Presents
Haunted
Places In Indiana
Last Updated: August 2005
Please note that if you see captions that look like this – they are incerpts that I have included from my visits at these haunted sites.
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Warning
Any
places listed in the Haunted Places requires permission to visit or
investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities,
trespassers will be prosecuted.
Anderson - Cry
Baby Bridge - The Cry Baby Bridge is where a
baby died in the car crash. It wasn't found when the police came and
the baby was left. It ended up dying. If you go across the bridge you
can hear it crying.
Anderson - Highland
- Highland High Schoool - Has
been haunted for several years. The gym is where the sightings
usually take place. People have reported that they have seen a little
boy roaming around the gym and sometimes doing laps around the
basketball court. They have also heard basketball being bounced. They
say that the sounds and the little boy running laps. The boy died one
day in gym class when they were playing basketball. The teacher said
that he was fine and next time the teacher looked at him, he was
lying there dead. Ever since then, the little boy has haunted the gym
of Highland High school. - June 2004
Update/correction..the boy's name has been removed. the boy died in
highlands old gym which is now the auditorium. The boy haunts the
auditorium, the green room, back stage, and the cat walk. He died of
an asthma attack while running laps around the old gym/auditorium.
Anderson - Mounds
State Park - Some people have reported
encountering blue-gowned dwarves in the park and nearby along the
White River at Loblesville. According to Deleware Indian legend, they
are the Puk-wud-ies, a tribe of little people that still inhabit the
forests.
Angola - town
circle - if you go to the circle at midnight
and look at the movie theatre building you will see a man with a long
red beard pacing on the top of the building. You will also, if you
are very quiet, you will hear his screeching voice say. "Marie
please come back to me, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!" he sobs and he
sobs. He is known as the movie man. And if you go and sit to watch a
movie you will hear a sobbing man, but there won?t be anyone sitting
behind you, just rows of seats, and maybe a red bearded man.
Austin
- Austin High School - there
is to be a Spanish teacher roaming the school. She died in a car
accident around the 80's, possibly. There have been sightings of her
by the teachers lat at night. While driving to school in the late
80's early 90's - the witness is not exactly positive of the date, -
Addition info added November 2003 - their
Spanish teacher was driving to school when she was in a wreck and
killed. She is said to walk around the school, and some janitors have
quit after when opening a door the handle began shake and was
freezing cold.
Avon - The
Haunted Bridge - a railway bridge over White
Lick Creek. The ghost of a construction worker from when the bridge
was built, and the sounds of a baby cryinLg, supposedly from an
incident during which a baby was inadvertently dropped into the creek
from the bridge. I
(Dyanna) have done investigations here. Lots of orbs seen only by
myself and my camera. No noises or cries heard at the time of my
visit. No apparitions seen. Very eery sensations can be felt here
(hair standing up, cold chills, etc.). No cold spots felt at time of
visit. A sensation of “doom” is felt. Very beautiful old
concrete bridge.
Barbee Lake - The
Barbee Hotel - The Barbee Hotel was considered
a very high-class resort during Al Capone's time. He stayed in the
hotel frequently, often clearing out all the guests so he could stay
in seclusion. He always stayed in room 301 at the back of the hotel.
When cleaning the rooms employees have smelled cigar smoke and when
investigated it is coming from room 301. The bartender who has worked
there for years has seen an old man sitting at one of the booths on
several occasions. When she goes to get someone, he is gone. People
have reported hearing footsteps on the stairs, and in the halls above
the dining area. Many parties when taking their picture will line up
on the stairs. There are several pictures on the wall where you can
see orbs of light in the background behind the group. Many other
celebrities stayed there as well. Rita Hayworth was said to go and
stay in her room for days at a time. When you drive by the area of
the hotel she stayed in late at night sometimes you can see a faint
light.
Bargersville - Podunk
- Podunk is an old toown right by Bargersville.
It's a really weird and freaky place that near-city teens go to.
There's a bridge that if you drive on to & then stop & turn
off your headlights, radio, and don't talk then you can see a baby
crawl across the road. You can also hear it crying or laughing
sometimes.
Bartonia - Headless
Man - Go to on Greenville Pike. At the stop
sign turn right at the first gravel road turn left, go past the
bridge turn around and go back over the bridge. When you get over the
bridge wait a few seconds and the turn around. Don?t drive to fast or
to slow but you can see a man on a horse without a head. The farther
you get from the bridge the close it gets to you. It soon disappears.
Battle Ground - The
Battle Field Memorial - Back in the 1800's
there was a terrible battle fought on the grounds where the memorial
is. If you are anywhere close to the creek right after dark, then you
hear battle cries and see human forms running through to woods. You
also can never fall asleep out there no matter how tired you are. I
have visited here. This place is near Lafayette. Very eerie place to
go. Lots of sensations of impending doom, pain, etc. I had smelt a
horrible odor in the cemetery. Sensations of cold chills, cold spots,
and bodily aches and pains that made me feel very ill to the point I
had to leave. I heard lots of moaning, screaming, yelling, and cries
of desperation, but others that were w/me could not hear what I was
hearing. No apparitions were seen by others, nor appeared in any of
the photos that were taken that day. If you are a clairsentient
psychic – take heed in preparing for lots of feelings of
sickness, pain, illness, and emotional turmoil from visiting this
site. Like I said, it made me very ill and I had to leave the
cemetery.
Bloomington -
Binford Elementary - A
man wearing a black cloak is said to roam the Auditorium, when it's
dark. There have also been some electrical problems
Bloomington
- Hoosier National Foorrest - Step
Family Cemetery. Two brothers fought and killed each other over
inheritance of their father's land. They are both buried at the
cemetery and the land became Hoosier National Forrest. If you drive
to the cemetery you can witness strange occurrences like car engines
dying and some sightings.
Bloomington -
Indiana University Cries
of woman and unborn children have been heard.
Bloomington
- Indiana University Bloomington - The
Career Center?- Indiana University is said
to be haunted by the ghosts of aborted children. A doctor supposedly
performed illegal abortions there many years ago.
Bloomington
- Indiana University Bloomington - The
Folklore Office?- at Indiana University is
reportedly haunted by the former chairman.
Bloomington
- Indiana University Bloomington - The
Indiana Memorial Union?- at Indiana
University contains several human ghosts and one dog ghost from the
suicides that have occurred there over the years.
Bloomington
- Indiana University Bloomington - The Lily
Library?- is said to be haunted.
Bloomington - Porticos
- When this place wass a restaurant, people
claimed to see a little girl's face in the bathroom mirror. Customers
also complained of hearing children laughing and playing upstairs
while in the dining room below.
Bloomington
- Read Dorm, 6th flooor - Many
years ago a young woman named Paula, (an R.A) was believed to have
been over stressed and worked, so she flung herself down the stairs
head first killing herself on impact. Late at night on December 12th,
you can still hear her scream as she plunged to her death.
Bluffton
- Children's Playgrouund - It
is said that at the turn of the century an old man ran a playground
for children on the apostolic church grounds he was hated by the
adults but loved by the children one day he was found brutally
murdered and his body was thrown in the Wabash River and was found
under the red bridge it is said that if you go there in the middle of
the night and lie down on the bridge you will hear the sounds of
children laughter and sometimes you will hear something pounding on
the bottom of the bridge
Boone -
Elizaville - Tall dark and handsome - If
you drive down Elizaville Rd. early in the morning (1:00am-3:30am)
you are likely to see to see a man beast standing about 7feet tall
that looks like a towering shadow. It's not certain why he wanders
the fields, churches, and cemeteries (Browns Wonder). All that is
known is he is in search of someone or something very important to
him. If you get out of your car and scream bloody murder into the
night sky he will track you down and drag your body into his domain
where you will be eaten bones and all. Many missing people have been
linked to the mysterious small town of Elizaville. Maybe a murderer
is responsible, but this figure has been reported wandering those
parts since 1924!!!
Boonville - Scales
Lake - Believed to be haunted by Black Annie.
Brazil - Spook
Light Hill - A ghost of a father looking for
the head of his daughter. A car flashes it's headlights three times
and a light can be seen coming down the road and "scanning"
the area. I
(Dyanna) had visited this site in 2004. Tried this method without
success. Maybe you will have better luck!
Bremen
- Plymouth - Troll Brridge - This
bridge is right down the road from Little Egypt. If you go and park
your car or just park a little off the bridge and you get out there
is a tall dark thing about 7-8 ft tall. It will either try to throw
things at you or chase after you. WARNING: Do NOT go out here, stay
off this bridge, this thing is not good and you will be terrified. I
strongly suggest the un-stable mind stay out of here too, unless you
are up for psychological damage.
Bremen
- Plymouth - Little EEgypt - Many
claims have been made of apparitions appearing at night at the
cemetery. There have also been claims of driving around the cemetery
and hand prints appearing on your windshield. One story is if you
throw a nickel on a baby's tombstone, that you will hear it cry.
Little Egypt is located on 5A Road and Hawthorn in Marshall County.
5A road goes around the cemetery in a square style.
Bremen
- Plymauth - Little EEgypt Graveyard -
Supposedly if you go there you will get chased
down by a phantom farmer that died in one of the fields around the
graveyard. Down the street there is a woods. On certain nights rumors
of what sounds like a girl screaming in the woods. Also, depending on
how far back you go, on you way out, you will see a set of headlights
following you out of the cemetery. It appears that they have just
come out of the woods. They will follow you until you are completely
out, and a ways down the road.
Bridgeport
- Captain Franks Tombb - An
elaborate tomb was built on a bluff commanding a view of the Ohio
River. His reason for choosing this lonely spot for a tomb was that
he could shout curses at the passing Steamboat captains. It is said
that many on the river have seen a ghost light or mist that settles
over the tomb.
Bristol - Bristol
Opera House - There is a ghost named "Percy"
that haunts the costume room and stage. It is said that he hides in
the curtains and brushes up against the actors. He does not like
musicals and has apparently moved things on stage during a
production. He likes to scare the ladies in particular. A lady that
makes the costumes and was there late at night when she felt strange
things around her and tapping on her shoulder. No one is sure why he
is there or where he came from. He might have been one of the
deceased actors or people that worked there.
Bristol
- State Road 15 Northh - If
you go north on State Road 15 past where the toll road on ramp is,
you will see an old house on the left, right before the state line.
If you stop and watch the house long enough, you will see the spirit
of the owner part the curtains and wave at you
Brushy
Prarie - US HWY 20 - If
you are driving on US Hwy 20 around 12:00am till 5:00am you might as
you near the Brushy Prarie Cemetery You may get a glimpse of the Lady
in White. She wonders down the highway towards the cemetery in a
beautiful white wedding dress. Many people have tried to pick her up,
but when they pull up to her she just disappears. She is most active
around holidays.
Bunkerhill - Peaceful
Acers - there's a ghost in the woods wearing a
bandana and is known by many as the toothless wonder you can see him
floating behind lot 3 over a chicken coop looking down hungrily. I
(Dyanna) had visited this site in 1990. No apparitions seen or felt
during this visit. Very beautiful landscape. If it is haunted, I can
see why the ghost never wanted to leave this site!
Burlington
- Old Sycamore Haunteed Bridge- When
you drive over the bridge at a speed over 20 miles an hour a white
car will chase you to your supposed death. Also, you can still see
the bullet marks on the sign on the bridge where a jealous boyfriend
caught his girlfriend and another guy making out. I
(Dyanna) have been at this site driving through to visit family that
lives in Flora. I have seen the sign w/the bullet hole, but the sign
has been replaced w/a new one since then. No white cars ever chased
us going over this bridge. But, some deaths and injuries have
occurred through the years from other accidents on or near this
bridge.
Carmel -
Screaming Bridge - It is
said to be haunted by several spirits, if you go out on the bridge at
midnight you can hear a woman screaming. It is no longer accessible.
They blocked off the road because of too much traffic and violence at
the bridge.
Cedar Lake - Selysions
Private School Witnesses have seen orbs that
will float towards them and also there is cries and screams. All of
the boys were said to be hung, shot, and drowned by the pastor who
took care of them. People have reported all the doors closing at once
and hearing whispers when walking inside the school. Every once in a
while, you can see boys sitting at their desks, writing in blood. -
August 2004 additional information: The old
boys school has been torn down and something new is being built
there. Anyone trespassing will be arrested on sight.
Charlestown
- 10 penny bridge - <On
tunnel mill road the bridge by a poor bum that died on the bridge, if
you put 10 pennies on the bridge in a line and turn off your lights
and car when u try to turn your car on, it wont start right away and
your pennies will be missing or scattered all over the bridge.
Chesterfield - Chesterfield
Christian Church -The lights in this church
have been known to mysteriously turn on at night in the bathroom,
which is connected to the boiler room. In the 1940's a man was found
dead in the basement below the boiler room. The cause of his death is
unknown. Witnesses have reported hearing the pipes constantly
banging, doors opening and closing, water turning on and off, and
hand prints all over the bathroom mirrors every morning. Police have
searched boiler room and found no sign of vagrant.
Chesterton
- Diana Of The Dunes -
Around 1915, the area that is now the Dunes State Park in northern
Indiana was mostly uninhabited wilderness. The stories spread around
the vicinity of Chesterton, Indiana that fishermen who were along the
beach at certain times of the day had been lucky enough to catch a
glimpse of a naked woman swimming in the lake. The story spread that
a beautiful woman was living as a hermit along the beach and her
notoriety grew to a point that many compared her to the ancient Greek
goddess Diana...hence the name of this legendary creature. In truth,
her name was Alice Marble Gray and she was the daughter of an
influential couple from Chicago. Alice had traveled extensively and
was cultured and educated. She had worked in the city as an editorial
secretary for a popular magazine, so what had made her take up the
lonely life of a recluse. Some have claimed that Alice came to the
dunes because of a broken love affair but actually she left the city
life because her deteriorating eyesight had made her work impossible.
She had sought refuge in the rough land that she had enjoyed as a
child. Alice moved into an abandoned fisherman's cottage on the beach
and lived a life of peace, borrowing books from the library, walking
in the woods and of course, swimming naked in the chilly waters of
Lake Michigan. In 1920, Alice met a drifter named Paul Wilson and he
moved into the cabin with her. He was an unemployed boat builder with
a shaky past but he seemed to make Alice happy and the two of them
stayed together until 1922.... when tragedy struck. The badly burned
and beaten body of a man was found on the beach and police suspected
that Wilson had a hand in the murder. He was questioned but
eventually let go. He and Alice moved to nearby Michigan City,
Indiana, where they made a small living selling handmade furniture.
