Haunted Places in Rush County, Indiana



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    Kopper Kettle Inn Restaurant

    Morristown, Indiana

    12.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    Not only is this local historic eatery known for its delicious family-style chicken dinner, it's also known for being haunted by several spirits.

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    Revenant Acres Farm

    Charlottesville, Indiana

    14 miles from Rush County, IN

    An old farmhouse dating back to the 1800s known to locals as a hot-spot for paranormal activity. An old woman's presence is felt by some. Others have claimed to have experienced poltergeist activity.

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    Guyer Opera House

    Lewisville, Indiana

    14.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    In the 1900s, tragedy struck when a young boy was killed when a bullet ricocheted during a Wild West gun show. His spirit, along with that of the founder O.K. Guyer, who died the same year his opera house opened, are said to haunt the building. Guyer's funeral was held ...

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    Thornhaven Manor

    New Castle, Indiana

    19.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    This curious haunt has been featured on Ghost Adventures and is quickly becoming one of the most talked about haunted locations for the innumerable amounts of paranormal activity occurring on the property. Sitting on seven acres this foreboding home is the site of murder, mysterious deaths, and rumored suicide. (Submitted ...

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    Hays Cemetery

    Wilkinson, Indiana

    23.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Hays Cemetery, aka Main Street Graveyard, is said to be home to a "devil's child" because of a plant that grows in the shape of a pitchfork on her grave. Visiting is not recommended at night, as much of the area is private property and you could be arrested for ...

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    Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Crash Site

    Fairland, Indiana

    24.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    A plane accident killed 83 people back in 1969. At the site of the accident, body parts were scattered around and had to be buried over. Now, at this area, EVP's can be picked up as well as weird light anomalies in photographs. (Submitted by Chris)

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    Paul Ruster Park Cemetery

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    28.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    The ghost of a little boy who was killed beside the nearby train tracks is said to walk along the paths or the nearby roadway playing his harmonica.

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    Ivy House

    Fortville, Indiana

    30 miles from Rush County, IN

    Built in 1921 by Dr. Jess E. Ferrell, the Ivy House bed-and-breakfast inn is said to have a haunt that came with the purchase of an antique piano. The owners say the instrument brought with it a ghost who makes the decidely nonmusical sounds of banging and walking footsteps.

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    Earlham College

    Richmond, Indiana

    32.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    Earlham College is a liberal arts college founded by Quakers in 1847. The college has a resident ghost in the Athletic and Wellness Center who is known to play basketball at night.

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    Starr Piano Building

    Richmond, Indiana

    33.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    The late-1800s Starr Piano Company not only made and sold pianos and phonographs but also housed Gennett Records, which recorded jazz, blues and country artists including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Hoagy Carmichael. The complex was partly demolished in the 1970s and the shell still stands. The area is ...

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    State Theatre

    Anderson, Indiana

    35.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    The State Theatre was opened in 1930 with eco friendly geo thermal heat and air system way before it's time and an acoustically engineered dome for the best sound for the first talkies. People have felt and seen various apparitions and vague whisperings in several places in the ...

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    Rivoli Theatre

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    36.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1927 Rivoli Theatre is rumored to have been built atop Indian burial grounds. Witnesses have reported a wide array of hauntings that include apparitions, toilets that flush by themselves, faucets that turn on, a smoking cigarette butt that appeared in the ashtray out of nowhere, moving objects and things ...

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    Hannah House

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    36.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    Some of the ghosts at this historic house are said to be hidden slaves, one of whom accidentally tripped over a lamp, igniting a house fire. Those killed were said to be buried in the very cellar where it happened. Witnesses have described a lot of activity in the cellar, ...

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    Hannah House

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    36.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1858 Hannah House, built by Alexander Hannah, was part of the Underground Railroad. Sadly, one night as a group of traveling slaves was sleeping, an oil lamp overturned and ignited the straw nearby, killing them all. Hannah buried their bodies in the cellar in an attempt to keep his ...

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    Quality Machine and Tool Works

    Columbus, Indiana

    36.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    Quality Machine and Tool Works is rumored to be home to the ghost of a former employee who hanged himself because of an unrequited love. Shadowy apparitions and disappearing objects are blamed on the ghost.

