Lincoln Shields Recreation Area

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Atlas ObscuraSep 26

Is Alton, Illinois America’s Most Haunted Small Town?

Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and all major podcast apps. Troy Taylor: There’s a story about a phantom riverboat that I always liked, about how if you heard the riverboat whistle blow on a foggy morning but you never saw the boat, that meant that someone who worked down on the docks was going to die within the next seven days. Amanda McGowan: A lot of old waterfront towns r…

Named after the Abraham Lincoln incident.

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