When I first heard the rumor about the nearby Barbee Hotel in Warsaw, IN ( just 15 minutes from our Lake Cottage Rentals Indiana Home) to be haunted by the spirit of Al Capone it certainly made for a fascinating story. The story claims that he and many of his gangsters buddies haunt the hotel. Staff members have reported seeing an old man sitting in a booth after closing. When staff members talk to him there is no response. Thinking they are dealing with an unruly customer they leave to get assistance. However, upon returning the bar is empty and no one has seen anyone leave. One legend states that the hotel was a popular place that gangsters took their girlfriends to. One gangster however took the girlfriend of another gangster. She was then murdered in the hotel by the jealous thug. People have reported that they hear her wailing at night and they feel cold spots generating from the area. Other phenomena includes the appearance of faces in photographs taken at the hotel, and more commonly orbs. Around the hotel itself is a popular place to see orbs and apparitions
A couple years ago Wesley and I invited some good friends over from Elkhart, IN to our Northern Indiana Cabins and we had dinner at the Barbee Restaurant. We struck up a conversation with a Professor from Notre Dame University who actually specialized in the paranormal. He considered himself a modern day "ghost buster". He was there that weekend with a group of other men to check out evidence to support the story. Now, I have always been fascinated by a good ghost story and meeting him seemed to give some substance to the rumor. Of course, the story seemed more credible as I finished my second glass of wine:)
A very long running ghost story for North Webster,Indiana is the ghost story about the old
North Webster Elementary School which is now a community center. Some say a young boy wearing khakis and a blue sweater roamed the athletic areas playing sports and shutting off the lights. When someone went to turn the lights on the light switch is already on. There was also a teacher in high heels on the second floor. People said that they could hear high heel shoes clicking on the floor. Random appliances in the school would turn on and off by themselves. The young boy could also be seen in the library trying to check out books. Hmmn...wonder what the ghost are up to now since it's been converted?
There are many other ghost stories out there involving North Webster, Indiana. You can read a few of them by going to http://www.ghostsofamerica.com/4/Indiana_North_Webster_ghost_sightings.html
Here is another great ghost haunting video you must check out:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Powered by Compendium Blogware
Comments for Area Ghost Hauntings & Stories Around Epworth Forest