Hartford Castle, Hartford, Illinois - Discussion

Anonymous · Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.

Discussion thread for Hartford Castle, Hartford, Illinois.

Hartford Castle was a speakeasy during the Prohibition, but was originally a home called Lakeview, built by French immigrant Benjamin Biszant in 1897. The castlelike home was the scene of a tragedy when Biszant's English wife passed away in the early 1900s. It is her ghost that was suspected to...

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