Alice bore her husband two daughters but he treated her terribly,
often beating her severely. In 1925, Alice died in her home, shortly
after the birth of her second daughter. The official cause of death
was said to be uremia poisoning...complicated by repeated blows to
her back and stomach. Wilson disappeared and later tuned up in a
California prison, serving time for auto theft. The fate of Alice's
daughters is unknown. Legends of the dunes say that Alice still
returns to the beach and the wilderness that she loved so much. Over
the years, many have claimed that they have seen the ghostly figure
of a nude woman running along the sand or disappearing into the
water.
Clark County - Clarksville
- : Colgate Palmolivee factory - Clarksville,
Indiana is the correct location of the Colgate-Palmolive factory
which used to be a prison; the basement is especially said to be
haunted. If you are on the riverfront in downtown Louisville,
Kentucky just look for the huge clock on the other side of the river,
and that is the factory.
Clarksville -
The Sunset Grill Restaurant.
This restaurant was formally the McCullough Steak House. This used to
be a house of a family long time ago. Guests and employees have heard
weird noises in the building. Some mornings employees will come in
the restaurant, and all the light bulbs will be unscrewed and sitting
on the tables.
Cloverdale - Cloverdale
Cemetery - Two girls where driving in he
cemetery around midnight looking for one of the girls grandparents,
the girl driving took the car and put the high beams on the tombstone
they noticed there was a casket with a tarp over it waiting to be put
in the ground it scared the girls so they turned the lights off so
they wouldn't see the casket sitting on the ground, then the driver
seen a kerosene lantern it looked like and seen an old man standing
over the grave with a black cloak on he looked at the girls and the
girls drove away cause they were frightened, but the other girl told
the driver to drive back around and when they did he wasn't there. I
(Dyanna) have been to this cemetery. It is extremely haunted by other
ghosts and lost spirits. A “must visit” if you're a
psychic or paranormal investigator. Lots of very old headstones and
graves.
Columbus -
The Haunted Railroad Bridge - Back
in the 1920's a woman had a baby out of wedlock. She couldn't handle
people and their objections. She took herself and the baby to the
middle of the bridge and jumped. They found the woman's body, but not
the body of the baby. People have said they have seen a creature on
two legs with yellow eyes guarding the bridge around Midnight. If you
are by the bridge at night you can sometimes hear the baby cry. On a
full moon you can sometimes see and hear the ghost of the woman on
the bridge looking and calling for her baby. More often than the
other two you can see the creature with yellow eyes blocking the path
to the old forgotten railroad bridge not wanting anyone disturbing
the bridge or the area.
Columbus -
North High School - The
auditorium is haunted by a ghost named " Mikey ". Back over
a hundred years ago before there was a school, there was a dirt road
that ran through the school, but more precise through the auditorium.
A kid named Mikey was walking on the street when a man driving a
horse and buggy ran him down. the exact spot where Mikey was killed
is where the auditorium is today. If you are in the auditorium you
can sometimes see Mikey out of the corner of your eye run past the
stage. You can also hear and see Mikey in the sound booth or up on
the catwalk. Mikey has also been known to turn off the lights. Many
people have witnessed Mikey or something that Mikey has done.
Columbus - Quality
Mchine and Tool?- This is a Factory where an
employee once hung himself over romantic problems. Shadowy shapes
seen there at night and things vanish for no apparent reason.
Columbus - Subway
Restaurant on 46 west - Workers have seen a
shadow figure walk across the back of the store and often heard
noises in the back when they where the only ones there.
Corydon
- Blue River - There is
said to be a young women who was paddling in her canoe one day.
Someone had tied fishing line from a tree to another tree. When she
came by she was going very fast. The fishing line cut off her head.
People say she is looking for her head almost every night.
Crawfordsville - New
Market Trestle - Reports of hearing train
whistles and grinding metal, then a loud splash. Some have also
reported that they have seen eerie blue-lighted figures skim across
the top of the water.
Crawfordsville -
Spooky Hallow - Long time
ago rumor is that the old bridge was a covered bridge. Supposedly a
black man was hung from the ceiling. Another story is that a woman
died on the bridge (not know how). Old bridge is not there but a
newer one is built there. Story is that if you shine your lights
under the bridge and flash your lights three times you can see the
woman or the black man hanging. Also, from experience cars have died
with the lights flashing inside and no explainable reason. Also there
is a rock near by that has a story that is unknown what it is about,
but they say if you sit on it you will die within seven years. It's a
hard bridge to find, but if you ask around to the locals everyone
knows about the bridge.
Crown Point -
Crown Point High School - Reports
that at night the lights go on and off in the gym, and the basketball
cart moves out from the office, and the balls bounce on the floor,
making a tremendous noise, since it has a wood floor, when someone
comes, it disappears. The high school auditorium?s catwalks are
supposedly haunted by a spirit. Students have reported hearing
strange noises and seeing images of people walking along them.
Crown Point - Old
Lake County Jail - An old jail in the town
square where John Dillenger made his famous soap gun escape! There
are MANY hauntings there. It was used up until the 1960's as a jail
and since then you can see spirits, orbs and hear a dog barking, jail
cell's slamming, people talking, etc.
Cunot
- Catract bridge -
Daleville
- Witches Circle -
Danville
- Danville Bridge-
Daviess
County - Crane - Crane Cemetery down the road
from the abandoned Crane school - In the
cemetery there is a headstone that glows only on certain nights. As
soon as you enter the cemetery, turn off your headlights and drive
straight. Look straight ahead and you will see a headstone start to
glow then stop glowing as you get closer. Also when you leave the
cemetery, look back and it will start to glow again.
Decatur
- Adams County Cheesee factory - This
old abandoned cheese factory, has been known for its many unexplained
phenomena. It is said to be guarded by spirits. Many people claim not
to be able to spend much time in this area. It is located in the
woods just east of the Kuklehan Mansion. Also it is known for its
occult activity.
Decatur - Geneva
- Ceylon - Covered Bridge - It is said that
many years ago, a group of young teenagers, were at the bridge
performing a s
Decatur
- Kukelhan Mansion - Just
north of Decatur, east of US 27, not far from North Pointe
Sub-Division, stands an old mansion that was owned by a very wealthy
banker. It is said, that the banker went crazy because he always
thought someone was after his money and slaughtered his whole family
and hung himself. Many people have tried, including people with
psychic ability, has been unsuccessful in being on the property.
Dekalb - Butler -
Land of Moses - Located just outside of Butler
off of ST RT 6 is a road that goes to the right and over the railroad
tracks. There is a cemetery there that is allegedly haunted and they
say at night if you park in the cemetery by the old crematorium you
can hear cries of the departed. This begins the stretch of the road
called the land of Moses that leads to Gypsy hill. This area is
extremely dark at night and there is an area that Gypsies congregated
at near the Indiana/Ohio line. This area is covered by a dense dark
forest. Rumor has it that the gypsies kidnapped and raped a farmer's
daughter in the early 1900's. The farmers then banded together and
killed the gypsies. Over the next 10 years the farmers all were
killed by an axe. One report said that a gypsy returned from the dead
and haunted the woods, which is where the farmers bodies were found.
Till this day, very few people will dare to go to those woods, park
their car and get out and explore them. There is an old foundation of
a log house there and some other remnants of the gypsies.
Diamond
- Hells Gate -This train
trestle is host to several strange phenomenon. On some nights, if you
stop your car, you can hear the sound of people laughing and
screaming, laced with a crashing noise. Legend states that the sounds
echo a past tragedy that involved a train derailment, killing many
people.
Disko - Gravel
Pits - In the local gravel pits near the town
of Disko a woman clad in purple rags is said to roam the local gravel
pits. She has been reported on numerous occasions by local citizens.
Donaldson - Ancilla
College and Convent -Many people have claimed
to see Catholic sisters walking in the basement tunnels underneath
the college and the convent.? When followed, the sisters disappear in
to thin air or go into the wall.? People have reported being pushed
or touched in the tunnels when walking by themselves.? Doors slam and
things will bang or fall in the motherhouse kitchen.? Students have
seen classroom doors and windows open and close by themselves.
Dublin - Crying
Woman's Bridge - It is said that you can hear
her crying and calling for her dead child. The bridge is on a road
called Heacock Road; it is blocked of on both ends. There is a big
livestock looking gate ate one end, at the other end, there is a huge
dumpster. The road has been taken over with weeds and brush.
Dunkirk - Blood
Road - This is said to be a place where a
father drug his son behind a truck. If you drive north down the road
you will not see anything. (Look very good) Turn around at the stop
sign and go back down the road you will see bloodstains down the
road.
Edinburgh - Atterbury
Job Corps Center - Strange sounds and footsteps
have been heard in the different areas of the campus. People have
seen yellow glowing eyes in the woods.
Ellettsville
- Matthews Mansion - you
can hear voices and see strange sightings
Elnora
- Elnora Cemetery - <It is
said that there is a glowing tomb there that only glows on certain
nights.
Evansville - off
of #6 school road by St. Joe mini mart. - Reported
in an abandoned 140 year old house, witnesses have said that in the
top right bedroom you can sometimes see a man like apparition in the
window.
Evansville - Carpenter
House - Willard Carpenter, of Willard Library,
lends a bit of excitement to the staff and volunteers at WNIN from
time to time. Mostly strange noises, things moved when you aren't
looking and a sighting or two just out of the corner of the eye.
Evansville - Eastland
Mall - At night when the store is closed the
owner walks through the mall from store to store. The owner was
killed there by an unknown force while checking the stores to make
sure they were all locked up and he was found the next day. If you
look in there late at night you can see him slowly walking from store
to store but if you look away he disappears.
Evansville
- Willard Library - <a
lady in gray has been sighted by many in this building.
http://www.libraryghost.com
to watch the ghost cam.
Fairmount -
James Dean's Grave - If
you go there, there is a spot where there are four trees perfectly
trimmed and equal distant from each other. If you time it just right
and if you are there around midnight, you just might have the sense,
or you might feel, that someone is touching you. I
(Dyanna) lived in Fairmont (correct spelling of name) right after I
graduated from high school. My friends and I visited this grave many
times. Though I never got the sensation of someone touching me, I did
see (psychically) Jimmy Dean's mother walking the cemetery. His
headstone is NOT the original headstone, because the townspeople have
had to replace it numerous times from people chipping off the stone
to keep as a souvenir. The grand stone at the entrance to the
cemetery that honors the great movie star has a head sculpture of
James Dean atop of it. This used to be gold-plated, but because of
the same reason of visitors chipping off the stone, the head
sculpture now is just concrete. The town used to have an annual
antique car show called “The James Dean Festival”, but it
has since subsided for the past several years. The townspeople are
trying very hard to bring the festival back to the area, but because
of funding their having a lot of trouble doing so. Another thing that
most people don't know about is that on the left-hand side of the
road, just before the cemetery, you will see an old white-colored
two-story farm house. This is James Dean's Aunt and Uncle's home in
which he lived w/them growing up.
Fishers
- There is a dip in AAllisonville Road at 126TH
street. It is called Heady Hollow. How the story goes, there was a
schoolhouse the burned down with all of the children inside. Late at
night when it is foggy you can see the children standing in the road.
When you see them it is too late to stop. You drive right through
them. When you get out of your car no one is there.
Flora
- Old school of Floraa - The
school has been rotting for over 20 years in the middle of a small
town named Flora. Also about a quarter mile behind the school lies an
old cemetery full of broken down tombs from the early 20th century.
Story goes that the building is home for those buried in graveyard.
If you can ever enter the old school which is locked up you can hear
talking and things are moved to different places. Flashes are some
times seen when walking by. My
brother and sister-in-law live in Flora. They live very close to this
old school and house. They have told me that they have never seen any
lights coming on or going off at this old house since they've lived
there (which has been over 5 years). I have never visited this site,
personally, but I would like to sometime. This is a very small town
w/lots of old homes and character. Lots of townspeople have stated
owning homes here that are haunted.
Fort
Wayne - Bostick Bridge - Heading
South on U.S 27 right after the 469 overpass there will be a little
road on the right. go down this road and it will be the big steel
bridge.
Fort Wayne - Carroll
High School - It is believed that Carroll High
School is cursed and haunted. Every year a junior student dies
surprisingly, and eventually the student comes back to haunt and be
known. One example,(not mentioning the name), a girl who died, came
back to be remembered. A day after her death, in class, a boy took
her original seat and fell off. To everyone's surprise, they asked
him if he was alright. He then replied, in a shocked look, "No,
not really." The teacher asked why. He replied back "I
didn't fall, I was pushed."
Fort
Wayne - Cold-Water Rd ? Wal-Mart - Around
3am-4am in the morning, shoppers and workers hear bagpipes playing a
scotish tune. Shortly when song ends, a man in a green plaid kilt
makes his appearance by pacing the floors. When he walks by you, you
will get a cold eerie feeling. This ghost is known to be friendly.
Fort Wayne - Columbia
City - The Haunted Jail, the ghost of a
murderer is said to haunt the site of the retired jail. It is now
used as a haunted house throughout the Halloween season, and members
who work there in the off-season report a lot of paranormal activity.
Noises such as footsteps and scraping along walls are also reported
the only thing that runs is the electricity, there is nothing as far
as a heating system to be mistaken for the noises. There is a door
that always must remain open if it is shut when you walk away and
come back it is always open. There are many things indicating
activity.
Fort Wayne - Carroll
High School - It is believed that Carroll High
School is cursed and haunted. Every year a junior student dies
surprisingly, and eventually the student comes back to haunt and be
known. One example,(not mentioning the name), a girl who died, came
back to be remembered. A day after her death, in class, a boy took
her original seat and fell off. To everyone's surprise, they asked
him if he was alright. He then replied, in a shocked look, "No,
not really." The teacher asked why. He replied back "I
didn't fall, I was pushed."
Fort
Wayne - Devils Hollow ? Cedar Canyon Road -
There is a bridge near the hollow. There have
been many stories like a headless horseman, boyfriend and girlfriend
died when a motorcycle goes over the bridge, hangins, but here is the
real story of it. a woman lived in a house up on a hill by herself.
This old woman would speak to a friend about how there was kids that
would break stuff on her property, sneek up to the windows and look
in, and overall harass her. They would tell people she was a witch.
One night in early 80's these teens set her house on fire and wouldnt
let her out of it. The building stood for a while but now all that
stands is the chimney. people who go there for a "spook show"
are run off by the ghost of this woman because she feels like they
are no better than the teens that killed her. There was no new house
built on her hill. After a few years what was left of the house was
caveing in and police were down investigating the area so the falling
house was tore down and removed but they left the chimney. There is
still a police investigation on this. The teens who did this has not
been found.
Fort Wayne - Dupont
Rd. south of Lima - Crossroads cemetery - noises
and faint moving lights reported. Very strange feeling of being
watched when in cemetery around the stone in the tree.
