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Indiana

19 Locations

Indiana has 92 counties, so this rebuild uses the v8 rule set as a broader state pass rather than a top-list extraction. The final build includes historic houses, cemeteries, institutional campuses, libraries, sanatoriums, jails, bridges, tunnels, theatres, inns, and resort hotels with meaningful rooms, zones, or evidence buckets for TPI users.

Hannah House

Historic House Haunted Historic
Indianapolis, IN
Historic House
Access: Public / Investigation Based

Hannah House is a major Indianapolis haunted-location anchor with a public identity, documented historic-house status, and long-running claims tied to the Underground Railroad, footsteps, voices, cold spots, and child-spirit lore.

Activity Reported
  • Phantom footsteps
  • Unexplained voices
  • Cold spots
  • Child-ghost lore
  • Underground Railroad death-room tradition
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Main house rooms
  • Basement
  • Stairways
  • Parlor
  • Upper floors
Location Data

Address / Reference: 3801 Madison Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227

Website: https://www.historichannahhouse.net

Coordinates: 39.7064° N, 86.1224° W

Classification

Mixed — historic house activity with apparition, environmental, and folklore-linked claims tied to defined rooms and interior zones.

Indiana Central State Hospital Grounds / Indiana Medical History Museum

Institutional Site Haunted Historic
Indianapolis, IN
Former State Hospital Campus
Access: Public / Museum Grounds

The former Central State Hospital campus and Indiana Medical History Museum form one of Indiana’s strongest institutional haunt entries, with preserved pathology-building spaces, burial-ground context, and repeated stories tied to the former psychiatric hospital campus.

Activity Reported
  • Shadow figure reports
  • Screams near former power-house areas
  • Voices
  • Orb activity
  • Haunting lore around pathology and burial areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Pathology Building
  • Museum rooms
  • Cemetery / burial area
  • Former power-house context
  • Remaining grounds
Location Data

Address / Reference: 3270 Vermont St, Indianapolis, IN 46222

Website: https://indianamedicalhistorymuseum.org

Coordinates: 39.7641° N, 86.2288° W

Classification

Mixed — institutional history, preserved museum spaces, and burial-ground context create multiple claim-bearing evidence buckets.

Crown Hill Cemetery

Cemetery Haunted Historic
Indianapolis, IN
Historic Cemetery
Access: Public

Crown Hill Cemetery is a major historic burial ground with famous interments, repeated cemetery lore, and large outdoor sections that work naturally as evidence buckets.

Activity Reported
  • Ghost stories tied to famous burials
  • Apparitions
  • Unexplained sounds
  • Cemetery lore
  • Presence reports around monuments and burial areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Cemetery sections
  • Mausoleums
  • Monument areas
  • Roads and paths
  • Older burial rows
Location Data

Address / Reference: 700 W 38th St, Indianapolis, IN 46208

Website: https://www.crownhillhf.org

Coordinates: 39.8279° N, 86.1767° W

Classification

Residual or Mixed — historic burial-ground lore and apparition traditions tied to a large, mappable cemetery environment.

Willard Public Library

Library Haunted Historic
Evansville, IN
Historic Public Library
Access: Public

Willard Public Library is one of Indiana’s most documented haunted libraries, with the Gray Lady legend, public ghost cams, and repeatable reports in library rooms, staircases, basement, and upper floors.

Activity Reported
  • Gray Lady sightings
  • Moving objects
  • Ghost-cam anomalies
  • Footsteps
  • Unexplained activity in public library areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Reading rooms
  • Basement
  • Staircase
  • Upper floors
  • Ghost-cam zones
Location Data

Address / Reference: 21 N 1st Ave, Evansville, IN 47710

Website: https://www.willardlib.org/ghost-cams

Coordinates: 37.9742° N, 87.5719° W

Classification

Mixed — public-library haunting with a named apparition tradition and repeatable interior evidence buckets.

Indiana State Sanatorium

Sanatorium Haunted Historic
Rockville, IN
Former Institutional Campus
Access: Public / Event Based

Indiana State Sanatorium is a large preserved institutional campus with tuberculosis hospital, nursing home, mental hospital, support buildings, steam tunnels, and a major paranormal-investigation reputation.

