Haunted Places in Starke County, Indiana



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    Dog Face Bridge

    La Crosse, Indiana

    13.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    Spooky legends surround this old bridge. The stories involve a honeymooning 1950s couple and a dog that ran out in front of the car, causing them to drive off of the bridge. Reports of many things have been made in the vicinity, including apparitions of bodies, apparitions of a females ...

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    Baums Bridge Inn

    Kouts, Indiana

    22 miles from Starke County, IN

    This inn is reported to be home to a the apparition of a man surrounded by a dim light. He is said to appear around midnight and may be a bit shy: Rumor has it that if you look at him too long, he will become enraged and appear in ...

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    Potato Creek State Park

    North Liberty, Indiana

    23 miles from Starke County, IN

    Potato Creek State Park has 327 acres of fields, woodlands, prairies and wetlands. It is said to be haunted by ghostly children who have drowned here while swimming or fishing over the years. The plaintive sound of a child crying or calling for its mother has been rumored to come ...

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    Valparaiso University

    Valparaiso, Indiana

    24.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    At the Alumni Hall at Valparaiso University, two ghost children, age 8 or 9 and wearing jogging pants, are known to run up and down the hallways at about 2 a.m. According to some of the student residents, the ghosts have spoken to them and told them they were playing ...

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    Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House

    Valparaiso, Indiana

    24.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House is rumored to be haunted and has been used at Halloween for a haunted house attraction. Witnesses have described many strange occurrences including orbs of light and objects that turn up missing.

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    Inn at Aberdeen

    Valparaiso, Indiana

    26.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    A playful haunt at this 1830s-era inn has been known to hide guests' belongings in odd places. For example, one guest's missing lipstick turned up in a shoe. Cold spots and disembodied footsteps also have been reported, and psychic and ghost-hunting teams have determined that there are spirits of a ...

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    Wolf Mansion - Josephus Wolf House

    Valparaiso, Indiana

    31.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    Legend has it that the mansion owner went crazy after slavery was abolished, and in his rage, he killed all of his slaves and their children. Some stories say he even killed his family while he was at it. Then he killed himself. Now, folks say, an unexplained light comes ...

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    Posey Chapel

    Rolling Prairie, Indiana

    32.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    According to stories, over 150 years the church burned down and its preacher hanged himself from the tree near the gate. Now, folks say red eyes and a red light are seen here and in the woods. Orbs and the voice of a woman singing to guitar music also have ...

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    Indiana Dunes State Park

    Chesterton, Indiana

    33.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    Around 1915, this area was mostly wilderness, and stories often came from fishermen about a naked woman who would swim in the lake. She was said to be Alice Marble Gray, a hermit who lived along the beach. She was the daughter of a Chicago couple and was cultured and ...

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    Old Porter Road

    Portage, Indiana

    33.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    The shadowy figures that have been seen along the train tracks by Old Porter Road are a mystery. Some say they are almost doglike, with a tail and glowing yellow eyes. They have been known to run alongside trains and bay into the night.

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    Tippecanoe Place

    South Bend, Indiana

    33.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    Tippecanoe Place is a restaurant within the Studebaker Mansion, once owned by Clement Studebaker of automobile fame. Studebaker's child and nanny were seriously injured when a fire broke out in the nursery and he killed himself not long after. Employees see things moving from the corner of their eye and ...

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    Holiday Inn City Center

    South Bend, Indiana

    34.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    Pilots and flight attendants staying at this hotel have reported seeing a ghostly flight attendant in the mirror and sitting on the edge of their beds. Rumor has it she was killed by a pilot at the hotel. Now known as the Magnuson Grand Hotel South Bend.

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    Hacienda Restaurant

    Mishawaka, Indiana

    35.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Once a private mansion, Hacienda Mexican Restaurant is rumored to be haunted by apparitions of those who used to live here. Some stories say one apparition belongs to a maid with whom the mansion's owner had an affair. When the maid became pregnant, he shunned her, so she hanged herself ...

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    Saint Mary's College - Le Mans Hall

    Notre Dame, Indiana

    35.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    A scary apparition of a girl hanging from a noose has been witnessed at the Le Mans Hall bell tower. Legend has it that she committed suicide in that very spot years ago. Also, the infirmary on the fourth floor is said to sport blood stains resulting from a girls' ...

