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Any places listed in the Haunted Places requires permission to visit or investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.
Fairmount - James Dean's Grave - If you go there, there is a spat where there are four trees perfectly trimmed and equal distant from each other. If you time it just right and if you are there around midnight, you just might have the sense, or you might feel, that someone is touching you.
Fishers - There is a dip in Allisonville Road at 126TH street. It is called Heady Hollow. How the story goes, there was a schoolhouse the burned down with all of the children inside. Late at night when it is foggy you can see the children standing in the road. When you see them it is too late to stop. You drive right through them. When you get out of your car no one is there.
Flora - Old school of Flora - The school has been rotting for over 20 years in the middle of a small town named Flora. Also about a quarter mile behind the school lies an old cemetery full of broken down tombs from the early 20th century. Story goes that the building is home for those buried in graveyard. If you can ever enter the old school which is locked up you can hear talking and things are moved to different places. Flashes are some times seen when walking by.
Fort Wayne - Bostick Bridge - Heading South on U.S 27 right after the 469 overpass there will be a little road on the right. go down this road and it will be the big steel bridge.
Fort Wayne - Carroll High School - It is believed that Carroll High School is cursed and haunted. Every year a junior student dies surprisingly, and eventually the student comes back to haunt and be known. One example,(not mentioning the name), a girl who died, came back to be remembered. A day after her death, in class, a boy took her original seat and fell off. To everyone's surprise, they asked him if he was alright. He then replied, in a shocked look, "No, not really." The teacher asked why. He replied back "I didn't fall, I was pushed."
Fort Wayne - Cold-Water Rd – Wal-Mart - Around 3am-4am in the morning, shoppers and workers hear bagpipes playing a scotish tune. Shortly when song ends, a man in a green plaid kilt makes his appearance by pacing the floors. When he walks by you, you will get a cold eerie feeling. This ghost is known to be friendly.
Fort Wayne - Columbia City - The Haunted Jail, the ghost of a murderer is said to haunt the site of the retired jail. It is now used as a haunted house throughout the Halloween season, and members who work there in the off-season report a lot of paranormal activity. Noises such as footsteps and scraping along walls are also reported the only thing that runs is the electricity, there is nothing as far as a heating system to be mistaken for the noises. There is a door that always must remain open if it is shut when you walk away and come back it is always open. There are many things indicating activity.
Fort Wayne - Carroll High School - It is believed that Carroll High School is cursed and haunted. Every year a junior student dies surprisingly, and eventually the student comes back to haunt and be known. One example,(not mentioning the name), a girl who died, came back to be remembered. A day after her death, in class, a boy took her original seat and fell off. To everyone's surprise, they asked him if he was alright. He then replied, in a shocked look, "No, not really." The teacher asked why. He replied back "I didn't fall, I was pushed."
Fort Wayne - Devils Hollow – Cedar Canyon Road - There is a bridge near the hollow. There have been many stories like a headless horseman, boyfriend and girlfriend died when a motorcycle goes over the bridge, hangins, but here is the real story of it. a woman lived in a house up on a hill by herself. This old woman would speak to a friend about how there was kids that would break stuff on her property, sneek up to the windows and look in, and overall harass her. They would tell people she was a witch. One night in early 80's these teens set her house on fire and wouldnt let her out of it. The building stood for a while but now all that stands is the chimney. people who go there for a "spook show" are run off by the ghost of this woman because she feels like they are no better than the teens that killed her. There was no new house built on her hill. After a few years what was left of the house was caveing in and police were down investigating the area so the falling house was tore down and removed but they left the chimney. There is still a police investigation on this. The teens who did this has not been found.
Fort Wayne - Dupont Rd. south of Lima - Crossroads cemetery - noises and faint moving lights reported. Very strange feeling of being watched when in cemetery around the stone in the tree.
Fort Wayne - Lakeside Park Neighborhood - The lakeside neighborhood is rumored to once been Indian grounds used for less than pleasant occasions. Many different residents have reported strange sounds and sights in and around their homes. Lakeside Park was once an amusement park with locks, canals and a dance hall and the area is rich with history before and after the city was settled.
Fort Wayne - Main Street Bridge - The bridge is just west of Van Buren St - A woman in white is often seen walking across the bridge but disappears when approched. She has been seen many times by many people and her existance has been reported on by local newspapers.
Fort Wayne - North Side High School - Many spirits reside here. First is the spirit of a Chief of the Miami tribe that tried to prevent the city from building on the tribe's burial site. The school mascot is called Chief Mac in his honor. Second is that of a teenage girl seen in the gym and indoor running track. She is often seen in the morning before school starts. A janitor haunts the basement where he died of a heart attack several years ago. Many janitors have reported seeing him. Finally, a construction worker haunts the stage area of the auditorium. During the building of the school, it partially collapsed, killing him and injuring many others. It is a little scary walking the halls alone at night. A magazine covered the stories back in the seventies. - October 2004 update: there was contruction that lasted a year or 2 that just finished summer 2004. There was comments from the contruction workers they seen alot of stuff happening which may have been the worker who died warning them of the dangers.