Fort
Wayne - Lakeside Park Neighborhood - The
lakeside neighborhood is rumored to once been Indian grounds used for
less than pleasant occasions. Many different residents have reported
strange sounds and sights in and around their homes. Lakeside Park
was once an amusement park with locks, canals and a dance hall and
the area is rich with history before and after the city was settled.
Fort Wayne - Main
Street Bridge - The bridge is just west of Van Buren St - A
woman in white is often seen walking across the bridge but disappears
when approched. She has been seen many times by many people and her
existance has been reported on by local newspapers.
Fort
Wayne - North Side High School - Many
spirits reside here. First is the spirit of a Chief of the Miami
tribe that tried to prevent the city from building on the tribe's
burial site. The school mascot is called Chief Mac in his honor.
Second is that of a teenage girl seen in the gym and indoor running
track. She is often seen in the morning before school starts. A
janitor haunts the basement where he died of a heart attack several
years ago. Many janitors have reported seeing him. Finally, a
construction worker haunts the stage area of the auditorium. During
the building of the school, it partially collapsed, killing him and
injuring many others. It is a little scary walking the halls alone at
night. A magazine covered the stories back in the seventies. -
October 2004 update: there was contruction that
lasted a year or 2 that just finished summer 2004. There was comments
from the contruction workers they seen alot of stuff happening which
may have been the worker who died warning them of the dangers.
Fort
Wayne - On Bruick Rd if you go over a bridge &
park your car, you can see a white light that sometimes gets bigger,
moves, & changes colors. The farther you follow it, the farther
it seems to move backwards, away until all at once it vanishes.
Fort Wayne - Snider
High School - It was once said that in the
basement of the school there was a swimming pool, once a girl drowned
in the pool after some classmates pushed her in. the pool was drained
and filled up with cement. It is said that there are cries of the
girl there early in the morning
Fort
Wayne - Swinger's Grave - There
was a girl who was swinging on a swing at Jehl's park by Georgetown
off State Street, and her neck got caught in the chain links and she
was killed. They say if you swing on any of the swings past midnight
you will "fall off" when rather it feels like someone is
pushing you off.
Fort Wayne - The
old Lutheran Hospital on Fairfield - Has been
torn down - The 4th floor of the hospital is
haunted by a male ghost that pasted away about 55 years ago. You will
see him walk down the hall looking for someone going from room to
room. Dr's and nurses as well as others have seen this. Before they
closed the old Lutheran Hospital they closed down the south unit on
the 4th floor. Ocotber 2004 update: has since
been torn down. One small (possible office)building and a large,
empty park-like area remain, but angel statues that were originally
in front of the hospital entrance still remain.
Fort
Wayne - The University of Saint Francis library
- A student hung himsself here long ago and has
been spotted by students. Many have reported unexplainable "cold
spots" in the library,reports of people actually seeing her
hanging, and other strange happenings.
Francesville
- "The Light&quoot; - near Moody Lane - the
story is back in the horse and buggy days, two brothers were out for
a ride. One brother fell off and the wheel decapitated him. The light
is the lantern of the other brother looking for the head. The brother
is with his lantern passing one row at a time in the corn. If you go
when the corn is down, you will see a light come towards you. if the
corn is up (the best time to go) you see the orange/red glow from the
lantern at the end of a row. it will move through the row of corn and
you can see the light above the corn. It's slowly moves to the end of
the row and back to the start of the row. Then it will move up one
more rows. You can watch the light come closer and closer one row at
a time
Francesville - Moody
Lane - A man named Moody roams the countryside
and if you go to Moody Lane and wait where the trees branches are
suppose to hang over the road you will see a strange light come
toward you. Also there is a graveyard near Moody Lane where a man and
a woman were killed on opposite sides of the road. And at midnight
you supposedly can see the woman crossing the road to see her man.
Frankfort - Farmers
gravel Rd. - Back in the 20's people beleive a
school bus of children went down the road and some how went off the
road killing ther driver and the children. Well now if you go out to
the road and put your vehicle in neutral and turn your lights out the
children push you up the hill and suposivly in to the river below to
meet the same fate as them. We've found that if you cover your car in
flour you can see hand prints of little children pushing and looking
in through the windows at you.
Frankfort
- Sleepy Hollow-
Frankton
- Old Train Trestle -- In
1947 a young lady was on the bridge contempt on committing suicide.
She had come home to find her husband cheating on her. She went to
the train trestle, and waited for a train, then ran out in front of
it. On foggy nights you can hear her screaming, and see her walking
across the bridge.
Franklin - Franklin
College - Old Main - Early one morning
in the 1980's a fire destroyed a residence hall and gutted the attic
of Old Main, a grand building used for administration offices and
classrooms. A student was hiding in the attic to avoid the fire and
was burned to death. Students have reported smelling burning flesh
and hearing screams when in the attic during the morning. The smell
has even been so bad that classes have been cancelled more than once
to avoid it. - July 2005 Update/correction: In
1978 or 1979 a story appeared in the college newspaper about the
reported ghost of a former professor that had reputedly hung himself
from one of the rafters. A picture of the rope was shown still in
place. The hanging reputedly took place in the 1920's. But, a picture
of the classroom he reputedly taught in was untouched. All the desks
and blackboard was in black n white. Very eerie. It was also a
storage place for stage props when the theatre department was in
operation until 1975 and only within the last 15 years or so was it
restarted. The door to the fourth floor was found open on occasion
but was supposed to be locked and occasional power outages occurred
as well.
Franklin - Main
Cemetery - It is the main cemetery just off of
South Street across from the Tearman Motel. A lot of notables there
are buried, witnesses report very unsettling feeling when they go
there. There are several suicides that are buried there.
French
Lick - horse field - In
the late 1800's a bad storm hit this field like not other this small
town has seen. In this field approx 5 acres across was two beautiful
black horses with a black baby colt the only shelter in this field
was a giant oak tree in the middle of this field, where the horses
ran to immediately when the lighting flashed through the air. Some
say they saw 3 lighting bolts come down from the sky and striking
each one of the horses dead. Now if you go visit this field when a
night storm is brewing. You can hear 3 horses running across the
field to where the old oak tree still stands. And on some nights when
the lighting lights up the sky you can see three beautiful black
horses standing by the tree.
Gary -
Black Oak - along an
interstate stood an old house that was once a speak easy (bar saloon)
and a home for ladies of the night often you could hear a car pull in
and hear men entering the basement where they would shoot the owner
of the saloon and upstairs you could see a woman dressed in red and
often was crying and would reach out to touch you and a man would
leave the basement and walk upstairs and often pushed witnesses down
& they could hear the screams of women and children loosing their
lives this house has been since destroyed but to this day you can see
the woman in the red crying and reaching for you.
Black
Oak Experience
Gas City - 10th
Street Bridge -When the bridge was first build
eighty years ago, a worker fell off the bridge and died. The river
then carried his body away. Many people have reported seeing an old
man hanging on to the side of the bride screaming for help when they
pass over the bridge. I
(Dyanna) have crossed this bridge many time when I lived in Fairmont,
but I have never seen anyone hanging onto the side. There has been
numerous accidents causing injuries and deaths on and around this
bridge throughout its exhistance.
Gas
City - Old East School - There
used to be a playground behind the elementary school. A few people
have seen the merry-go-round spinning by itself with nobody near it.
Some people have even heard the sound of children laughing there.
Georgetown - Devil's
Dip - This is a large hill, it dips down. At
the very bottom of the hill there is a house. It's said that there
was a little girl that once lived there and was playing outside late
one night, and that she was hit by a car driving fast. Around
midnight if you go really fast down the hill you can see the little
girl dressed all in white playing next to the telephone pole. It's
directly across from the house. When
I was a teenager I used to leave west of Logansport and would drive
by Georgetown's bridge (which was the entrance to that town). We used
to speed down this road just to feel our stomachs drop because of its
huge descendant and immediate incline. Of the entire time that I
lived in Logansport (8 years total), I never once heard of this
legend. So, I can't say if it's true or not, but I DO know that I
have never personally seen any appartitions all the times I've been
up and down this enormous hill in my car.
Goshen
- Oakridge cemetery -- There
is a statue of an angel over the grave of Michael Bashor that is said
to cry tears of blood.
Greencastle -
Boon Hutch Cemetery - A
ghostly police officer from the 1950's sits inside the graveyard
along with a blue light. There is also a cave under the cemetery with
a grave near the entrance. People have reported seeing a strange
figure standing in the cave when going in. Some witnesses have even
reported that bodies will fall out of their caskets into the cave.
One other occurrence involves sinister looking dogs with red glowing
eyes that chase people to their cars, then disappear.
Greencastle
- Edgelea - if you go and
sit by the train tracks in Edgelea at night, you could see ghost of
hobos jumping off the train. One lady all ready has seen a ghost of a
hobo in her backyard. This lady has even heard them banging on her
back door. Lots
of ghosts roam these tracks – at all times of the day and
night. I (Dyanna) have done some of my investigations here. These
hobos have lost their lives trying to “jump” trains on
these tracks. A lot of them were black slaves that were coming in and
out of this town in search of the Underground Railroad. I received
this information from channeling w/some of the ghosts during my
investigations.
Greencastle
- Edna Collings Bridgge - It
is said that sometime in the early 1920's a little girl would swim in
the stream, which the bridge crosses. At the end of the day her
parent would drive into the covered bridge, turn off the motor, and
honk three times telling the little girl it was time to leave. One
day the something had happened to the little girl causing her to
drown. They say that if at night you drive into the bridge, turn off
the motor, and honk three times that the little girl will come and
get in the car with you.
Greenfield -
Weston Village - This
area of town called "Weston Village" is a housing edition
and apartments in the same are that is about a span of five miles.
One witness reports seeing what is described as a Cyclops at the foot
of her bed. As well as other sightings.
Griffith
- Reder Road?- If you
walk for about an hour and a half down the path at the end of Reder
road, you will find a small white chapel church from the early
1900's. you will hear the screams of the congregation that was killed
by a mentally insane pastor years ago. When you walk back late at
night you will pass railroad tracks, if you stop and look to your
right you will see a man in all black walking very slowly toward you
down the middle track.
Hammond - On
the road as you enter into Gary, In (on Halloween) you can see the
ghost of a girl who died after running into the Calumet River with
her wedding gown on, the weight held her down and drowned her. Her
ghost can now be seen. Also the ghost of a girl who got in an
accident can be seen there.
Hammond -
Bishop Noll Institute - 2nd Floor - On
the second floor, in the A-wing you can hear footsteps and people
talking with the whole floor being empty. In the lab rooms, chairs
would fall off desks without being pushed. There are 3 know deaths in
the school. One in front of the Library where a single stop will be
constantly cold. Second, a freshman drowned in the pool, which is no
longer used and closed off, which you can hear laughter from. And
third, in the second floor A-wing, a janitor hung himself.
Hammond
- Bishop Noll Instituute - They
have said of a story about the auditorium of Bishop Noll Institute.
About a young girl who was auditioning for the lead part in a play,
but because she did not receive the part she started crying. She
walked on the lights above the stage and hung herself. Ever since
then, anyone who auditions and gets the lead part or a part with many
lines has gotten hurt. They lose their voice, develop illnesses,
break their leg, almost choke, fall off the stage, and much more
during the play.
Hammond - Bishop
Noll Institute - Aditorium - They have
said of a story about the auditorium of Bishop Noll Institute. About
a young girl who was auditioning for the lead part in a play, but
because she did not receive the part she started crying. She walked
on the lights above the stage and hung herself. Ever since then,
anyone who auditions and gets the lead part or a part with many lines
has gotten hurt. They lose their voice, develop illnesses, break
their leg, almost choke, fall off the stage, and much more during the
play.
Hammond - Near
Columbia School - There was a man who was
having a very hard time. He and his wife had recently got a divorce,
and he could no longer see his children. He was also fired from his
job. The man was really, really upset and decided his life was no
longer worth living. He committed suicide by hanging himself. Years
later the residents living there can hear the man talking to them
during the night, he also interferes with their lives by, for
example, throwing tools all over the garage. Also, on the anniversary
of his death a quick white light can be seen from his window to
remind the neighborhood of the tragic event.
Hammond
- Old Botanical Gardeens/Reaper's Realm - People
say there are 2 women owners who died there and they haunt the place.
You can hear people walking around upstairs if no one is there. There
have also been sightings seen in the forest behind the mansion.
People have seen 2 unknown women working in the background. This
usually happens when they are setting up for Reaper's Realm.
Hammond - Gavit
High School - Every morning at about midnight.
It is said to be people walking around the roof and if you shut the
windows the night before some of the windows will be open. If you are
inside you can hear metal clinking together and muffled screams,
along with orbs and figures walking.
Hammond
- Jayme House -
Hammond
- Robertsdale - Circuus Train - In
the 1920's or 1930's the big top circus was traveling through town.
The train was involved in a crash and all the animals aboard the
train burned to death. The animals' remains were buried in a nearby
cemetery. It is said that if you go by you can still hear all the
animals cry.
Hancock - Wilkinson
McCreay Cemetery - Reported to be haunted.
Hancock - Thomas
Road - This graveyard has had numerous
occurrences including blood, on graves which all date back too mid
1800's. The ground is always soft no matter the weather, noises from
the woods than seem too get closer the longer you stay. Two gigantic
rocks which set in front of the path that leads you in are moved in a
different spot every time you visit
Hanover
- Hanover Beach -
Hanover - Hanover
Cemetery -One witness reports, " My
children and I went to Hanover Cemetery soon after we moved here. We
had split up for the purpose of looking for a family members grave,
we then turned around to meet up with each other. As we got closer to
each other, we suddenly felt nauseated and we felt chilled. We looked
at each other and realized we were all experiencing the same
sensations. We looked down at the grave in front of us, and it had
the name, Benjamin Bennett on it. The next day we went to the library
to see if we could find anything out about this person. We found that
he had been a student at Hanover College and had drowned in the Ohio
River and that his body was never found."
Hanover
- Hanover College - <Parker
Auditorium has been haunted by the ghost of Dr. A.G. Parker, past
president of the college. Numerous events have happened over the past
25 years, including sightings, voices, sounds, and missing items.
Hanover - Hanover
College - Donner Residence Hall - The
east wing of Donner Residence Hall. Moved objects attributed to a
former student who committed suicide in one of the rooms.
Hanover
- Hanover Nursing Cennter - Omens
happen before one dies, green mist in photo, a balloon bounced into a
room, the piano plays and the keys have been seen moving.
Hebron
- Hebron High School - in
one of the high school girls bathrooms a girl had hung herself. Now
some teachers claim to hear voices coming from that bathroom when
they stay late after school hours.