Activity Reported
  • Shadow figures
  • Screams
  • Tunnel activity
  • Apparitions
  • Voices and EVP reports
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Main hospital buildings
  • Nursing home building
  • Mental hospital buildings
  • Steam tunnels
  • Grounds
Location Data

Address / Reference: 6408 S State Rd 63, Rockville, IN 47872

Website: https://thesanatorium.net

Coordinates: 39.7635° N, 87.2148° W

Classification

Mixed — large institutional campus with strong claims and multiple user-facing evidence buckets.

Story Inn / Blue Lady

Inn Haunted Historic
Nashville, IN
Historic Inn
Access: Public / Guest Access

Story Inn is a classic Indiana haunted inn tied to the Blue Lady tradition, room activity, footsteps, and exterior grounds lore in the historic Story village setting.

Activity Reported
  • Blue Lady sightings
  • Footsteps
  • Room activity
  • Recurring inn lore
  • Presence sensations in guest and common areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Guest rooms
  • Hallways
  • Dining area
  • Exterior grounds
  • Inn common spaces
Location Data

Address / Reference: 6404 Indiana 135, Nashville, IN 47448

Website: https://storyinn.com

Coordinates: 39.1800° N, 86.2469° W

Classification

Mixed — historic inn folklore with recurring apparition and environmental claims tied to lodging spaces.

Lindenwood Cemetery

Cemetery Haunted Historic
Fort Wayne, IN
Historic Cemetery
Access: Public

Lindenwood Cemetery is a major historic cemetery in Fort Wayne with recurring apparition, voice, and burial-ground lore that can be organized into paths, mausoleums, gates, and older burial sections.

Activity Reported
  • Apparitions
  • Unexplained voices
  • Burial-ground lore
  • Repeated eyewitness reports
  • Presence sensations near older burial areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Cemetery sections
  • Gates
  • Paths
  • Mausoleums
  • Older burial rows
Location Data

Address / Reference: 2324 English Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46807

Website: https://www.lindenwoodcemetery.org

Coordinates: 41.0554° N, 85.1328° W

Classification

Residual or Mixed — cemetery haunting reports tied to identifiable paths, gates, mausoleums, and historic burial sections.

Stepp Cemetery

Cemetery Haunted Historic
Bloomington, IN
Historic / Folklore Cemetery
Access: Public / Caution

Stepp Cemetery is one of Indiana’s classic haunted cemetery legends, with ghostly-light and apparition traditions tied to a specific cemetery, roadside area, tree line, and access path.

Activity Reported
  • Ghostly lights
  • Apparitions
  • Cryptid and legend overlap
  • Repeated cemetery reports
  • Unease along cemetery edge and access path
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Cemetery
  • Tree line
  • Access path
  • Roadside area
  • Grave sections
Location Data

Address / Reference: Edgewood Dr area, Bloomington, IN

Website: Not publicly maintained

Coordinates: 39.1454° N, 86.5266° W

Classification

Residual or Mixed — classic outdoor cemetery legend with repeated reports tied to a specific and mappable site.

Roads Hotel

Hotel Haunted Historic
Atlanta, IN
Historic Hotel
Access: Public / Investigation Based

Roads Hotel is a well-known Indiana paranormal-investigation hotel in Atlanta, with public and private investigations and claims distributed throughout rooms, hallways, and stairways.

Activity Reported
  • Reported activity throughout the building
  • Physical contact reports
  • Apparition and presence reports
  • EVP-style investigation reports
  • Historic hotel haunting reputation
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Guest rooms
  • Hallways
  • Stairways
  • Main floor
  • Upper-floor rooms
Location Data

Address / Reference: 103 S Walnut St, Atlanta, IN 46031

Website: https://roadshotel.com

Coordinates: 40.2153° N, 86.0260° W

Classification

Mixed — historic hotel investigation site with reports distributed across multiple rooms and common areas.

Rotary Jail Museum

Jail Museum Haunted Historic
Crawfordsville, IN
Historic Rotary Jail
Access: Public / Museum

Rotary Jail Museum is a rare preserved jail with a rotating cell mechanism, museum identity, and ghost-hunting use, making it a strong room-and-zone entry.

