Fithian, Illinois Ghost Tales In the early 1980?s I was invited by a friend to come and visit them in Fithian. They had purchased a large, old, 3 story house there and were in the process of renovating it. The guest bedroom was on the ground floor and that was the room they assigned to me. The first evening I was there, we decided to go out for a late dinner and dancing. We had gotten into the car when, at the last moment, I decided that I should bring along a jacket. I went back inside the house through the kitchen door, through the dining room and living room and into the guest bedroom. As I hurried back out of the room, I clearly saw a small gentleman in an old fashioned brown suit standing behind the wing backed chair in the living room. I hurried a bit faster and joined my friends in the car. Later that evening when we returned to the house, I told them what I had seen. It was then that they told me they knew the house was haunted. They had heard phantom footsteps and had other strange noises and activity. They had assumed the ghost to be that of the builder of       the home, Dr. William Fithian. They showed me a photo of Dr. Fithian and , indeed, it was the gentleman I had seen. The town was named for Dr. William Fithian in the 1830?s. He was a physician, served in both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate and was friend and supporter of Abraham Lincoln. The downstairs of the home had housed his practice. The small downstairs bedroom was the exam room. The room I saw him in was used as the waiting room. Submitted by Sandy E.   Submit a ghost sighting for Fithian, Illinois: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:       Other haunted towns near Fithian, Illinois: Oakwood, Illinois, 2 miles away Fairmount, Illinois, 4 miles away Catlin, Illinois, 5 miles away Muncie, Illinois, 5 miles away Collison, Illinois, 8 miles away Indianola, Illinois, 8 miles away Sidell, Illinois, 9 miles away Westville, Illinois, 10 miles away Danville, Illinois, 11 miles away Tilton, Illinois, 11 miles away Georgetown, Illinois, 11 miles away        The latest ghost sightings from around the world All haunted towns and cities in Illinois Lies about Fithian