Hebron
- Moody's Road -
Hebron
- old railroad trackss - Sometimes
if you go there you will see ghost of people walking around after the
deadly train crash.
Hedley - Hedley
Cemetery - Reports of unexplained sounds and
feelings of self destruction.
Heltonville
- McCarthur House - <4
murders took place in the mid 1970's. White figure that can be seen
as sort of running away from the house when you approach.
Henry
- Knightstown - The &"Pest" House -
This house was a quarantined place to put
people during an outbreak of small pox in the early 1900's. The death
rate there was extremely high, and many ghosts are said to still live
there. A local historian reported visiting the house once and being
greeted at the front door by a "strange-looking" woman. She
told him, without being asked, that no one was home and closed the
door. He knocked for several more minutes and was about to leave when
the owners pulled in. Upon relating the story to the owner, they all
checked the house thoroughly, and never found her. Several other
incidents have also occurred there.
Henry
- Knightstown - The WWhite House - Blood
sprayed all over the walls. Names of who have death coming to them,
and a bathtub surrounded which looks of blood.
Henry
County - Lewisville - Guyer Opera House - Guyer
is know by staff to be haunted, and many have been spooked by
dressing room lights that turn on one by one, strange banging noises
emanating from the back of the auditorium, and sudden changes in
temperature. The doors to the auditorium will close by themselves,
and more than one of the staff has been driven from the light booth
by growling noises and extreme drop in temperature. People have
reported seeing the outline of a person in the back stage windows.
Henryville - Dan's
Run - Daniel Guthrie was murdered and placed in
a shallow grave near the corner of Pixley Knob Road and Cemetery Hill
(Mountain Grove). Guthrie's body remained undetected for one year
before being found, unearthed and reburied in nearby Mt. Zion
Cemetery. The hole he was buried in is still open (about 4-feet deep)
near the edge of the woods. Homes in the nearby area have experienced
sightings of a young man with a large, handlebar bushy mustache,
doors open and close by themselves, footsteps walking up and down
hallways at night, footprints found outside bedroom windows, objects
moving by themselves, and ghostly whispers. Also, a tape recorder
left on Guthrie's gravestone in Mt. Zion later revealed a faint,
haunting man's voice crying, "Help me, God help me, please help
me..."
Henryville - Mt.
Zion cemetery - The green Lady - in the early
1900's a young woman was killed on Henryville blue lick road after a
terrible car accident and buried in Mt. Zion cemetery on the same
road. it is said that she roams the cemetery, with a green glow to
her. she will jump on your car if its parked in the cemetery at
night(said to be looking for a ride home) and the green goo will
still be on your car until you wash it off.
Hitysville
- Hitysville Public LLibrary- It
is reported that on Oct. 28, 1943, the librarian that worked non-stop
there was involved in a freak accident involving a book shelf
collapse. The book shelf oddly enough was full of supernatural books.
The ghost is said to have remained inside the library which has since
been shut down. On that anniversary night accounts of loud crashing
bookshelves have been reported, but no bookshelves remain in the old
library. Also accounts of moaning and screams for help, along with
unidentified scratching and banging.
Hobart
- Lake Station - New Chicago - Hobart Township
- River Forest Junior and Senior High Schoools- The
River Forest Junior and Senior High Schools are connected. Outside of
the school there are tennis courts, before they were tennis courts
there used to be a pool that was used for gym class. The reason that
the tennis courts were built is because a boy drowned in the pool
during gym class one day. He is sometimes seen and heard in the High
School gym, Junior High multi-purpose Room, High School Cafeteria,
and throughout the High School halls. He is usually not seen during
school hours. Most of the people who see him have seen him while
staying late for after-school activities or games. One lunch lady has
actually claimed to having conversations with the boy. When asked
about it she replied: "The first time I saw him it frightened
me, but now I am not scared, and I know he means no harm. He is just
a lost soul stuck on Earth. I was walking out to my car, which was
parked near the tennis courts and I saw him standing inside the gate
of the tennis court. He was staring at me so I asked him what he was
doing there. He told me that he had drowned. I asked him his name and
he disappeared. Now, whenever I talk with him he disappears if I ask
his name, which I find very odd."
Huntington
- Forks of the Wabashh - The
original house belonging to Chief Richardsville has been remodeled by
adding a door between the Chief's bedroom and the servant's quarters
to facilitate tours of the house. In the room described as the
servant's quarters there was a pillar of icy air that everyone who
walked passed through shivered and said, "ooooh....cold spot"
The cold spot was WAY colder than the temperature in the rest of the
house including being several degrees lower than the outside
temperature. There also was a strong sense of being watched.
Huntington - Horace
Mann School - Now apartments, Horace Mann
School has had many reports of paranormal activity. Sounds and
sightings of children and adult ghosts. Unknown origin of the
spirits.
Huntington - Huntington
College - A women spirit has been seen floating
in the hallways of the Physical Education Recreation Center, wearing
a long white dress. She is only seen by men. Toilets have been known
to flush and showers turn on with know one in the restrooms and
locker rooms.
Huntington - Polk
road - it is said that a woman died on the
train track and if you go over the tracks that your car will die and
she will come and push you off and then she will go down the center
of the car and go into somebody and show then how she died and what
she went through. And when you leave there will be blood all over
your car.
Hymera - Bethel
Cemetery - There are rumors that if you go to
the Bethel Cemetery in Hymera at night and go up to the Nathan Hinkle
grave and monument (a local soldier of the Revolutionary War that
died in the war) and walk around the monument 3 time and say "Nathan
Hinkle", "Nathan Hinkle", "Nathan Hinkle",
he will answer you
Indiana state fair -
there is an abandoned bridge across the street from the Indiana state
fairgrounds, on the east side of fall creek pkwy that takes you to
Millersville rd. it has been said that you can hear splashing and
gurgling noises below the bridge where a young boy was pushed off and
drowned. Supposedly his older brother pushed him off and watched him
drown. I
(Dyanna) have never personally been here, but I have had friends
visit this site claiming to have seen and channeled ghosts that are
haunting this site. Many of the ghosts have drowned in this creek
from years passed. It's a great place to visit if you're
psychic.
Indianapolis
- Cathedral High Schoool (Former sight of
Ladywood High School) - When the Cathedral High
School campus was the campus of Ladywood, a private boarding school
in Indianapolis. Ladywood was entirely run by the Sisters of
Providence, a group of nuns devoted to a Catholic education. There is
a building on campus, Loretto Hall, the former main building of
Ladywood, classes were held on the first floor, physical education in
the basement, with student dorms on the second floor, and nun dorms
in the attic. It has been reported many times that at night, after
what would be "lights out" for the girls that you can hear
and sometimes see a sister walking down the halls in the second floor
and candles burning in the attic.
Indianapolis
- Decatur Central Higgh School -In
the 1970's, a girl named Anjie and her friends were recklessly riding
around the school parking lot. They crashed and Anjie was thrown from
the car and killed. Strangely enough, the school's electricity would
not work for several weeks after and the entire school smelled like
burnt rubber. Every year, around the time of her death, the
electricity still goes out and burnt rubber is smelt. Some people
have even reported seeing a young female ghost walking up and down
the stairs crying.
Indianapolis -
Downtown -St. Joseph's Old Abandoned Catholic
Church - Reports of seeing blood on witnesses
92 hands, hearing a loud bang in the middle of the sanctuary, and
loud footsteps.
Indianapolis - Edgewood
River - Sounds reported of a drowning boy
slashing and screaming for help.
Indianapolis
- Hanna House -
Indianapolis - House
of Blue Lights - This mansion on Meridian
Street in Indianapolis is haunted by the young wife of the first
owner. When you go by the house at night you can see blue lights
flickering on and off on the grounds and in the tower window.
According to legend the man couldn't stand the thought of burying his
lovely young wife so had a special glass coffin built and placed in
the tower. He would go visit his wife every night. The tower was lit
by soft blue lights, her favorite color.
Indianapolis
- Indiana Repertory TTheatre - In
life, the first artistic director of the theatre used to jog around
the upstairs mezzanine area when the weather was cold or rainy. He
reached his untimely death when his nephew accidentally hit him with
a car while jogging outside on a foggy day. To this day, when it
rains outside, you can hear floor boards in the upper mezzanine
creaking and groaning just as they would if someone were running. I
(Dyanna) have friends that have taken pictures inside of this
theatre. Orbs and other anomilies have appeared in these
photos.
Indianapolis -
Indianapolis Athletic Club-
The spirit of a young fireman has been reported. He tries to wake up
guests in the middle of the night. There was a fatal fire at the
hotel in the early 90s, in which a young firefighter died.
Indianapolis - Indianapolis
City County Building - During the first years
of construction on this building, a special elevator was erected to
move court witnesses to different floors of the building. In the
1960's, a witness was being escorted to court in a Mafia case. He was
shot in the elevator by one of the police escorts, who was really a
hit man in disguise. After this happened, access to the elevator was
blocked and the power cut off. Many people have reported hearing this
mysterious elevator going through the floors, muffled by screams
heard in the elevator shaft. Some have even claimed to see the actual
ghost of the shooting victim wandering the halls of the building.
Indianapolis - Irvington
- Irvington is a townn in Indiana. It was
founded sometime in the 1800's. There is a church there that was once
upon a time a house (it was added onto when it became a church) The
church is on a circle surrounded by many little houses. The church
use to be where a slave owner lived and all of his slaves and maids
and such lived in the houses around him. If you walk by the
church/house in the setting sun you can see a figure of a man either
on the roof or somewhere on the church grounds. If you spend the
night in Irvington you may experience several things. Some people,
when they are sleeping, have reported waking up and feeling that
someone else is in the room. Sometimes you will even see a young man.
Also strange smells and sounds have been heard and feelings that you
are not alone when you are.
Indianapolis
- I.P.S. School #50 -- Cold
spots felt, strange loud banging heard. The building is still there.
As for location, School #50 sits behind present day Indianola Park,
about a half mile EAST of the intersections of Washington St. and
Belmont Ave. On the City's west side.
Indianapolis
- James A Allison Mannsion - Apart
of Marian College campus, the Allison Mansion is an old glorious
mansion. Built between 1909-1911, it was James & Sarah Allison?s
summer house. After Marian College acquired it from the Allison
estates it was put to good use as a college building. The attic was
the sisters dorm, the students lived in the old garage and classes
took place in the rest of the building or the greenhouses. From the
time the mansion was used as a school to the present (as a conference
building) strange occurrences have taken place. Keys missing, objects
moved, the library room completely rearranged - furniture not just
books. Strangest thing - the basement has an indoor pool in it. The
pool is where a baby crying has been heard. A Legend is that the
Allison's had a child and the baby drowned in the pool. (The baby was
not the Allison's but could have been a servants.)
Indianapolis
- MagicMoments Restauurant - The
top floor of the 1 Pennsylvania street, where MagicMoments now stands
is said to be haunted by unknown ghosts. table setting move by
themselves during the night glasses are taken from tables and set on
the floor right side up. cold spots are everywhere the office side
seem to give a bad vibe. it is said that illegal boxing mathces were
arranged in the top floor and some fighters died and thats what
causes the abnormal actions
Indianapolis
- Marian College -
Indianapolis
- Paul Ruster Park Ceemetery -
Many years ago, a little boy was killed by the nearby train tracks.
He is now buried in the foundation of his old house. Many people say
that if you walk the long path through the woods to his grave, you
can hear the boy playing his harmonica. Others have reported seeing a
ghostly young boy walking down the road.
Indianapolis
- The Old Central Staate Hospital - This
was a major mental hospital located on the North side of West
Washington Street for more than a hundred years until it was closed
in the last decade. There are numerous reports of hauntings at this
facility many from former staff. Although the facility is not open to
the public, there is a medical history museum that on the site that
can be toured. I
(Dyanna) have had numerous people that used to work for this hospital
(when it was open) tell me of stories of hauntings that they had
witnessed while on duty. Currently, there is talk of re-opening the
hospital by using certain areas of the building for different offices
and businesses, ran and owned by the state and county, to keep it
from becoming run down. If you look at the hospital from the outside
you will get a very eerie sensation. It looks creepy and scary.
Remember – this is where most of the extremely insane and
mentally ill patients were sent to instead of prison.
Indianapolis
- Waterbury Neighborhhood - A
condominium in which an elderly lady died. One of the current
residents, the son of the family, reports voices, objects moving,
screams, bumps, knocks, footsteps, growls, bodiless shadows,
electronics not working, candles going out, hot and cold spots,
strange feelings, animals sensing something not there, strange
dreams, the bed shaking, doors opening and closing, an orb once
caught on digital photo, strange lights, and the strong smell of
lilac. These have been reported around the house, but an overwhelming
amount of the experiences have taken place in the son's former room.
This room, strangely enough, is not the room she died in. She still
haunts him in the house from time to time. No one else has reported
any disturbance, but believe they happen.
Inwood
- The Grainery -
Jackson
county - Mamee bottoms - If
you go out there anytime at you can hear a sound that sounds like a
baby crying and a wolf at the same time, also reported, no animals
live in the area.
Jasper - Devils
Road - long time ago on these train tracks a
bus load of kids got hit by a train, leaving all of them dead but the
driver of the bus, so he went crazy and shot himself while standing
on the tracks, some say that if you go and park your car on the
tracks, put your car in neutral, the kids will push you off the
tracks, some have even seen the glowing headless man walking towards
their car from the tracks, and then disappear.
Jasper
- Shiloh Church -
Jay County - Blood
Road - There is a road out in the country and
it is pretty popular for kids to go to at night. If you drive down
the road one way after you go over a big bump you turn around at the
nearest place to turn. Then you go back over it and once you hit the
bump you see what looks like a trail of blood leading all the way
down the road. They have tried to pave over it but it always comes
back. The story goes that a man got mad at his wife and killed her
and put her in the back of his truck. When he hit the bump her body
fell off and got stuck to the back of the truck and he drug it down
the road.... that is supposedly what the blood is from.
Jeffersonville - Census
Bureau - Warehouses - Late night security have
reports of radios turning on, while not plugged in. Boxes of paper
have fallen within feet of security staff from as high as 10' (pushed
off of a shelf).Supposed holding camp for Germans during WW II,
occasionally one can hear German speaking in the warehouses.
Jeffersonville - Clarksville
border - Colgate Palmolive factory - This
building was originally Indiana State Prison South. Unusual sights
and sounds typical of hauntings are noted here. When the building was
a prison many prisoners were mistreated here; illness raged at times,
and some female inmates were forced into prostitution.
