Tales of Jackson, IL: Not-so Mystic Locales

One of the things I really wanted when I began putting together Jackson was it to feel real. I wanted places these characters could hang out and locations that felt like something from the Midwest in the mid 1980s. So while I love my haunted houses, hidden underground tunnels, and everything else the "bad land" has to offer, there are far more "normal" places to visit that will come into play. Colleges In addition to two High Schools (Jackson Public High and Saint Michael's Catholic), Jackson has two small four-year colleges offering full bachelor's degrees in a variety of subjects, along with technical degrees and, at MacAlister, a robust RN program and an RN-to-BSN program.While the colleges have their ghosts and their own stories, they are to most people mundane institutions of higher learning. MacAlister CollegeThe East Side College, "Mac"Founded in the early 1830s, MacAlister College for Women broke ground before Talcott College did, but did not begin enrolling students until…