Dowell, Illinois Ghost Tales The day hours in Dowell, Illinois are the same as day hours anywhere else, but underneath the surface there are out of the ordinary things taking place. Night time is undead time around here. Folks who have never stayed overnight in this town will laugh and say it's untrue, but the things that happen here in Dowell during the night time will frighten you. These are some of the spooky things that have happened here recently. A woman with maggots crawling out of her eyes has frequently been seen seated in a beanbag in a trailer near Dowell. If you listen to the locals, this ghost gets pleasure from frightening foolhardy people who come trying to find ghosts in Dowell. The ghost of a female with a dagger in her head is regularly witnessed smoking a cigar at the water's edge at Elkville Reservoir. The phantom of a bound up woman can often be perceived taking pleasure in the view at Elkville Country Club Reservoir Dam at night. A woman grasping her head by her arm has now and then been spotted reading a pamphlet       in Keys Park very late at night. If you listen to what the residents declare, this ghost could be the spirit of a resident who passed on here in Dowell before the present. The phantom of a young female in a blood-covered wedding dress is once in a while witnessed heaving boulders into the stream at Blacksop Creek very late at night.   Submit a ghost sighting for Dowell, Illinois: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:       Other haunted towns near Dowell, Illinois: Elkville, Illinois, 2 miles away Du Quoin, Illinois, 4 miles away Vergennes, Illinois, 6 miles away De Soto, Illinois, 6 miles away Hurst, Illinois, 9 miles away Mulkeytown, Illinois, 9 miles away Royalton, Illinois, 10 miles away Tamaroa, Illinois, 11 miles away Carbondale, Illinois, 12 miles away Cambria, Illinois, 12 miles away Murphysboro, Illinois, 12 miles away        The latest ghost sightings from around the world All haunted towns and cities in Illinois