Milwaukee
Bloody Third Ward Ghost Walk

Do you want to have some real fun?

With those words, the wildly eccentric Clair Richardson founded the Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee’s Third Ward. He had so much fun there, he never left. While Clair died in 1980, people still feel his presence often. His ghost is rumored to disrupt live performances if the perpetual spotlight, shining on his urn in the Cabot Theatre’s trap room, is allowed to burn out. 

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, The Third Ward, dubbed “The Bloody Third” in 1846, is a charming arts district today but conceals a violent gangster past. Once home to Milwaukee’s mafia operations and before that Irish gangsters known as the Third Ward Cowboys, its streets have been touched by tragedy and the paranormal.