I have been there back in about 1994. Me and 4 friends went to the graveyard. It was rather dark out. We circled the Graveyard. By the way it is shaped in a a circle. As we left i had a thud against my car looked out the window and the “hellhound” was there actually we had 2. Both had the glowing red eyes and the bit. We burned rubber out of there. At the time it was a hidden dirt path but from google satellite view it looks as if they paved it. But I have tested just about every haunting in Howard County. It’s the only one that proved truthful. Bridge in Jerome was a dud. I did hear the story about the satanic church that used to be there. But no documentation on it so it might be just a hyped up part of the story.

My Grandmother lived in the house to the north of the cemetery. (My cousin now lives in a new house built there) I grew up spending a great deal of time at my grandma’s including the cemetery and never experienced anything mentioned here. And yes, I do believe in such things..I have experienced them but never there. Further I have never heard anything about Satanic cults in the area or anything of the sort. There is no way my parents or grandparents (or aunts and uncles who also live in the area) would have allowed my cousins and myself to wander around the area as we did as kids if there was anything to be concerned about. And my family has lived there all my life (40 yrs). My father (Died in 2002 in his 70’s) was born in the house to the North. In other words my family has been there a LONG LONG time. My grandmother was born in Greentown, married and moved into that house in her teens. (She died in her 90’s in 1992). Now I don’t recall ever being in the cemetery at night, but in all my days spent in that area, including the bridge…I have never had any ghostly or even scary experiences there.

I’m a photographer and enjoy doing edgy and surreal pieces and was looking for inspiration. After a recommendation from a friend, I just visited the “infamous” Jerome Cemetery earlier tonight. It’s the wee morning hours now, just took my friend home after reviewing and enhancing the visibility in the photos.

From what I can gather, much of the young adult and teenage crowd of Kokomo are familiar with and quite uneasy about visiting Jerome Cemetery after dark. I’d heard many of the rumors just from the small group of people I know from Kokomo (I’m from Cicero). Mostly 3 different rumors were circulated the most.

Rumor 1- demon dog(s) and caretaker haunt the cemetery and will chase you until you leave.

Rumor 2- a girl was raped and killed down by the bridge and her ghost will sometimes wander into the woods along the edge of the cemetery. (from “eye witness” accounts- apparently she resembles the chick in the well from The Ring)

Rumor 3- the drive for the graveyard is “shaped like a 6″ so going around it three times (making a 6 6 6) will stir up the evil spirits.

Naturally, my curiosity was piqued.

I’d been there once before during the day, but never at night and was anxious to see what i could find. Unfortunately the individual I brought with me was so spooked by the place i only took 7 shots before her pleas of “get back in the car” and “we need to leave now” were more than i could handle. So I reluctantly agreed and we sped out of their as fast as was needed to appease her.

She kept telling me she felt like we were being watched and that something was all around her getting closer and closer the longer we stayed. I was disappointed thinking “surely with only 7 photos I didn’t catch squat…”

I’m glad to say- I was wrong.

First before I divulge my photo info though, let me touch back on the rumors.

#3- the “6″ shaped drive.
Anyone with a little patience can find the tiny town of Jerome with one of the various satellite image map websites out there. The graveyard is an almost perfect circle with a straight line coming out of the north east quadrant of it. Kinda looks like a ping pong paddle… Some how the thought of table tennis does NOT strike the fear of the devil in me.
VERDICT: False.

#2- Freaky female ghost reminiscent of Japanese horror flicks haunting bridge and woods near cemetery.
The number of times I hear this rumor come up, it almost always has about the same details. This tends to make me think there might be a bit of validity to this one. I’ll have to research further, see if I can find actual documented accounts of rape and murder there. My photos however did not have any apparitions resembling The Ring or The Grudge rejects… but with only 5 minutes and 7 photos to go off of…
VERDICT: Inconclusive

#1- Demon dogs and cranky watchmen don’t like visitors after dark.
In the graveyard I saw no signs of red glowing eyes, demonic hounds, nor hooded spirits. On my way OUT however, I saw a dog following my car. All I could make out was his black silhouette against the lighter colored gravel and the occasional glisten of his eyes when they caught the light. By his casual pace and wagging tail, I highly doubt this was a nether-beast looking to rip my throat out- just a wandering neighborhood dog looking to chase a car.
VERDICT- True that people saw a dog. False that he comes from hell.

Finally, let me talk about what I DID find….

Not being able to venture far from the car without my friend freaking- I stepped a few feet into the cemetery, took a photo, rotated a few degrees, took another photo… wash rinse repeat… you get the idea.

When I first looked at Photo 1, it seemed pretty boring. Too dark to see very far in the photo and what WAS there was nothing out of the ordinary. Gravestones, grass, and gravel. I tweaked the contrast and brightness a bit and then I was surprised at what I saw… There appeared to be about 6 very small white orbs scattered about the cemetery. Granted not real exciting as they were barely visible until I upped the brightness.

