Haunted Indiana

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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." -Albert Einstein
Reported Haunted Places in Southern Indiana
Investigate these haunted places at your own risk, some of them are private property and you could be arrested. The Force, Do You Believe? websites will not be responsible for any actions, injuries or consequences you may incur. This list is for informational purposes only. We do not make any kind of gaurentees that you will experience any type of paranormal activity. I will say that if you do decide to visit any haunted place on this list, or found elsewhere, then make sure you are always respectfull. Stay safe and use common sense. If you know of more haunted places in Southern Indiana send them in so they can be listed here.

Anderson
Mound State Park-Area in Campground produces an ill feeling and animals refuse to walk through the area even though it is well maintained. Some people have reported encountering blue-gowned dwarves in the park and nearby along the White River at Loblesville. According to Delaware Indian legend, they are the Puk-wud-ies, a tribe of little people that still inhabit the forest.
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.

Austin
Austin High School-A spanish teacher killed on her way to school haunts the building, walking around the school. Janitors have quit because of this.

Avon
Avon Haunted Bridge-If you drive under the bridge at night with your windows down, you can sometimes hear the scream of a girl who jumped off the bridge and died. Our Investigation!

Batesville
St. Louis Cemetery-An indian woman accused of being a witch was buried alive by townspeople, her grave has a stone door and bars around it, she haunts the cemetery.

Bloomington
Binford Elementary - A man wearing a black cloak is said to roam the Auditorium in the dark. There have also been some reported electrical problems.
Step Family Cemetery-Located in the Hoosier National Forest. Reported car engines die, and strange sightings. Two brothers reportedly killed each in fight regarding the inheritance from their father. Both were buried in the Step Cemetery which eventually became part of the forest.

Indiana University-
-The Career Center-A doctor supposedly performed illegal abortions there many years ago.
-The Folklore Office-Haunted by former chairman.
-Memorial Union-Several ghost hauntings related to suicides that occured over the years there.
-Lily Library-Haunted

Porticos Resturant-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.

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.

Bridgeport
Captain Franks Tomb-An elaborate tomb was built on a bluff commanding a view of the Ohio River. It is said that many on the river have seen a ghost light or mist that settles over the tomb.

Blocher
Railroad Tracks-Blocher is locted on Hwy. 3 between Deputy and Scottsburg. Across from the store there is a road, this will take you the tracks. Haunted by a ghost train and woman. If you go there at midnight you will hear a train and the scream of a woman. The woman was killed while playing chicken with the train. Her foot got stuck and she could not get away quick enough. Our investigation is here! Did we hear the train?

Bobtown
The Coffins-Website link for the Coffins on the link page. Website contains the legend. Another legend regarding this road is that a cop was murdered when busting a party and placed in a hollow tree and you can see his eyes.

Charlestown
Charlestown High School-Rumor that a girl fell from the catwalk in the new auditorium and was killed. She haunts the auditorium by turning lights on and off.
10 Penny Bridge-Located on Tunnel Mill Road. Haunted by a bum that was killed here. Legend is that if you place 10 pennies across the bridge in a row, turn your car and headlights off, when you try and start your car it acts like it don't want to start and your pennies will be scatterd or missing.Did the Bum take our pennies? Our Investigation here.

Clarksville
Colgate Palmolive Factory-Close to the river look for the huge lighted clock. The factory used to be a prison and the factory and especially the basement is haunted.
Sunset Grill Restaurant-Weird noises, lightbulbs being removed and layed on the tables in the morning.

Columbus
Haunted Railroad Bridge-A girl gave birth out of wedlock and jumped off the bridge with her baby in the 1920's. On full moon nights she can be seen looking for her baby. Cries from the baby and a strange creature with yellow eyes gaurding the bridge also reported. Anyone else heard of this? Or know where it is located?
Subway Restaurant-Forty-Sixth Street. Shadow figures and noises.-update: A visitor states that Columbus has no 46th street but may refer to Indiana 46. Subway resturant no longer located on 46, but building still there and is empty.
Quality Mchine and Tool Factory-Employee hung himself there. Shadow figures reported.
North High School-Auditorium haunted by a ghost called Mikey. He was killed on the land where the auditorium now sits. Mikey had been seen running through the auditorium.

