From Resurrection Mary to the serial killings chronicled in Eric Larsen’s Devil in the White City (364.1523 M944YL2003), from the Billy Goat Curse at Wrigley Field (the curse that keeps on giving!) to hauntings at the Red Lion Pub and the Biograph Theater near DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, Chicago’s sometimes brutal history and frightening legends are worth revisiting during this month’s Halloween celebrations.

To hear spooky stories and glimpse hidden alleys and creepy cemeteries, consider taking a bus ride around the city on a ghost tour. Time Out Chicago reviewed four popular tours.

Many of the notorious haunted houses in Chicagoland necessitate a trip to the suburbs: Statesville Haunted Prison (http://www.statesville.org/main.php) in Crest Hill, IL; Dungeon of Doom, Grayslake, IL; Eleventh Hour Haunted House in Elk Grove Village, IL; and Dream Reapers Haunted House in Melrose Park, IL. Or stick around the city and visit the Haunted Sanitarium at the Theater on the Lake (Lake Shore Drive and Fullerton). Check out this web site for a complete list.