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In his last day as director of the Geneva History Center, Dave Oberg is offering tours of haunted downtown Geneva on Saturday.
“That’ll be my last program with the Geneva History Center,” Oberg said.
He is leaving to take the executive director position at the Grayslake Heritage Center.
Oberg created the Ghost Walk tour, modeled after History Center Educator Margaret Selakovich’s neighborhood walks.
“We’ve gone on a number of walks,” said Geneva resident Pat Hanson, who attended a Ghost Walk in August with her husband, Earl. “They’ve been good. ... We’re grateful we have such an active history center.”
She said she is open to the possible existence of ghosts.
“I’ve had a few experiences that made me wonder about ghosts,” Hanson said.
About 40 people attended the August Ghost Walk. Oberg divided the group with co-host and local author of “Ghosts of the Fox River Valley” Donna Latham taking half on the tour.
Atala Toy, owner of Crystal Life Technology healing jewelry in downtown Geneva, attended and said she photographed a mist she believes to be a ghost during the tour with Latham.
“When she stops and talks about (the hauntings), the ghosts come,” Toy said.
The tour included haunted stories at several houses, the Strawflower Shop and at Dam Bar & Grill where the ghost of a Swedish day laborer is said to haunt. Latham said his ghost has intensified over time.
“Employees have caught a glimpse of a humanoid figure at the window before it vanished,” Latham said. “... At night, the ghosts run rampant.”
The ghost stories usually involve victims of violence and murder from the city’s past. The walking tours are a little longer than an hour.
In his last day as director of the Geneva History Center, Dave Oberg is offering tours of haunted downtown Geneva on Saturday.
“That’ll be my last program with the Geneva History Center,” Oberg said.
He is leaving to take the executive director position at the Grayslake Heritage Center.
Oberg created the Ghost Walk tour, modeled after History Center Educator Margaret Selakovich’s neighborhood walks.
“We’ve gone on a number of walks,” said Geneva resident Pat Hanson, who attended a Ghost Walk in August with her husband, Earl. “They’ve been good. ... We’re grateful we have such an active history center.”
She said she is open to the possible existence of ghosts.
“I’ve had a few experiences that made me wonder about ghosts,” Hanson said.
About 40 people attended the August Ghost Walk. Oberg divided the group with co-host and local author of “Ghosts of the Fox River Valley” Donna Latham taking half on the tour.
Atala Toy, owner of Crystal Life Technology healing jewelry in downtown Geneva, attended and said she photographed a mist she believes to be a ghost during the tour with Latham.
“When she stops and talks about (the hauntings), the ghosts come,” Toy said.
The tour included haunted stories at several houses, the Strawflower Shop and at Dam Bar & Grill where the ghost of a Swedish day laborer is said to haunt. Latham said his ghost has intensified over time.
“Employees have caught a glimpse of a humanoid figure at the window before it vanished,” Latham said. “... At night, the ghosts run rampant.”
The ghost stories usually involve victims of violence and murder from the city’s past. The walking tours are a little longer than an hour.