Corydon
Blue River -You can see a girl looking for her head almost every night. The girl was in a canoe and someone had tied fishing line across and she was going fast when she came into it cutting off her head. Anyone know where you can see this at almost everynight?

Commiskey
Nealey Land-gray mists, cold spots male and female seen in home. Anyone know where this is located?

Cunot
Catract bridge - Legend tells of a man who lived in Poland, Indiana that lost his farm in the late 30s to the stock market crash {or great depression}. In Cunot there is a bridge over the Catract Lake and they say that he hung himself because of his bad times. It is said that on lonely nights you can see him walking on this bridge with the noose still around his neck and sometimes he jumps in front of the cars trucks driving across the bridge.

Crane
Crane Cemetery- located 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.

Danville
Danville Bridge-An immigrant worker fell into wet cement and died, His body was never recovered,At night you can hear his screams or his hammer banging on the bridge for you to let him out. A second story says that a woman jumped to her death when an approaching train scared her. Our investigation!
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 at one end, at the other end, there is a huge dumpster. The road has been taken over with weeds and brush.

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.

Elnora
Elnora Cemetery - It is said that there is a glowing tomb there that only glows on certain nights.

Evansville
#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.
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. 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. Willard Library - a lady in gray has been sighted by many in this building. Go to the librarys page to watch the ghost cam.

French Lick
horse field - In the late 1800's a bad storm hit this field. 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 strike each one of these 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.

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. Email us if you know the location of Devils Dip.

Goshen
Oakridge cemetery - (there are two cities of Goshen in Indiana. If someone can clarify which Goshen this is, Northern IN or Southern, please let us know) There is a statue of an angel over the grave of Michael Bashor that is said to cry tears of blood.

Greencastle
Edgelea - If you go and sit by the train tracks in Edgelea at night, you can reportedly see ghost of hobos jumping off the train. Rumor is 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.
Edna Collings Bridge - 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.

Hanover
Hanover Beach-Appearance of a preacher who drown when saving victims of a riverboat drowning, appears around 2am and when it is foggy.
Hanover Cemetery-possibly haunted, cold spots
Hanover College-Parker auditorium, haunted by Dr AG Parker for over 25 years. Reports of sightings,noises,voices and missing items. Donner Residence Hall, moved items, haunted by former student who committed suicide.
Hanover Nursing Home-piano plays when no one there.

Henryville
Dan's Run - Resident’s in this fairly new housing district report experiencing their doors opening and closing by themselves, disembodied footsteps walking up and down hallways at night, footprints found outside bedroom windows, objects moving by themselves, and ghostly whispers.
Moutain Grove Cemetery-Pixley Knob Road and Cemetery Hill. A man named Daniel Guthrie was murdered and placed in a shallow grave. The grave is open from when his body was found and removed. The hole is near the edge of the woods. He was reburied in Mt Zion Cemetery.
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.

Jackson County
Mamee Bottoms-Can anyone help out with location on this one? Cries of a baby and appearence of a wolf?

Jeffersonville
Census Bureau Warehouses-Location? Radio turning and playing when unplugged, items pushed off shelves.
Jeffersonville Highschool-Auditorium, woman seen. items moved.

Loogootee
Loogootee Elementary East-right side of school red discoloration from a janitor who hung himself. He mops floors at night and can hear his keys jingling. His dog seen on the second floor.

Lawrenceburg
Whiskey's Restaurant-was a house, then a button factory. Lady that lived in the house has been seen, tugged at a waitress' apron and strong scents of perfume from back of resturant.
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.

Marengo
Carl Smith House-Lights turn off and on, noises. Several deaths in home.

