The Hickory ill mansion was built in 1842, by a wealthy man, John Hart Crenshaw, ho owned several salt tracts. It was illegal to own slaves, but it wasn't illegal to lease slavs to work in the salt mines at this time. Crenshaw imprisoned slaves; some were kidnapped. He kept them in the attic in narrow cells and manacles. For years, he brutally tortured and abused these slaves. What an evil man! Well, thats not the worst he did. He even "bred" his own slaves! What a creep! Fortunately for them, he was found out and retired to become a farmer.
In the 1920s, the house was opened to become a tourist attraction. Tourists began to report that they heard sounds of crying and moaning coming from the attic. They also felt cold chills and have heard whispers. The worst is yet to come; shortly after the house opened, a ghost hunter named Hickman Whittington went to the attic and spent a few hours there. Although he was in perfect health, he died a few hours after leaving.
Hundreds of people have tried to spend the night there but have left feeling terrified before morning. Currently, the house Hickory Hills mansion is owned by the state of Illinois and is scheduled to open as a historic site ( is hasn't re-opened to visitors yet.)
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