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    Crump Theatre

    Columbus, Indiana

    37.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1874 Crump Theatre , once a vaudeville and opera house, is home to some spooky goings-on. Ghost men and children have been seen along with unexplained noises and fragrances. Music has been heard coming from the top of a stairway. Reports say the building is no longer open to ...

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    Slippery Noodle Inn

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    38.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    The historic buildings that house the Slippery Noodle have been around for a while, since 1850, so it has its share of spirits. Among those seen are the ghosts of slaves, a cowboy, a caretaker, and a prostitute.

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    Indianapolis Athletic Club

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    38.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    Built in the 1920s, the Indianapolis Athletic Club is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a fireman who attempts to wake up guests in the middle of the night. Reports say the man died in a fire that occurred here in 1992.

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    Indiana Repertory Theatre

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    38.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    To avoid cold and rainy weather, a former artistic director used to jog indoors, around the upstairs mezzanine. He was killed suddenly when his nephew hit him with the car as he was jogging on a foggy day. Now, on cold and rainy days, witnesses say you can hear the ...

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    Indiana Central State Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    40.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1848 Indiana Hospital for the Insane turned into the Central State Hospital in 1926. It is said to be haunted by many patients who suffered abuse here in the hospital's dark past. Witnesses have described shadows, apparitions, women's screams, electrical devices that turn on and off by themselves, unexplained ...

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    Wheeler-Stokely Mansion

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    41.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    Witnesses tell of an apparition of a man walking a dog and another ghost of a brunette woman who runs out a door and jumps into a phantom carriage. Some folks say they have been nudged off the dog walk, or had unexplained chills or uneasy feelings. Other apparitions have ...

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    James Allison Mansion

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    41.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Built from 1911 to 1913, the mansion is said to be haunted. Sources may be a little girl who was visiting and drowned in the basement pool, or James Allison himself. The little girl's apparition has been seen, and witnesses also have reported voices in the attic, objects that move ...

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    The Big Green Castle

    Harrison, Ohio

    43.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    This Victorian manor house is now a private residence, but back when it was abandoned and for sale, residents reported seeing figures in period clothing looking out of the windows and seeing lights moving around the house. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Greendale Cemetery

    Greendale, Indiana

    47.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    White or gray apparitions have been seen, and locals say that passing the graves belonging to the Tebbs family will give you chills and an uneasy feeling of being watched. Cold breezes have been reported here on hot, windless days.

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    Whisky's Restaurant

    Lawrenceburg, Indiana

    48.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    This restaurant began as two private houses that were combined to make a button factory. A former resident, an elderly lady died in the room now called the Malt Room, and her spirit is believed to remain here. A waitress reported feeling a tug on her apron when no one ...

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    O'Neal Bridge - Holiday Drive Bridge

    Zionsville, Indiana

    49.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    O'Neal Bridge, aka Holiday Drive Bridge, was built around 1892 and restored in 2008-2009. The bridge may no longer be in use, according to reports. Legend has it that around this spot, a KKK lynching took place, and hauntings way stem from it. Witnesses have reported disembodied screams in the ...

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    Roads Hotel

    Atlanta, Indiana

    50.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1893 hotel, once patronized by John Dillinger, is rumored to be haunted by many spirits. Witnesses have reported shadows and apparitions of men, women and children as well as disembodied voices, footsteps, lights that work on their own, and doors that open and close--or even slam--by themselves.

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    Papa John's Pizza

    Seymour, Indiana

    50.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    At this Papa John's Pizza location, several witnesses have reported an apparition in a blue uniform and knocking sounds coming from the walls. The knocks seemed to come from the empty store adjacent to Papa John's.

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    Avon Haunted Bridge

    Avon, Indiana

    51.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Avon Haunted Bridge is a railroad bridge that was built in 1906, and legend has it that it's haunted. So the story goes, a mother was walking with her baby on the tracks when they fell to their deaths. Locals would say every time you drove under the bridge ...

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    Gray Hotel

    Redkey, Indiana

    53.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    This 1912 former hotel now houses the offices of a paranormal investigative team, who claim that the building is one of the most haunted in the entire state. With its troubling past of murder, manslaughter and illegal activity, it isn't that hard to believe either. At least two, possibly ...

