Former criminal investigator, author, and local historian Ray Johnson takes a new look at nine popular Chicago locations and their history, digging up strange new discoveries and connections. Who may have murdered sisters Barbara and Patricia Grimes in 1956? Who is the seventh body located under the 1893 Columbian Expo Cold Storage Fire Memorial at Oak Woods Cemetery?when there should only be six? Is there more of a link between H.H. Holmes and Chicago's White City than previously thought, and could there also be another connection to England and other murders? What ties Chicago to the Titanic disaster of 1912? What rituals were being performed at El-Sabarum (currently The Tonic Room) that could explain some of the bizarre occurrences reported there? Explore these historic mysteries and read about the stranger side of Chicago. Original illustrations by Kimberly MacAulay. AUTHOR: Raymond Johnson has had a lifelong passion for the mysteries of the past and especially in the colorful history, folklore, and legends of the city of Chicago and its neighboring suburbs. He is a former criminal investigator, author, and local historian with over 25 years of historical research, lecturing, and teaching experience, Ray was a former Chicago Chapter Representative of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and conducts professional research for authors, attorneys, television professionals, and family historians at www.historycop.com. He currently writes a blog for www.ChicagoNow.com , a Chicago Tribune website, entitled "Chicago's Strange and Haunted History." 66 b/w photographs
