Crying Woman
This house has many active spirits. Sometimes, the sound of a heartbeat crescendoes to deafening volumes before subsiding. Clicking, tapping, and footsteps are also heard from time to time. Most prominent, however, is the sound of a woman crying.
Where is this house? I would like to see it. I have stayed in houses on Millionaires Drive, the real old mansions. Just wanna know.
Comment by Dudley | 12.19.2005 | 11:08 pm
yeah where is it? is it vacant or what?
Comment by dan_blockin | 01.16.2006 | 4:38 am
Ok…I was born in raised in Alton Illinois…Where/What on earth is Millionaires Drive? I would suspect the house they metion here is the old McPike Mansion…and they have there own website…just do a search with that name. Has anyone heard of Devil’s road in/around Fosterburg road? It was a awsome spooky raod when I was in High School…just wondering if it still had the same rep.
Comment by Jenn Hansen | 01.20.2006 | 6:03 pm
I went to this place! It was scary as HELL!!! my mother died in the house …. I crapped my pants…..I crapped in my friends pants.
Comment by Mike | 02.12.2006 | 10:15 pm
This is for “Mike”, listen man, you NEED therapy.
Comment by Trina | 03.14.2006 | 6:11 am
i agree he does i never heard of this place before but i will research it
Comment by kirshtian | 04.15.2006 | 6:43 pm
If this is McPike Mansion, I have been there on several occasions. I did not hear the sounds mentioned but I did see a small boy. It is a very interesting place.
Comment by Robin | 04.21.2006 | 2:41 am
i dont go to ghost places because its like *** them haters
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Comment by tony keeling | 05.10.2006 | 10:09 am
wow! that sounds scary i live in a really old house, we bought ot from a friend of mine, and tones of people i know at school have lived there and all say its haunted, but ive lived there for 2 years and ive never heard any noises or scene any ghosts. But i dont really beleive in those kinds of things im only on this sight to get research for an assignment.
Comment by dolly | 05.31.2006 | 2:53 am
I grew up in alton there are many haunted houses there, Igo to mc pike every year for holloween ,we have a camp out .I have seen many strange things there too many to recount . You must experince it your self .
Comment by Rose Penatzer | 06.11.2006 | 12:53 am
I’m yrs old and yes the Mc.Pikes mansion is truly documented haunted.They used to give tours of it every halloween but had to stop.My sister in law went with her kids about 3yrs ago and took pics around that place and we seen a woman in the window a man in a suit peeking out at them and a small child couldn’t tell if it was a girl or boy. But yes this is very true paranormal investigaters also went in and have documented things as well.All anyone can do now is walk around the outside of the house wish they would open it up again.
Comment by yougonnabsorry | 06.20.2006 | 12:39 pm
Yo dawg that is sum messed up dookie in the hizzy, HOLLA BACK!!!
Comment by Jerry | 07.17.2006 | 11:40 am
My Mom went to the McPike Mansion(I live in Belleville, IL) last year and took the tour. First of all Mike.. if you are taking a tour and the house is extremely active and is overwelmed with ghosts then you are not aloud in the house period. So the chances of your mother passing away in the house is very slim. Anyways, she took a lot of pictures of the house and around the house. She caught a picture of a face in the window of an elderly man. If you are looking up the McPike Mansion then here are some websites that may help some of you because it is a very interesting house.
http://www.hauntedalton.com/
http://www.hauntedstudio.com/McPike.htm
http://www.prairieghosts.com/mcpike.html
http://pages.prodigy.net/ghostfish/_wsn/page7.html
http://mcpikemansion.com/
Comment by Tia | 07.28.2006 | 5:53 pm
My Mom went to the McPike Mansion(I live in Belleville, IL) last year and took the tour. First of all Mike.. if you are taking a tour and the house is extremely active and is overwelmed with ghosts then you are not aloud in the house period. So the chances of your mother passing away in the house is very slim. Anyways, she took a lot of pictures of the house and around the house. She caught a picture of a face in the window of an elderly man. If you are looking up the McPike Mansion then here are some websites that may help some of you because it is a very interesting house.
http://www.hauntedalton.com/
http://www.hauntedstudio.com/McPike.htm
http://www.prairieghosts.com/mcpike.html
http://pages.prodigy.net/ghostfish/_wsn/page7.html
http://mcpikemansion.com/
Comment by Tia | 07.28.2006 | 5:53 pm
OMG I have been there About 10 or more times and i love this place. The owners are very nice and they know alot about what is going on in there. And yes it is haunted. I read yougonnabsorry and she is right i have taken many pic there and i also had a glowing face of a little girl and a man in the top window of the house. Very Cool!!! I took a pic in front of the house and when i got them back there was a lighting bolt in front of me. yougonnabsorry wright me back that is great.