Activity Reported
  • Ghost-hunting events
  • Jail-cell atmosphere reports
  • Former prisoner and sheriff-residence lore
  • Unexplained sounds in cell areas
  • Presence reports in museum spaces
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Rotary cellblock
  • Sheriff’s residence
  • Museum rooms
  • Jail corridors
  • Grounds
Location Data

Address / Reference: 225 N Washington St, Crawfordsville, IN 47933

Website: https://www.rotaryjailmuseum.org

Coordinates: 40.0441° N, 86.9018° W

Classification

Mixed — public historic jail site with ghost-hunting use and highly defined evidence buckets.

Randolph County Asylum / Infirmary

Asylum / Infirmary Haunted Historic
Winchester, IN
Historic Asylum / Infirmary
Access: Public / Investigation Based

Randolph County Asylum is a strong institutional entry with poor-farm, infirmary, and asylum history, public investigation access, and claim zones across wards, halls, rooms, and grounds.

Activity Reported
  • Paranormal investigation programming
  • Institutional presence reports
  • Voices and unexplained sounds
  • Activity tied to infirmary and asylum history
  • Overnight investigation reputation
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Twin tower exterior
  • Patient rooms
  • Hallways
  • Common areas
  • Grounds
Location Data

Address / Reference: 1882 US 27 South, Winchester, IN 47394

Website: https://hauntedrandolphcounty.com

Coordinates: 40.1420° N, 84.9760° W

Classification

Mixed — institutional site with public investigation access and recurring asylum / infirmary haunting traditions.

Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site

Historic Mansion Haunted Historic
New Albany, IN
State Historic Site
Access: Public / Tour Based

Culbertson Mansion is a public state historic site with strong architectural identity, restoration history, and regional haunting accounts associated with carriage-house, room, stairway, and hallway spaces.

Activity Reported
  • Mysterious figure reports
  • Electrical problems
  • Strange sounds after hours
  • Missing-item reports
  • Presence reports in mansion and carriage-house areas
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Mansion rooms
  • Carriage House
  • Staircases
  • Hallways
  • Exterior grounds
Location Data

Address / Reference: 914 E Main St, New Albany, IN 47150

Website: https://www.indianamuseum.org/historic-sites/culbertson-mansion-historic-site/

Coordinates: 38.2860° N, 85.8154° W

Classification

Residual or Mixed — public historic mansion with room-based evidence bucket potential and recurring regional ghost lore.

Avon Haunted Bridge

Bridge Haunted Historic
Avon, IN
Historic Railroad Bridge
Access: Public Roadway / Caution

Avon Haunted Bridge is a classic Indiana railroad-bridge legend tied to a real 1900s bridge, repeated local accounts, and defined outdoor buckets around the span, roadway, creek, and approaches.

Activity Reported
  • Screams reportedly heard near the bridge
  • Buried-worker legend
  • Young mother and infant apparition tradition
  • Roadside unease
  • Repeated local bridge haunting stories
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Bridge span
  • Roadway below
  • Bridge approach
  • Rail corridor
  • White Lick Creek area
Location Data

Address / Reference: County Road 625 E / Avon Bridge area, Avon, IN

Website: Not publicly maintained

Coordinates: 39.7619° N, 86.3994° W

Classification

Residual — haunted bridge legend tied to a specific structure and repeated tragedy-based folklore.

Whispers Estate

Historic House Haunted Historic
Mitchell, IN
Historic House / Former Doctor’s Office
Access: Public / Event Based

Whispers Estate is a well-known southern Indiana haunted house with former medical-use history, repeated whispering-voice reports, and room-based activity that supports guided evidence logging.

Activity Reported
  • Whispering voices
  • Poltergeist-style activity reports
  • Child-spirit lore
  • Doctor’s office haunting traditions
  • Unexplained sounds and presence reports
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • House rooms
  • Former doctor’s office areas
  • Stairways
  • Bedrooms
  • Lower areas
Location Data

Address / Reference: Mitchell, IN 47446

Website: https://whispersestate.com

Coordinates: 38.7320° N, 86.4810° W

Classification

Mixed — former residence and doctor’s office with repeated haunting reports and room-based evidence bucket potential.

Tunnelton Tunnel

Railroad Tunnel Haunted Historic
Tunnelton / Bedford Area, IN
Historic Railroad Tunnel
Access: Restricted / Reference Only

Tunnelton Tunnel is a long-running Indiana railroad legend tied to phantom train sounds, screams, apparition stories, and a specific historic tunnel location.

