They lift your spirits, prompt you to think, make you feel grateful and inspire you to do more. They connect you to our community, shining a spotlight on what's good about our city. They're stories that are Uniquely Milwaukee, sponsored by the Milwaukee Public Library.
“A lot of the times that I've had my experiences, I've been in this chair, and I've turned and nobody's there. If you shut this door. You can't open it. Nobody can. You have to have the code to open it. It was shut. I'm doing office work, and this door opens, and it's just slightly like [door creaks] — just like that, like that noise. And I'm like, “Who's there messing with me?”
— DeVante Lisch, Café Corazón general manager
Do you believe in ghosts?
With Halloween followed closely by Dia de los Muertos, we’re right in the middle of spooky season — the perfect time to explore and answer that question.
In this episode, I take a tour of Café Corazón, a restaurant in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood that some say is haunted. Guided by Lisch, along with Allison Jornlin and Tea Krulos of American Ghost Walks, we learn the history of the building and stories about the possible spirits that still linger in the space.
From Riverwest, we head back to Walker’s Point and another location with some unexplained phenomenon that hits close to home: Radio Milwaukee! I invited a few of my colleagues to talk about their encounters with the mischievous spirit that roams the station. Spoiler: not everyone thinks the ghost is real.
Finally, we wanted to hear from someone who represents the people who either don’t — or would rather not — believe in ghosts. 88Nine DJ Carolann Grybowski is one of those people. She believes in something but has anxiety about the unknown. To provide that perspective, she shares a short, personal narrative about her own experiences.
