October 30, 2025 - Join Adam Selzer—author, podcaster, and host of Mysterious Chicago Tours—for spine-tingling walkabouts that dig into the zoo’s cemetery roots and locations from throughout its allegedly haunted history. These popular tours will sell out quickly, so scare up some tickets for yourself before ...

April 11, 2025 - Under the direction of Cy DeVry from 1888 to 1919, the zoo eventually expanded its collection and infrastructure, acquiring its first elephants and monkeys and constructing new habitats for lions, gorillas, and great apes. The 1940s marked a period of ongoing innovation, further solidified by establishing the Lincoln Park Zoological Society in 1959. Chicago is renowned as one of the most haunted cities in America, with a history marred by tragedy and death.

1 month ago - Uncover eerie hauntings and ghostly voices at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, once a cemetery hiding 15,000 bodies beneath its attractions. Dare to read?

October 13, 2022 - Yes, there will be adult beverages for guests to purchase. Admission starts at $20. There is also a "Haunted History" tour at Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in October.

October 29, 2024 - Ghost stories and haunted history tours at Lincoln Park Zoo reveal eerie tales of mysterious disappearances and tragic deaths.

Guests will participate in a haunted history tour and ongoing paranormal investigation of Chicago's Lincoln Park, one of the city's oldest and most notorious areas, featuring a haunted Zoo, the abandoned and destroyed City Cemetery, the site of Suicide Bridge, and the site of the St.

Explore how history and hauntings go hand-in-hand in Lost Souls of Haunted Lincoln Park Zoo, Illinois. Follow along with the Haunted Destinations series and decide whether Chicago is a city that rose from the dead, or a city full of the dead!

October 17, 2024 - Get ready to scare and roar!! Chipride volunteers will act as scare actors for the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Halloween Haunted Trail. This is an adults night out event, where we will dress up as scare performers and scare guests as they travel through the haunted trail.

Some of the eerie occurrences at the zoo include that of ghosts wearing Victorian era clothing wandering throughout the park. They appear out of nowhere and then disappear quickly.

November 29, 2024 - Along with burning the city and structures to ashes, this fire also devastated many graves. Nevertheless, today, the That Steak Joynt, The Cemetery, and the Lion House Bathroom are the three spookiest spots inside the zoo.

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Built on the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, the Lincoln Park Zoo is home to apparitions from the Victorian Era who are unaware that they are no longer among the living.