Jeffersonville - Jeffersonville
High School - In the Auditorium, there is said
to be a woman who lurks, even when more than 10 people are in the
room. Things get moved, and people have gotten hurt. Also, when the
building was being built, a construction worker was killed by falling
off of a ladder. Sightings of him have also been recorded
Jerome
- graveyard - drive along
the graves through the old fence stop and turn your car of on the
bridge get out of the car you will see a flashing light blinking from
inside your car...if you walk down to the creek you can here and see
things like a drum beat a old metal swing. You can see wild dogs and
humans moving around.
Jerome - Jerome
cemetery - strange noises and a man in a black
cape accompanied by two large black dogs...
Kendallville?-
Church on the corner of Michelle and Riley St.
?- It is said that while inside the church, u
can hear footsteps going up and down stairs, people's faces in
mirrors, cold and warm spots, and things that touch you. People have
said that while inside the church, you can hear scratching on the
walls, and then see marks left behind. There are tall, dark figures
that move chairs, and sometimes throw them at you. Many people have
been hurt in the church. (Strange cuts that appear on the arms and
legs, and bruises left on the stomach. If you stay in the kitchen
downstairs by yourself, you should see a dark shadow start getting
closer to you, and then chase you up the stairs. By the time you get
up the stairs, its gone.
Kendallville -
The Strand Movie Theater - The
Strand is said to be haunted by one of it's previous owners. There
have been multiple sightings of the man. First there was a woman
cleaning the theater one day with her 3 and 5 year old children
running around. As she was cleaning one of the theater's she heared
her children screaming. She went to see what was going on and they
both told her that there was a man at the top of the stairs (the
stairs that led to the balcony). The woman called one of the workers
in and he asked the kids what the man looked like. They gave him?a
very elaborate description. A few days later that same worker was
closing up after the shows and was making sure the emergency exits
were closed. As he walked out of the hallway to the one exit he
looked up to the projection room and saw a man duck his head really
quickly. The man fit the same description the 3 and 5 year old
children gave just days before. He ran immediately upstairs; the only
way to get to the projection room and there was noone to be found.
About a week later a man came along and bought The Strand and the
worker noticed this man looked very familiar. He talked to the man
and found out that the man's father used to own The Strand as well
and killed himself in the projection room years before. I heard this
story from one of the workers at the theater now; the same man who
saw the ghost when he was a teen working at the theater. The ghost
has since been spotted watching people through the projection room
window, but ducks immediately upon being spotted.
Kewana
- Kewana & Fultonn Cemetery - It
is said that there is a cemetery in between Fulton and Kewana. There
have been many reports of stabbings shootings and strange things
happening in this area. It is said that a few years ago a mans grave
was vandalized by teenagers the man who was buried there is said to
now guard the cemetery. He and his wife were buried together they
died in a fatal car accident 40 years ago.
Kouts
- Baums Bridge Inn - there
is a old inn. There is a window that is not boarded that you can look
in. If you go there around midnight there is a man in the distance
with a very dim light around him. If you look long enough he will get
mad and get right in front of you and it will only take a split
second for him to get in front of you. It will scare the crap out
you.
Kokomo - Adams
mill - you go past the mill and go to the
bridge and go across it and stop your car get out you can see people
walking down the river
Kokomo - Carter
Rd. & 400 North - There is an old house
sitting on the north - east corner, where once known an old man and
his mother lived. Later she died, and he left the house because of
the spirit of her. Reports of something knocking on cars, apparitions
and orbs seen around the house and in the windows.
Kokomo
- Gateway Gardens - <The
Gateway Gardens is an apartment complex. people who lived have seen
tear drops and blood falling from the ceiling. There have been
reports of people seeing legs walking. Babies have raised out of the
cribs and appeared stiff and a few minutes later whatever was holding
them let go. This is a very evil place. Just looking at the place you
get an eery feeling.
Kokomo - Old
Jabob's Funeral Home - Black shadows and noise
in the old basement. Built in 1901 now used as a recording studio by.
House Of Jordan Entertainment.
Kokomo -
Satan Church - There is
an old church out in the country close to Russiaville that is been
known to house spirits. Surrounding the boarded up church is a
graveyard. There have been many sightings of red eyes amongst the
graves and various noises heard coming from the church basement. Past
owners have mentioned cults performing witchcraft in the area.
Kosciosko -
Columbia City - former funeral home - A
Ft Wayne based hospital bought an old funeral home to house it's home
health care agency. Lots of problems with electrical system, things
moving about on their own like chairs, etc. Staff is reluctant to be
in the building alone---especially at night when the activity
increases. One of the employee's young children began asking her
mother about various people she saw moving about the building. The
mother didn't know how to respond because she couldn't see them.
La
Porte - Downtown - 'I' and 10th Street Clinic -
Was on route for Trail of Tears where the Indians had stopped and
made camp. It is said that a young girl died in the winter during
their stay. Now it's a Clinic up top a small hill across the street
from La Porte High School Baseball Field on 'I' and 10th Streets.
People say that the elevator is played with, also the lower level
bathroom is often locked from inside with no windows leading outside,
and various objects moving across rooms (my understanding- chairs
mostly).
La Porte - La
Porte High School - Well in the girls restroom
on hallway one, toilets will flush and water will run without there
being anyone in there. Outside by a pillar there are cold spots and
odd smells. Odd things like the electricity shutting off and banging
on lockers also occurs.
La Porte - La
Porte Medical Building - Doors have been known
to open and shut, and a figure of an Indian maiden has been seen.
This was the site of one of the old Indian burial grounds.
La
Porte - Posey chapel (near) - A
century and a half ago a church was burnt down and the preacher hung
himself from a tree as you enter the gate. At night you can see the
activity under the pavilion that is where the chapel once stood. Red
eyes can be seen and a red light of some sort can be seen moving
through the woods.
Laborite - Posey
Chapel - Many orbs are seen in this area, also
you can hear a woman singing and someone playing a guitar in the
background. - Septermber 2004 additional
information: you can stand outside the fence and be fine, but enter
the property and your heart starts pounding, etc. Some have seen a
ghost of a nun crossing the street. And others see a vague white form
on top of the hill that is too large to be a grave stone.
LaCrosse
-Phegley Highway -
Lafayette -
Harrison Cemetery -
People who visit this place always have the feeling of being followed
or being watched. This places if located right behind Harrison High
School. It is ok to visit too. The gravestones are very old and been
know to move to different locations. Crying and moaning can be heard
on some nights. Beware some of the ghost are known to touch and throw
objects.
Lafayette - Pythian
Home - It is an old Nursing Home where many of
the people who lived there died. There are many things that happen in
there from lights turning on unexpectedly, to hearing footsteps, and
even feeling something brush up against you. One of the stories are,
there was a murder in on of the bathrooms. When the body was taken
out, three women went in and cleaned it up. One of the women new the
girl that was murdered and she went back to pay her respects. When
she walked into the room, she found exactly as it was before they
started cleaning. Now around the time of the anniversary of the
girl's murder, all the gore returns. There still is no use cleaning
it up. It still comes back.
Lake County
- Cedarlake - Macarthur
woods - kids have said that they herd voices saying kill them and
once a hand grabbed a girl they have also seen a gun pointing at them
and when they got home their house door was open and nobody was in
the house and when they got inside nothing was in the place were they
left it and then they ran outside and when they looked at there house
there was a glowing light next to there house. And my little sister
saw a strange man with ripped clothes and distorted face and all of
the sudden the thing disappeared in thin air.
Lake
County - Lowell - Lake
Prairie Cemetery - Mists, orbs of light, and figures of the deceased
locals have been seen here. The southern half of the cemetery has the
oldest grave markers, and that is where the most activity is. The
cemetery is located on Calumet Avenue, 2 miles west of route 41.
Lake Station - River
Forest Junior High - noises heard in the gym
where it is said a little boy died.
Lake
Village - old gas station house - pounding
on the walls walking in he kitchen and up the stairs talking images
of people walking loud buzzing noise only herd in the living room and
bright flashes of light
Lawrenceburg -
Greendale Cemetery - In
the cemetery, you sometimes see white or gray people, and they look
un-real. If you walk by the Tebbs family graves, you feel like your
being watched, get cold chills, or feel uneasy. Plus, When it's a
really hot day, and there's NO wind, you'll feel a light breeze
followed by a cold sensation.
Lawrenceburg
- Whiskey's Restaurannt - The
restaurant was originally two houses that later become a button
factory. There was an old lady that lived in the house and died in a
room that is now called the "Malt Room". There are several
reports about the "Lady Ghost". There was one report where
the ghost tugged at the waitress's apron and she thought that it was
another server but no one was standing behind her, another incident
was the manager was sitting in the bar after the restaurant closed
and smelled a strong scent of perfume coming from the back of the
restaurant and nobody was in there but her.
Lebanon
- The old Lebanon Higgh School - The
old Lebanon High School is a abandon school that will not let you
out. If you go all the way to the 3rd story to the bell tower you
will get locked in until daylight.
Leesburg
- Sawmill lake -
Leo
- Cedar Canyons -
Leo
- Coldwater Rd. -
LaPorte - Hangman's
road/ Orelake - On this road, a young couple
was driving home from a date when all of a sudden, their car broke
down. The young man went for help while the girl sat in the car. When
the man returned he couldn't find his girlfriend. He figured she had
gone to look for help also. A drop of blood dripped on the windshield
and he looked up above his car to find the girl hanging from a tree.
People have seen ghosts hanging, weird things in the woods, and since
the site is right next to a swamp, they say it is very creepy. It is
a popular place for breakdowns and a lot of people have been killed
there by car accidents.
Lewisville
Henry County - Guyer Opera House - The
Guyer Opera House has already been added to your list of haunted
places. I have another bit of information to add... A little boy was
killed back in the early 1900s during a Wild West gun show. During
one of the shows, a bullet ricocheted into the audience, killing the
boy. Perhaps his ghost still lingers in the Guyer. In addition, the
founder of the Guyer Opera House, O.K. Guyer, died the same year his
opera house opened. His funeral was held in the auditorium of the
Guyer. The "Guyer Ghosts" exist for sure.
Liberty
Mills - Liberty Mills Public Access - Several
years ago a car load of teenage girls were driving on the road
leading past the P.A.P. The driver lost control going around a curve,
hitting several trees and ejecting the girls from the car. People
said that on that night they could hear the screams of the some of
the girls as they died, one even hung in a tree-a branch piercing her
midsection. To this day if you go to the P.A.P. you can hear the
girls screaming and crying for help. Witnesses report of hearing
faint cries.
Linden - Slab
Town - In the early 1900's stood a two room
asylum for the insane. Students would volunteer there time at the
home helping out. It is said, that one early morning the students
came out to the home and were beat and raped by the residents in
their home.. In the end of this, they set fire to all the cars at the
house and then set fire to themselves and the students, killing
everyone. To this day the building does not stand, but the foundation
of the house and the old smashed, burnt cars are there. It is also
said, that if you visit the old land that you will never forget your
experience there and gradually lose your well thinking over a period
of time. People have said they would be driving down the road by the
place and see a fire, but when they get closer to the place the fire
would vanish.
Logansport - Mount
Hope Cemetery - As you enter this cemetery
which has been there since the early 1800s you an hear the sounds of
horses even though there aren't any horse farms around for miles and
if you whistle someone will whistle with you it is pretty freaky and
there are mausoleums that you can walk in to and many weirdly
inscribed tombs like "knock three times and they shall come"
As I
stated earlier, I used to live in Logansport. Most of my family
members are buried in this cemetery, including my baby sister. The
legend is very true! If you are psychic you will receive lots of
sensations, vibrations, and even see apparitions, and orbs. The
busiest side of the cemetery is the baby section, where lots of
ghostly grieving moms stay watch over their baby's grave.
Logansport
- Shiloh - at midnight
you can hear the headless horsemen. Then your suppose to go around
the church 3 times and then if you look down at the basement window
your suppose to see a girl staring up at you. It is said that a semi
will chase you then it will disappear. We
lived on the same road as the church. This church is where we went
for our services. Our neighbors would tell us that they could hear a
semi going past their homes at night, and sometimes would hear its
airhorn blasting – scaring them out of their beds. I do know
that a little ghostly boy visits this area frequently. I have
channeled him numerous times. He had died in the mid to late 1970's
from a house fire that had occurred close to the area.
Loogootee
- JFK Gym - The boys
basketball team used to run laps around the upper level of the gym.
One day when they were running the star basketball player tripped and
fell down the gym floor and he died instantly from impact. They say
that when you go in there at night you can here the team running
their laps and then a loud thud from where the boy fell. On the night
of the anniversary you can see the blood stain on the floor and when
you look away and look back the stain disappears.
Loogootee
- Loogootee Elementarry East - The
say when you look at the right side of the school you can see a big
red spot towards the top of it. They say it represents the blood of
the janitor that killed himself there. They found the body hanging
from the doorway to the boy's bathroom. They say if you go in there
at night you can see him wondering the halls, sometimes mopping the
floors, you can hear his keys jingling as he walks down the halls.
They also say that he used to have his dog with him some nights that
he works. People have said that they see a dog run down the hall on
the second floor. Since they've put cameras up more paranormal
activity has been recorded.
Lowell -
Gypsy's Grave Yard - You
enter the graveyard though the front entrance. If you walk to the
back fence there will be voices of gypsy's! If you walk on top of
certain graves they will appear to be sinking in. If you jump the
back fence into the woods and take the small path for about 75 feet
in you will hear faint screaming and whispering with small blurs of
white surrounding you! some say when you leave there will be blood on
the stairs railing!
Lowell - Indiana
Bridge - There is a mansion a little bit
further down the road that 3 people were apparently murdered and
thrown off the bridge. Take I-65 to the Lowell exit and take a right
on Clay Street. Reports of cars rocking and thick fog appears from
nowhere.
Lowell - Intersection
173 Ave and Holtz Road - When you are driving
East on 173rd there are two big hills. When you top either hill you
can see the intersection at Holtz Road. When you top the first hill,
on occasion you will see a bunch of flashing lights and what appears
to be a huge wreck. When the road continues, you lose sight of the
intersection. When you can see the intersection again, it is clear
and there in no sign that anything was ever there. This has been seen
by many people.
Macy - Slaughter
House Road - This road is about 2 miles south
west of Macy and is on the east side of old U.S. 31. Years ago there
was an old Slaughter house on this road. This is a gravel road and
has very narrow shoulders. The remains of this building can be found
during the day, but when night falls they are nowhere to be found.
sometimes you can see ghosts of old cows in the field. There have
also been reports of local farm animals been slaughtered right in
their pastures.
Madison - American
Legion Post 9 - Weird noises, cold spots weird
old woman and man, mostly in basement.
Madison
- Clifty Falls State Park - Reports
of moaning coming from the tree right next to the walkway going down
into the falls.
