I'm doing another painted pumpkin and telling a Halloween'ish story. This is the story (or at least part of the story of Ted Bundy). I was living in Seattle around the time of Ted Bundy and the Green River killers. So, I thought I'd share this ghoulish story while I prepared my own little ghoulish creatures.
Haunted Shaker's Cigar Bar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I've been working on a ghost story and doing some ghost research. So, I went to Shaker's Cigar Bar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...notice the ghosts in the windows? Yep, it's haunted. And, if you're thinking about going to visit it or interested in reading more about it, check out the Milwaukee's Haunted Bar site.
Of course, I didn't just pack up and head off to Wisconsin. My daughter was working in Chicago for a couple of weeks, and I decided to go visit her for the weekend. While I was there, we decided to go on the Chicago Gangsters and Ghost Tour. After that exciting adventure, I decided to go visit a lot of other haunted sites.
My daughter, Kara, and my daughter-in-law, Fatina, went with me on our road trip to check out some of these strange and spooky sites.
Kara, Fatina and Me in Search of Ghosts
Plus my daughter-in-law Fatina and my daughter's best friend McKenzie, have a Stranger Danger podcast so. . . where do you think we ended up going to visit...?
Yep, Jeffrey Dahmer. Or, maybe I should say the ghost of Jeffrey Dahmer because serial killers are just a little too creepy for me...typically. I can handle ghosts, ghouls, creeps and crypts but serial killers are super spooky to me.
But, this was a group road trip, so, like I said, we went to visit the haunted sites associated with Jeffrey Dahmer.
You've probably heard of him before. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was also known as the Milwaukee Monster. But, I'm not going to get into all the creepy things he did. I'm just going to show you some of the sites we went to see and I'll tell you about the one place where we experienced something that some might say was a paranormal experience. Like the house next door to where he lived. It looks pretty haunted too and it's been abandoned. I bet it's because no one wants to live next door to where Jeffrey lived.
House next door to where Jeffrey Dahmer lived
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ytLTLC8Kk
This is the spot where Jeffrey lived. As you can see, it's been completely obliterated.
What remains is an empty lot. And, it was a little creepy even standing next to the spot.
Just down the street from this location was the Ambassador Hotel, with the Deco Coffee Shop.
Ambassador Hotel and Deco Coffee Shop
So we went inside. It was so pretty, even the bathrooms had stained glass doors.
Beautiful Bathroom
And after we chatted for a while with one of the employees and got the inside scoop on the spirits there, we wanted to move on.
We had more sites to see and spirits to try to catch.
Another picture of the haunted Shaker's Bar
Shaker's Bar - with some Dahmer merchandise you can buy
Now, all these sites were a little creepy but there was only one place where something seriously strange happened and that was in one of the hotels we visited.
The Pfister Hotel
I saw a beautiful chandelier I wanted to show my husband, so I grabbed my phone and started to film. And, while I was filming, nothing strange happened. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary but when we got back home and I showed the video to my husband...
The film flickered and faded in and out in a ghostly manner. So, you can believe me or not but I posted the video to my Facebook page. And, I do believe there are some pretty creepy places and spooky sites to see.
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