I LOVE the Galena area! I don’t doubt that there were deaths in this house, but I do have doubts about it being as haunted as suggested. I have not been to many places in my life, but I would still bet that Galena is one of the most architecturally and geologically beautiful towns in America. Aside from its beauty, Galena has a very interesting, but brief, history. It seems that once the history lessons run out, the ghost stories begin and run rampant – I think it’s partially to capture the attention of the tourists who don’t really care about civil war generals, lead mining, and driftless areas. I’ve been to Galena a few times and there are several ghost tours, and some would have you believe every square inch of the town and surrounding areas is the site of a bloody murder and, of course, haunted. The stories are entertaining though and I would never be one to openly scoff, but many are quite unbelievable and obviously fashioned to market other local points of interest. There is a historian – a really cool guy - who does a ghost tour, and I’ve read some reviews where people said his tour was “boring” but I think that’s because he doesn’t sensationalize and some of his stories actually end with discrediting the supernatural.
I would love to live in the Galena area someday, but not in that house! More for the work that needs to be done and less for the possible ghosts. But also because of the possible ghosts! I thought there was something about limestone that could be scientifically linked to ghostly apparitions, though this would not be a traditional haunting, it could still scare the poop out of me!
Side note: When we stayed in the DeSoto House in Galena, my husband insists ghosts closed his laptop
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