Madison - Jefferson
County Library - there is a ghost of a young
man that rides the elevator up and down and rubs and pats women. He
is said to have lived there when it was a house and was confined to a
wheelchair so the elevator was put in so he could get from floor to
floor.
Madison - Ohio
Theater - Balcony is haunted people have seen
lights floating and screams heard around midnight.
Madison
- Public Library -
Madison
- Ridge - Reports of
hearing small children's voices laughing and playing, cold spots, and
a ghostly white dog.
Mansfield - Its
said that late at night there are spectral images of people wandering
through this old village. Even the old mill makes noises as if it
were operating, and wagons are heard on the streets.
Marengo
- The Carl Smith Housse - From
the moment you see this place you know its haunted! Lights turn off &
on, ghostly sounds can be heard and people say that the house itself
is some sort of a portal. Several people have died in this place
making it one of Indiana's haunted places.
Marion
- Charles Road -
Marion
- (Grant county )-Thee Hostess House- An
old woman lived in this 4-story mansion here in Marion and someone
broke in her house once and killed her. On foggy nights you can see
her shadow on her balcony. She is in a long white flowing gown. They
never got the bloody footprints up completely either. It's open to
the public too.
Markleville - Main
Street Graveyard - County Road 675 just past
Crybaby Bridge - A lot of rumors about ghosts are heard. But 2
headstones have pentacles on them and a skull is embedded into one
tree.
Marshall - Plymouth
- Muckshaw Rd. - It iis said that on nights when
there is a full moon you can see the image of an old beat up truck
with teenagers hanging off the side of it. It is also said it will
chase you. The story is a long time ago these teenagers used to hang
off the side for fun until a tragic accident happened. Now, they come
back to haunt you on full moons.
Martinsville
- Morgan Monroe Foresst - Stepp Cemetery - A
lady appears sitting upon a tree stump at the east end of the
cemetery. Sometimes you can hear her humming. When she was alive she
had a baby who died. After her death she still sits and hums to her
baby. This story can be found in the local libraries. Many people can
be seen at night in the cemetery waiting for her appearance.
Matthews - Elizabeth
Town - This is an abandoned ghost town where
strange things have occurred. When you go by the Elizabeth Town sign,
you can see a woman dressed in solid black staring at you. At the
cemetery, called Olive Branch, you can hear strange noises and see
ghostly shadows.
Merrillville &
Griffith - Reeder Road - A
girl named Elizabeth Wilson drowned in a swamp after the car she was
riding in went off the road into a swamp. People say that if you
drive down the road at night you can see Elizabeth waiting on the
side of the road waiting for a ride back to her house down the road.
People who claimed to give her a ride back to her house get as far as
Ross cemetery before she disappears. The same cemetery that she was
buried in 1955. More history to this road is during heavy mafia
activity in Chicago around the 1930's they would dump bodies off this
road because it was, at the time, out of the way and seldom traveled.
Most of the bodies were not discovered until the mid sixties when the
area started to be developed. Through the late 1980's until the mid
1990's the woods around this road became a popular place to commit
suicide. Most people that have killed themselves there were area high
school students. There are a few houses still on the road, near the
main development. Many reports of various apparitions (figures in the
woods, ghostly lights, voices, being chased by cars/ creatures).
also, mostly due to the fact that it is surrounded by woods, various
animal parts are frequently found along the road. these are odd in
the fact that they seem to almost always be placed in the exact
center of the road. Never an entire animal like road kill, but
parts...a head, a leg, a torso. Usually rabbits or raccoons but
household pets have also been reported, One person witnessed the head
of a large dog, a German shepherd or similar large breed, positioned
in the center of the road. There was no blood and the eyes were open
staring down the line of the road.
Michigan
City - 50 North - When
you go past the white house on 5o north off of U.S.421 sometimes you
can hear moans and the house at times is not there. There was a guy
who killed his family at this house there his family is said to be
buried in the basement and that is the moans you can hear coming from
the basement.The house is vacated be careful if you go inside
different rooms in the house are colder than others.
Middlebury
- on CR.18 - Well a while
back an Amish man got hit by a car. Some of my neighbors have said
they see him some nights roaming the streets.
Mishawaka
- 100 Center - Hacienda
Mexican Restaurant - Used to be a mansion, the owner had a affair
when one of the care-takers. When she discovered she was with child
and he rejected her, he hung herself in the attic. Employee's have
reported seeing her throughout the restaurant.
Mishawaka
- Hacienda Restaurantt - Workers
claim to hear whispers and see apparitions throughout the old house.
It has also been said that the owner of the house shot himself in the
basement of the house. Now the maid hung herself in the attic of the
house. Well the office to the restaurant used to be in the upstairs
part of the house right by the attic. we had a manager say when she
used to close up the restaurant she would turn off the lights to the
office and turn on the alarm. she would walk away and then look back
and the light would be back on, so she unscrewed the light bulb an
put in the middle of the floor. well she walked away once again and
then looked back and the light was back on. well needless to say that
room is now closed off. other sayings are that you would be the only
person in the bathroom and the lights would go off and on and the
water will come on by its self.
Mitchell
- Spring mill state ppark - There
is an old village there that is haunted. There are many old log
houses and a mill that are said to be haunted. After dark if you go
out there you can see lights and figures in the mill as well as in
many other buildings. There is also and old cemetery there that is
haunted. If you go there at night there is a blank grave of a man who
gambled and lost. He was found murdered and nobody knew who did it.
At night you can see a figure walk from the blank grave and stand in
front of the grave of the man who killed him.
Morristown
- Copper Kettle Inn -- This
historic, local area eatery known for its family style chicken is
reputed to have several active spirits haunting the facility.
Mount
Vernon - Robin Hill - On
the top of a hill stands an old white house which has been abandoned
for many years. The house was once a stop on the underground
railroad. The house is now being remodeled, according to rumor, into
a bed and breakfast. It sits on the corner of Mill and 9th. Local
lore says that the house is very haunted, but no one really knows by
who/what or why.
Mulberry - Hamilton
road - This is a very haunted road that few
people know about. Take state road 38 all the way to Mulberry and
look for a road called 900 west. If you are coming from Lafayette, go
right on it. You will come to a stop sign. Go thru the sign. That is
Hamilton road. There are 3 one-lane bridges on this road, when you
get to the third bridge, stop and flash your lights 4 times. As you
then cross the bridge, you will see a short man in your rearview
mirror chasing you. If you drive up the road about 50 feet you will
come to an old church graveyard. Go it the graveyard and park as
close to the back as you can get. Walk along the fence and you will
see what looks like flames coming from the woods. This is where the
church once stood. It is said that when it caught fire in the 1800s
that everyone was killed. Also there are old haunted tracks right
after the graveyard. Go about midnight and stop in the middle of the
tracks. Put baby powder on your rear bumper. You will hear a train
whistle and see the lights come at you. Then they will disappear. Get
out and look at the back of your car and you will see baby
fingerprints. A little boy named Danny was killed here in the early
1900s right after the tracks were built. WARNING: THIS ROAD IS VERY
DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON IN THE WINTER. IF IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING DO
NOT ATTEMP TO DRIVE ON THIS ROAD!
Muncie
- Apartment on West 66th - A
family moved into the possible haunted home on West 6th Street in
Muncie after the landlord lowered the rent. He explained to the
family that previous tenants didn't want to stay longer than 2
months. After the family had lived there for a while, the children
were scared of the upstairs playroom because of the old lady that
lived there. The old lady that the kids were seeing was a ghost.
Later unexplained happenings were pacing sounds in the playroom, kids
tucked into bed, and items in the kitchen, such as mayonnaise being
moved. A boy had died in the bedroom and his mother died there years
afterwards. I have also heard about weird occurrences like past
tenants waking up and having some sort of oil dumped on them. The new
tenant of the home believes it's haunted also. There is a road in Jay
County, Indiana where if you drive it from one direction, it's a
normal road. If you drive from the opposite direction, there looks to
be blood forever stained on the road. It has been given the name
"Blood Road."
Muncie - Ball
State University - Elliot Hall - A male
student came to school after having fought in WWII. He was burned
during the war and his face was disfigured. Supposedly, he became
severely depressed and went to the fourth floor and hung himself from
the cross members of the ceiling. At night you can hear a table being
dragged across the floor to the point where the man was found
hanging.
Munster - The
Bieker House - Update: Burned down - The
beaker house is very well known in Munster Indiana. A woman dressed
in white can be seen during day or night. The house is vacant [for
years],and known for it's huge red barn. It is owned by the city. As
at one time, the city offered the huge house and property "rent-free"
&"utility-free" to anyone willing to live in the house
for the purpose of preventing vandalism to the house & grounds.
No offers were ever met - Update: the big red
beaker barn has burned down, there was an electrical fire, and now
its just the house.
New Albany -
Culbertson Mansion - This
tourist attraction contains the ghost of a woman on the 3rd floor.
She is heard walking about and some have seen her. She is believed to
be the first wife of the former owner and may have remained behind
due to the mistreatment of her surviving children by the husband's
new wife. Note: this mansion is open to the public and guided tours
are available.
New Albany - St.
Joe Rd. Cemetery - in the middle of the
cemetery there is an old hanging tree in the day the hanging branch
at night it is there. and if you go to the very back and look to the
front there will be a huge blare of smoke.
New
Carlisle - PrimRose - a
road the length of a quarter mile long surrounded by woods, its known
to have a ghost truck that changes color and is known to chase
visitors out of the area
New Corydon -
Jay County - The Laughing Scarecrow - Not
much is known about the mystery of the laughing scarecrow but at no
particular time mostly during and around the harvest season, it has
been reported that a figure or apparition, looking such as a
scarecrow, will appear out of the woods, which is located south of
116, off a country road. It will screech and laugh at passersby. Also
the whole town of New Corydon, and surrounding area, is known for
many unusual phenomena. That includes a Cry Baby Bridge, the
creature, and witches of the old abandoned stone quarry. And strange
lights. Many people report a feeling of doom, coldness, evil there.
New Cordyon - Jay
county - OLd School Houses - it is told to be
that if you pass by the school house and look inside you will see
shadows of people walking around. it is also told that in the 1960's
a group of teenagers went to the school to see if it was really
haunted and one of the girls that was there died in the school and it
is said you can see her standing in the window if you look in there
from afar, but if you look to long at her she will run away from the
window and run out the front doors after you.
New
Haven - Historical City Hall Building - The
building was originally built in 1913 and served as the city hall,
jail, and fire station throughout most of the last century. The
building is currently being restored by Ellusions, Inc. -
www.ellusionsinc.com,
who is currently renting it. Many employees have
seen and heard many things in the building. When questioned, police
officers who used to work there also verified unexplainable events.
Ellusions had psychic Sandi Athey tour the building remotely. She
described several events that were confirmed by previous tenants.
Fort Wayne Ghost Trackers were asked to conduct an investigation,
which also proved fruitful and confirmed many things posed by Psychic
Sandi. The basement has documented cases of different smells and orbs
and video of orbs were recorded by the staff of Ellusions and
FWIGT.org. Rumor has it that the basement was once used as a
temporary morgue. Orbs were photographed in many rooms throughout the
building.
New Mount Pleasant -
Cinderella's grave - Behind
the jay county conservation club down a short lane in the woods is a
cemetery dating back to the early to late 1800's. In this cemetery is
a gravestone marked Cinderella this is supposed to be the name of the
boy buried there. Go in at night and when you count the headstones
one way there are 13. When you go and count them back the opposite
way there are only 11.
North Judson -
Dogface Bridge - supposedly
a couple was murdered here, and at midnight you can hear the lady
screaming and a dog howling. The car that they supposedly drove still
sits there, and the road has been shut down. Rumor is if you go out
there alone, your car turns itself around and you can see car
headlights coming at you
North Webster
- North Webster Elemeentary - Some
say a young boy wearing khakis and a blue sweater roams the athletic
areas playing sports and shutting off the lights. When someone goes
to turn the lights on the light switch is already on. There is also a
teacher in high heels on the second floor. People say that they can
hear high heel shoes clicking on the floor. Random appliances in the
school turn on and off by themselves. The young boy can also be seen
in the library trying to check out books.
Oakland
City - Oakland City College - Cockram Hall
- where the wife of CColonel William Cochram,
the founder of Oakland City University, hung herself in the upstairs
of the tower. If you look in the windows at night u will see doors
open and shut, and see a bright orange glow come from some of the
windows.
Oakville - An-urban
railroad - The An-urban railroad used to run
through Oakville. Eventually it went out of use and most of its track
was taken up. The empty trail where it once laid is said to be
haunted by slaves who built it and other unknown apparitions. Many
have encountered phantom chains along its path. One of the old
an-urban stations still stands in Springport. It is also said to be
haunted.
Old Oaklandon - Fire
Station - At unpredicted times of the day and
night, strange and mysterious things occur at this station. Shadows
have been seen and bay doors have been known to open on their own.
Orange County - Paoli
- Bon's Chapel - Thiss is the home of the
headstone with a chain link that grows each year. The stone has been
replaced numerous times, but the chain just keeps appearing. The
story goes that the chain represents the love of a man that was in
the army and his girlfriend that waited for him. They were going to
get married before he left, but his parents kept them from seeing
each other and from getting married when they heard about the news.
He went off to the war and she waited for him even though that they
couldn't be together. The guy was killed in the war and they brought
his body back here for a proper burial. the young girl attended the
funeral, but she stood across the road and watched it from a
distance. They say that today you can see the chain glow at night,
and sometimes during the day you can see the young lady dressed in
black standing on the other side of the road watching the funeral.
Oragneville - Chain
grave - A slave owner from the 1800's beat one
of his slaves to death with a logging chain. The wife of the slave
had a local shaman put a curse on the slave owner. The curse was that
he would bear the reminder of his murder for eternity. After he was
buried, a chain appeared on his tombstone, and every year another
link is added. It is located at a church called Bonds Chapel which
still holds services. It is actually about five miles south (as the
crow flies) from Huron.
Osgood - Devils
Elbow - There is a road that the locals all
call Devils Elbow. Legend has it that it is haunted by evil spirits.
I was raised close to this road all my life. Over the years I have
seen and heard many of things such as, red glowing eyes, a woman in
white, a bay crying. and sometimes when you are driving on this road
your car will die or if it doesn't die, your headlights will get dim
as if something is feeding off the energy. About 15 years ago a man
was brutally murdered on that road. It was haunted way before the
murder incident. Makes one wonder if an evil spirit provoked the
murder.
