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excalibur nightclub chicago haunted. chicago ghost stories by joker. excalibur nightclub ghost adventures. Is excalibur haunted. excalibur building dates back to 1892. this Gothic castle served as the original home of the Chicago Historical Society (which changed names in 2006 to the Chicago History Museum). Workers discovered the bones of victims from Great Chicago Fire in 1871 in the society’s basement, as the previous building on the site was destroyed in the blaze, according to “Historic Bars of Chicago.” These victims reportedly continue to haunt the club.The Chicago Historical Society Building has been said to be haunted, the claim arose from its use as a makeshift morgue for victims of the Eastland Disaster of 1915 although interestingly no bodies were ever brought to the building. Excalibur has been the site of several television shows on the paranormal, and is the site of a weekly theatrical show about hauntings, Supernatural Chicago, hosted by Neil Tobin. An annual seance which attempts to reach deceased magician, Harry Houdini, is presented there by the Chicago Assembly of the Society of American Magicians, partnered with Tobin. In 1999, the building was featured on an episode of Exploring the Unknown on Fox Family TV about the Ouija Board.
In 2012, the building was featured on an episode of Ghost Adventures. A gothic stone mansion in the shadow of the Hard Rock Cafe and the Rock and Roll McDonald’s, The Castle/Excalibur building sure looks like it ought to be haunted from the outside. Built in the 1890s, using several pieces of material salvaged from pre-fire buildings, it was originally opened as the site of the Chicago Historical Society, which opened its doors in 1896. Over the year’s it’s also been the site of decidedly un-spooky businesses such as a school of design, the WPA, and the Loyal Order of the Moose.

Here are some of the myths surrounding the buildings supposed curse:

1. The building acted as a morgue after the SS Eastland capsized in the Chicago River: Though the 844 bodies from the disaster were taken to several places, the building in question was definitely not one of them. Most likely, the story spread due to confusion: photos of the bodies being identified at the second regiment armory building are sometimes labelled “courtesy of Chicago Historical Society.” Somewhere along the line, someone probably thought that referred to the location, not the organization that supplied the photo. The second regimental armory is actually now part of Harpo Studios (employees also tell ghost stories about).

2. The bones of Jean LaLime were once housed in The Castle: This story is partially true — bones thought to be that of LaLime, an early settler killed by John Kinzie in what appears to have been a drunken brawl — were accidentally unearthed during construction near the Rush Street bridge and presented as a gift to the historical society (who I’m sure were just thrilled). But there’s one problem: the bones weren’t unearthed until a good 20 years after the Great Chicago Fire, and certainly weren’t destroyed in it – in fact, the historical society still has them. The bones were actually on display in the current building once upon a time; an 1896 article in the Tribune about the opening of the new building describes them as being on view in the south room on the second floor, near a chair George Washington gave his children and a collection of bombs and knives the police rounded up after the Haymarket affair. So that’s one possible explanation, though by that logic Old LaLime would probably be just as likely to be haunting the off-site storage facility where his bones are currently stored.

3. A lot of people have died tragically in the building over the years: Beyond the tales of bodies in the building. Stories about people hanging themselves from the ceiling, children dying elevator shafts and other strange happenings.
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