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The Indiana Haunted Trail

Indiana's haunted geography splits between its industrial river towns and its farm-county back roads. Indianapolis and South Bend carry the built history, old warehouses and opera houses that trace the state's manufacturing rise. Out past the city limits, county cemeteries and bridges hold a different kind of story, passed between families for generations rather than printed on a historical marker. More than a hundred thirty stops make up the network now, spread across dozens of counties. One curated route through the northern corridor gives visitors a two-day cut through the state's most reliably documented haunts.

The state of the state
136 Verified stops
16 Regions
51 Wheelchair accessible
Every stop verified by HauntBound.
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The curated weekend cut

HauntBound's editors picked 7 daytime stops and 4 overnight inns from the 136 places below and mapped them in driving order, with drive times, the full stories, and a printable field guide. Free by email.

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✦ The index 136 stops · 16 regions
Key MUS Museum / Historical SiteCEM Cemetery / Burial GroundTHT Theater / Performance VenueINN Haunted Hotel / InnBAR Haunted Dining / BarTUR Ghost Tour / Walking TourASY Asylum / HospitalPRS Prison / ReformatoryCRM True Crime SiteOUT Outdoor / Natural SiteHSE Haunted House / Historic HomeMIL Battlefield / Military SiteOTH Other Dark Tourism Site

Northern

42 stops
MUS Adams Mill Cutler HSE Bell Mansion Event Center Fort Wayne CRM Belle Gunness Farm Site La Porte HSE Birdsell Mansion South Bend OTH Black Oak Gary HSE Brookside / Bass Mansion (University of Saint Francis) Fort Wayne Fam MUS Copshaholm (Oliver Mansion) South Bend Fam OUT Diana of the Dunes Porter THT Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne Fam MUS Historic Forks of the Wabash Huntington Fam CEM Gypsy's Graveyard Crown Point Fam BAR Hacienda Restaurant (Mishawaka) Mishawaka Fam BAR Hayloft Restaurant (Destroyed by Fire) Plymouth MUS Old New Haven City Hall Historic Site New Haven Fam OUT Indiana Dunes National Park Porter Fam OUT Jay County — The Laughing Scarecrow New Corydon CEM Jerome Cemetery Jerome OUT Lakeside Park Neighborhood Fort Wayne Fam CEM Lamb's Chapel Cemetery Rolling Prairie Fam OTH Lincoln Bank Tower Fort Wayne Fam CEM Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne Fam OUT Main Street Bridge Fort Wayne Fam MUS Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Fam CEM Memory Gardens of Rensselaer Rensselaer Fam OUT Devil's Bridge Porter HSE Monroe House Hartford City THT Morris Performing Arts Center South Bend Fam PRS Old Blackford County Jail Hartford City PRS Old Lake County Jail Crown Point CEM Patton Cemetery (Belle Gunness Victims' Graves) La Porte Fam CEM Pine Lake Cemetery (Belle Gunness Victims Monument) La Porte Fam CEM Portage Prairie Cemetery South Bend Fam CEM Posey Chapel Cemetery La Porte ASY Randolph County Infirmary Winchester MUS Ruthmere Mansion Museum Elkhart Fam MUS Seiberling Mansion (Howard County Museum) Kokomo Fam BAR The Barbee Hotel Warsaw THT The Historic Strand Theatre Kendallville Fam BAR Tippecanoe Place Restaurant South Bend Fam THT Washington Hall (University of Notre Dame) Notre Dame Fam HSE Winchester Mansion Elkhart Fam HSE Wolf Mansion (Josephus Wolf House) Valparaiso Fam

Southern

24 stops

Central

20 stops

North Central

7 stops

Southwest

7 stops

Southeast

7 stops

Northeast

5 stops

Indianapolis Metro

4 stops

East

3 stops

Northwest

3 stops

Eastern

3 stops

South Central

3 stops

Wabash Valley

3 stops

East Central

2 stops

West Central

2 stops

Chicagoland

1 stops

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