This week on hometown ghost stories.

Alton, Illinois claims to be the most haunted town in America, and for good reason.

Join us as we explore two of their most active locations,

an old Civil War prison, where some spirits of the prisoners might still be lingering.

Also, we take a look at what some say is the most haunted house in the country, the McPyke Mansion.

This is episode number 12 of hometown ghost stories. The sweat was furiously dripping down Jimmy's face.

Pedal faster, Jimmy, pedal faster, he was screaming to himself internally.

He had to outrun it, had to make it home.

He knew better than to accept that bet.

Yet here he was, all to impress the kids of the neighborhood he just moved to. Earlier in the day, he was getting the lay of the land in his new neighborhood.

The year was in 1966, and Illinois was in the middle of a heat wave.

Everything was hot and sticky.

He had already become friendly with some of the neighborhood kids over the last few weeks,

and things were going well until Jimmy laughed at them for being scared of a local house.

We're serious, man. You don't want to go near that place. Nothing good ever happens there.

Jimmy found this very amusing, and maybe in a moment of trying to impress, told the other

kids he wasn't afraid of the house.

Bill, sort of the leader of the group, responded by betting him that he wouldn't last

in the place alone.

Feeling like he couldn't back down, Jimmy accepted.

Around dusk, Jimmy and the other boys pulled up in front of the mansion on their bikes. Jimmy dropped his bike on the yard while the other boys waited for him to enter,

making sure they didn't so much as put a foot on the property.

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