Gonna need a remix of the bacon song 🥓 🥓 🥓 Gives me Mr. Bungle vibes

i dont live in alton but instead just under it in st louis, me and my family go a lot cause they have a good golden corral lol. i love the dive into the history of the place! i also appreciate that it was fairly grounded lol, people usually like to make haunted things and places sound like the most unreal places ever, but theyre not! alton is very much just another town, but it happens to have some interesting spots in it. i dont believe in ghosts, but ive always been so curious if alton could prove them real to me.

Next time you go to Savannah, check little Gracie Watson's grave in Bonaventure Cemetery. I've heard some creepy stories about the Marshall House, but have never stayed there. Nice video, and so many more haunted places there.

Actually, the haunted library story from Ghostbusters is based on the Victorian Woman who haunts the Jefferson Market branch of the NY Public Library. In the film, they encountered a woman. Old Jeff is haunted by Evelyn Nesbitt.

I used to drive through that place about once a week lol

My favorite property in Weho! ❤

9:29 It's a bird.

Born and raised in Alton, boring little town, but it is creepy

I've never seen a ghost in my entire life and then when I moved to Alton Illinois I had my first ghost experience. The ghost literally jumped my body and trust me I was never a Believer until now. I know for 100% fact that this is one of the most haunted towns that I live in now. And it's so funny because after I had my ghost experience I ended up becoming a tarot card reader! I love Alton!❤

Dogs reactions were really clever filmed! Well done, well done!

I learned that not many people died in Salem. It was another town where tons of people were accused and killed for being a witch.

The Puritans were burned in Britain and were the only ones who came to America and burned their own

Jingle bells is from Vermont!!!! King Gillette and his cats at the round table and Ethan Allen and George Davis and my grampa and your grampa saddled up the sled the red sleigh they took from me .and we sing jingle bells laughing all the way.OH Ha HA HA

Your you tube shorts? Thank you .they say boo??

A good right?? Well then. Know your nights!

Because wool coats are for smart Vermont people

I maybe be president but my personal life is nobody's dayum business❤

I have been to Salem Mass and I went to the Lizzie Borden house its haunted 100% and Salem has alot of history dark history and they were 19 people who were hanged b/c of being a witch. Giles Cory was pressed to death he put a curse on Salem Mass during 1692. If you see his ghost you die within a week. That's an urban legend. Bridget Bishop was 1st one who was told she was a witch. I know that Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeff Daniels who are celebs have realtives that go back to the Salem Witch Trails. See the show Who Do You Think You Are going back to your family tree and you never know who were realated too! Interesting if you ask me.

Col. John (my 8th great grand uncle) Hathorne’s sister Elizabeth was my 8th Great Grandmother. She and her husband Israel Porter tried to help save one of the accused, Rebecca Nurse-to no avail. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne is my mother’s 4th cousin.

Kool..my eyes was glued to your video. Very interesting😁👍🏼

You look familiar

I've lived here my entire life. First and foremost, it's "AL-BEE" Alby, NOT "ALL-BEE"! Secondy, I've been to McPike by myself, with groups and girlfriends dozens of times. I've been there during the day, in the evening, and the devils hour. Before renovations and after... Not once have I seen, heard, or felt any ghosts. My mother is Wiccan, She calls herself a witch. She claims to do magic, and she talks to the dead through tarot. With all that said, there are no spirts/ghosts there. Anyone who claims there is needs to seek medical attention.

Absolutely amazing video as usual Katie. I still love how informative you are in your videos, I'm planning on visiting salem one day, of course not for halloween because of the busy chaos lol. Stay amazing and beautiful. I'll see you in the next one.

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@27:57 in this video an article is shown that reads (quoting directly from the screen here) "From Prison to Parking Lot. The Alton Military Prison closed July 7, 1865 when the last prisoners were released or sent to St. Louis. The buildings were torn down over the next twenty years until only a small remnant of the cell block remained. Stone from the prison buildings is found in walls and other structures all over the Alton area." and "The remnant of the cell block was moved to its present location in 1970 when the lot was paved for Con Agra Company parking." so . . . why is it that a building being built before 1974 means it can't have stone from the prison in it? Mcpike was built in 1869 so it could theoretically contain the blocks though I am unaware of any evidence supporting this. Rumors of the prison site being haunted have been traced back to news paper articles before 1900 . . . so . . . a tv show definitely didn't start that. perhaps they exaggerated it for the sake of drama, they are certainly known to do that, but this gentleman's dismissal is wildly inaccurate.

Excellent in-depth tour through the sites of some truly disturbing events! I appreciated the details about the personal relations among the people involved, and also the Salem Town v. Village perspective. And the photography/sound/editing were beautiful, as usual.