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    Story Inn

    Nashville, Indiana

    53.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    Reportedly haunted by a female ghost who appears most often in a specific room when a blue table lamp is turned on. For this reason the ghost has been dubbed "The Blue Lady". There are numerous reports of the Blue Lady ghost and the owner (who claims to ...

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    Finch Cemetery

    Portland, Indiana

    55.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    The late-1800s Finch Cemetery at the Jay County Conservation Club is said to hold the grave of a boy named Cinderella. Rumor has it that the gravestones here shift, or disappear. If you count the gravestones on the way to Cinderella's grave, you will count 13. But on the way ...

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    St. Clair Memorial Hall

    Greenville, Ohio

    55.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    St. Clair Memorial Hall was built in 1910 and has an old man's spirit lingering inside, folks say. The hall, where plays and musicals are performed, is haunted by a man who fell to his death while changing a light bulb.

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    Stepp Cemetery

    Martinsville, Indiana

    55.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    Small Stepp Cemetery has about 25 graves and features in many local legends, from its founding by cult members to a grieving mother who committed suicide here after losing her baby. Her apparition, according to witnesses, appears dressed in black and crying over the baby's grave.

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    Avon Bridge

    Danville, Indiana

    56 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Haunted Bridge of Avon is half mile south of U.S. Highway 36 on CR 625. It is said to be haunted by a ghost (or maybe two or three) who moans or cries tears onto the bridge. Some legends say it's Henry Johnson, a construction worker fond of the ...

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    Hebron Lutheran Cemetery

    Hebron, Kentucky

    56.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    There has been many sightings here, and I have personally been here multiple times, and have had many experiences. When you approach the crematorium, you can always smell something burning, even if there is no one there. As well, when approaching graves, you can feel a chill and sometimes ...

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    Westwood Town Hall

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    56.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    The late-1880s Westwood Town Hall used to hold a volunteer fire department in the basement, a jail, meeting rooms, and an auditorium. Legend has it that it's haunted by a deceased security guard named Willy who hanged himself in his apartment on the premises after losing his job. He is ...

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    Sorg Opera House and Mansion

    Middletown, Ohio

    56.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    The opera house is haunted by the ghost of former residents, who can be heard walking around the house and talking late at night. The ghost of an actress in a red dress has been seen in the dressing rooms, but she vanishes when approached. She has also been heard ...

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    Florentine Hotel and Restaurant

    Germantown, Ohio

    58.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    The 1816 hotel and restaurant is haunted. Staff and diners have experienced an eerie presence on the third floor, and the mezzanine is haunted by a poltergeist that causes the chandeliers to swing to and fro. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    The Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road

    Rush County, Ohio

    58.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Maud Hughes Road has a haunted bridge known to locals as the Screaming Bridge. Locals say it has been the site of at least 36 deaths through accidents and suicides. Witnesses have reported apparitions, mists, hooded figures, strange lights, and a phantom train on the tracks below. There are many, ...

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    Spring Grove Cemetery

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    59.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Spring Grove Cemetery is said to have a haunted bust on a gravestone located in Lot 100. It is said to turn its head and watch those who walk past.

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    Bear's Mill

    Greenville, Ohio

    59.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Bear’s Mill, an operating water-powered mill and historic landmark, was built in 1849 by Gabriel Baer. It is said to be haunted by a former owner, whose ghost can be heard walking on the creaking floorboards upstairs when no one is there.

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    Stenton House - Cornell Place Apartments

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    59.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    There have been numerous deaths reported in these historic apartments. Disembodied footsteps and ghostly voices are heard in the old building when on one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Sedamsville Rectory

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    60.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Over a century old, the rectory is believed to be haunted. Witnesses working on building renovations have seen eerie mists and shadows under the doors of empty rooms. Some say one ghost who resides here is Father Donald MacLeod, who wrote "The History of Roman Catholicism in North America." In ...

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    Cincinnati Zoo

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    60.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    The ghost of a lioness has been heard following visitors and workers in the zoo late at night. Green eyes are also seen in darker buildings or at the end of corridors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Cincinnati Union Terminal and Museum Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    60.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    The ghost of a former security guard who was murdered there still haunts the building at night, rattling the door knobs and checking the locks on the doors. A World War I plane exhibit is haunted by the ghost of a pilot. Visitors have reported seeing the ghostly aviator in ...

