11/15/2025 Haunted History Murder Mystery Dinner Show and Tour

Schedule

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

807 S 7th St, Oregon, IL, United States, Illinois 61061 | Oregon, IL

HAUNTED HISTORY MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW AND BUILDING TOUR, "TRUE CRIMES FROM THE ROARING 20'S TO THIS CURRENT DAY. THE SPIRITS FROM THOSE DAYS OF MAYHEM, MYSTERY AND MURDER STILL LINGER HERE AWAITING YOUR VISIT! *Ghost detector devices welcome!
Hooked on TV shows like: "Ghost Adventures," “The Dead Files," “Ghost Hunters,” Taps,” "Murder ID," or "Forensic Files"? This TRUE CRIME live dinner show & haunted building tour is just the ticket!
DISCOVER THIS TRULY UNIQUE NIGHT OUT! Our customer satisfaction rating 9.5 /10. A sincere Thank You goes out to all those guests that made this haunting event a huge success! We urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible! These events typically sell out in a few days. Due to the wait list seating ten days to a week before an event is rarely available. All events prior to the date of this event are sold out. Priority seating for groups of 4 or more.
*Due to adult content and graphic crime scene photos, this event is recommended for ages at least 16 or older.
"We hope to see you soon for a delicious meal, ghostly forensic photo and video presentation of our resident spirits, plus the haunted building and basement museum tour."
The Old Stenhouse Roadhouse Landmark Building has a rich history of mystery, mayhem and multiple murders, not to mention the spirits that still roam our old 1920's authentic speakeasy building. There are 2 “Travel Channel Dead Files tv shows”, a movie pilot, several podcasts, a “ COAST TO COAST” radio interview with 2 authors about the hauntings & ghostly occupants of the building,
“THE TRAP-DOOR BAR” opens at 5:00 PM for our guest bootleggers to start checking in.
NEXT, WE DINE WITH THE GHOSTS IN THE ORIGINAL “1920’s SPEAK EASY CAFÉ ROOM”
BIG AL’S BUFFET begins at 6:00 pm sharp, including the following:
FLAPPER GALS SALAD BAR: Huge bowl of crisp chilled chopped lettuce, several dressings and our own famous homemade Buttermilk Ranch dressing, shredded cheddar cheese, tomato wedges, cottage cheese, mac salad, 3 bean salad & croutons.
BIG AL’S FAVORITE, “HIDE-A-WAY BBQ RIBS:” Hearty BBQ rib slabs, with a blanket of our own award-winning sauce then slow baked to perfection for 6 hours, proportioned and served.
UNCLE FRANK’S “SECRET RECIPE” DEEP FRIED CHICKEN: Uncle Frank’s old world homemade secret batter mix gives each piece of deep-fried chicken a thick crispy hug. DO NOT ask Uncle Frankie for the recipe! If you do, watch your rearview mirror all the way home!
MAD DOG’S BOYS FAVORITE: Deep dish Baked Meat Balls Italian style without pasta. A standalone favorite for meat lovers. Can be easily served with or without the hearty mozzarella cheese toppings. Gluten friendly. (ALL MEALS INCLUDE GARLIC BREAD)
CHEF MARIO’S DEEPDISH PIZZA DE JUR: This evening it’s up to Chef Mario? He just loves to make deep dish pizzas! We never know what he’ll come up with! Want a clue? His favorites are cheese - sausage and pepperoni and chicken ranch pizzas topped with bacon!
CHEF PADDY'S POTATO BAR: Chef Paddy loves his gold foil wrapped Baked Potatoes with Chilled SOUR CREAM & BUTTER SQUARES.
MAMMA MIA’S DESSERT TRAY: Pick your favorite cheesecake flavor from your waitresses assorted serving tray!
*To keep ticket prices to a minimum, a gratuity is not included, but welcome!
Your meal also includes non-alcoholic beverages with comp refills. Ask your server for adult beverages, they are available for separate purchases. Buffet Value, incl. n/a drinks, dessert and tax $57-$67.
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YOUR EVENING EVENT AGENDA:
1: Trap-Door Bar opens at 5 pm. Ten Course Buffet including dessert, served at 6pm sharp.
2: An eerie historical murder & mayhem ghost guide to view as you dine. The guidebook will include a pen, your own rap sheet/crime report of victims who are still haunting our old building. (All guidebooks and crime reports are to be turned in at evenings end)
