Ghosts of the Quad Cities

Divided by state lines and the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities share a common haunted heritage.

If anything, the seam that runs through the region is especially rife with spirits, from the Black Angel of Moline's Riverside Cemetery to the spectral Confederate POWs of Arsenal Island. Of course, the city centers have their own illustrious supernatural residents - the Hanging Ghost occupies Davenport's City Hall, while the Phantom Washwoman wanders Bettendorf's Central Avenue. At Igor's Bistro in Rock Island, every day is Halloween. Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin hunt down the haunted lore of this vibrant midwestern community.

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Ghosts of the Quad Cities

Divided by state lines and the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities share a common haunted heritage.

If anything, the seam that runs through the region is especially rife with spirits, from the Black Angel of Moline's Riverside Cemetery to the spectral Confederate POWs of Arsenal Island. Of course, the city centers have their own illustrious supernatural residents - the Hanging Ghost occupies Davenport's City Hall, while the Phantom Washwoman wanders Bettendorf's Central Avenue. At Igor's Bistro in Rock Island, every day is Halloween. Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin hunt down the haunted lore of this vibrant midwestern community.

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Ghosts of the Quad Cities

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Divided by state lines and the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities share a common haunted heritage.

If anything, the seam that runs through the region is especially rife with spirits, from the Black Angel of Moline's Riverside Cemetery to the spectral Confederate POWs of Arsenal Island. Of course, the city centers have their own illustrious supernatural residents - the Hanging Ghost occupies Davenport's City Hall, while the Phantom Washwoman wanders Bettendorf's Central Avenue. At Igor's Bistro in Rock Island, every day is Halloween. Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin hunt down the haunted lore of this vibrant midwestern community.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467141062
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 09/16/2019
Series: Haunted America
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author


"Mark McLaughlin is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author whose fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in more than one thousand magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies, including Writer's Digest Magazine, Cemetery Dance and The Year's Best Horror Stories (DAW Books).



Michael McCarty is a five-time Bram Stoker Award finalist and winner of the David R. Collins' Literary Achievement Award from the Midwest Writing Center. He is the author of more than forty books, including Ghostly Tales of Route 66, Conversations with Kreskin (cowritten with "The Amazing Kreskin") and Modern Mythmakers."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5

Introduction, by The Amazing Kreskin 7

About the Quad Cities 11

What Does Haunted Mean? 17

Davenport, Iowa

Hotel Blackhawk 20

Oakdale Cemetery 23

City Hall 26

The Source Book Store 29

The Rock 'N' Roll Mansion 33

St. Ambrose University 36

Palmer College and Masonic Temple 40

Bucktown 43

City of Davenport Cemetery 48

St. Luke's Hospital 51

Phi Kappa Chi Frat House 57

Bettendorf, Iowa

The Abbey Hotel and Central Avenue 62

Moline, Illinois

Riverside Cemetery 68

Rock Island, Illinois

John Looney Mansion 74

Villa de Chantal 80

Augustana College 84

Igor's Bistro 87

Rock Island Arsenal 91

Colonel Davenport Home 94

Quarters One 96

Surrounding Quad Cities Area

Milan, Illinois 100

Monmouth, Illinois 102

Bibliography 109

About the Authors 111

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