JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) — Halloween comes early this Friday the 13th at the infamous Old Joliet Haunted Prison. In celebration of the spooky and superstitious day, the Old Joliet Haunted Prison will hold a ...

A Curious City listener wanted to know whether the Old Joliet Prison is haunted. From its beginning in the late 1850s, conditions at the prison were poor. We visited the now defunct prison in the ...

Halloween may still be over a month away, but haunted house season is already getting started around Chicagoland. While many area haunted houses don’t start operating until late September or October, ...

ILLINOIS — Now that October is here and Halloween is approaching, it's time to start visiting the Chicagoland's spookiest and scariest haunted houses. But where are they? Where are the best places ...

The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has been off limits will open to the public later this month, but not as part of ...

The last weekend of summer is going to feature plenty of things to do around the Chicago area. Whether you want a last-minute summer plan or something that’s more fall-like, there’s plenty to choose ...