The house at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary, Indiana, also known as the Ammons House or the Demon House, has been the subject of a controversial and sensational case of alleged demonic haunting and possession. Latoya Ammons and her three children, who rented the house from November 2011 to 2012, claimed to experience various paranormal phenomena, such as levitation, growling voices, physical attacks, and swarms of black flies. The family sought help from various sources, including a physician, a psychologist, a priest, and the police. The case was documented in official records, interviews, and media reports, and received national attention in 2014.
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Edna Collins Bridge - Putnam County, Indiana
Believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young girl, Edna Collins Bridge was built in 1922 and spans Little Walnut Creek along County Road 450 N, west of Glenn Flint Lake. It is the only covered bridge in Indiana to be named after a woman, but it is not Edna Collins who haunts it. In the late 1920s, the story goes, an adolescent girl used to play around the creek near the bridge. Her family lived nearby, and they would leave her to play while they drove into town. On the way home, they stopped at the bridge and honked three times. Usually, their daughter would join them, but on that day, she did not appear. Her father found her body floating in the flooded creek. According to legend, the laughter of a young girl can sometimes be heard near the bridge. If you stop your car on the bridge and honk three times, the girl’s apparition will appear. Some visitors have even seen her ghost sitting in their backseat!
Sim Smith Bridge - Montezuma, Indiana
Built in 1883, this 84-foot covered bridge spans Leatherwood Creek along 40N, south of Route 36, about six miles west of Rockville. The bridge used to lay on the path of Pikes Peak Highway, which ran from New York to Los Angeles. According to legend, in 1890 a young mother was carrying her baby home to Montezuma. She reached Sim Smith Bridge at dusk and hurried across. Unfortunately, a rider was driving a horse and buggy quickly in the opposite direction. It was too late to stop when he finally saw the woman, and both her infant and she were brutally crushed beneath horse hooves and buggy wheels. From then on, riders heard the sound of a buggy coming across the bridge, but none would emerge. Local fishermen sometimes saw a horse and buggy enter the covered bridge, but never come out the other side. Still others have seen the figure of a young woman and her baby in the shadows.
The Moody Light - Francisville, Indiana
Sitting along a narrow stretch of rural road just outside the town of Francisville, observers are occasionally treated to the sight of a red, yellow, or white ball of light that appears in the distance. According to legend, if you were to flash your car headlights three times, the light will appear and move slowly towards you. There are two explanations locals have for the light. Both involve a farmer named Moody and a tragedy that befell his daughter. In one version of the tale, the farmer’s daughter was kidnapped and killed. When the farmer pursued her captors, he was killed as well. The light is his ghost continuing the search from the afterlife. In the other version, the light belongs to a lantern the farmer held while searching for his daughter. Paranormal researcher Dale Kaczmarek has an alternative explanation. He staked out the road and believes the Moody Light comes from car headlights on a parallel road. At a certain point, the road dips down and turns off at an angle, so the oncoming headlights appear to vanish into the darkness.
Bloody Mary’s Grave - Vernon, Indiana
Tiny Baldwin Cemetery sits in the woods at the end of a drive off South County Road 25 W (Tunnel Mill Road), south of Vernon, Indiana. It is flanked on two sides by an exaggerated meander in the Muscatatuck River. For generations, local residents have searched for the grave of a woman named Mary Smith or Mary Crist, located somewhere in Baldwin Cemetery. The legend is so popular that every year the Jennings County Historical Society and Jennings County High School Drama Club include a vignette about Mary during their annual ghost walk. There are many stories about Mary, including one account claiming she was a witch who was hanged from the branches of a large tree in the cemetery and then buried beneath it. In 2003, a woman claimed to use a dowsing rod to locate Mary’s grave beneath a large tree. According to the Jennings County Historical Society, Mary and her sister Gladys lived alone on a farm in the 1830s. One night, an unidentified assailant raped and murdered Mary and escaped into the darkness. Months after her burial, a drunken man was staggering through the cemetery when he tripped and fell over her grave. The ghost of Mary appeared wearing a bloody nightgown, and the man fled in terror. Many also believe that if you step on Mary’s grave, blood will gush from the ground.
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
This building, now used for administrative purposes, was once a stop on the “Underground Railroad.” Today, the words of many African spirituals are heard throughout the building.
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Bottom of the Hill - Bluffton, Indiana
At the bottom of this hill lies a house in which a young girl died many years ago. Nowadays, the entity is seen roaming the stairwell in blue clothes. Her image is also seen in mirrors and she has also been seeing looking from the bedroom window.
