Gruenewald House -- Anderson, Indiana

The house was the home of Martin Gruenewald , a local businessman. The home is decorated with turn of the century furnishings.

The house was built in two parts. The back was built in 1860 with the front added in 1873 by Moses Cherry. Martin Gruenewald purchased the house shortly there after and resided there for 50 years.

www.gruenewaldhouse.org

Stepp Cemetery -- Martinsville, Indiana

THE LEGEND OF STEPP CEMETERY

The Stepp Cemetery is located some fifteen miles north of Bloomington, Indiana and five miles southeast of Martinsville, Indiana.

The miles east of the forest entrance, on Old State Highway 37, Stepp Cemetery stands on a slight rise about hundred yards north of the main park road.

The history of Stepp Cemetery is clouded in some mystery. June Fulford, a long time resident of northeastern Monroe County. According to Mrs. Fulford, Stepp Cemetery was connected with the Crabbite religious sect, a Fundamentalist group given to such practices as snake handling. Mrs. Fulford recalled that her grandfather, who served in some official capacity in the area, was called upon to disperse, with a bullwhip, a group of Crabbites engaged in ritualized sexual license.

The legend of Stepp Cemetery goes as follows: 1) a women, witch or female ghost dressed in black frequents the grave of her husband, daughter, son, infant of unspecified sex, or any combination of these relatives; 2) the women appears seated on a stump-sometimes called the "Warlock Seat: - near the entrance to the cemetery; 3) a person who sits on this stump, usually at a certain hour or on a certain day, often meets death or other misfortune within a stated period of time and 4) several deaths and mutilations.

The Slippery Noodle Inn -- Indianapolis, Indiana

A narrow passageway through the basement served as a link to freedom for people fleeing slavery via Underground Railroad.


http://www.slipperynoodle.com/

Hannah House -- Indianapolis, Indiana

Underground railroad stop. Fire in basement killed slaves, who were then buried in basement. Child was stillborn in second floor bedroom.

Noises from basement, choking sensation. Strange smells from second floor bedroom.

http://www.thehannahmansion.org/

Malloy's Pub -- Terre Haute, Indiana

At least three spirits experienced by the owners and patrons. A male spirit of a former lineman on the railroad. The spirit of a child, Sarah, likes to interfere with the pool players.


http://www.malloysirishpub.com/

Central State Mental Hospital -- Indianapolis, Indiana

In 1848, the Indiana Hospital for the Insane opened it's doors. In the late 1970s, many of the buildings were declared unsound and demolished. In 1994, the state of Indiana closed the hospital in favor of more advanced treatment methods.

It is said that some patients suffered inhuman cruelty and years of abuse while housed in this institution. Some patients who were diagnosed as "criminally insane" were kept in a state of near-perpetual restraint. Workers in the 1950s were renovating tunnels under the facility and discovered dark rooms in the recesses of the tunnels that still bore chains and manacles on their walls. One of the patients hung himself on the grounds.

Security guards still claim to hear the screams and moans of former patients on the grounds, and to see the blurry form of patients run by the guard shack. A woman screaming and moaning is heard in the old powerhouse by the boiler, and shadows are seen moving around the room. In the pump room a man was awakened by the sensation of being strangled, and he had the marks on his neck to prove it.

Demographics:
Campus Motel -- Est. 1960
Evans Building -- Est. 1974
Bolton Building -- Est.1974
Bahr Building -- Est. 1956
Administration Building -- Est. 1938
Carpenter Shop -- Est. 1937
Men's Recreation Building -- Est. 1899
Kitchen and Dining Hall -- Est. 1959
Pathology Building -- Est. 1895
Red Cross Building -- Est. 1955
Old Laundry Building -- Est. 1894