The Most Haunted Places in Indiana

Ranked

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   1. Willard Library Evansville · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified six distinct published accounts at this museum site, across four kinds of published source. Seven later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   6 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1890-1937 · retold in 7 later publications

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   2. Washington Hall (University of Notre Dame) Notre Dame · Theater / Performance Venue · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified five distinct published accounts at this working theater, across five kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and objects moving.

   5 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1886-1926 · retold in 5 later publications

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   3. Tippecanoe Place Restaurant South Bend · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified seven distinct published accounts at this operating restaurant and bar, across three kinds of published source. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   7 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1900-1990

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   4. Monroe House Hartford City · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: Not Recommended

   This mid-19th-century Hartford City house drew national attention in 2016 when Paranormal Lockdown hosts filming an episode discovered human skeletal remains in the basement crawlspace, estimated by a local funeral director at more than a century old; the case was never identified. Multiple investigation teams have reportedly left mid-session, describing featureless shadow figures and a hostile, non-human presence, along with unexplained fires in the basement and disembodied voices.

   7 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1990-2014 · retold in 3 later publications

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   5. Story Inn Nashville · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Founded in 1851 by Dr. George Story under a federal land patent, this logging village declined after the Depression and sat abandoned until new owners reassembled it as Indiana's oldest country inn in the 1980s. Guests have logged hundreds of encounters with the Blue Lady, said to be Story's wife, described with striking blue eyes and a scent of cherry tobacco, in a guest book the current owner says fills up faster than he expected.

   5 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1970-2023 · retold in 7 later publications

6. 6. Stepp Cemetery Bloomington · Cemetery / Burial Ground · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified five distinct published accounts at this burial ground, across four kinds of published source. Five later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   5 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1970-1996 · retold in 5 later publications

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   7. Whispers Estate Mitchell · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: Not Recommended

   HauntBound identified five distinct published accounts at this historic home, across three kinds of published source. Six later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   5 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1912-1921 · retold in 6 later publications

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   8. Central State Hospital (Indiana) / Indiana Medical History Museum Indianapolis · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified five distinct published accounts at this museum site, across three kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   5 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2015-2025 · retold in 3 later publications

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   9. The Haunted Bridge of Avon Avon · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: High

   Built in 1906-07 for the Big Four Railroad, this 305-foot arch bridge over White Lick Creek near Avon still carries active freight and appears on the town's official seal; a newspaper recorded reports of unexplained sounds there as early as 1908. Legend holds a laborer was entombed in the bridge's wet concrete, his moaning heard when trains cross overhead, and a mother once dropped her sick infant into the creek below.

   7 original accounts · documented in 1908 · retold in 1 later publication

   Disputed by a historical authority A local historian interviewed by an Indianapolis TV station said she could find no accident record confirming a construction worker died at the bridge, and the report notes the 'screams' many visitors describe may be the sound of trains crossing it.

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    10. The Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus) Indianapolis · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

    HauntBound identified seven distinct published accounts at this museum site, across four kinds of published source. One later publication retells those accounts. Reported phenomena include disembodied voices and objects moving.

    7 original accounts · documented in 1911 · retold in 1 later publication

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