AUG 16 – Virtual “Spirits of Chicago” Ghost Tour

In this virtual tour, we’ll travel to some of the most famously haunted spots in Chicago and explore their history, as well as the ghostly legends attached to them. The Iroquois Theater, the Couch mausoleum, Resurrection Mary, Hull House, the Congress Hotel, and more.

This particular edition will recreate the route from the “Spirits of Chicago” tour from Lindsay Currie’s new book, SCRITCH SCRATCH, which no less authority than R.L. Stine calls “a teeth-chattering ghost story.” The tour in the book is largely based on Mysterious Chicago’s regular ghost tour, after all! The tour will use video footage with live narration, as well as pictures, vintage newspaper articles, and other ephemera to bring the stories to life.

Tour guide Adam Selzer began running ghost tours in Chicago in 2005; he is the author of more than 20 books, including THE GHOSTS OF CHICAGO (Llewelyn 2013) and JUST KILL ME (Simon and Schuster 2016), which was about a ghost tour guide who makes places more haunted by killing people at them. His next book will be a scholarly tome about Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. Get Lindsay’s book here: https://bookshop.org/books/scritch-scratch/9781728209722

HOW TO WATCH – it’s easy!
– The event will be broadcast live via Facebook Live on the Mysterious Chicago facebook page. ( http://www.facebook.com/mysteriouschicago )

– ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is be on that page after the broadcast starts (we usually start shortly before the scheduled start time and give people a few minutes to join in), then click “play” on the video. You won’t need a code or to log in.

– If you “like” the Mysterious Chicago page you can set it to notify you when the page starts broadcasting! And if you want practice, or to make sure it works on your system, we broadcast “mini tours”� nearly every day at 10am central.
-The event is free to watch. No tickets or codes will be required. Donations are suggested either via this page, venmo (adamchicago), paypal (adam@mysteriouschicago.com) or by joining patreon.com/adamchicago.

– If you miss it, never fear – it’ll be on the “videos” section of the facebook page for some time after the live broadcast.

If you aren’t familiar with Facebook live and can’t seem to get it to work, here are some trouble shooting tips:

– There is no special code or special link, and you won’t be asked for a ticket. Just be on the main Mysterious Chicago Facebook page. (not the event page or an old post, just regular old http://facebook.com/mysteriouschicago )

– If you are on the site and don’t see “Happening Now”� or “Mysterious Chicago is Live”� try refreshing and scrolling down a bit. Or restarting your app.
– Similarly, if you’re watching and it freezes or you lose the audio, refresh the page or restart your app.
– And make sure you’re not mistaking the date or time zone! We regularly get comments from people who are trying to watch on the wrong date or time. All times are central.
– Note that clicking “follow”� on the eventbrite page only means that you’re now following this company on eventbrite, and will get notices about new event postings. The button doesn’t do anything particular to the event. You don’t have to push it.
– If none of this works for you, you may have connection, device or settings issues. Consult facebook.com/help.

Under Section 4-156-720 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, this performing arts venue (broadcast) may not charge an admission fee, minimum purchase requirement, membership fee, or other fee or charge imposed for the privilege of entering the premises (broadcast). Any donations are purely voluntary.