Haunted History: Oakbrook Mall

Located west of Chicago, near Route 83, Oakbrook mall is home to a plethora of expensive clothing stores, a Pottery Barn, and a Sharper Image to name a few highlights. In fact, Oakbrook is such a hotspot for fashion in the West suburbs, it is often referred to as “the Mecca of metro” on the streets.

During the day, Oakbrook Mall is an aesthetically pleasing shopping center populated primarily by upper middle people. By night however, Oakbrook Mall is an aesthetically pleasing shopping center populated primarily by upper middle-class ghosts.

Did you know... that the compass rose in the Northwestern part of the mall is the most haunted compass rose in the USA?

The following legends have accumulated over the years:

Parking Lot Pretty Boys
On August 15th, 1999, a pair of well-dressed males died in a car crash right outside the Northern-parking center. Since the incident, local authorities have been called in to investigate reports of two men wandering the lot after midnight. Sources state that the two figures were dressed in charred, although slimming button-downs. Authorities have not been able to confirm or deny such presences but have noted a distinct, ghostly smell of hair gel in the suspected area. Legend has it, the two men’s souls will be put to rest if they are given a pair of jeans that retailed for roughly half of what they would have paid.


Kid That Died In The Pottery Barn But Really Didn’t
Urban legend has it that a negligent mother, in an attempt to better juggle wicker products and large scented candles, placed her son in a large ceramics container in a Pottery Barn so she could better carry her items. The kid ended up being fine because bad things don’t happen to white children, but some say if you listen carefully you can still hear him whining.

Did you know... if this was the baby in the incident, things would have turned out differently?

The Mac Sales Rep That Died On His Shift Or Something
Ancient Hebrew texts suggest that an unnamed Mac store employee suffered a heart attack while helping a costumer. No one ran to his aid because the new iMac came out that week and everyone was staring at the eye candy. Clearly upset with his demise, The Mac Guy roams the Apple store during normal business hours whispering false information about external hard drives to any human foolish enough to listen.