Alert Top Story History served with a twist on Ghost Walk By Stephanie Klett and Bill Barth Oct 15, 2025 Oct 15, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It all starts at Seminary Park, which during the day is a bright green space just east of the downtown lakeshore.kAmpE ?:89E :E’D BF:E6 52C< 2D @?6 2AAC@2496D E96 4@G6C65 D96=E6C 2?5 D925@HJ 7:8FC6D D=@H=J 6>6C86 7C@> E96 3=24<?6DD[ C6G62=:?8 76==@H E@FC\E2<6CD] %96 A6C764E D6EE:?8 367@C6 DE6AA:?8 @77 @? {2<6 v6?6G2’D v9@DE (2=<]k^AmkAmvF:56D #:E2 |@@C6 2?5 |@6 v2C5?6C – 7:EE:?8=J 25@C?65 :? 3=24<[ 9625 E@ E@6[ 4@>A=6E6 H:E9 9@@5D 2?5 52C< =:ADE:4< – 8C66E E96 8C@FA @7 23@FE b_ D@F=D] }6CG@FD 8:88=6D 3C62< E96 D:=6?46] (6 =62C? E96C6 2C6 EH@ 32496=@C6EE6 A2CE:6D 8@:?8 @? – 2 8C@FA @7 `_ 92D D9@H? FA H62C:?8 A@:?EJ H:E49 92ED]k^Am kAm#:E2 :D E96 G6E6C2?[ H:E9 E96 @C82?:K2E:@? 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