Over time I have learned that my little, midwestern town is not immune to unearthly visitors. In fact, I have reason to believe that this town is one of the most haunted in the United States. Don't believe me? Take a gander at THIS....
This documentary on local haunts was produced by students of my alma mater and is a fine documentation of the spooky visitors that inhabit our town.
If you're still not a believer, you can come here and see for yourself. During the summer and fall many Ghost Tours are available. The one I took recently was Gothic Milwaukee Ghost Tours. This will take you from Downtown Milwaukee's Cathedral Square, through the city streets, down to our River Walk and then back up to our town hall. The ghosts stories revealed here include the ghost of the Pfister Hotel (Mr. Pfister himself), The Altar Boy Ghost of St. John's Cathedral, creepy Lake Michigan maritime tragedies as well as the ghost story involving our town hall. There's also a photo opportunity with our famous Bronze Fonz. The night I went was plagued with a rather nasty rain storm, but our tour guide found a safe haven where she told us a even more ghost stories. So rain or shine, you'll get your money's worth.
Another Ghost Tour you can take is the one featured in the above video. Milwaukee Ghost Tours offers a tour down in our Third Ward area, which is just south of downtown and features wonderful bars, restaurants and boutiques. I haven't had a chance to take this tour yet. But, I'd love to if I could find souls brave enough to go with me.
Since you'd already be down in the Third Ward, you might as well venture right on over to Shaker's Cigar Bar. Cigars, adult drinks AND ghosts? Sign me up!!! This old Milwaukee bar was once a brothel and speakeasy back in the day. Many a spirit lurk about here and you can take a wonderfully guided tour. It's a little on the pricey side compared to other ghost tours, but may be well worth it since you can finish it off with a nice cigar and great atmosphere. I need to get down there more often!
Other local haunts that were touched upon in the documentary were The Rave (which I've blogged about HERE) and the Pabst Mansion. I have a very close relative that was a one time tour guide at the Pabst Mansion. During his volunteer work there I would ask him if the creepy Victorian mansion was haunted. He would tell me, "No". But, when his volunteer work ended he told me that he was told not to speak of the ghostly activity there. They really want to focus on the historical side of the house. But, yes, the house has some spooky things that go on in it. Odd noises and voices can be heard up on the third floor office area. They really need to be not so uptight about the ghosts and perhaps employ them into the tours. They would probably have a far better draw that way.
So it's pretty frackin' cool to live in one of the most haunted cities in the US. Even though nobody really reads this frellin' blog, if you happen to come across it and are not from Milwaukee, you need to come here! If not for the beer, perhaps for the other numerous spirits that wisp about out city.
On that note, lets go to a fabricated haunt or Haunted Attraction as I like to call them. Every year the Universal Theme Park puts on a Haunted Attraction extravaganza called Halloween Horror Nights. One of the mazes they are featuring this year is based on the grosstasticly awesome AMC TV show The Walking Dead which just started its third season. So lets head on through The Walking Dead maze......
Wonderful! Enough zombies to wet your undead appetite for a good, long time! And of course the new season that has just started is incredible!! In fact, I have my recorder set to tape it tonight since I'm going to be enjoying a family pumpkin carving party tonight.
I need to get going on some serious pumpkin carving. So until next time, embrace the dead and try and stay vertical!
Zangz.
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