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    Jefferson County Library

    Madison, Indiana

    61.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    Rumor has it that the ornery ghost of a young man rides the elevator rubbing and patting women. He is believed to have lived here when it was a private home and was confined to a wheelchair, which is why the elevator originally was installed. Some reports say the ghost ...

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    Ohio Theater

    Madison, Indiana

    61.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    Local tales tell of lights that seem to float in the balcony area and then disappear. It is also said that at midnight, the sound of screaming can be heard.

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    Broadway Historic Hotel and Tavern

    Madison, Indiana

    61.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    The historic hotel and restaurant appears to be popular with the spirit set. The apparition of a disruptive criminal shot dead on the premises has been reported in the main dining room, while the bed and breakfast quarters of the establishment are supposedly haunted by an unknown woman in ...

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    Cincinnati Music Hall

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    61.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Haunts have been reported at this historic music hall since the 1870s. It is said that when an elevator shaft was installed in 1988, bones of both children and adults were found under the building.

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    Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    62.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    A ghostly Lady in Green walks the Hall of Mirrors and the mezzanine. She was seen often by construction workers in 1983, while the hotel was undergoing renovations. Legend has it that she was the wife of a worker who was killed during the hotel's construction in 1930. So the ...

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    Cincinnati Art Museum

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    62.5 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Cincinnati Museum of Art is not only renowned for its prized art collection, it is also well known for the various paranormal occurrences there. The first apparition seen here is the seven foot tall figure of a misty black figure with no face, who has reportedly materializes from a ...

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    Hanover College

    Hanover, Indiana

    62.5 miles from Rush County, IN

    At Parker Auditorium, the ghost of Dr. A.G. Parker, past college president of the college, has been seen and heard, along with unexplained sounds and missing objects. And at Donner Residence Hall's east wing, the ghost of a student who committed suicide in a dorm room is blamed for objects ...

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    Spring House Gazebo

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    62.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    In 1927 a wealthy and prominent business man and bootlegger murdered his wife Imogene in broad daylight and in front of a dozen witnesses (including her daughter) in the park's gazebo. She was on her way to the courthouse to divorce him and apparently, this was too much for ...

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    Eden Park

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    62.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Imogene Remus, wife of notorious bootlegger George Remus, is rumored to haunt their former home. When George went to prison in the mid-1920s, Imogene sold all the furnishings in their mansion and many of his distilleries, essentially closing his business, and filed for divorce. On October 6, 1927, they were ...

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    Taft Museum of Art

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    62.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Taft Museum of Art, built in 1820 by Martin Baum, is said to be haunted by several ghosts. Annie is the most famous, the wife of Charles Phelps Taft, half-brother of President William Howard Taft. They are the ones who donated the building to the city in 1932. Annie ...

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    Hanover Cemetery

    Hanover, Indiana

    62.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    Visitors here have reported feeling unexplained nausea and chills, possibly related to the grave of Benjamin Bennett, who is believed to have drowned in the Ohio River (although his body was never found).

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    Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home

    Covington, Kentucky

    62.9 miles from Rush County, IN

    This historic home was formerly a boarding house for students at a nearby mortuary college, and is rumoured to be haunted. Staff claim to have felt a strange in the building after dark, and have seen a shadowy male apparition on the landing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Allendale Tunnel

    Elsmere, Kentucky

    63 miles from Rush County, IN

    Legend has it that a man hanged himself years ago in this tunnel, and the hook still protrudes from which he hung his rope. Witnesses say they have seen his apparition hanging here or walking in the tunnel and heard his screams.

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    Christopher's Bed and Breakfast

    Bellevue, Kentucky

    63.5 miles from Rush County, IN

    This bed-and-breakfast inn was originally built as a 19th-century church. Among the unusual things that happen here: Apparitions have been spotted on the stairs, the piano plays by itself during the night, and disembodied voices and footsteps have also been reported.

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    Schenck Mansion

    Vevay, Indiana

    63.6 miles from Rush County, IN

    A ghostly Lady in White in Victorian attire haunts the second floor of this 1874 bed-and-breakfast building, originally built as a mansion of a home for Benjamin Franklin Schenk. She is said to walk the hallways, taking no notice of anyone around her. Guests also have reported hearing voices, footsteps, ...

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    Big Bone Lick Park

    Union, Kentucky

    63.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Folks visiting the park have reported disembodied whispers, eerie figures, strange noises and an evil spirit who is said to linger in the nearby woods.