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    University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, Indiana

    35.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    "Win one for the Gipper" is a term that references the University of Notre Dame ghost George Gipp, a legendary Notre Dame footballer. His ghost is reputed to haunt Washington Hall ever since he died from strep throat in December 1920. He manifests as night noises and footsteps, slamming doors, ...

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    Saint Joseph's College

    Collegeville, Indiana

    36.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Some of the many oddities at St. Joseph's College include a spirit in the chapel, a rumored exorcism at Aquinas Hall and reports of witnesses hearing voices in their heads inside Drexel Hall. Also, Dwenger Hall is rumored to be possessed, and the ghost of a baby is said to ...

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    Memory Gardens

    Rensselaer, Indiana

    37.5 miles from Starke County, IN

    Memory Gardens is a cemetery with a haunted statue, locals claim. The saint statue at the back of the graveyard is rumored to move at night, keeping watch on visitors. Some say its head and arms will change position. However, the cemetery is closed after dark and trespassers will be ...

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    Mount Hope Cemetery

    Logansport, Indiana

    38.3 miles from Starke County, IN

    Phantom sounds of horses and whistles that echo your own have been reported in this cemetery that dates back to the 1800s. Also, some reports say there are mausoleums here with spooky inscriptions like "Knock three times and they shall come."

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    Crown Point Sheriff's House and Jail

    Crown Point, Indiana

    38.3 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Crown Point Sheriff's House was built in 1882, and the jail was added on in 1926. This is the very jail from which John Dillinger made his notorious escape in 1934. He used jail-issued razor blades to carved a gun out of part of a wooden washboard. He used ...

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    Carolina Street Demon House

    Gary, Indiana

    39.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    The house was said to be haunted by more than 200 demons. Witnesses have reported levitating children, swarms of flies that mysteriously appear in winter, footprints, and apparitions. The demons were believed to have possessed the three children of the family who lived there, and case workers, priests and police ...

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    Old Kosciusko County Jail and Museum

    Warsaw, Indiana

    41.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Old Kosciusko County Jail was in operation from 1870 to 1982. In 1982 the new Justice Building was completed and took over the housing of the inmates. The Old Jail subsequently became the home of the Kosciusko Historical Society now shares the county Genealogy Library. Employees, volunteers and visitors ...

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    Reeder Road

    Griffith, Indiana

    42.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Local lore about Reder Road tells of Elizabeth Wilson, a hitchhiking ghost who drowned in a swamp when her car went off the road. Her ghost waits at the roadside for a ride to her former house, but she disappears from cars at Ross Cemetery, where she was buried in ...

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    Lake Prairie Cemetery

    Lowell, Indiana

    42.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    Apparitions of deceased townspeople, ghostly mists, and orbs all have been reported at this cemetery, especially in the southern half, which is the oldest.

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    Winchester Mansion

    Elkhart, Indiana

    44.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    The 1905 Winchester Mansion is home to the ghost of former resident Nellie Knickerbocker, some say. Folks working at the businesses housed in the mansion have noted the attic light coming on by itself, objects falling off shelves, and strange sounds. Reports tell us that when Nellie Knickerbocker was alive, ...

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    Lerner Theatre

    Elkhart, Indiana

    44.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    Lerner Theatre is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a tech director who had a heart attack and died on the job. Witnesses say lights flicker and strange sounds come from the attic, and a ghostly figure, some say, can be seen in the second-floor box seats when ...

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    Ruthmere Mansion

    Elkhart, Indiana

    45.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    Ruthmere Mansion is rumored to be haunted; witnesses say the ghosts set off alarms and sirens inside the mansion especially on Halloween. Some report the sound of phantom gunshots here as well. It should be noted that employees at the house museum say they have never experienced any hauntings here.

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    Tillett Cemetery - Hookman's Cemetery

    Peru, Indiana

    46.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Tillett Cemetery is also known as Hookman's Cemetery because of a local tale of a ghostly man with a hook for a hand who prowls the nearby roads looking for victims. Thick, eerie fogs and cold spots are known to materialize in the area as well.