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Courthouse - Boonville, Indiana
The ghosts of public hanging victims haunt this courthouse. Outside around midnight, a rope floating and being pulled in midair is seen. In the basement, one may also hear screams and at times the room becomes so cold, one can feel the presence of despair, fear, and hostility.
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Ghost Road - Chesterton, Indiana
About one hundred years ago a woman left her young son with a baby-sitter and when she returned, her home was ablaze. Frantically, she ran inside to try to find her son, but only found the baby-sitter. The woman searched the woods around her house for her baby. So overcome with grief was she, that the woman died of a heart attack. If one drives to Ghost Road and parks, he may see the woman--a whitish-blue light hiding behind trees. She may also be seen rocking in a chair in a field across the road.
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Rudolph Stepro’s House - Corydon, Indiana
After being shot in the head in battle, Rudolph Stepro could no longer deal with the agony of his life and thus committed suicide on the front porch of his farm house. Since then, the house has been plagued by strange occurrences. Among other things, water comes on by itself, the radio changes stations, and dishes fly through the air. The paranormal activity became so bad that the old house was torn down and replaced; the new house is plagued by the same spirits.
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White Lick Creek - Danville, Indiana
While this railroad trestle was being constructed, an Irishman fell into a vat of hardening concrete, and suffocated The original bridge was torn down and replaced, but sightings of the man are continuously reported.
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Ruthmear Mansion - Elkhart, Indiana
This mansion is plagued by many phantoms throughout the year, but especially on Halloween night. On Halloween, alarms sound and lights go on and off, though the house is empty. Objects may also be seen flying through the rooms, and there have even been reports of gun shots in the house.
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Stepp Cemetery - Elletsville, Indiana
In this cemetery, only accessible by foot, around midnight, an apparition of a lady appears on a rock that resembles a chair. On Halloween, many cult groups venture to this place to conduct ceremonies.
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The Gray Lady - Evansville, Indiana
When this building was an abandoned train station, many drifters and hobos used it for shelter. During that time, a woman was murdered on the premises, and she haunts the building today. Her presence is most often felt in the children's library, and the scent of her perfume is present on Halloween.
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Dunes State Park - Gary, Indiana
Diana, an eccentric artist who once lived in a shack near Lake Michigan, was brutally murdered by her husband Paul Wilson. The Dunes are haunted by her ghost.
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La Llorona - Gary, Indiana
After drowning her two children in the Calumet River, this woman has been grieving. She begs for a ride to the site of her children's death and upon arrival, she vanishes. She has been described as a Mexican woman with pointed fingernails and long black hair. Other similar stories have arisen at the Yellowstone River in Montana, the Rio Grande in Texas, and the Guadalupita in New Mexico.
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Hannah House - Indianapolis, Indiana
The sickening smell of rotting flesh drifts from a second-floor bedroom here, and mysterious cold spots seem to move about under their own volition. Sometimes, the apparition of a bearded man in a black frock coat can be seen. This Italianate mansion was built in 1858 by state legislator Alexander M. Hannah, but it was not until 1967, after the house had sat vacant for five years, that strange things started happening. Psychics say the overpowering stench of death on the second-floor comes from a stillborn child, whose birth was artificially induced after it started to putrefy within the body of Elizabeth Hannah. The apparition of Alexander Hannah was last reported in 1972, standing on the second-floor near the stairway arch. The ghost of an unidentified woman was reported near a window on the same floor, and phantom slaves have been seen hiding in the basement. Other eerie effects, such as moving chandeliers and picture frames, and unaccountable sounds, have been witnessed by television crews investigating the grand but spooky old house. (Indianapolis is at the center of the state, at the intersection of I-65, I-70, and I-74. The graves of Alexander and Elizabeth Hannah are in the Crown Hill Cemetery. Next to them is a small, unmarked tombstone with only a single date. Take I-465 to U.S. Hwy 31 north. The Hannah mansion is on the corner of National Avenue and Madison Avenue. Hannah House, 3801 Madison Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46225. Phone: 317-638-4264.)
Jerome Cemetery Dog - Jerome, Indiana
This cemetery is haunted by a phantom dog with eyes of glowing fire. If one walks around the cemetery after dark, he will be chased by the dog. The dog will continue chasing its prey until the person reaches his vehicle or exits the cemetery.
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Searching Spirits - La Otto, Indiana
Two elderly people died peacefully in this house many years ago. Unfortunately, their spirits are not resting the same way. Inhabitants of the house have heard voices of the two spirits. One of the spirits is said to hang around in search of his son.
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Former Location of Holy Family Hospital - La Porte, Indiana
Located near St. Joseph’s Church is the former Holy Family Hospital. During the Civil War, it was used as a hospital for wounded Union soldiers. Today, many see men dressed in Civil War uniforms walking around the neighborhood.
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