3: After dinner oral review of the Haunted guidebook highlights.
4: Break for guest browsing and photo opt of haunted rooms and antiques on main floor, including a collection of over 350 miniature illuminated stage coaches.
5: “The Coach Light Theater Room” presents a video preparing you to meet our resident ghosts, followed by a slide show of other ghostly photo anomalies. Most of the photos were taken by our guests or our security cameras revealing our unearthly residents and mirror portals.
6: Guests’ inquiries . Your evening is hosted by former Oregon mayor Mike Arians, ALSO HOST OF THE TRAVEL CHANNEL’S DEAD FILES TV Episodes, "THE OBSESSION." Mayor Mike is the central character in multiple paranormal books including “MARY JANE’S GHOST,” by Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago Tribune Reporter/author Ted Gregory, "SILENCE THE DEAD" by Shamus award winning nominee, crime series author, Jack Fredrickson and chapters in “BLOODY ILLINOIS” BY Troy Taylor and “GHOSTS OF NORTHERN ILINOIS” BY Steven Osborne, and lastly the book “MARY JANE AND THE MAYOR.”
7: The Haunted Basement Museum Tour: This tour includes the mysterious 1920's haunted mirror portals, original bootleggers bloody butcher shop, trap doors to bar & stairway to nowhere, illegal booze shipping/receiving room, bloody fingerprints on the ceiling, the peculiar bleeding little girl mannequin, gangsters gambling in the secret poker room, 1920's cabin guests shower & potty. An attractive blond lady showers here nightly to this very day, NO PEEKING!
8: Guest photo opt. There are 2 authentic 1920's Tommy guns on the ammo box, guests are welcome to use them to take photos with Big Al to get the gangster’s feel of what it was like back in the day.
*(IMPORTANT !) During your basement tour if you feel the urge to leave the area, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR GUIDE BEFORE DEPARTING! There are two guests from a prior tour that are still unaccounted for.
9: Last, each group returns to the “Coach Light Theater” room to complete their haunted crime report sheet and turn it in to your hosts, along with the ghost guidebook.
10: Visit with your hosts about your experience.
CELL PHONE CAMERAS & HANDHELD GHOST DETECTOR DEVICES ARE WELCOME! Over the past several years many photos taken throughout our building have revealed ghostly disembodied images!
*PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE RH GHOSTS BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!
We encourage all guests to prepare for their evening in advance by "AI," google searching, “Is the Road House in Oregon Illinois really haunted? Also click the link below for additional information!
http://www.rhouse.org/HauntedTours.html
*IMPORTANT EVENT BOOKING HINTS:
So that a personal touch may be given to all guests, our shows only seat 25/30 max. Do not wait too long to make reservations! Unfortunately, we have been forced to turn away Several VERY disappointed folks who delayed in booking this seasonal outing.
This event (including dinner) takes approximately 3.5 hours. If you are attending with someone else who has booked separately under a different name, please notify us in advance so that we can seat you all together. We give priority seating to parties of 4 or more.
*BEWARE! Due to the popularity of these shows, unfortunately we have had people fraudulently sell tickets to this event. Before you purchase tickets from anyone except The Roadhouse through our "Square" credit card link, please message us to verify the tickets are legitimate. These scammers typically use PayPal & personal messenger to facilitate the transaction. The Roadhouse will not hold any responsibility for tickets purchased elsewhere.
*Our Haunted History Dinner Tours have entertained scores of guests for many years and hundreds of the “Travel Channel’s “DEAD FILES” tv viewers since 2015. Hopefully our ghosts will entertain many more guests in the future! Thank You for your interest!
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