Shadowlands List H

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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.

Hammond - On the road as you enter into Gary, In (on Halloween) you can see the ghost of a girl who died after running into the Calumet River with her wedding gown on, the weight held her down and drowned her. Her ghost can now be seen. Also the ghost of a girl who got in an accident can be seen there.

Hammond - Bishop Noll Institute - 2nd Floor - On the second floor, in the A-wing you can hear footsteps and people talking with the whole floor being empty. In the lab rooms, chairs would fall off desks without being pushed. There are 3 know deaths in the school. One in front of the Library where a single stop will be constantly cold. Second, a freshman drowned in the pool, which is no longer used and closed off, which you can hear laughter from. And third, in the second floor A-wing, a janitor hung himself.

Hammond - Bishop Noll Institute - They have said of a story about the auditorium of Bishop Noll Institute. About a young girl who was auditioning for the lead part in a play, but because she did not receive the part she started crying. She walked on the lights above the stage and hung herself. Ever since then, anyone who auditions and gets the lead part or a part with many lines has gotten hurt. They lose their voice, develop illnesses, break their leg, almost choke, fall off the stage, and much more during the play.

Hammond - Bishop Noll Institute - Aditorium - They have said of a story about the auditorium of Bishop Noll Institute. About a young girl who was auditioning for the lead part in a play, but because she did not receive the part she started crying. She walked on the lights above the stage and hung herself. Ever since then, anyone who auditions and gets the lead part or a part with many lines has gotten hurt. They lose their voice, develop illnesses, break their leg, almost choke, fall off the stage, and much more during the play.

Hammond - Near Columbia School - There was a man who was having a very hard time. He and his wife had recently got a divorce, and he could no longer see his children. He was also fired from his job. The man was really, really upset and decided his life was no longer worth living. He committed suicide by hanging himself. Years later the residents living there can hear the man talking to them during the night, he also interferes with their lives by, for example, throwing tools all over the garage. Also, on the anniversary of his death a quick white light can be seen from his window to remind the neighborhood of the tragic event.

Hammond - Old Botanical Gardens/Reaper's Realm - People say there are 2 women owners who died there and they haunt the place. You can hear people walking around upstairs if no one is there. There have also been sightings seen in the forest behind the mansion. People have seen 2 unknown women working in the background. This usually happens when they are setting up for Reaper's Realm.

Hammond - Gavit High School - Every morning at about midnight. It is said to be people walking around the roof and if you shut the windows the night before some of the windows will be open. If you are inside you can hear metal clinking together and muffled screams, along with orbs and figures walking.

Hammond - Jayme House - There are two bedrooms upstairs. The bedroom to the left..... if you shut the cubby hole door at night when you wake up the door is Apen , if you put something in front of the door it is still open in the morning. The bedroom to the right...... glowing eyes, noises, over powering smells... all in the cubby hole. At around mid-night if you sit quietly you can hear foot steps, sometimes running, laughing, and playing of small children. Stairwell leading to the upstairs bedrooms is also haunted. A little girl about 8 years old. Likes to play. Sightings all over the house. A large number of happenings. Witness' by the numbers. Objects disappearing /reappearing, moving, chairs coming out from under you while you are sitting in them. People being lifted of the ground. Things touching you.

Hammond - Robertsdale - Circus Train - In the 1920's or 1930's the big top circus was traveling through town. The train was involved in a crash and all the animals aboard the train burned to death. The animals' remains were buried in a nearby cemetery. It is said that if you go by you can still hear all the animals cry.

Hancock - Wilkinson McCreay Cemetery - Reported to be haunted.

Hancock - Thomas Road - This graveyard has had numerous occurrences including blood, on graves which all date back too mid 1800's. The ground is always soft no matter the weather, noises from the woods than seem too get closer the longer you stay. Two gigantic rocks which set in front of the path that leads you in are moved in a different spot every time you visit

Hanover - Hanover Beach - A preacher drowned while swimming to shore to find help for victims of a sinking riverboat. Usually appears around 2 am when it is real foggy.

Hanover - Hanover Cemetery - One witness reports, "My children and I went to Hanover Cemetery soon after we moved here. We had split up for the purpose of looking for a family members grave, we then turned around to meet up with each other. As we got closer to each other, we suddenly felt nauseated and we felt chilled. We looked at each other and realized we were all experiencing the same sensations. We looked down at the grave in front of us, and it had the name, Benjamin Bennett on it. The next day we went to the library to see if we could find anything out about this person. We found that he had been a student at Hanover College and had drowned in the Ohio River and that his body was never found."

Hanover - Hanover College - Parker Auditorium has been haunted by the ghost of Dr. A.G. Parker, past president of the college. Numerous events have happened over the past 25 years, including sightings, voices, sounds, and missing items.

Hanover - Hanover College - Donner Residence Hall - The east wing of Donner Residence Hall. Moved objects attributed to a former student who committed suicide in one of the rooms.

Hanover - Hanover Nursing Center - Omens happen before one dies, green mist in photo, a balloon bounced into a room, the piano plays and the keys have been seen moving.

Hebron - Hebron High School - in one of the high school girls bathrooms a girl had hung herself. Now some teachers claim to hear voices coming from that bathroom when they stay late after school hours.

Hebron - Moody's Road - If you go to Moody's road at night, flash your brights 3 times a light will appear and if you shut off your car it will not restart.