Activity Reported
  • Phantom train sounds
  • Railroad worker ghost lore
  • Lantern-carrying apparition tradition
  • Screams near the tunnel
  • Horse-and-buggy family legend
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Tunnel entrance
  • Rail corridor
  • Approach path
  • Surrounding wooded area
  • Trackside reference zone
Location Data

Address / Reference: Tunnelton Tunnel area, Tunnelton / Bedford, IN

Website: Not publicly maintained

Coordinates: 38.7680° N, 86.3390° W

Classification

Residual — railroad folklore location tied to a specific tunnel and repeated phantom-train traditions.

Rivoli Theatre

Theatre Haunted Historic
Indianapolis, IN
Historic Theatre
Access: Limited / Restoration Context

Rivoli Theatre is a historic Indianapolis theatre with repeated reports of apparitions, moving objects, unexplained restroom activity, and theatre-space anomalies.

Activity Reported
  • Apparition reports
  • Moving objects
  • Faucets and toilets activating on their own
  • Cigarette-butt manifestation lore
  • Odd noises in theatre spaces
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Stage
  • Auditorium
  • Lobby
  • Basement
  • Restroom / support areas
Location Data

Address / Reference: 3155 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46201

Website: Not publicly maintained

Coordinates: 39.7814° N, 86.1120° W

Classification

Mixed — historic theatre haunting with claims distributed across performance, support, and public spaces.

Slippery Noodle Inn

Historic Bar Haunted Historic
Indianapolis, IN
Historic Inn / Bar
Access: Public

Slippery Noodle Inn is one of Indianapolis’ oldest bar properties, with a long history, public access, and ghost stories tied to voices, footsteps, touch reports, and back-room / upstairs areas.

Activity Reported
  • Footsteps and voices
  • Unseen touch reports
  • Apparition and presence reports
  • Historical gangster and Civil War lore
  • Bar-room haunting traditions
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Main bar rooms
  • Upstairs areas
  • Back rooms
  • Stage / music areas
  • Historic interior sections
Location Data

Address / Reference: 372 S Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46225

Website: https://www.slipperynoodle.com

Coordinates: 39.7610° N, 86.1585° W

Classification

Mixed — historic inn / bar with layered social, criminal, and Civil War-era folklore attached to active public spaces.

Old Lake County Jail / Sheriff’s House

Historic Jail Haunted Historic
Crown Point, IN
Historic Jail
Access: Public / Tour Based

Old Lake County Jail and Sheriff’s House is a preserved historic jail known for public tours, paranormal programming, Dillinger-related history, and defined jail / residence evidence buckets.

Activity Reported
  • Jail-cell presence reports
  • Dillinger-era lore
  • Unexplained sounds
  • Corridor activity
  • Historic incarceration atmosphere
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Cell areas
  • Corridors
  • Sheriff’s residence sections
  • Exterior jail grounds
  • Museum / tour route
Location Data

Address / Reference: 226 S Main St, Crown Point, IN 46307

Website: https://www.oldsheriffshouse.org

Coordinates: 41.4140° N, 87.3646° W

Classification

Residual or Mixed — historic jail lore tied to incarceration history, escape stories, and defined jail zones.

French Lick Springs Hotel

Historic Hotel Haunted Historic
French Lick, IN
Historic Resort Hotel
Access: Public / Guest Access

French Lick Springs Hotel is a historic resort hotel with a documented ghost-story reputation, including disembodied voices, mysterious phone calls, and Thomas Taggart lore.

Activity Reported
  • Disembodied voices in halls
  • Mysterious calls from empty rooms
  • Thomas Taggart spirit traditions
  • Guest and staff reports
  • Historic hotel atmosphere claims
Rooms / Zones / Buckets
  • Hotel hallways
  • Guest rooms
  • Lobby areas
  • Grounds
  • Historic resort spaces
Location Data

Address / Reference: 8670 IN-56, French Lick, IN 47432

Website: https://www.frenchlick.com

Coordinates: 38.5480° N, 86.6204° W

Classification

Mixed — historic resort hotel with repeated guest/staff claims and clearly usable hotel evidence buckets.