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    Stallbohm-Kaske House

    Munster, Indiana

    48.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    According to locals, the original inn that stood here burned down on Halloween of 1909. And in 1949, resident Wilhelmina Kaske passed away in a front bedroom, and these incidents may have led to the house's hauntings. Witnesses have reported a figure leaning out of the barn window, a presence ...

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    Barbee Hotel

    Warsaw, Indiana

    48.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    This historic hotel was frequented by Al Capone, who would stay in Room 301 and clear out all the rest of the guests so he could be alone. Cleaning staff have smelled cigar smoke coming from his room and have seen an ghostly man sitting in a booth in the ...

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    Ax-Man's House - Ax-Man's Bridge

    Crete, Illinois

    48.5 miles from Starke County, IN

    Legends told by locals say that in the 1970s, a man killed his wife, kids, and two policeman with an ax before hanging their bodies from meat hooks in his shed. When the police found out, he ran from them. The police gave pursuit and shot him in the woods ...

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    Whihala Beach

    Whiting, Indiana

    51.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    Some say that at Whihala Beach at night, you can see and hear phantom sailboats and apparitions of folks swimming and playing with innertubes in old-fashioned bathing suits.

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    Okie Pinokie

    Peru, Indiana

    52.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Okie Pinokie Woods, according to local legend, are full of disembodied spirits. One of the many legends about the place centers on Joey Peoria, a young man who disappeared while camping in 1976. Brutally murdered men began showing up in the area, and folks say it was Joey who ...

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    Frost Cemetery

    Dowagiac, Michigan

    52.5 miles from Starke County, IN

    If you drive by there is also a head stone that glows green. You can hear giggling from insides the cemetery late at night. And you will sometimes see figures hiding among the stone. (Submitted by Kollin)

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    Elkheart Civic Theatre

    Bristol, Indiana

    52.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Elkhart Civic Theatre (aka Bristol Opera House), housed in an 1897 building, is said to be haunted by ghosts who send books and papers flying off shelves, levitate small objects, run sewing machines and project moving shafts of light. Shadows and an apparition of a floating dark-haired woman have ...

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    Harrison Cemetery

    West Lafayette, Indiana

    55.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    At Harrison Cemetery, visitors have heard crying and moaning and had an eerie feeling that something is watching them. A few have been touched by something unseen or have had things thrown at them by invisible hands. Gravestones are said to move around here as well.

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    Olympia Books

    Dowagiac, Michigan

    55.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    Olympia Books is no longer in operation according to reports, but it is said to have a ghost named Mr. Bock. His name comes from lettering stenciled in the hallway that leads to the apartment upstairs. The ghost has been known to knock books off of shelves or place them ...

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    Beckwith Theatre Company

    Dowagiac, Michigan

    55.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    Dating back to the 1800s, the theater company is haunted by a young Depression-era girl. Her apparition has in rare cases been seen, sometimes along with whispers or laughter, but more often witnesses will find that their personal objects have been moved or hidden.

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    Maple Tree Inn

    Blue Island, Illinois

    59.3 miles from Starke County, IN

    This Louisiana-style brasserie serves up classic southern fare in a historic former speakeasy dating back to the early 1920's, and is rumoured to be haunted be a former owner. Known as 'Helen', the spirit haunting the place is not pleased with the changes occurring in her former establishment, and ...

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    2220 N Armstrong St

    Kokomo, Indiana

    59.7 miles from Starke 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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    The Givens Castle - Beverly Castle Academy

    Chicago, Illinois

    60.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    The 1886 limestone-towered castle built by real estate promoter and novelist Robert G. Givens is said to be haunted by his Irish wife, who passed away before she could come to America to live in her castle. Witnesses say her apparition has been seen walking up the hill to the ...

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    Green Hornet Trolley Disaster Site

    Chicago, Illinois

    61.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    33 people were burned alive when a trolley collided with a tanker carrying gasoline. It is believed that victims may still be here reliving that fateful day. Submitted by Chris Berglund

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    Holmes Death Castle Location

    Chicago, Illinois

    61.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    A post office now stands on the former site of the Holmes Death Castle, or Murder Castle, built by serial killer H.H. Holmes. He built the hotel to lure in 1893 Chicago World's Fair visitors, then tortured and murdered his guests, including women and children. In this area, witnesses say ...