Madison
American Legion Post #9-Weird noises, cold spots. sightings of old man and woman. Especially in the basement.
Clifty Falls State Park-Hotel rumored to be haunted with strange noises,Moaning at start of walkway going to Big Clifty Falls.
Springdale Cemetery-600 West 5th St, statue chases you if you kiss her feet, same statue cries blood on Easter morning. (See my invesitigation at this cemetery with photos)
Cemetery on Little Doe Run Road-haunted,red eyes and mists.-Our Investigation!
Jefferson County Library-Elevator works when know one around it, haunted by a little boy who lived in the library when it was a house, was in a wheelchair while living so the elevator was put in for him. He likes to haunt the second floor section. Has been seen wearing blue. Someone named him "Charlie".
Lanier Mansion-River Road,A Lanier son can be seen walking to the mansion from the river where he drowned.Our Investigations-Did we see the ghost boy?
Ohio Theater-Main Street, still in use. Strange lights and screams around midnight.Strange lights in the balcony area.
Hanging Rock Hill-Ghostly Hitchhiker especially in the rain or fog. An escapee from the Madison State Hospital (at top of the hill) escaped walking down the hill and was hit by a car and is still trying to pick up a ride!
Sirloin Stockade Resturant-Clifty Drive Ghostly woman seen, silverware taken, lights turned off an on by themselves especially in the back dining room. (note: has been torn down 2004 and a strip mall replaced)
Eggleston Elementary-419 East Street a girl fell from the top storie window to her death and can & has been seen standing in the top windows at night.-update: May be haunted by a teacher or principle that fell to her death from the stage in the are of the top left window by the main door.Did we see the ghost?

New Albany
Culbertson Mansion-Believed to be haunted by the wife of the original owner. Mansion is a state historic site and can be toured.
St. Joe Rd. Cemetery - In the middle of the cemetery there is an old hanging tree in the day the hanging branch cannot be seen, at night it is there. Reported if you go to the very back of the cemetery and look to the front there will be a huge blare of smoke.

Osgood
Devils Elbow Road-Red glowing eyes, woman in white, baby cries, cars dying or headlights dimming.

Paoli
Bon's Chapel - This 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. Another story is that it is the grave of a man that killed his wife with a chain. The chain appears so everyone will know what it is that he done.Yet another story, 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.

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. 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!

Salem
Henderson Cemetery-reportedly haunted.

Scottsburg
Bridge Water Cemetery- People have seen hand prints, cars that wouldn't start, and black objects moving around the cars and by an arched shaped thing in the back of the woods, and cold chills. Reports of being chased from the cemetery by a white horse. 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. Our Investigation!
Scott County Heritage Center and Museum-Originally the county poor farm. Reports of hearing 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. Open for tours. Our Investigation of the Scott County Heritage Museum.

Sellersburg
Brick Ranch Road Cemetery-A cemetery located five miles northeast of the Essroc Cement Company. Cemetery located on the S-curve in the road. A tombstone glows green. A warning follows this haunting to not leave your car to investigate because "they're are druid figures that walk around the church and the road late at night".
Old Man Ike's-Old haunted house located behind "an old factory out of sellersburg". Anyone know this location?
Shadowwood-Sigma Pi Fraternity headquaters. Cold spots. Various qualities making it #7 on Unsolved Mysterious Top Haunted Places.

Seymour
Papa John's Pizza-A human form wearing a blue uniform seen by employees various times of day. Form dissapears before fully coming into veiw.

Shoals
Brooks Bridge-On the fifth of every month you can hear the screams of a 17 year old girl who committed suicide by throwing herself off the bridge. You can hear the splash of her landing and then silence.
Peggy Holler- From dusk until dawn it is said that you can drive to a spot known as Peggy Holler located in the outskirts of Shoals and hear strange noises, displaced fogs, a man's voice crying out "Peggy" and possibly even witness the headless ghost of the spirit many residents have come to know as Peggy. It is said that her husband cut off her head in a maddened rage and in an insane state of existence is still left calling out her name...

Sullivan
Free Springs Bridge - 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.

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.

Vernon
North American House Museum-Haunted by a eight year old boy named Hector that fell into a well and was there three days before he was found.

Versailles
Silver Bell Nursing Home-Located on Hwy 421 between Madison and Versailles. Was a hotel at one time. The usual nursing home hauntings, call lights on in empty rooms, noises, children being seen.

Vincennes
Purple Head Bridge-One lane toll bridge that crosses the Wabash river on south sixth road. When it is raining you can park on the bridge and wait and see a purple head floating down the river. The head of a man that hung himself and during the hanging his head was decapitated. Rumored the bridge was used by the KKK to hang people and you can hear their screams at night.
Sigma Pi House - Is said to be haunted by Civil War Colonel. Doors open and close as well as strange clouds and figures appear

Winslow
Austin Arnold Road - This is a road in pike county where an old hermit found out that the coal mine was moving out by where he lived, burned down his crops, destroyed his home, he later laid down a tarp shot his dog and then himself. There is an old building left on the property it might have been a garage. Cold spats and strange fog are accustomed to this
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