Comment by Amy | 08.23.2006 | 11:26 am
I have also been to Mcpike and have gotten some great pic. I also have a pic with a face of a child and a man in the top window looking down on us like he has been waiting for us to get there so werid. If you have any other infor you would like to share that would be great. I live in Belleville, IL so im really close to Alton,IL. The people that own that house are great people for keeping it and dealing with all the stuff that happens there. Do you know if they got anymore remodleing done? Write back
Comment by Amy | 08.23.2006 | 12:19 pm
OK! That Mike dude is REALLY messed up. Too many chocolate bars? Can we say RITALIN?? Anyway, I am going to Alton soon so maybe I can be scared witless.
Comment by catta | 10.13.2006 | 1:54 am
Do you actully think any of this is true. If the house or any house was really haunted let people near it. Every haunted house is fake.
Comment by Doug | 10.17.2006 | 2:00 pm
How did mokeyface boy die?
Comment by chealsea sederes | 10.25.2006 | 7:39 pm
my first question was about the Lemp Mansion
Comment by chealsea sederes | 10.25.2006 | 7:41 pm
I live in Alton, about a mile from the McPike Mansion. I’ve been on a private tour of the house with the owners, a couple of years ago. The house is still in a very deteriorated state. But we did go into all the rooms that were safe to walk in, including the cellar. (Which is creepy as hell by the way. I got the worst sick feeling in the pit of my stomach in there.) The owner told us that many psychics have reported extremely strong activity in the house; and plenty of normal people have seen weird stuff there. There are noises, apparitions, glowing lights, all that kind of thing. The Steve and DC Morning Show spent the night there one Halloween a few years ago, and recorded it. If you get a chance to listen to it, it will freak you out.
NOTE: If you are in the Alton area around Halloween, check out Antoinette’s Haunted Tours. They visit all the haunted places in Alton (including McPike), and there are plenty.
Comment by Sparklydiva | 10.29.2006 | 12:03 am
Ive heard about the Mc Pike mansion and I heard it was scary and my cuzin Mark said that he saw a ghosts and he swung on it.
Comment by Aunyia | 10.29.2006 | 7:16 pm
There is a realy interesting tour in Alton, Illinois. It is at the former Mineral Springs Hotel. We got to go into the sub basement where the swimming pool used to be! The tours also include other area buildings. I have been on several of the tours. They offer walking tours, dinner tours and over night tours. At the end of the tour they offer mini tarot card readings. It was an amazing tour. I strongly recommend checking it out!
Comment by GMJ TOURS | 11.8.2006 | 11:13 pm
I’ve been to the Mcpike Mansion plenty of times. Yes that place is haunted I’ve got some pics & there is a lik skeleton face but it had a chin. I also got a pic of a dog in the window because u might think I’m crazy but a dog does infact haunt the mansion. I’ve took three tours in the mansion I know the owners Sharen & Gorge Ludky I’ve got a good relationship with them. Yes they have got remodleing done. They got a lot of brick work done & alson the front porch roof is off for work. But they are slowy getting the place done it’s going to take alot of money because they want every thing to be the same as is was when it was built. But it will take some time to get done.
Comment by Jerry Asbury | 12.7.2006 | 4:06 pm
So I used to live in Alton. The house really is there. I was always too young to go into it, but I have been there. I swear on everything that I saw a little boy and his dog looking down at me from the window. It’s a big place. It looks like it used to be a beautiful house. Right now it’s not touring, but the new owners are fixing it up so you can go inside it. Of course, it’s going to take a lot of time, and daylight, to finish this project. I sure as hell wouldn’t go inside that house trying to fix it up. HECK NO.
