Where the Tour Buses Don't Go

Chicago's Hidden Sites of the Mysterious, Macabre, Ghostly & Glamorous

This isn’t your average travel book - and these aren’t your average tourist destinations!

Take a wild ride through hidden Windy City history - often dark, sometimes inexplicable, and occasionally glamorous. Meet the gangsters, ghosts, serial killers, and celebrities that only Chicago could produce.

This journey into eclectic Chicago lore includes: 19 spine-tingling creepy sites (Resurrection Mary, Lonely Ghost of Lake Forest, St. Rita’s, and so many more); all things Al Capone (seven notable Scarface sites and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre); other Outfit bigshot hangouts, graves and hit locations; Monsters of the Midway like Holmes, Gacy, Speck ,and more; murder and mayhem featuring 12 killers; and literally dozens of celebrity homes and hangouts, from downtown to the suburbs and beyond!

©2020 Gerry Lekas (P)2021 Gerry Lekas