On to the next photo (#2), again I tweaked the brightness. This time there were about 8 orbs scattered about the graveyard some were a bit larger than before, but the most interesting part of this photo was that there appeared to be 5 more small orbs hovering over one specific stone. I was starting to get excited.

Photo 3 is where it really started to get interesting. I didn’t even have to tweak this photo before I noticed anything. Two distinctly shaped orbs were perfectly captured in the shot. From the perspective, the one toward center must have been only a few feet in front of the camera and about the size of a softball. Keep in mind, it is really dark in the cemetery and you can’t see far at all, every photo was done with a flash, and it surprised me to have it so close but not see it with my own eyes as I was standing there. Makes me really wish I had taken my time with each shot and looked before I pressed the button. My friend that was with me said that she thought she kept seeing lights near her and they seemed to be getting closer while we were there. After tweaking the brightness I noticed there were 5 more orbs as well, but seeing 2 of them so vividly was pretty exciting.

Next shot (#4) had 16 orbs! 4 of which were orbiting one brighter and bigger one just above a grave stone. Seeing this in the photos starts to give you an eerie feeling. Seeing random lights is one thing, but when they start clustering with almost a sense of intelligence you begin to wonder what else is there to experience.

Photo 5 only had 4 orbs and only after I tweaked the brightness so I could see them.

The 6th photo had 10 orbs, all of which I could see without any brightness adjustments. 2 of them were really big and bright compared to the others.

The last photo (#7) seemed about the same as the one before. I apparently didn’t move the shot very far from the previous one because I was rushing to get one more shot before I hopped in the car. However, I caught the same 2 bigger and brighter orbs, that were in the previous shot, once more. What made this exciting was that they had moved! The one toward the center had moved to the right and down a couple feet, while the one to the left in the photo had moved up and to the left about 2 feet. The fact that I caught their movement in the photos added to the validity that it wasn’t just random camera malfunction.

In conclusion, I can’t with 100% certainty say that Jerome Cemetary is haunted, however, I am willing to say without a doubt that it has paranormal activity, and I for one will be investigating further. And I HIGHLY recommend you do the same.

Anyone wanting to join me or simply wanting to see my photos, feel free to contact me. I hope my research was helpful. You can reach me on yahoo IM-

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Goodluck with your own research!

Hogan…Quest Researcher.

In 1847, Hampton Brown migrated to this area from Grant County, in what is now the Jonesboro area. He and many Quakers established this area and opened it up to westward migration after the land was a Miami Indian Reserve. Brown established a mill on the banks of the Wildcat and the town blossomed to compete with the nearby town of Greentown. The town was named after Brown’s son Jerome. When the railroad bypassed Jerome in the early 1880s, and instead went through Greentown, it sealed its fate and the town began to slowly die. The mill was the last one to operate in the county in 1898. The cemetery was established in 1857 and is classified as a pioneer cemetery. The bridge was the first concrete bridge built in the county.

Jerome is a place that gives off a strange vibe for a few reasons. The first notable fact is that it is a very hard place to find unless you know how to get there. There is no direct road you can drive to reach the town, all three roads that lead into the small town dead end to other roads.The town is surrounded by two creeks and woods and is easily missed if you don’t know where your going. Google Earth views shows what Im saying better than trying to describe it. When you do finally find the place , you have a sense of mis-direction or even being lost.

The second obvious fact is that there is a lot of Lore about this place. This goes back many Generations. I was told by my father and he was told by his father from the fifties as a kid. The stories about the cemetery and the bridge seem to change from generation to generation, but the one thing that stays the same is that the town of Jerome will probably aways have its believers that its the place to go for a good scare.

When I was a kid the two houses next to the cemetery wasn’t there and the place was more secluded. The cemetery gets older the farther you go back towards the wildcat creek.

You can see video footage of Quest’s investigation of the cemetery in 2007 on ghost diaries on the web and youtube.

Happy and safe hunting.

ok well if this is real… im gonna take a look for myself and if it doesnt happen the first time then its not real… because first and for most places that are haunted are to strike the first time ok. but i feel that there is a restless spirit in my apartment doesnt bother me much… ive heard the sink run and something touch me but mostly just noise…lol

Me and my friends are the ones responsible for the scaring of people. We used to camp out there in the woods and drink and scare everyone who drove by. Those were the days. I used to live in the house next door and those were my dogs, not any ghostly creatures. But I do enjoy hearing your stories!

I had never heard anything about this hell hound until today. I have been to jerome several times in the mid to late 90’s. Everytime something was just strange about the place. For instance all the road signs were removed for all the curvy roads, when we drove through the town once it was completely dark, then 1\2 hour later every light was on in the whole town. Whenever we drove by in the daytime people would stop what they were doing and stare. The same day we saw a guy on a flat black girls bike stopped at a road and his eyes were not human(undescribable). One time I think in 1996 I went ther and on the sign at the church said “meet people from the 1860’s this sunday” Yeah, I may have not been completely sober at the time but, I been alot of other places and never had any expereinces like this.And I have been with 4 people probably 4 times and another couple people 3 times.

