While it has not been presented or discussed often here at the Museum, Hull-House’s extensive supernatural history is well-known within the paranormal community. Modern ghost-hunters, paranormal investigators, and ghost tour attendees contact the museum regularly, wanting to carry out investigations or overnight stays. After over a century, Chicagoans are still entranced by the tales of ghosts and demons, even at such a place of hope, reform, and cultural celebration. This year, we as an institution seek to reclaim and re-envision the way we talk about Hull-House’s paranormal history. The stories themselves are fun and eerie, and they create vivid snapshots of what Hull-House Neighbors experienced at the turn of the century.
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