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    Evergreen Cemetery

    Evergreen Park, Illinois

    63.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    The phantom hitchhiker in this ghost story is a teenaged girl who looks for a ride to Evergreen Park, where she vanishes from the vehicle. Legends say her body is buried in Evergreen Cemetery within the park, but her identity or the reason for her restlessness is unknown. This ghost ...

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    St. Mary's Cemetery

    Evergreen Park, Illinois

    63.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    The cemetery and surrounding areas have seen a lot of violent deaths, but despite that, not a lot of ghostly phenomena have been reported or known here. However, drivers past the cemetery late at night have seen a man leaning against the fence and looking at them as they passed.

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    St. Rita of Cascia

    Chicago, Illinois

    64.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    This site is known for a harrowing experience said to have happened on All Souls Day (November 2) in the 1960s. Reports say a small gathering of parishioners witnessed the organ begin to play by itself as 6 robed monks, 3 in red and 3 in white, advanced toward the ...

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    John J. Glessner House

    Chicago, Illinois

    64.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    The prisonlike 1887 mansion is said to be haunted by its architect, Henry Hobson Richardson. His white apparition has been seen in the bedroom and on the stairs, and cold spots are felt about the mansion.

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    Triple Crown Seafood Restaurant

    Chicago, Illinois

    64.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Housed in an old apartment building, this restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a former resident. A shadowy apparition has been seen lurking near the bathrooms, and dirty dishes left out overnight have been known to clean themselves. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Benton House

    Chicago, Illinois

    64.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Benton House, circa 1909, may be haunted by “Ma” Benton. Witnesses have seen apparitions and heard slamming doors and footsteps, and someone unseen has been known to put out the fire in the fireplace. The place was featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters.

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    Congress Plaza Hotel

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    This is one of those hotels that is so old and has so much history floating around it that there are practically as many ghost stories as there are room. The Al Capone one (where people claim to see him waking the halls) however is one that is certainly ...

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    Hamilton Road

    Mulberry, Indiana

    65.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    Stories about Hamilton Road are of the urban legend type. For example, a ghost of a short man will chase you if you stop on the third bridge and flash your lights four times, then cross the bridge. Phantom flames are said to come from the woods where an 1800s ...

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    Chicago Board Options Exchange

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    A 1979 battle over a trade has resulted in some lingering spirits. The two angry men involved in the conflict decided to step outside, where they fought near the horse statue fountain. One man was hurt so badly that he died before paramedics could help him. Janitors in the building ...

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    Site of Fort Dearborn

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    The intersection of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop area was once the site of Fort Dearborn. Road workers there found many buried human skeletons, and since then there have been many sightings of ghostly apparitions of 19th-century settlers in the area. The fort is gone now, but ...

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    Death Alley

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    Death Alley is the alley behind the Oriental Theater, formerly the Iroquois Theater, believed to haunted by ghosts from Iroquois Theater Fire on December 30, 1903. The theater was full of nearly 2,000 people when the fire broke out, thought to be caused from faulty wiring, during a vaudeville show ...

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    House of Blues

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    Reports say the site is haunted by the ghost of a little girl who died of an illness. Witnesses have seen and heard her, and in one instance she was found playing with a living boy's toys. She asked the boy to play with her, but when he screamed, she ...

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    Jane Addams Hull House

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    Used as a settlement house beginning in the late 19th century, Hull House operated as a place that attempted to influence and improve the lives of the poorer neighbors in the community. The most often repeated story about Hull House (and the inspiration for the story Rosemary's Baby) is that ...

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    Clark Street Bridge

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Eastland Disaster occurred nearby in 1915, in which an overloaded passenger steamer Eastland capsized while still tied to the dock, killing over 800 people. It is said that their moans and cries can still be heard around the Clark Street Bridge.

