Woodstock Ghost Walk

Discover paranormal happenings and ghost sightings at the Old Courthouse, the Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre, the Main Street PourHouse and many other popular spots.

• Learn the truth about Woodstock’s most famous ghost.
• Stay informed about local high strangeness from UFOs reports to the Bull Valley Monster legend to the strange tale of a sidewalk exorcism.
• Hear strange, but true tales from the lives of famous entertainers who got their start in Woodstock like Orson Welles and Ed Asner.
• See where notorious murderer James Dacey was executed and his ghostly presence lingers.

The most famous resident of the jail in Woodstock’s historic courthouse was convicted murderer James Dacey. He was imprisoned in a basement cell, tried in the courtroom above, and then hung outside on a gallows platform made specially for this singular event. According to newspaper accounts, for the two years Dacey awaited his execution, he often howled throughout the night, waking town residents. Although Dacey was finally executed on July, 22nd 1886, some say he never really left.Expect to learn more about the paranormal happenings and ghost sightings at the Old Courthouse, the Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre, the Main Street PourHouse and many other popular spots.

• Ethereal, Cass Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• McHenry County Courthouse (1857, Historic), North Johnson Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Liquid Blues, North Benton Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Empowher Salon, East Van Buren Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Woodstock Square Historic District, West Van Buren Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Down 2 Earth, East Van Buren Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Pour House Bar & Grill, Main Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Platform 108, Washington Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Movie Theater Mural Alley, Main Street, Woodstock, IL, USA
• Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre, Main Street, Woodstock, IL, USA