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Dead People of Illinois (Adults)

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Join us in a funny and spooky adventure with John Lynn as he explores hundreds of Illinois cemeteries to find interesting graves and headstones.

Searching for dead people in all the right places, this ‘underground’ presentation by renowned researcher John Lynn explores hundreds of Illinois cemeteries to find interesting graves and headstones, intriguing lives and deaths, and lots and plots of funny names! It’s an opportunity for mortals to not only whistle past the graveyard, but to pause and enjoy the oddities of life and death just in time for Halloween season! Warning: grave subject matter. Expiration date: inevitable. Services: pending.

John Lynn of Peoria has photographed all 2400 Illinois cities, villages and towns.  He has also hiked, biked, and canoed enough historic and scenic trails, roads, and rivers in North America and Britain to circle the globe.  He has now shared his experiences and discoveries with over 4000 audiences.  

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