Theater
Nederlander Theatre
The Broadway house on Randolph Street stands where 602 people died in the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire, and locals still call the alley behind it Death Alley.
Ghost tour in Chicago
Chicago Gangsters and Ghosts Walking Tour
Run by Empire Tours – Chicago
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About This Tour
Billed by the operator as the original Gangsters and Ghosts tour, this walk splits its time between Al Capone’s bootlegging city and its ghost stories. It takes in the Riverwalk, Death Alley, the Palmer House lobby, which the tour goes inside, and the Congress Plaza Hotel. It’s wheelchair accessible and open to all ages.
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2 hrFrom $38★ 4.8 · 245 reviews
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Places
Places This Tour Covers
Hotel
Congress Plaza Hotel
Opened in 1893 as the Auditorium Annex, the Congress is often called Chicago's most haunted hotel, and Room 441 is said to be the worst of it.
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