that was really weriad about thst girl thing

YAH!

i feel soooooooooo sorry for the tourists who and see the dunes and her ghost. has anyone seen her since before she was murdered????? just wondering

is dis really true cuz i neva seen nuttin … well me and my freind went past everywhere but didnt see **** … well i dont no i will see next time i go

I lived in Indiana for 11 years and now Im 17 and no I dont live in indiana anymore but Ive been to the dunes millions of times, Ive even been in the old shack, i dunno if its still there or not but I truthfully dont think there is any ghost, now Im not saying that the story is not true or anything Im just saying I dont believe it…and even if there was a ghost why would she haunt the dunes, she may be there but not trying to scare anyone because why in the world would she try to put people through what shes been through!?!?!….

Why is she haunting the state park? Free rides or something.

i dont no cuz last time i waz walking around and didnt see nothing ..but wat i heard is dat u see it at night … kkoo

I have lived, worked and played in the Dunes all of my life and have never run across anything scarier that a wicked Lake Michigan undertow…which is deadly! Funny but I actually heard this story when I was in college of all places. Maybe some have run into to her but I have yet had the pleasure to be scared out of my witts!

Diana of the Dunes
An old Boy & Girl Scout ghost story…
Fun for kids, that camp at the Dunes Scout camps…

What you’re looking for is Diana of the Dunes. She lived along the beach somewhere between Miller and Chesterton or up and down amongst there. There are lots of stories about her and there’s even some sort of festival which features articles about her.

Diana was a real life person, she was a poet and a philosopher. She lived in a shack alone for awhile but eventually married. I don’t know why people keep telling ghost stories about her, I’ve been there, and I haven’t experienced a haunting.

that is kinda creepy cause i go to the dunes state park every year but do you have proof like a picture of and evp of the women or have you just heard the story from someone you know?

this is stupid cuz i go to the dunes like all the time and nothin happens!!! so whoever made this up is full of ****!!!!

Chesterton - Diana Of The Dunes - Around 1915, the area that is now the Dunes State Park in northern Indiana was mostly uninhabited wilderness. The stories spread around the vicinity of Chesterton, Indiana that fishermen who were along the beach at certain times of the day had been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a naked woman swimming in the lake. The story spread that a beautiful woman was living as a hermit along the beach and her notoriety grew to a point that many compared her to the ancient Greek goddess Diana…hence the name of this legendary creature. In truth, her name was Alice Marble Gray and she was the daughter of an influential couple from Chicago. Alice had traveled extensively and was cultured and educated. She had worked in the city as an editorial secretary for a popular magazine, so what had made her take up the lonely life of a recluse. Some have claimed that Alice came to the dunes because of a broken love affair but actually she left the city life because her deteriorating eyesight had made her work impossible. She had sought refuge in the rough land that she had enjoyed as a child. Alice moved into an abandoned fisherman’s cottage on the beach and lived a life of peace, borrowing books from the library, walking in the woods and of course, swimming naked in the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. In 1920, Alice met a drifter named Paul Wilson and he moved into the cabin with her. He was an unemployed boat builder with a shaky past but he seemed to make Alice happy and the two of them stayed together until 1922…. when tragedy struck. The badly burned and beaten body of a man was found on the beach and police suspected that Wilson had a hand in the murder. He was questioned but eventually let go. He and Alice moved to nearby Michigan City, Indiana, where they made a small living selling handmade furniture. Alice bore her husband two daughters but he treated her terribly, often beating her severely. In 1925, Alice died in her home, shortly after the birth of her second daughter. The official cause of death was said to be uremia poisoning…complicated by repeated blows to her back and stomach. Wilson disappeared and later tuned up in a California prison, serving time for auto theft. The fate of Alice’s daughters is unknown. Legends of the dunes say that Alice still returns to the beach and the wilderness that she loved so much. Over the years, many have claimed that they have seen the ghostly figure of a nude woman running along the sand or disappearing into the water.

THATS REALLY CREEPY!BUT I’VE BEEN TO THE DUNES A MILLION TIMES AND IVE NEVER EVER SEEN A GHOST.IT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE TO ME BUT IT MAY BE TRUE BUT I DONT BELIEVE IT AND NEITHER SHOULD ANYONE ELSE!

Around 1915, the area that is now the Dunes State Park in northern Indiana was mostly uninhabited wilderness. The stories spread around the vicinity of Chesterton, Indiana that fisherman who were along the beach at certain times of the day had been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a naked woman swimming in the lake. The story spread that a beautiful woman was living as a hermit along the beach and her notoriety grew to a point that many compared her to the ancient Greek goddess Diana…hence the name of this legendary creature.

In truth, her name was Alice Marble Gray and she was the daughter of an influential couple from Chicago. Alice had traveled extensively and was cultured and educated. She had worked in the city as an editorial secretary for a popular magazine, so what had made her take up the lonely life of a recluse.

Some have claimed that Alice came to the dunes because of a broken love affair but actually she left the city life because her deteriorating eyesight had made her work impossible. She had sought refuge in the rough land that she had enjoyed as a child. Alice moved into an abandoned fisherman’s cottage on the beach and lived a life of peace, borrowing books from the library, walking in the woods and of course, swimming naked in the chilly waters of Lake Michigan.

In 1920, Alice met a drifter named Paul Wilson and he moved into the cabin with her. He was an unemployed boat builder with a shaky past but he seemed to make Alice happy and the two of them stayed together until ‘i 922….when tragedy struck. The badly burned and beaten body of a man was found on the beach and police suspected that Wilson had a hand in the murder. He was questioned but eventually let go. He and Alice moved to nearby Michigan City, Indiana, where they made a small living selling handmade furniture. Alice bore her husband two daughters but he treated her terribly, often beating her severely.

In 1925, Alice died in her home, shortly after the birth of her second daughter. The official cause of death was said to be uremic poisoning…complicated by repeated blows to her back and stomach. Wilson disappeared and later tuned up in a California prison, serving time for auto theft. The fate of Alice’s daughters is unknown.

So ended the life of Alice Gray…. or did it? Legends of the dunes say that Alice still returns to the beach and the wilderness that she loved so much. Over the years, many have claimed that they have seen the ghostly figure of a nude woman running along the sand or disappearing into the water.

Perhaps she does still walk here, the trials and pain of her lonely and sad life forgotten, at least for a time, as she vanishes along her beloved beach or disappears into the waters of the lake.

The Dunes State Park is located east of Gary, Indiana, between Miller and Michigan City. Alice is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Gary. Her burial site is lost as she was buried in a common potter’s field.

i dont agree with this story because i went to the dunes and i was not haunted by anything……so im thinking that this story is a FAKE…..anyways i believe that some of these stories are real and some are fake

I have lived here for 29 years and I have never seen nor heard anything in the Dunes. We would go there durring the day and way past closing time. We mostly went to the Chesterton Beach by Splash Down Dunes and Mount Baldy. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I have heard the story about her but have never experienced anything in the Dunes. And to this day me and my family still go there and have seen nothing.

Why are that is really creepy!