Parke - Bellmare
- old Bellmore schoolhouse ruins - In the
ground of the ruins of the school house there is an extreme change in
temperature to very cold and in the boiler room you can hear the
voice of a young boy screaming and sometimes playing. Legend has it
he was killed down there and put in one of the furnaces and when
people go down there rocks and bricks fly at you out of the dark.
Pekin - Washington
School - The third floor is the most haunted
place in the girls bathroom the lights turn on and off and on the
second floor in the old gym there is a bloody handprint on the back
of a basketball hoop on some days it moves.
Pendleton
- Cry Baby Bridge - <it is
on the way to Pendleton. legend was that a woman drowned her child
off of the bridge. If you park your car there at midnight it will not
start back up and you will hear a woman crying or her baby crying.
Pendleton - Falls
Creek Park - In 1945 two lovers, Jon and
Rachael, were playfully chasing each other across the bridge early
one morning. They just spent the whole night together doing what
lovers do. As Jon chased her, Rachael tripped on her skirt and fell
tragically into the creek hitting her head on one of the rocks,
killing her almost instantly. Witnesses say that after Jon dove in
after Rachael, it appeared that he was being held under by Rachael's
lifeless corps. Ever since that day, some claim they can hear the
whole tragedy and others say they see it.
Pendleton
- Main Street Graveyaard - It
is located in the outskirts of Pendleton, Indiana. Anderson is at
least 20 miles away from it. And Main Street Graveyard is located a
half mile down the road from that. It is where a little girl is
suspected to be the devil. On top of her grave there has been a plant
growing over many of years. this plant has now begun to shape like
the Devil's Pitchfork.
Pendleton - Mt.
Giliad Church - If you run around this church
10 times prior to going to Main Street Graveyard and Crybaby
bridge(see Anderson and Markleville listings) you will conjure up
spirits which will make your evening trip a little more interesting.
Take SR 38 east out of Pendleton to County Road 50 West. Then turn
south about 3 miles to Mt. Giliad Church. After running go south
about 2 more miles and you will cross the county line and then turn
right on Hancock County road 675. It is there you will then find
Crybaby Bridge and Main Street Graveyard a little beyond that. The
lane to the graveyard is blocked by boulders.
Peru
- Hookmans Cemetery -- no
matter what time of day you go there there is a fog that?s sits at
the top of the hill no breeze, no birds, or insects. If you go there
he is not buried where its mark you have to walk 1.5 miles back
you?ll know when you get there because its like a cold pocket.Urban
legend Stories say on some cold fall nights you can see Hookman
walking old lovers lane looking for his next victim.
Peru
- Kings Courts -
Peru - Okie
Pinokie - This site is located off of River
Road (on your way to Mississinewa Resevoir). You will come to a "Y"
in the road, where you will hang a right. You will soon after see a
small cluster of pillars at the entrance of a gravel road. This site
used to be swampy and marshy and there have been at least 8 decaying
bodies found there (reported by Mississinewa staff). This site may be
an old burial ground of some sort or battlefield, as to the thousands
of spirits hiding within the trees. You will drive down this gravel
road, and the trees will begin to swarm and intertwine above you. You
will then come to a circle. Getting out the car, it is said that if
you whistle, someone will begin whistling with you from deep in the
forest. It is also said that a noise like a pig squeel and dogs
barking can be heard like it is right next to you. And last but NOT
least, you will hear screams like a small child is being tortured;
supposedly it is a 7-year-old girl named Stephanie. Also, traveling a
long a path you will find a tree that has indents that appear to be
much like deer antlers; HOWEVER, these are horizontal instead of
vertical and have a place for an opposable thumb. - Warning:
DO NOT GO HERE, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO BE TERRIFIED. (P.S. Do not
"Ouija" here for the spirits do not like it.)
Peru
- Old Stone House - <Part
of the old under ground rail road near the Wabash river on old stone
road, it is said on some foggy nights you can drive by and see
strange lights coming from the house, It was burned on the inside
years ago and is not safe to enter but it has been bought and is
going to be converted into a church.
Petersville
- Petersville House -- Before
the house burned down a couple years ago a team went to investigate
this house. Using a 35mm camera with 400 speed film they report
taking about 4 rolls worth of pictures of the site. Out of all those
pictures there was 3, maybe 4, of them had several orbs in the
picture. Another picture had figure in bright white standing in the
broken out window. Further examination of the photo appears that it
was a female and she was wearing a dress. Hopefully they will send
the pics in soon to share with us. Since the house has burned down
there has not been any more orbs/women standing in any other picture.
Pike County - Blackfoot
Cemetery - This old cemetery is located out in
the middle of nowhere. It contains gravestones dated from the 1800's,
and is a known spot for paranormal activity. Many people visiting the
cemetery have reported seeing strange lights and hearing scary
noises. There is even a lone gravestone in the cemetery that is
separated from all the others. Legend states that a witch is buried
here.
Plevna - Ferrell
House - There used to be and old deserted house
and barn, there were occasions of flaming faces, a woman hanging from
a rafter in the barn (that is how she died) a body on the roof, red
orbs, there was a closet upstairs that had no flooring just a
bottomless hole (when you drop things down it you will never hear it
hit.) If you went directly underneath it on the first floor there was
no hole. Now at the location where the building was there is an eerie
blackness, they have tried to grow crops there and they will not
grow.
Plymouth - Hayloft
Restaurant - Has recently burned to the ground - This
place was originally built in the 1800's. Up until 1970 the
restaurant was a working barn. The ghost moves objects about the
restaurant; sometimes knocking things over and sometimes making them
disappear altogether. He also turns up every once in awhile, looking
just like an old Indiana farmer. When he's around people report
smelling some thing that smells like burning wood.
Poland
- Poland Cemetery - <There
is a gravestone for a five-year-old little boy who was said to be
taken over by demons. His family put a color picture on his marker
and it is still in perfect condition. When you look at the picture,
you can see horns on his head.
Poland -
Zion Church Cemetery - its
has been told of a ghost coming out in the road and just stopping in
front of the cars and make you stop. Locals believe its a warning
about this haunted place. And it tell you to turn around and go back.
If you do go around the haunted place don't say you weren't warned!
Porter - Michigan
City - Devils Bridge - Laporte border - It is
said that in the early 1920s the mob used this area to bury bodies
that have never been found. Currently it is a known devil worshipping
spot. Orbs, images, and disappearing men have been seen here. It is
located off county line rd, on Porter County side.
Porter
- Porter County - Hisstorical Society of Porter
County Old Jail Museum - has had paranormal
activity recorded and when open for Halloween haunted houses many
orbs and strange things have been seen and people have gone missing
Portage - Old
Porter Road - Late at night often during the
winter months shadow-like figures has been seen along the train
tracks in between Portage and Burns Harbor that line Old Porter Road.
This lonely strip of road has seen many tragic events over it's rich
history, some resulting in injury or even death, no one can pen down
the explanation to the figures, some describe as dog like, as if a
dog had grown long thin legs, and a long thin tail, stretched to
twice the size of a medium sized canine and given glowing yellow
eyes. A young person who lives on the desolate portion of this road
has often been subjected to visions of these spectral beasts, roaming
through her yard at night terrorizing the family pet, breathing,
scratching, and growling at the windows and doors to the house. Some
of the conductors say they can see the hounds running along side the
trains as they blow by in the night, yellow eyes glowing bright,
baying as they chase the wind.
Portage
- Wolf Mansion -
Princeton
- Bulldog Bridge -
Redkey
- Shoetree and Crybabby bridge - First
the shoetree has many pairs of sneakers in it all tied together and
flung in there. The story goes that a man was killed and then had his
shoes thrown up in the tree. He now haunts this place and if you go
there at night and get out of your car he will murder you and thrgw
your shoes up there with his. A half a mile down the road is Crybaby
Bridge. Supposedly a school bus full of girl scouts went over and now
you can hear them crying down there. If you stop on the bridge and
turn off your car it might not start again.
Reedsville
- Dick Huffman bridgee - Well
as it is told if you go to the bridge and flash your headlights you
will see some one walking towards you it looks like a old man. They
say this man got drunk one night and plunged off the bridge. Or what
we say he thought he could fly.
Reelsville
- Four Arches -
Reelsville
– Ren Pers Quarry - there
was an explosion in the mine that killed 40 people now you can hear
the boom and the screaming , moaning in the shaft. People
that live in this town sware by this legend. A lot of people have
claimed of seeing apparitions in and around this area. I, personally,
have never seen any, but I can tell you that people in this town ARE
very superstitious and believe in all kinds of weird
stuff.
Rensselaer -
Memory Gardens - This is
a cemetary that has a statue of a saint in the back. it is said that
if you go there at night and walk by the statue, it will move. It
will move as if it was following or staring at you. Its arms move
from their original position when you come in. and its head also
moves as if it were watching your every move. - DO
NOT TRESPASS HERE! You WILL be arrested.
Rennsalaer
- Moody's Light -
Rensselaer
- St. Joseph's Collegge - There
is said to be a spirit in the chapel of St. Joseph's College.
Sometimes at night, there is a light that is visible at the very top
of the chapel. The light is only seen by lovers who are walking on
the campus. When you look back at the light, you won't see anything.
Rensselaer - St.
Joseph's College - Aquinas Hall - supposedly
the site of an exorcism. When any of the priests are asked about it,
they quickly become furious and tell you to mind your own business.
However, the place has been closed down for apparently no reason.
This dorm had offices one the first floor and had students living
there a few years ago. After that it was used mainly for the nursing
student offices. In 2002 there are still offices and there are now
athletic coaches living in the residence area.
Rensselaer
- St. Joseph's Collegge - Drexel Hall
Drexel Hall is now restricted and on the list
of Indiana's most Endangered Landmarks. Though the rest of the
building is in ruins, the chapel is in perfect condition according to
my sources. Also, people who enter begin hearing voices in their
heads.
Rensselaer - St.
Joseph's College - Dwenger Hall - It is
supposedly possessed. Students of the dorm next to this shut down
building have claimed to see lights coming from inside. Many also
claim a force compelling them to look into the windows. Rumor is that
the priest who preformed the exorcism, committed suicide after it
failed. (If it was in Dwenger Hall or The Theater is unclear.)
Rensselaer - St.
Joseph's College - Hallas Hall - supposedly
haunted by a baby. Legend has it that a young woman gave birth there
and the baby died. It has been there ever since and students report
hearing it cry at times. There is also a claim about a girl who woke
up in the middle of the night to see a very young boy at the foot of
her bed.
Rensselaer - St.
Joseph's College - Theater - There are
multiple places on campus that are either haunted or possessed. All
in all, this campus may be one of the most haunted in the country.
First of all, and the most widely acknowledged among the student body
is the theater. Legend has it that one of the many priests on campus
hung himself there after an exorcism went awry. Others believe it is
a student who didn?t get a part that killed himself, rather than a
priest. People still feel things touching them when they are on the
catwalk and doors move without reason.
Rensselaer
- Twin Cemeteries - <on a
road just out of Rensselaer, there are two cemeteries, on each side
of the road. Legend has it, that there was a young couple whose
families didn't get along. They decided to kill themselves Romeo and
Juliet style. They left in their notes to be buried side by side.
Their families didn't honor their wishes and put them in different
cemeteries. Late at night, if you drive there and park your car
between the two cemeteries, and shut your lights off, you can see a
brunette women in white and a man in black walking across the road to
meet each other. Warning: If you shut your car off, it will not start
again. Also, the woman was from a religious family, so it is said
that if you supposedly cuss, you submit yourself do the danger of
being attacked.
Richmond - Earlham
College - -BACK CAMPUS-...On Halloween night in
1857 there were 2 students who were walking in the back of campus.
There is a big pipe line that goes over the creek. Rumor has it the 2
students were trying to cross the creek on the pipe line and fell off
into the creek which is only about 2 foot deep. To this day on
Halloween night if you go there you can see fingernail scratches on
the pipe where they slipped off and hear screaming from down below.
Ridgeville - Sleepy
Hollow Road - This road is a gravel road and it
has trees surrounding it. You can't see the sky because the trees are
like a dome over the road. If you turn your lights off you can't see
anything. If you drive down the road you will come to another like
drive way or a little road like that. Down the road about a half-mile
is a school bus if you go back there you will be chased back to your
car by the team that was stranded back there.
Rochester
- dead man's college??- it
is a one room school that was built before 1876 on top of an
abandoned family cemetery. There is a grave under the front step. it
is linked to the story of Prill school because supposedly "sister
Sarah?s" baby is one of the graves located at this school. At
night you can hear children asking you to come play with them.
Rochester - Earl's
Tree Cemetery - This graveyard is off of St Rd
25 on 300 south. Take a tape recorder out there on any night of the
week and just have normal conversations. Nothing eerie
happens...until you listen to the tape! You will hear the raspy,
whispery voice of what we believe might be a 3-year-old boy named
Earl. This is an old graveyard...we believe that he may be telling us
something about the tree next to his grave. Listen VERY CLOSELY to
the recording however, you may mistake his voice for one of your own!
Rochester - Olson
Road - There is an old slaughterhouse on Olson
Road between Old and New 31. It is off of the river. If you drive by,
sometimes you can see it and sometimes you can't. It's huge when you
do see it, so you know that when it's gone...it's really gone! If you
get out of your car and try to walk to it, you can't get to it.
Rochester - Prill
School - Prill School is haunted by a woman
named Sister Sarah. Some say if you go out there on the night of a
full moon and you sit with your rearview mirror facing the tree in
the yard, you will see her ghost next to or in the tree. Other people
say that on a full moon if you leave a piece of paper with questions
on it and come back the next day, there will be answers written on
there to the questions that were asked. Sister Sarah was a teacher in
the school when it was open. There are many stories to how and why
she died and god knows which one is the truth. There are so many
stories to if you go out there at night.
Rockport
- Eureka Rd - Reports of
different residents hearing men having a conversation and a spectral
train when there is none on the tracks, while lying in bed. They have
also, heard a man calling their name and the televisions turn
themselves on and off. Children have also complained about toys
moving across the floor and seeing horses running through the
upstairs.
Rolling Prairie - Lambs
Chapel - ghostly sightings and cold spots have
bean reported the legend behind lambs chapel is said to have a
beautiful young lady running through the cemetery at 12\00 on the dot
it is said that she was driving by lambs chapel and her car broke
down so she got out and she saw a man he chased her through the
cemetery and you drive by your car might just brake down
Salem
- Henderson - When inside
the gates you get the feeling you are being watched. you hear things
move and nothing is there. The grim reaper has been seen there. in
the seventies there were three girls savagely cult murdered there.