Hebron - old railroad tracks - Sometimes if you go there you will see ghost of people walking around after the deadly train crash.

Hedley - Hedley Cemetery - Reports of unexplained sounds and feelings of self destruction.

Heltonville - McCarthur House - 4 murders took place in the mid 1970's. White figure that can be seen as sort of running away from the house when you approach.

Henry - Knightstown - The "Pest" House - This house was a quarantined place to put people during an outbreak of small pox in the early 1900's. The death rate there was extremely high, and many ghosts are said to still live there. A local historian reported visiting the house once and being greeted at the front door by a "strange-looking" woman. She told him, without being asked, that no one was home and closed the door. He knocked for several more minutes and was about to leave when the owners pulled in. Upon relating the story to the owner, they all checked the house thoroughly, and never found her. Several other incidents have also occurred there.

Henry - Knightstown - The White House - Blood sprayed all over the walls. Names of who have death coming to them, and a bathtub surrounded which looks of blood.

Henry County - Lewisville - Guyer Opera House - Guyer is know by staff to be haunted, and many have been spooked by dressing room lights that turn on one by one, strange banging noises emanating from the back of the auditorium, and sudden changes in temperature. The doors to the auditorium will close by themselves, and more than one of the staff has been driven from the light booth by growling noises and extreme drop in temperature. People have reported seeing the outline of a person in the back stage windows.

Henryville - Dan's Run - Daniel Guthrie was murdered and placed in a shallow grave near the corner of Pixley Knob Road and Cemetery Hill (Mountain Grove). Guthrie's body remained undetected for one year before being found, unearthed and reburied in nearby Mt. Zion Cemetery. The hole he was buried in is still open (about 4-feet deep) near the edge of the woods. Homes in the nearby area have experienced sightings of a young man with a large, handlebar bushy mustache, doors open and close by themselves, footsteps walking up and down hallways at night, footprints found outside bedroom windows, objects moving by themselves, and ghostly whispers. Also, a tape recorder left on Guthrie's gravestone in Mt. Zion later revealed a faint, haunting man's voice crying, "Help me, God help me, please help me..."

Henryville - Mt. Zion cemetery - The green Lady - in the early 1900's a young woman was killed on Henryville blue lick road after a terrible car accident and buried in Mt. Zion cemetery on the same road. it is said that she roams the cemetery, with a green glow to her. she will jump on your car if its parked in the cemetery at night(said to be looking for a ride home) and the green goo will still be on your car until you wash it off.

Hitysville - Hitysville Public Library- It is reported that on Oct. 28, 1943, the librarian that worked non-stop there was involved in a freak accident involving a book shelf collapse. The book shelf oddly enough was full of supernatural books. The ghost is said to have remained inside the library which has since been shut down. On that anniversary night accounts of loud crashing bookshelves have been reported, but no bookshelves remain in the old library. Also accounts of moaning and screams for help, along with unidentified scratching and banging.

Hobart - Lake Station - New Chicago - Hobart Township - River Forest Junior and Senior High Schools- The River Forest Junior and Senior High Schools are connected. Outside of the school there are tennis courts, before they were tennis courts there used to be a pool that was used for gym class. The reason that the tennis courts were built is because a boy drowned in the pool during gym class one day. He is sometimes seen and heard in the High School gym, Junior High multi-purpose Room, High School Cafeteria, and throughout the High School halls. He is usually not seen during school hours. Most of the people who see him have seen him while staying late for after-school activities or games. One lunch lady has actually claimed to having conversations with the boy. When asked about it she replied: "The first time I saw him it frightened me, but now I am not scared, and I know he means no harm. He is just a lost soul stuck on Earth. I was walking out to my car, which was parked near the tennis courts and I saw him standing inside the gate of the tennis court. He was staring at me so I asked him what he was doing there. He told me that he had drowned. I asked him his name and he disappeared. Now, whenever I talk with him he disappears if I ask his name, which I find very odd."

Huntington - Forks of the Wabash - The original house belonging to Chief Richardsville has been remodeled by adding a door between the Chief's bedroom and the servant's quarters to facilitate tours of the house. In the room described as the servant's quarters there was a pillar of icy air that everyone who walked passed through shivered and said, "ooooh....cold spot" The cold spot was WAY colder than the temperature in the rest of the house including being several degrees lower than the outside temperature. There also was a strong sense of being watched.

Huntington - Horace Mann School - Now apartments, Horace Mann School has had many reports of paranormal activity. Sounds and sightings of children and adult ghosts. Unknown origin of the spirits.

Huntington - Huntington College - A women spirit has been seen floating in the hallways of the Physical Education Recreation Center, wearing a long white dress. She is only seen by men. Toilets have been known to flush and showers turn on with know one in the restrooms and locker rooms.

Huntington - Polk road - it is said that a woman died on the train track and if you go over the tracks that your car will die and she will come and push you off and then she will go down the center of the car and go into somebody and show then how she died and what she went through. And when you leave there will be blood all over your car.

Hymera - Bethel Cemetery - There are rumors that if you go to the Bethel Cemetery in Hymera at night and go up to the Nathan Hinkle grave and monument (a local soldier of the Revolutionary War that died in the war) and walk around the monument 3 time and say "Nathan Hinkle", "Nathan Hinkle", "Nathan Hinkle", he will answer you