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Raymond Johnson

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I am a former criminal investigator, author, and historian that has lived in the Chicago area my entire life. I have two books currently out; Chicago's Haunt Detective and Chicago History - The Stranger Side both published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen PA. I currently live with my wife, youngest son and our 2 dogs in Brookfield, IL

I hated history in school because it was so incredibly boring and I really couldn't relate it to anything in my life. At 18 I took up genealogy as a hobby and history started to come alive for me.

After a career in criminal investigation I put both my genealogical and investigative skills to work and began to dig deeper in popular history, folklore and legend to try to get to the truth and also unearth previ
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