If you're on the hunt for the most haunted cemetery in Indiana, it's not going to be easy. There are actually a bunch of them, and it can be hard to decide which one you want to check out and when. Well, luckily for us, we can visit each of them at some point, and we've done some footwork to decide which one we think is the perfect one to begin with: the infamously haunted Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is known just as much for its ghosts as it is for some of its most famous residents.
Crown Hill Cemetery was established in 1863 and spans an impressive 550 acres.
It's the third-largest non-government cemetery in the United States, and it has more than 200,000 graves, plus a very large mass grave. Every year, around 1,500 more graves are added.
The architecture around the cemetery grounds is legitimately beautiful, and there's more than 150 species of trees that grow here.
It's one-of-a-kind in terms of its beauty; they have spared no expense in the last century or so in terms of making the grounds beautiful. They are beautiful.
There's some notably interesting people buried at Crown Hill Cemetery; for example, the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, as well as infamous gangster John Dillinger, were laid to rest here.
This cemetery is known not just for these notable residents, but for the insanely creepy things that go on here that nobody can quite explain.
Visitors and employees have spoken of seeing a woman holding a baby and wandering around the graves, as if she is lost and tying to find her way home.
She, like some other "people" you might run into if you visit, vanishes without a trace faster than most people can register what they're looking at.
Also commonly reported are the sounds of young children laughing and playing.
It's understandable. On the premises of Crown Hill is a 30-foot by 50-foot mass grave where 699 children were buried after dying of diseases, namely diphtheria and typhoid. It's no wonder they may lurk on the premises.
People have also seen American soldiers in period uniforms from every American war thus far, and much like the woman with the baby, they too disappear once they've been spotted - or so it seems.
Among other reported phenomena are bizarre, unexplainable lights, the unmistakable sound of footsteps following visitors around, and so much more.
It's really quite obvious that this is easily the most haunted cemetery in Indiana, if not the United States.
If you're curious about the ghosts of Crown Hill Cemetery, the grounds usually holds a "Ghost Stories At Crown Hill Cemetery" event every year, which is exactly what it sounds like. Make sure to take a look at their website for more information, including schedules.
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