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Title: Double yuck.
Review: I bought this with "Bloody Chicago" by the same author and am now thoroughly disgusted. The author's books lack any theory, any journalistic savvy, any insight. I felt like I was reading a high school paper that had been lifted from the internet. After half the book, I gave up. A friend had taken me on the author's tour in Decatur (in central Illinois--decidedly not Chicago, though charming in a different way and in its own right). The tour was not led by him but another guide, and it was fascinating. Unlike this book. Perhaps the author's book on Decatur is better, as our guide on the tour told us Taylor grew up there. I won't be finding out, though! Again, try Ursula Bielski's "Chicago Haunts" series for everything anyone will ever need to know about haunted Chicago. I'm off ghost books for awhile!
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