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Haunted Irvington Tour
Posted: Oct 28, 2007 in Things to do
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Last night I had the pleasure of going on a haunted Irvington tour.The tour covered someone of the hidden stories within the Irvington area.Its a walking tour that takes around 2 hrs the guides are very well informed.Someone of the key points of the tour ( The masonic lodge) at the corner of S Johnson and Washington Street(The lodge number is 666 and the shape of the building is different) There is the home of D.C Stevenson( First grand wizard of the KKK) and the tragic event that happened to a women at his home.The resident of the first serial killer that lived in Indianapolis for a time..There are more highlights that I will not give away.The tour charged 15 dollars and well worth it.There is a story about the author of Raggedy Ann that has a tie to the Indianapolis area.
I picked up tickets at the Lazy Days coffee house.Not a firm beliver of the supernatural but yet it was very informative to learn about the hidden stories of the area.
Now, I'm not much for "fabricated" haunted houses, so this sounds TERRIFYING...that 15 dollars would be the death of me!!!
What is the excitement in being scared or exploring evil places?
I lived in Irvington as a teen-ager and was well aware of the D.C. Stephenson house. What made it terrifying is that the crime was committed in a house I frequently walked past.
I had not been aware of the serial killer site till I read Erik Larsen's "Devil in the White City" last year. Chills struck me when I realized which house the killer had rented. It was one I frequently had passed.
About a mile west of Irvington is the house where Sylvia Likens was tortured and slain. And of course it was a house I passed nearly every schoolday on mu way to Tech High School. (I didn't go to nearby Howe -- that's a long story I'm sure no one is interested in.)
To me, what is terrifying is the familiar, unsuspecting place being a repository of evil memories. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.