Fort Wayne - On Bruick Rd if you go over a bridge & park your car, you can see a white light that sometimes gets bigger, moves, & changes colors. The farther you follow it, the farther it seems to move backwards, away until all at once it vanishes.
Fort Wayne - Snider High School - It was once said that in the basement of the school there was a swimming pool, once a girl drowned in the pool after some classmates pushed her in. the pool was drained and filled up with cement. It is said that there are cries of the girl there early in the morning
Fort Wayne - Swinger's Grave - There was a girl who was swinging on a swing at Jehl's park by Georgetown off State Street, and her neck got caught in the chain links and she was killed. They say if you swing on any of the swings past midnight you will "fall off" when rather it feels like someone is pushing you off.
Fort Wayne - The old Lutheran Hospital on Fairfield - Has been torn down - The 4th floor of the hospital is haunted by a male ghost that pasted away about 55 years ago. You will see him walk down the hall looking for someone going from room to room. Dr's and nurses as well as others have seen this. Before they closed the old Lutheran Hospital they closed down the south unit on the 4th floor. Ocotber 2004 update: has since been torn down. One small (possible office)building and a large, empty park-like area remain, but angel statues that were originally in front of the hospital entrance still remain.
Fort Wayne - The University of Saint Francis library - A student hung himself here long ago and has been spotted by students. Many have reported unexplainable "cold spots" in the library,reports of people actually seeing her hanging, and other strange happenings.
Francesville - "The Light" - near Moody Lane - the story is back in the horse and buggy days, two brothers were out for a ride. One brother fell off and the wheel decapitated him. The light is the lantern of the other brother looking for the head. The brother is with his lantern passing one row at a time in the corn. If you go when the corn is down, you will see a light come towards you. if the corn is up (the best time to go) you see the orange/red glow from the lantern at the end of a row. it will move through the row of corn and you can see the light above the corn. It's slowly moves to the end of the row and back to the start of the row. Then it will move up one more rows. You can watch the light come closer and closer one row at a time
Francesville - Moody Lane - A man named Moody roams the countryside and if you go to Moody Lane and wait where the trees branches are suppose to hang over the road you will see a strange light come toward you. Also there is a graveyard near Moody Lane where a man and a woman were killed on opposite sides of the road. And at midnight you supposedly can see the woman crossing the road to see her man.
Frankfort - Farmers gravel Rd. - Back in the 20's people beleive a school bus of children went down the road and some how went off the road killing ther driver and the children. Well now if you go out to the road and put your vehicle in neutral and turn your lights out the children push you up the hill and suposivly in to the river below to meet the same fate as them. We've found that if you cover your car in flour you can see hand prints of little children pushing and looking in through the windows at you.
Frankfort - Sleepy Hollow- The Sleepy Hollow around here is a bridge and an over pass that goes over a train crossing...It is legend that if You pour baby powder on your hood and stop right near the train crossing and turn your engine off then start it back up and drive across it you'll come to find children's hand print all over your hood! there are other strange things going on in this place! You have to go to find out
Frankton - Old Train Trestle - In 1947 a young lady was on the bridge contempt on committing suicide. She had come home to find her husband cheating on her. She went to the train trestle, and waited for a train, then ran out in front of it. On foggy nights you can hear her screaming, and see her walking across the bridge.
Franklin - Franklin College - Old Main - Early one morning in the 1980's a fire destroyed a residence hall and gutted the attic of Old Main, a grand building used for administration offices and classrooms. A student was hiding in the attic to avoid the fire and was burned to death. Students have reported smelling burning flesh and hearing screams when in the attic during the morning. The smell has even been so bad that classes have been cancelled more than once to avoid it. - July 2005 Update/correction: In 1978 or 1979 a story appeared in the college newspaper about the reported ghost of a former professor that had reputedly hung himself from one of the rafters. A picture of the rope was shown still in place. The hanging reputedly took place in the 1920's. But, a picture of the classroom he reputedly taught in was untouched. All the desks and blackboard was in black n white. Very eerie. It was also a storage place for stage props when the theatre department was in operation until 1975 and only within the last 15 years or so was it restarted. The door to the fourth floor was found open on occasion but was supposed to be locked and occasional power outages occurred as well.
Franklin - Main Cemetery - It is the main cemetery just off of South Street across from the Tearman Motel. A lot of notables there are buried, witnesses report very unsettling feeling when they go there. There are several suicides that are buried there.
French Lick - horse field - In the late 1800's a bad storm hit this field like not other this small town has seen. In this field approx 5 acres across was two beautiful black horses with a black baby colt the only shelter in this field was a giant oak tree in the middle of this field, where the horses ran to immediately when the lighting flashed through the air. Some say they saw 3 lighting bolts come down from the sky and striking each one of the horses dead. Now if you go visit this field when a night storm is brewing. You can hear 3 horses running across the field to where the old oak tree still stands. And on some nights when the lighting lights up the sky you can see three beautiful black horses standing by the tree.