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    St Turibius Church

    Chicago, Illinois

    65.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    At this old Roman Catholic church, the ghost of a priest named Father Joe Lechert lingers. It is said that after a church reorganization he was let go, and as a result, he died of a broken heart. Parishioners and altar boys say they have seen his ghostly figure and ...

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    Holy Family Church

    Chicago, Illinois

    66 miles from Starke County, IN

    At this old church, one of the few structures that survived the Chicago Fire, parishioners have reported seeing a white apparition.

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    Water Tower

    Chicago, Illinois

    66 miles from Starke County, IN

    This 1869 limestone tower, one of the symbols of Old Chicago, was built for use in firefighting. It is said to be haunted by a man who died in the Chicago Fire of 1871. Instead of fleeing, the worker stayed to man the pumps, and it is said that when ...

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    The Dome Room - Excalibur Nightclub

    Chicago, Illinois

    66.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    This night club is said to be haunted by presences that linger from when it was once used as a makeshift morgue, during the Eastland Disaster in 1915.

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    Roff House - The Watseka Wonder

    Watseka, Illinois

    66.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Roff House was one of the two houses in which the Watseka Wonder took place. The Watseka Wonder was a spiritual possession said to have happened in the late 19th century to an epileptic girl named Lurancy Vennum, who was 14 at the time. One of the spirits who ...

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    Drake Hotel

    Chicago, Illinois

    66.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    The historic Drake Hotel's tenth floor is believed to be haunted by a ghostly woman in red. As legend has it, she was at a New Year's Eve party in 1920 when she caught her husband with another woman, and she flung herself to her death from the tenth-floor window.

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    Vennum House - The Watseka Wonder

    Watseka, Illinois

    66.5 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Vennum House was the home of Lurancy Vennum, a teenaged epilectic girl who was said to have been possessed in the incident known as the Watseka Wonder. The story of the late-19th-century possession was related in the 2009 film "The Possessed." The house may be open for ghost tours ...

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    Harpo Inc.

    Chicago, Illinois

    66.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    Oprah Winfrey's headquarters building is said to be haunted by victims of the Eastland Disaster, a 1915 incident in which an overloaded passenger steamer rolled over while still docked, killing over 800 people. The building was an armory at the time, and was used as a makeshift morgue.

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    Frank Leavy - Firehouse No. 107

    Chicago, Illinois

    67 miles from Starke County, IN

    According to legend, in 1924 Fireman Frank Leavy had a premonition of his death as he rested with his palm against a windowpane. Sure enough, that very day a wall collapsed during a call, and killed him. His palm print remained on the glass, and no cleanser or glass expert ...

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    Adobo Grill

    Chicago, Illinois

    67.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    The Victorian-style building that houses the Adobo Grill restaurant was erected in 1872 after the Great Fire ravaged the previously standing bakery factory. It is known to be haunted, and especially active when renovations are made to the building. Folks have reported many different incidents of paranormal phenomena, including seeing ...

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    Anderson Cemetery

    Lawton, Michigan

    67.3 miles from Starke County, IN

    Anderson Cemetery has a legend that explains a glowing headstone. So the story goes, a man came to the Morris family home and shot the whole family and the maid, then stole a horse. The family was buried here, and on the anniversary of the murder, the headstone is said ...

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    Polish Museum of America

    Chicago, Illinois

    67.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    This Chicago cultural museum is said to be haunted by the ghost of renowned pianist Ignace Paderewski.

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    SMC Cartage Company - St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Chicago, Illinois

    67.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    The site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, the factory building that stood here was a red brick structure. Inside, seven men were gunned down execution style by Al Capone's men. The building was turned into a 1920s-themed club in 1972. Folks said seven shadowy figures would appear ...

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    Grant Hospital - Lincoln Park Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois

    67.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    The old Grant Hospital became Lincoln Park Hospital, and then the building closed in 2008, reportedly as a result of the recession. Reports say cold spots, bad feelings, and moaning sounds have been heard and felt in the building.

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    Biograph Theatre

    Chicago, Illinois

    68.3 miles from Starke County, IN

    The historic 1914 movie theater outside of which John Dillinger was shot in 1934 is sometimes visited by the ghost of the notorious bank robber, whose apparition can be seen running in the alley behind the building. Today it is still a theater, but houses live productions instead of films.

