DEAD OF WINTER

FRANKLIN LODGE
ALTON, ILLINOIS
FEBRUARY 7, 2026
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Join American Hauntings for the 27th Annual Dead of Winter Event — held each year in Alton, Illinois, this year at Franklin Lodge! Spend the day celebrating the spooky winter season of ghosts, hauntings, folklore, and legends while also supporting a great cause! Your generosity during this annual food drive will help to feed the hungry in the region during the coldest time of the year! So, join us at Franklin Lodge for this FREE daytime event! You’ll have the chance to be chilled by presentations on ghosts, hauntings, and the unexplained, meet speakers and authors, browse the vendor room, and make this one of the best days you’ll have all winter!

You may also like the following events from Troy Taylor's American Oddities Museum:

• Next Friday, 5th December, 07:00 pm, GHOSTS OF THE RIVER ROAD TOUR in Alton
• Next Saturday, 6th December, 07:00 pm, EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE in Alton
• Next month, 12th December, 07:00 pm, DEVIL CAME TO ST. LOUIS DINNER in Alton

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