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👻 What are Chicago’s scariest ghost stories?
October 26, 2023
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What's CITY Talking About?
Upcoming Elected School Board to Be Paid?
Members of Chicago’s first elected school board could be compensated in an effort to encourage more low-income parents to run under a proposal state lawmakers are pushing. [Chalkbeat]
- Voters will decide on the partially elected school board next fall. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Chicago Rattiest City … Again
For the ninth year in a row, Chicago has been named the rattiest city by pest control management company Orkin. The data is compiled based on the number of new rodent treatments in the last year. [ABC7]
- The city gets tens of thousands of calls about rats every year. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Are These Chicago’s Scariest Ghost Stories?
Tales of haunted hotels, a headless horseman, and Resurrection Mary are enough to keep this newsletter editor up at night … [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
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What To Do
Book, Record Fair in Pilsen 📖 Saturday | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Head to Open Books to stock up on used books — including bilingual titles — and vinyl records. [Free]
Hollywood Halloween in River North 👻 Saturday | 8 p.m.
The Bassment is hosting a hauntingly glamorous soirée. [Varies]
‘POTUS’ Play in Lincoln Park 🇺🇸 All Season | Varies
Head to Steppenwolf Theatre to see the play about the women in charge of the president — and how they try to keep crises away. [$20+]
Today on City Cast
Chicago Ghost Stories
Haunted hotels, disappearing hitchhikers, and headless horsemen are just a few of Chicago’s spookiest ghost stories. But what’s the difference between a scary story and a historical tragedy? Mysterious Chicago tour guide Adam Selzer says it’s all about how you tell it.
Sometimes, [a ghost story] is how we cope with death. It's how we cope with trauma. Sometimes, it's just fun to scare people.
Anyone else struggling to figure out the Ticketmaster queue for Bad Bunny tickets? I just want to see Benito in March 😥
—Sidney Madden
Thanks to editor Simone Alicea!
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