Comment by Katy | 03.28.2007 | 12:48 pm
My good friend and a couple of other people went to this place. She did not see anything when she was there, but she felt weird and like someone was watching her. When she got her pictures developed she called me to come right over. As I was looking at the pictures, there were 2 that had people in it that were not there when she took them. One had a person looking out of one of the upstairs windows. You couldnt tell if it was a man or woman. The second one was the most clear picture that I have ever seen. There was a woman, long white dress, hat on her head, standing next to a girl around 6ish maybe? you can make out her hair, facial features everything, and standing next to her was a dog. I have never seen anything until that day but that made me a believer!
Comment by Stephanie Vail | 07.3.2007 | 1:11 pm
I have been to the McPike two times and both times there was plenty of activity. I can tell you I got a nauseated feeling each time I got close the house. the owners live right next door and Sharon is absolutely sweet and very knowledgeable of the past with this home. Check out the McPike family plots in the city cemetary behind the Lovejoy monuement…very unusual.
The Mineral Springs is VERY active as well. I have actually been walked through in that place. It was a chill I cannot even describe other than someone walking on your grave. It’s a neat building all together…but like everyone says, do the tours. I’ve done Antionettes (right brain activities is the name of the company last I remember) and Troy Taylor who I recomment going to his store, The white chapel printing press. He’s not a psychic, he’s a ghost hunter and a historian. He has written several books and his shop is always open. Great guy and very knowledgeable.
As for the Millionaires’ Rd. I cannot remember the exact name of the rd but this is just a nickname. there are several homes that are back to back on this rd and it’s a bricked rd if I remember correctly (been a while since I’ve been there). It is no where near Alby St. (McPike). It’s an established neighbored of renovated homes in the past 20 yrs..closer to the river front than McPike and on the side of town where the antique shops are.
Comment by debra | 08.22.2007 | 4:04 pm
Alton refers to Millionaires row in two areas of town. one is on the same road as Duke Bakery but north of it by the Parks Dept. The other area is off of State St but in the downtown area. you go up just past Hayner library and turn left onto a side street (actual street names escape me at the moment and I’m at work so I cant look them up) there is a park there and the homes overlook the river. Another area that is haunted is Hopp Hollow Rd/subdivision. there is a confederate cemetery there. I have never been to the McPike mansion but have driven past it. My sister in law who does not believe in ghosts went there with some friends and she felt someone tap the back of her shoulder and there was no one behind her. I have been to the Mineral Springs Mall and also did the tour. I was a little taken back in the old slaughter house area. I did okay until we got to the second old pool area. We used divinity rods and at first nothing was happening and then while standing perfectly still my rods slowly crossed each other and pointed back at me. A friend who was there had a digital camera and saw a white blurb behind me. Freaked me out! There was no lights but a few candles that were no where near me for a reflection and since I was seeing it on a screen there was no developing errors on a pic. We saw several more of these white circle blurs. When we got our photos developed there were weird things on the pictures in the old slaughter room. this room had light bulbs hanging from the ceilings and in the pictures there were what looked like lightning bolts darting out from them toward various places in the room along with hundreds of those white circle blurbs. I had never been more scared in my life.
Comment by annette | 10.4.2007 | 1:04 pm
I’ve definitely heard of Devil’s Road in Fosterburg. It’s actually Snake Rd, I believe, but the call it Hell’s Road now. That used to be the big thing when I was in High School. So was the Seven Gates of Hell In Collinsville. And I’ve also lived in Alton my whole life and I’ve never heard of Millionaire’s Drive. I’ve never heard of the crying woman either, though.
Comment by Ashley | 10.13.2007 | 4:27 am
I think I know where it is, It’s a McPike’s Manison. I has been there few times. It’s a huge place. Very creepy I ever had been in. When me and my friends went in there for a tour. We felt some tight in stomach and it’s very unusual feelings. One of my friend felt something pick up her hair really lightly. We had one of our friend who is a medium, she knew what has happened to her and told the woman who was a guider for the tour about this. It was amazing. I would love to go back there and go on some tour. Some people has been talking about haunted hotel in Alton, the old one. They went there to walk through and it was more way creepier. Alton is the most one of my favorite town to visit and lots of histories and all those things.
Comment by Amy Remmers | 10.26.2007 | 1:49 pm