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    Narrows Road

    Erlanger, Kentucky

    64.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    A phantom officer in a '50s police car haunts Narrows Road, locals say, pulling over living drivers late at night. The ghost is said to be the lingering spirit of a cop who was hit and killed by a car here while making a traffic stop in the 1950s. Some ...

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    Bobby Mackey's Music World

    Newport, Kentucky

    64.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    This night club is sometimes called "the most haunted night club in America." The building was once a slaughterhouse, but it has an even darker link. Alleged Satan worshippers Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were said to have killed Pearl Bryan in 1897; her headless body was found near the ...

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    Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, Indiana

    64.5 miles from Rush County, IN

    Indiana University Bloomington is said to be haunted in several spots on campus. One is the Career Center, babies are heard crying, and at the Folklore Office a deceased department head has been seen. At the Indiana Memorial Union, suicide victims and a ghost dog roam, and apparitions have been ...

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    Kaup Pharmacy - Homestead Restaurant

    Portland, Ohio

    65.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Once known as Homestead Food and Spirits, the building that houses the Kaup Pharmacy is said to have a ghostly resident. A lady's apparition has been spotted, and the door to the women's restroom has been known to open and close on its own.

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    Scott County Heritage Center

    Scottsburg, Indiana

    67.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Scott County Heritage Center and Museum is housed in a building that was once the county poor farm. It is said to be haunted by former residents. Witnesses have described footsteps on the second floor when no one is up there, unexplained smells, a baby crying, and lights coming ...

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    Scott County Historical Museum

    Scottsburg, Indiana

    67.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    Originally constructed in 1892 after the county seat moved to Scottsburg, the building served for many years as the district poor farm. During conversion to house the historical society, staff and workers allegedly encountered resistance of a paranormal kind. Visitors have reported hearing babies crying, disembodied footsteps on the ...

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    Bridgewater Cemetery

    Scottsburg, Indiana

    69.2 miles from Rush County, IN

    The isolated hilltop Bridgewater Cemetery is known to have a glowing tombstone. The grave is that of a man who appears in ghostly form at night to guard the cemetery's gate.

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    2220 N Armstrong St

    Kokomo, Indiana

    70.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    2220 N. Armstrong Kokomo Indiana is now an empty lot. There is no longer a home on the property. It was burned by a serial arsonist. He caused more than 22 structural fires in Kokomo. My childhood home was his last. The arsonist lived ...

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    Greenup Street Water Tower

    Alexandria, Kentucky

    73.4 miles from Rush County, IN

    The apparition of a man in workman clothing has been standing underneath the water tower by local residents. He vanishes when approached, and appears to be confused or lost. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Ceylon Covered Bridge

    Geneva, Indiana

    74 miles from Rush County, IN

    Local legend has it that many years ago a group of teens performed a séance here, during which a body fell to the floor, leaving a big blood stain near the pentagram they drew. The experience is rumored to have opened a portal from which strange things come.

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    Tunnelton Tunnel

    Bedford, Indiana

    74.1 miles from Rush County, IN

    The apparition of a man who was decapitated during the tunnel's construction has been reported; many folks say he appears to be searching for his head. One rumor states that there is a graveyard atop the tunnel, and during its construction, some of the bodies fell through into the tunnel. ...

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    Mount Zion Cemetery

    Henryville, Indiana

    76.8 miles from Rush County, IN

    A ghostly Green Lady is said to be the spirit of a young woman killed in a car accident nearby. She was buried here and now is said to walk its grounds, glowing green. It is said that if you park at the cemetery at night, she may cover it ...

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    Sherman Tavern

    Dry Ridge, Kentucky

    77.3 miles from Rush County, IN

    The Sherman Tavern is a historic former tavern built in 1812, which is in the process of being restored by local residents. It was a former stage stop for cattle drovers and American Indians. People restoring the historic building have reported seeing the apparitions of Confederate soldiers, and African American ...

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    Whispers Estate

    Mitchell, Indiana

    81.7 miles from Rush County, IN

    Featured on some TV shows, the estate is said to be the site of many paranormal occurrences including apparitions, voice phenomena, jiggling doorknobs, tremors, unexplained smells, shaking furniture, and a vortex in the heart of the house.