Brought to you by Springfield Walks & the
Museum of Funeral Customs
Free & professional paranormal investigations in the Springfield area.
www.springfieldghostsociety.com
Join us for a 2 1/2-hour lantern lit walking tour to various sites reputed
to be actually haunted. Your costumed guide, the lamp lighter, will tell
bizarre and spine tingling tales of ghostly intrigue! Based on availability
we may even enter two sites believed to be actually haunted.
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of Life
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and the Preservation of the Dead
* Springfield’s most popular & professionally guided
ghost tour! *
Tour Dates:
May 3, June 7, July 5, Aug 2, Sept 6 at 8:00pm; Oct every Fri & Sat at 7:00pm.
October 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, and Nov 1 at 7:00pm.
Where: Tinsley
Dry Goods, 209 S. 6th St., Springfield,
Il.
(6th St. Downtown, between Monroe and Adams St.)
Cost: $18 per person - (not really suitable for kids under 12)
Includes complimentary pass to the Museum of Funeral Customs.
No reservations required just show up
Intoxicated individuals are not allowed on the tour
Groups tours available most anytime, call us to make the arrangements
Tour involves a fair amount of walking
Be prepared and dress for the weather
Spend the night in
Springfield at one of our fine hotels, take an awesome ghost walk, and
the next day enjoy the historical sites of Springfield
and, of course, enjoy your complimentary pass to the Museum
of Funeral Customs!
What you’ll find at the museum…
Re-created 1920s "Operating" or Embalming Room
Re-created Middle-class American Home Funeral Setting, circa.
Horse-drawn and automobile hearses
Embalming Equipment and Instruments
Caskets and Coffins that Represent Changing Tastes and Designs
Examples of Post-mortem Photography
Full-sized Reproduction of Abraham Lincoln's Coffin
Articles of Mourning Clothing, Jewelry, and Adornment
Fall/winter hours:
Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Sunday from 1 until 4:00 p.m.
Located at the entrance to Oakridge Cemetery. 1440 Monument Ave., just
off of North Grand Ave.
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For more
information contact Springfield Walks
web site or call Garret at 309.221.5579
Tickets can be bought at
Tinsley Dry Goods 209 S. 6th St.
Springfield, Illinois. 217.525.1825
Springfield does have a haunted past,
it’s just no one dare talk about it until now!
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