S19 Ep47: Prairie State Paranormal: Tales from Illinois (Sn. 19 Ep. 47)

Monsters Among Us

Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios

Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, History, Science

4.8 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Tonight we have Chicago ghosts and many more petrifying paranormal entities from the Prairie State. Keep it spooky and enjoy!

Season 19 Episode 47 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.

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0:00.0	Join me and follow the podcast conspiracy theories, where we explore what's really going on behind the official narrative.
0:09.0	Like, what if the Loch Ness monster isn't a monster at all, but an elephant?
0:13.0	What do the richest 1% know that we don't? Why are they building all those bunkers?
0:19.0	And really, what the heck is going on with the Denver airport?
0:22.6	Join me every week to see just how high up this goes on the Spotify podcast, Conspiracy Theory.
0:29.8	Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.0	It does it, does it? Very, perfect. We're going to be. We're going to see.
0:38.3	We're going to be.
0:40.3	We're going to be. I'm The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us.
1:30.3	I am your guide, Derek Hayes.
1:33.3	It's great to have you with us all here this evening as we wind down season 19 and gear up for not only season 20, but the spooky season as well.
1:47.0	And depending on who you talk to, that season might already be upon us.
1:53.0	Now I'm tickled paying that you're here with us this evening, because they have a fun little
1:57.5	collection assembled for you here tonight. All calls from a specific place,
2:03.5	the home of our 16th president, home to Wayne and Garth, and creatures like the Piasaw
2:11.4	Bird, the infield horror of the Murphy's Borough Mud Monster, and many more creepy characters.
2:20.3	It's home to ghosts like Resurrection Mary, or the Lady in White at Batchelor's Grove Cemetery,
2:28.0	or the victims of the infamous serial killer in Madman, H. H. Holmes.
2:38.3	And it's home to infamous UFO encounters, like the St. Clair Triangle with the mass sightings at O'Hare National Airport. You're about to learn tonight
2:46.2	that the land of Lincoln is a spooky place. And here to kick us off on our all-Illinois episode is Mitch, out of Illinois, of all places.
3:03.3	Hey, Derek, this is Mitch from Illinois.
3:06.9	So this story, it happened, I want to say, when I was up about fourth grade.
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