The Haunted 1861 Masonic Lodge, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
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🗓️ 15 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
When Jill Shelly, owner of the infamous Boyd House, finds a new haunted property, the spirits don’t take long to introduce themselves. Her latest acquisition—the 1861 Masonic Lodge in Keithsburg, Illinois—carries a history as layered as its walls. Once a gathering place for Freemasons, it later served as a hotel and, some say, a brothel. Now, it’s home to voices, shadows, and unexplained energy that refuses to rest.
Jill returns to share the chilling discoveries within the lodge: EVPs of unseen children, shadow figures slipping through hallways, and rooms heavy with an atmosphere of secrecy. Are these lingering guests trying to communicate—or simply reminding the living that this was once their domain?
From sacred rituals to restless hauntings, the 1861 Lodge is more than just another property—it’s a portal into America’s hidden past.
For more information on the lodge, go to haunted1861masonic.com. For information on the Boyd House, visit the boydhouse217.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, the haunted 1861 Masonic Lodge with owner Jill Shelley. |
| 0:18.5 | Paranormal investigator Jill Shelley returns today to share her eerie journey from the infamous Boyd House to her newest paranormal property, the 1861 Masonic Lodge in Keithsburg, Illinois. |
| 0:32.6 | What secrets lie within the walls of this once bustling building, which served as a hotel, possibly a brothel, and a hub for the secret of Masonic rituals. |
| 0:42.3 | Strange EVPs, child voices, and shadowy apparitions make this location a chilling addition to Jill's haunted real estate portfolio. |
| 0:52.3 | Are the spirits trying to communicate? |
| 0:55.3 | Or are they just making themselves known? |
| 0:58.5 | Today on the Grave Talks, the haunted 1861 Masonic Lodge with owner Jill Shelley. |
| 1:06.6 | Jill Shelley's so glad to have you back on the show. |
| 1:09.7 | You were on quite a while back, and we were talking about the Boyd House. |
| 1:16.4 | And so when I came across the 1861 Masonic Lodge, I'm like, I want to talk about this place just because it looks so creepy. |
| 1:23.8 | So I dove into it, and I find out you have both locations. |
| 1:27.4 | So you're back on the show. |
| 1:29.8 | Yeah. Well, thanks for having me back on, Carol. Yeah, it gets a little bit of addiction. |
| 1:35.9 | You know, you get one and then you got to have another one. And we do have a whole episode on the |
| 1:41.4 | Boyd House, but we will go back and talk about that in a minute, |
| 1:44.8 | a few minutes. But I want to dive into the 1861 Masonic Lodge. I came across it on Facebook, |
| 1:50.8 | and I was just telling you before I hit record, it just looks like a very haunted location. |
| 1:57.8 | I totally see why you were drawn to this building. Oh, yeah. Like I said, |
| 2:02.4 | I was looking for another location just because, you know, I kind of brought Boyd to where I could |
| 2:07.6 | bring it to at this point. You know, there's always upkeep and maintenance. But I just thought I |
| 2:13.1 | wanted to try my hand at something a little bit bigger. So I just kind of started looking around on the |
| 2:17.9 | listings and this magnificent building popped up and I was like, oh, I have to have it. I know. |
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