Details Location Visit Website. Share 'McPike Mansion' Thousands of visitors and paranormal investigators have visited the grounds of the notorious McPike Mansion claiming spirits still roam this property. Information When just about any native of the Alton area thinks of a haunted house, normally one name comes to mind - the infamous McPike Mansion.
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What's Happening Near Alton. Christmas Wonderland 26 Nov. You might also like…. Alton Antique Center. Alton Exchange Mall. Built in , the notorious McPike Mansion has been featured on several television shows and investigated by numerous paranormal investigators who have found the haunting of the McPike Mansion to be authentic. The house has not been occupied since the s. Before weather and vandals brought extensive damage to the structure, it was a regal addition to the Illinois town of Alton.
McPike Mansion today is owned by Sharyn and George Luedke who have been trying to nurture this great house back to its regal state. When they purchased the house, they had no idea that it was haunted. Now, people see orbs, balls of light, even figures of people in the background of pictures taken at the mansion. Some claim the haunts date back to the property before the mansion was even built with detections of Native American ghosts and a residue from a possible Underground Railroad stop.
Other mysterious stories include servants of the building, a cook in the kitchen and the strange death of a woman in the bathtub. Some even believe that Eleanor and Henry McPike still roam the corridors of their former home. The Cellar has been a focal point of many energies felt in the mansion. This Grand Ole House is thought to still house many of the spirits that once lived here.
The First Unitarian Church was built in and was first called St. Matthew's Catholic Church. The Unitarian Society purchased the land and rebuilt a church for themselves. Another fire occurred in , burning the church down to its foundation yet again. The church that stands now was rebuilt in Reverand Phillip Mercer became a well-respected preacher at the Unitarian Church at the young age of Moving here from England, he had a way of speaking in his sermons that made people from all over come to hear him preach.
One night in November of , he found himself ill. Shaking and unable to speak properly, he went to visit a friend, James McKinney. After a few days of not seeing Mercer, McKinney went to the church to check on him. Mercer was found hanging in the doorway of the minister's study. Since the reverends death, there have been reports of voices and shadowy figures coming from the basement of the church. The piano seems to play itself sometimes and doors open and close with no explanation.
From 1, Confederate soldiers dying in Alton during the Civil War due to a smallpox outbreak in a prison to the many ghosts of McPike Mansion, Alton has spirits to spare thanks to a long history. The geography of Alton may also be a contributing factor in making the city a paranormal hot spot. Then there's a theory that they have unfinished business. Luedke says there are 10 to 12 spirits at McPike, including a large part of Henry McPike's family, with his wife Mary, mother Lydia, son James and daughter-in-law Jenny remaining in the house.
There are also several servants that may or may not be connected to the McPike family like Sarah, who was a personal attendant, and Ben, who helped take care of the children. I think the spirit was trying to protect me from falling," Luedke said.
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