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    The Red Lion Pub

    Chicago, Illinois

    68.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Seven distinct ghosts are said to haunt the place, including a scruffy cowboy, a mentally challenged woman who wears too much lavender perfume, and two men who died in a fight. As well as seeing their apparitions, regulars at the pub have heard footsteps and voices, and objects crashing, among ...

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    Websters Wine Bar

    Chicago, Illinois

    68.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    It is said that an apparition of a lumberjack has been seen at the second-floor party room, a lingering spirit from the 1901 building's past.

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    Congress Theater

    Chicago, Illinois

    69.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    Congress Theater is said to be haunted by many entities. Witnesses have seen an apparition of a woman and shadow figures and they've heard disembodied footsteps and strange noises.

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    Graceland Cemetery

    Chicago, Illinois

    70.1 miles from Starke County, IN

    The spirit of Inez Clark lingers in this old cemetery. She was almost 7 years old when she was fatally struck by lightning at a picnic. There is a life-size statue of her on her gravesite, enclosed in glass. It is said that on rainy nights the statue disappears, and ...

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    Saint Benedict Parish

    Chicago, Illinois

    70.9 miles from Starke County, IN

    This ornate church with German-imported stained-glass and details was the scene of a tragedy when it was built in 1918. A construction worker on a scaffolding fell to his death near the altar. Some have seen the worker's spirit behind the altar's columns or sitting in the front pews. A ...

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    Locust Grove Cemetery

    Ambia, Indiana

    71.4 miles from Starke County, IN

    Phantom sounds of an army cadence and marching are heard at Locust Grove Cemetery. Legend has it that Harrison's ghostly men are re-creating the Battle of Tippecanoe.

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    St Andrew's Inn

    Chicago, Illinois

    71.7 miles from Starke County, IN

    According to local legend, former owner Frank Giff died when he fell off a barstool, and his ghost remains there still. Pub patrons have felt unexplained cold drafts and have reported being touched by something they couldn't see. Others have noted that objects in the bar area such as glasses ...

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    Skyscraper Building - Loyola University

    Chicago, Illinois

    71.8 miles from Starke County, IN

    According to local legend, a Jesuit priest and a nun had an affair long ago. The nun became pregnant and asked the priest to run away with her, but he refused, and she hung herself on the 13th floor. When the priest found her body, he was so distressed that ...

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    Hotel Attica

    Attica, Indiana

    75 miles from Starke County, IN

    A glowing apparition has been seen in several hotel rooms late at night or in the early hours of morning. Guests have reported seeing their closet doors open and close by themselves, as well as hearing ghostly voices and ballroom music. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Attica Public Library

    Attica, Indiana

    75.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    Built in 1905, the employees of this library have heard strange noises including knocking, whistling, whispering, dragging sounds, and even the sounds of the toys in the children's area moving by themselves after closing. The employees have also mentioned seeing figures watching them or shadows darting around. They ...

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    Music Administration Building - Northwestern University

    Evanston, Illinois

    75.2 miles from Starke County, IN

    The second-oldest building on the college campus, the 1874 Music Administration Building is home to Young Cliff, the ghost of a former student and prodigy. Reports say the ghost has been making himself known for several decades.

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    Roads Hotel

    Atlanta, Indiana

    80.5 miles from Starke 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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    Kalamazoo Civic Theatre

    Kalamazoo, Michigan

    88.5 miles from Starke County, IN

    Kalamazoo Civic Theatre is said to be haunted by the ghost they call Thelma Mertz. Reportedly, a theater youth group concocted a story to explain the theater's ghostly presence. They decided Thelma was an actress who was dumped by her lover and, heartbroken, threw herself off the balcony. The ghost's ...

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    Kalamazoo State Theatre

    Kalamazoo, Michigan

    88.6 miles from Starke County, IN

    The State Theatre was built in 1927 and has brought many attractions throughout the years, such as silent films, operas, circus acts, plays, ballets, and music shows. Because the theatre had such a variety of shows, there seem to be multiple ghosts that like to haunt the building. The theatre’s staff ...