I have really enjoyed reading all these comments. I grew up in Jerome. I lived there for 15 years. Well, in the house at the end of the winding road going out of Jerome south. I walked that winding road, all of Jerome, and the cemetery for years. Nothing unusual. I always love going to cemeteries, just in case it gets exciting. And the bridge, well, I sat at that bridge, and under the bridge more times than I can count. Nothing. The old bridge had a lot of character. Then when I was 14 or 15, they built the new one. I didn’t like it as well. I used to could lay in bed on a quiet night and hear a car drive over the old bridge. It was awesome. Then I watched everyday as they built the new one. It was quite interesting. Seeing a big gaping hole when they took the old bridge out, then the new modern one. It lost it’s allure. Anyway, thanks to all of you for making my day. I would love to go back and run those roads and hte cemetery again. However, it’s more fun if you can do it with someone else. There are so many stories about that town. I love it!

Been at this location twice conducting host hunts at or near the witching hour, have all of the equipment to do it and I’m an experience ghost hunter. Really didnt see much out there, especially no hell dog. My team did get funny feelings when we were out there but that was about it. Picked up a few orbs on digital camera, nothing on infrared, EMP or EVP. Worth going out for the creep factor but nothing else.

I have been out there..it’s been about a year now but I don’t really want to go back..My husband and I were on a motorcycle during the day and once I started walking towards the back part(seems like the older part of it) the hair on my arms stood straight up. I never felt this in my 36 years of life! I wanted to get out of there so I headed back to the bike and once I got on the road (the infamous 6), my uneasy feeling of being watched went away and no more chills!!! Explain that & all the orbs in pictures. My husband wants to go back with his camera but I don’t know if I can. My stepson said he saw a “fuzzy” boy in the cemetery and we didn’t even say ANYTHING to him about all the “spirits”!! Will let you know if I go back but I really doubt it!!!!

OMG I have been there, I somehow got scratches all over my body when I got out. I never wana go there again. I am to scared to even drive close by it. It’s creepy, and I have scars from the scratches I got all over.

Do all of you realize you are talking about two separate Jeromes? Is this one mostly about the one in Arizona?

I recently visited the jerome cemetary along with my son and good friend we drove around and my son spotted it we arrived at 840 pm the sun was setting and believe it or not the temp did drop we all three walked down to the edge towards the back of the cememtary I noticed it really does fall back on the hill I told my friend that it was sad that people would have to go down a hill at some point to bury their loved ones why would it fall to the edge …. Anyhow coming up from the edge my right side of my arm had goose bumps visble to my son and and so did his we compared these to my friend I thought this is weird but my other arm had nothing as his did not either we went to get in the jeep and my son son said did you hear that I thought hear what and he said it said “don’t leave” I heard nothing The strange thing is that we never heard of this place we were driving and my son saw it and said Mom do you see that graveyard we backed up and went in I looked on the internet for this cemetary being old never heard the rumors until the page displayed one thing my son is 9 years old he wasnt afraid to enter and i do believe he heard someone ask him not to leave!

its not that i don’t believe in spirits, but a dog with glowing eyes of fire is gonna be hard to believe i mean i don’t have the courage to attempt going there lol but i just am finding it hard to believe no disrespect….

I live literally right next to the cemetery. we are the first house next to it and those stories aren`t true. I have never seen ghosts ever! the dog story is a lie!
my friend and i just rode our bikes down there and there is NOTHING there.

I was out there last night, in a blacked out police car. The only thing you will find out there if you go around Halloween is me and some of my friends waiting to chase you off. By the way, there is nothing out there.

I lived beside the graveyard for 19 years, literally share a property line with it ( house on the right as you drive in). Ill admit ive messed with people out there but that place still scares the **** out of me sometime. ive seen way too many things out there to say its not haunted. Look for the little girl during the winter thats when she was raped and murdered her scream with chill you to the bone. (every member of my family has had experiences with her)

does anyone know of any scary places in-hawaii,san antonio tx, or south paris maine??? please tell me cause im bored to death with nothing to do i live tx right now i visit my dad and am going to move to hawaii soon.TELL ME ….please ()()
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ok, yo.
so i was here this past weekend. and nada happened. well, i lied.
stuff happened, but i did not see a dog.
:/
howeverrrr, i did see an elderly fellow in jean overalls and a checkered shirt standin over by some trees.
he looked at us, and then when we looked again, he was not there.
we whistled for him, but he did not come back.

kinda made me cry.
hahahahahha.
laterr.

Layermarney, colchester!!! My boyfriend and his m8 walked round church, I was scared waited in car with friends till they got back. They told me and my friend not 2 be silly and look round with them, so we walked round the back as got to corner we head this pack or vishous dogs chacing us we ran for our lives wen got 2 gate no dogs???????? Mad!!!!!!!!!