Mary - Chicago's most famous ghost
The Death of Dillinger - was it a shoot-out, an assassination, or a hoax?
More stories and scenes from weird, haunted Chicago!

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