San Pierre - Dog
Face Bridge - Back in the 1950's a couple were
driving over a bridge heading out on their honeymoon, When a dog ran
out in front of them the couple swerved and ended up driving off the
side of the bridge still killing the dog Now there are 2 stories, one
both died, and the there the male died but either way the woman?s
head and the dogs head was chopped off and they were unable to find
the woman?s body and the dogs head, Now it is said as you walk down
the path there are 2 bridges the first bridge is weak and very old
the second is the one they crashed off, It isn?t even there yet you
can see the Cement sidings from where it once stood. Supposedly when
you go down the path you will see the body of the woman wearing the
dogs head, if you do not beat her off of the first bridge and back to
your car she will kill you, by supposedly eating you alive. there
have -rumored- been bodies found, and people being shot at reported.
as you walk you can hear strange animal snorting howls and growls ,
while the entire area is made of swamp and it is a known fact that,
Wolves and Coyotes do NOT go near swampy areas.
Schererville
- Scherwood Lake Aparrtments - Many
years ago when the apartments were first built, a woman was alone
with her son one day near the lake feeding the ducks. The boy threw a
temper tantrum as they were getting ready to leave and in an angry
rage the woman pushed him into the lake. Not being able to swim, the
little boy drowned. Residents say you can hear the little boys
screams for help in the night, and many have seen a little boy
drowning but when they jump into save him, there is no one there.
Scottsburg - Bridgewater
Cemetery - Isolated from civilization this
cemetery sets on top of a hill overlooking the grassy fields. It is
said that if you go there after midnight you will see a glowing
tombstone of the man that awakens at night and guards the front gate.
Scottsburg - Scott
County Heritage Center and Museum - This
building was originally the county poor farm. Many families who lost
everything and had no where else to go came here. We are currently
turning it into a county history museum. The building is haunted by
former residents who liked living there so much that they refused to
leave. We've heard a baby crying, footsteps on the second floor when
no one is up there; strange odors; and the lights being turned on
when the building is closed. This building will be open for tours
starting in October. A fee will be charged.
Sellersburg
- Old Man Ike?s -
Seymour - Papa
John's Pizza- A "Person" in a blue
uniform has been seen by many employees, at various times of the day,
but dissapears before fully coming into veiw. Seen especially late at
night and early in the morning. Knocking sounds have also been heard
on the walls coming from the empty store next door.
Shadowwood
- Is the national heaadquarters of Sigma Pi
Fraternity. It is haunted by the ghosts of the children of the
original owner, cold spots and other various qualities made this
house #7 on Unsolved Mysteries top 10 haunted places.
Sharpsville
- The old Factory - <There
is an old factory in town and when u go by there at night you can see
something in window but the factory has been closed down for years.
If you go up to the building you can hear banging of metal or
something like that and you hear people talking like they were
working.
Shelby - Waldron
- River Road - Appariition of a man has been
seen and cries for help are heard.
Shelbyville
- The Twins House - <A
long time ago there were two teenage boys who had gone crazy after
their mother was killed by their father. The two boys killed their
father in cold blood. The house is still haunted by the two boys. The
house is symmetric on both sides one for both twins to live on. On
July 4th, 1940 the two stabbed each other to death. On July 4th it is
said that you can hear the two boys screaming in pain from the
fighting.
Shelbyville - Werewolf
Hollow - If you drive down the lane at Werewolf
Hollow, there is a stop sign. Look close and you will see blood
flowing on it. As you go on, there are cornfields. You can see a male
ghost. Be careful not to stop your car because he will scratch your
car. He is trying to warn you not to go on. There are some abandoned
houses and if you get out of your car (if you dare) and go up to the
houses, you can see a ghost in one window. In another window, you
hear noises and a hole in it.
Shoals -
Brooks Bridge - there was
a girl about 17 who threw herself off the bridge. A couple day's
later they found her dead body. Often on the 5th of every month you
can here her screams as she throws herself off the bridge. Then a
splash then silence. Many say that if u go down to the bridge after
you hear the screams and u catch her before she jumps than she will
chase you and yell at you for distracting her.
Shoals
- Peggy Holler -
Shoals
- The New Gym -
South
Bend - If you go back on the old trail and walk
towards the bridge over Juday Creek, you will see an old train
engineer standing with his lantern. The ghost supposedly committed
suicide.
South Bend - Old
Roller Coster Rd ( Sycamore Rd) - Reports of
phantom cars chasing people.
South Bend
- Potato Creek State Park - Over
the years many children have drowned here swimming at the beach, when
fishing at night on the fishing pier across from the beach next to
the cemetery you can hear the sound's of a child crying and calling
for it's mother when you go over to the beach where you hear the
cries there is no one there.... I
had stayed the night in a cabin right by the beach. I never heard any
sounds, nor did I see any apparitions during my short stay, but I can
tell you that you will get a very eerie feeling while you're at this
park.
South Bend - St.
Joseph - Primrose Rd. - If you go down Primrose
at a speed less than 20mph your tires of your car will get slashed.
If you go over the speed of 30mph the car will just die. Either way
if either things happen you will have to walk. They say if you have a
cell phone there will be no signal. While you are walking down
Primrose you will hear strange ghostly noises and see things. They
say ghosts appear and talk to you, telling you to turn around and go
back to the car because there is danger. They also say that the old
farmhouse will appear and if you walk up to it an old lady will
answer the door in a white night gown. She is claimed to be the lady
of luck. They say if she invites you in that your luck will become
better, but if she rejects you, when you go back to your car it won't
be there.
South Bend - St.
Joseph - Primrose Rd. - Blood Rock - along with
what it said above about primrose...they cleared out a section of the
woods and built a housing development there. at the entrance there is
a pond on the left, there is a huge rock in the middle of the pond.
the rock is called "blood rock". this huge rock
mysteriously has been moved to different places.
South
Bend - St. Joseph - Primrose Rd. - Adams street
Graveyard - A Graveyard that has people buried
there as far back as 1791 has a few different things that go on
there. Reports of pictures taken and got some mists around the
tombstones. Its even been said on the news during Halloween a few
years ago that it was haunted.
South
Bend - St. Joseph - Primrose Rd. - off of old
Cleveland Rd. - is haunted by 3 or 4 things,
one is a phantom farmhouse that appears. The house doesn't appear
long enough to get close enough to investigate. You can also see the
eyes in the woods occasionally, but infrequently. More than likely,
you will hear the clomping of a horse or horses, and occasionally
glimpse one moving from one side of the woods to the other behind
your car. It is also rumored that occult rituals were performed on
the lake on the west side of the road, and a woman was sacrificed and
deposited into the recesses of the lake. Witnesses claim to have seen
her on the night that she was murdered going through the ritual
again. There is an immense sense of sadness near the lake that is
almost overpowering.
South Bend - St.
Mary's College - Le Mans hall - the bell tower - there
is seen to be a girl hanging from a rope. She committed suicide
there. Also on the 4th floor infirmary there are blood spots on the
floor from a girl who died there.
South
Bend - Tippecanoe Place Restaurant - This
is the mansion home of Clement Studebaker, one of the original
brothers who was of the Studebaker dynasty. It has been many things
since being inhabited, a home for deaf children and now a fancy
restaurant. There was a fire in the nurserey in the early 1900's and
a nanny and child were severely burned, and Mr. Studebaker committed
suicide after the Studebaker empire was crumbling (although it's
disputed as to whether or not he actually killed himself in this
house). According to bartenders, especially at night late, they feel
chills, see things move out of the corner of their eyes, one of the
workers says, his room mate, also a worker, was speaking to patrons
about the "legends" and mentioned that he personally did
not believe it ghosts...as soon as he said it an expensive bottle of
liquor flew off of a top shelf about 8 ft off the ground and crashed
right behind him. The very top floor is a ballroom and was used for
dances when it was lived in, and appears to have the most activity,
as well as the floor directly below it, which is where the nursery
was, now where the bar is.
South Bend -
The University of Notre Dame -
has a long and grand tradition of academic excellence. Founded over
one-hundred years ago, it has graduated it's fair share of learned
folk, and even a few celebrities. Some have since moved to the
afterlife, and some of these restless spirits have stayed on. Before
the university came to be as we know it today, the Patawatami Indians
lived their lives along the shores of what is now known as the St.
Joseph River. They buried their dead in the area and some of their
dead still seem to be around. Washington Hall now houses the
university dramatic theater, but it once served as a dormitory for
the one and only George Gipp. Gipp was known as a wonderful football
player, and something of a gambler. His ghost is said to haunt the
stage and greenrooms. Columbus Hall dates to the beginning of the
university's infancy. Ghostly Native Americans, and their spectral
horses, have been seen riding up and down it's stone front steps.
South Bend - Holiday
Inn City Center - Some flight attendants and
pilots who stay at the hotel have sworn that they have seen a flight
attendant sitting on the edge of the bed looking in the mirror at
them. Some say that awhile back, her pilot in the room killed a
flight attendant.
South Bend - N.
Michigan / Dreamworld - It is said that a lady
walking her dog down the train tracks that used to run by this
location was hit and killed by a train. it has been told to this day
even though the tracks are not there you can see premonitions of her
and her dog. on some nights it is told you can even hear her calling
her dog looking for it.
South Whitley -
old train tracks - Apparitions
of 3 little girls walking and talking, sometimes witnesses see just 1
little girl with a teddy bear.
South
Whitley - Whitko High School - When
Whitko High School was being built, directly behind a cemetery off of
SR 14, a construction worker was confronted by an old woman. She told
him that every year the school was open at least one student would
die. When the construction worker turned around, the old woman
disappeared. So far this has held to be true. Rumor is one student
has died every year since the school was built.
Southport
- Train Tracks -
St.
Paul - Old Railroad Bridge over Flat Rock River
- A man fell from thiis railroad bridge and was
killed when this bridge was first built. A light can be seen from the
bridge late at night. It looks like an old lantern light. Moans can
be heard from the top of the bridge, but no one is there.
Sullivan
- Free Springs Bridgee - There
are many stories that deal with murder about this bridge that lies
out in the country in this small town. There have been sightings of a
"headless man" walking around looking for his head that had
once been severed. He had been a bum that feel out of a train and got
ran over.
Sullivan County - Cass
- Antioch Cemetery - >Reparts of seeing a man
dressed in a dark colored suit with flowers in his hands looking down
at the grave on foggy nights around 1:30a.m. Witnesses also see
shadows of people flashing past and over their vehicle accompanied by
scratching & tapings heard.
Sunman
- Guilford - on a bridge
going across the creek to the Guilford park you can sometimes here a
woman screaming and a train. It is said that the woman was hit and
knocked into the creek next to the train tracks and the creek carried
her down to the bridge were her body was then found. they never found
out who the woman was because when the police were investigating the
body it started raining and the creek rose and washed the body away.
Tab - The Locust
Grove Cemetery - Reports of the sound of army
cadence. Sounds believed to be Harrison's troop marching to the
Battle of Tippecanoe.
Terre Haute -
hells gates - Some say
that if you go under all three bridges and under the third bridge you
might see the devil. If the Devil has his back to you then you will
have a good life but if he is staring you in the face the rest of
your life is doomed. Others say that if you see your name under the
bridge the next day you are suppose to die. Its a great place to go
for a scare.
Terre Haute - The
Golf Course - apparitions are said to appear
but not confirmed. Pictures produce orbs. Every night there is said
to be a kid named Alex that roams around the 6th hole of the Country
Club Golf Course. One night Alex was drinking with his friends and
passed out and died. Now people say that every night if you go out
there around 12:00 A.M. You might see Alex roaming around but you
will definitely hear Alex vomiting and screaming for help. This is at
the Terre Haute Country Club.
Terre
Haute - Highland Lawn Cemetery - Just
the old story of Stiffy Green. Supposedly Stiffy (a dog) and his dead
master can be seen walking in the cemetery at night. February
2005 Update/Correction: Stiffy Green did not roam the cemetary, but
instead was inside the mausoleum of his owner. He was removed several
years ago because the cemetary didn't want kids driving through the
cemetary late at night. As
the legend continues it is said that in one of the mausoleums a
greiving wife had placed a phone for her dead husband to call her
from his grave. At night people have claimed to hear the phone
ringing from inside of the mausoleum.
Terre
Haute - Historical Museum - Witnesses
claim to have Caught many things on film here. Everything from orbs
to a small mist. The arbs seem to center around the old front
staircase. The building was used as a halfway house for several years
by the 3rd owners of the property. It is now used as a historical
museum. Supposedly the old crib in one of the upstairs exhibits moves
occasionally even though the area is closed off.
Terre
Haute - Indiana State University - Burford
Hall - the ghost is Barb, a young woman who
died of alcohol poisoning in the residence hall. Students have often
reported hearing Barb vomiting and/or crying in bathroom stalls.
Also, there have been reports of strange happenings like sounds,
whispers, things moving and things of that sort. February
2005 Update: It was torn down several years ago and turned into a
parking lot.
Terre Haute - Indiana
State University - Cromwell Hall - a
white cross under the window is seen on the 12th floor where the man
jumped, on the west side of the building in room 1221. Now you can
hear footsteps and strange noises in the hallways.
Terre
Haute - Old Mil Dam - Use
to be part of the Under Ground railroad. It is very haunted at night.
Certain nights stuff happens, a report of a small girl stands near
the creek. They used to have the Underground Tunnels open but they
are closed now. If you are in Terre Haute and go to Old Mil be
careful. You might get a surprise.
Tunnelton
- The Tunnelton Trainn Tunnel - A
ghost of a man has been reported their many times. He was decapitated
during construction and still searches for his head. Rumor -
The tunnel also has a graveyard on top of it its been rumored that
while building the tunnel caskets fell through. Also, you can hear
the screams of a ghost family that was killed when their horse and
buggy crashed into the river down the hill.
Union
Mills - Old U.S. 30 - on the way into Hana. On
the railroad tracks on 600 w. Around 2:30-3:30 a.m. There has been a
blue-tinted shadowy figure, that looks as if is carrying a lantern,
walking on the railroad tracks into Hana.....In 1987, a man was
coming home from work at est. 3:00 a.m. and was hit by a
train........
Upland - Spook's
Corner - Supposedly a busload of school
children were killed when the bus ran off of the road. The bus still
sits there in what is now a graveyard. There is a bridge up the road
that the bus fell off of and supposedly if you go too slow over the
old iron bridge, your engine will die and you will have to push the
vehicle off of the bridge to get it started. You will hear children
screaming and crying while you are pushing your car.
Utica
- witches castle -
Valparaiso - Stereo
Bridge - well long time ago two trains on the
same track had collided under the bridge so at night on the certin
day you?re on the bridge you can hear a train blow its steam and one
other train on the opposite side are coming at the same time to
collide under the bridge and during the day u can see that the track
looks the exactly the same from the left side and the right side like
a circle .
Valparaiso - Valparaiso
University -