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By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$17 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 20m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Bucktown has a knack for keeping secrets - and most of them are deeply unsettling. On this self-guided walking tour, you'll hear the true stories behind the neighborhood's murders, hauntings, and disappearances, encountering a real-life fugitive, the ghost of a pub owner who still tends bar, and a winged creature with red eyes spotted across Chicago.

    Starting at the former Lincoln Tavern, where a 1980 robbery ended in multiple murders, you'll pass the spot where a 12-year-old boy was killed by a train in 1902. You will see where residents still report signs of his presence, and walk by the only Opus Dei-operated church in the country.

    The tour ends at Club Lucky, where three bullet holes still visible in the bar mark the spot where a Polish immigrant named Walter met his unfortunate end in January 1967. Sweet dreams.

Activity location

  • 1858 W Wabansia Ave
    • 1858 West Wabansia Avenue
    • 60622, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 1858 W Wabansia Ave
    • 1858 West Wabansia Avenue
    • 60622, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Dark Tales of Bucktown: A Self-Guided Chicago Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 20 minutes1h 20m
    1h 20m
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$17.17 x 1 AdultAU$17.17
Total
Price is AU$17.17

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • Inclusions
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • Inclusions
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • Inclusions
    App for Android and iOS
  • Inclusions
    Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • Exclusions
    Smartphone and headphones
  • Exclusions
    Transport
  • Exclusions
    Food and drink
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

St Mary Of The Angels Catholic Church (Pass by)

You'll pass St. Mary of the Angels, a Romanesque church run by the secretive Opus Dei, the only one they operate in the entire country. Please note that admission to the church interior is not included in this tour.

The Bucktown Pub (Pass by)

Visit the site of the Bucktown Pub, haunted by its former owner Wally, a cantankerous man who shot himself upstairs. Discover the ghostly stories that still surround this former area watering hole.

Club Lucky (Pass by)

End your tour at Club Lucky, an Italian restaurant where three bullet holes still visible in the bar mark the spot where a Polish immigrant named Walter met his unfortunate end in January 1967. Take in this chilling final stop on your journey through Bucktown's darker history.

Drummond Montessori Magnet School (Pass by)

Pass by Drummond Montessori Magnet School, a 117-year-old building that became Chicago Public Schools' first public Montessori programme in 2004. Take in this hulking neighbourhood landmark, one of the area's older surviving structures.

Bucktown Market (Pass by)

Pass by Bucktown Market, a longtime neighbourhood corner store on Wabansia Avenue serving the community for decades. Take in this everyday fixture of local life amid the neighbourhood's more unsettling history.

Bloomingdale Trail (Pass by)

Walk along Wolcott Avenue past the Bloomingdale Trail overpass, where a 12-year-old boy named Otto Scholk was killed by a train in 1902. Discover why residents still report signs of his presence here today.

Location

Activity location

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    1858 W Wabansia Ave
    • 1858 West Wabansia Avenue
    • 60622, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    1858 W Wabansia Ave
    • 1858 West Wabansia Avenue
    • 60622, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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