I live close to Alton my ex wife lives there and I have seen so strange things there

I live in Alton and I am surprised to see you did not include the story about what actually makes Alton the most densely haunted small town. That Civil War prison you showed a chunk of was a huge limestone construction (locally quarried too) from the years of about 1880 to 1920 anyone who had a building permit in Alton could show up at the old prison site and take away all the limestone block they needed . . . for FREE. if you drive through the parts of town build during that period you can see the stones where used everywhere. my own home, built in 1902 has its foundation built of them, and yes, my home is haunted. The prison was a pretty grim place while in use, not that that would be unusual for a prison in that time but the storied that come out of it are hair raising. The belief it that all the negative energy from the suffering that happened in the prison was absorbed and carried from the prison site by the stone blocks to all the new buildings made with them. so drive through town, see tons of homes made with those stones and know, every one of those places is haunted. . .

Great video. Please dont stop! I ran out of channels to watch and found yours and I hope it gives me 3-4 more years of content! Lol

I have watched a lot of videos about Salem and I am still surprised about what new facts I can learn. Great video!

I LIVE HERE!!!

I clicked on the video because I love Hollywood Lore and ghost stories. I went in expecting to hear the same old stories, which I was fine with because the stories never get old to me. You did and excellent job telling these stories, showing new places that most people never go to and I learned a bunch of new little tid bits from this video. I love it. Great work!

I have in laws and friends in and from Alton. Never heard the ghost stories tho. 😂

You are adorable! 😍 I love all your GB quotes and this video was both entertaining and very well produced!! Great job all around!!

Can’t wait for part 2! Im a witch and Halloween author thinking about moving to Alton, it sounds like it might be my place!

It's for sure haunted! Went on a tour and it scared the crap out of me! I lived a mile from it. I also cared for the owners for a short time home care! If you wanna crazy tour around Halloween, its the go to place!!

Well, I'll be! It looks fantastic now! I was there 8years ago in July and there wasn't windows on most of the house and the back stairs entrance was nearly fully collapsed. The people next door who were the owners let us walk around it and take pictures. They just so happend to be burning yard waste outside when we drove by and let s go wander.

Love the videos, you have to do Gettysburg sometime if you haven’t been before

“In 1869, this place was extravagant.” At 16 rooms, it is still extravagant. Also, the junk pile as you drive up to the home seems classically Alton.

Enjoying your channel👍

What a shame it was left abandoned and things taken. People have no respect.

I was there with a friend in 2000, not too long after Sharyn opened up the house to visitors. The structural repairs are so good to see and I have hope that, someday, it will be restored in the way that Sharyn wants it to be. I’m not much for the party atmosphere of the “ghost hunting” crowds that seem to be having a great time BUT I will say that the wine cellar of the mansion is the only place I have seen something that I absolutely cannot explain. The gatherings in the cellar were different in 2000. Rather than chairs and a leader who conducted the session, it was Sharyn and whoever happened to be in there at the time (in my case, about 8-10 people). We stood in a circle, held hands and then (much to my dismay), sang a little song - “spirits of the light, won’t you come out tonight…” I did, indeed, roll my eyes. I really hated that part. It was truly pitch black in the cellar. Absolutely no light, from any source. Shortly after that, our backs became ice cold, while our front sides remained warm. Then, one by one, three extremely pale and blueish white ….I don’t know what to call them….mists, maybe?….began to weave in and out of the circle, down by our legs, then up around our arms. I thought I was seeing things but my friend also saw and mentioned them, at the time. To this day, I can’t think of anything that could have caused the phenomenon. Not that it’s certain it was a “spirit”, but it’s something for which I can’t find an answer - at least, not with our current understanding of science. And, on a side note, there is a photo of what appears to be a woman with a Gibson Girl hairstyle, peeking out from one of the upper story windows, that has been seen on a couple of the shows highlighting the mansion. Oddly enough, I took that photo. I didn’t even remember taking it and, when a producer for one of the shows (Ghost Lab, I think?…..it was years ago) emailed me, I told them they must be mistaken. Then, the producer shared a note that I had sent Sharyn back in 2000, along with a copy of the photo. In order to use it on the show, I had to sign off on it. So, of course I did. If I couldn’t even remember it, I certainly wasn’t going to complain if someone used it. I very well might have the negative in a box down in my basement. Thanks for a great video - you brought back some great memories! I’m so glad the cats are still hanging around the mansion. A friendly bunch they were, when I was there (though I’m sure they are several generations removed at this point)>

I found this video to be a bit comical. From the made up woman with her little umbrella to her make up and overdone lipstick, it was quite ridiculous. Her head oozed ego. The whole thing just didn't work for me. Too fake, too phony and, of course, zero proof of anything. Save yourself 30 minutes here.

Great but tragic story, it'd be pretty fun to investigate. Stay amazing.

Went there for a ghost tour at the mansion and saw a dark shadow and also got touch on my right elbow before they shut the lights off and no one was sitting next to me

Short but very sweet upload

Great looking Thumbnail lovely lady

I’ve been to Alton so many times then Grafton, I’m surprised I never knew any of this.

The st Louis cemetery has the grave of Marie laveau the queen of voodoo . This is the french quarter. Steeped in history and fine southern dining jazz and blues bars.

Loved that film .