Congress Plaza Hotel is considered by ghost hunters to be the most haunted locale in “The Windy City”. As a hotel that has entertained a number of famous guests, there are legends about different well-known personalities who may haunt the hotel. One of the more notorious ghosts may be that of gangster Al Capone, who owned the hotel for a while and used it for his headquarters.

The Weird Chicago Gang on St. Patrick’s Day 2007!
(Left to Right: Adam Selzer, Ken Berg, Willie Williams (Our Driver!) & Troy Taylor

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Weird Chicago, with Adam Selzer and Ken Melvoin Berg, does an overnight investigation at the old Criminal Court building, adjacent to the site of the old prison and the the infamous Chicago gallows.

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