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On the Fence

Valpo, Indiana

This house was the site of Indiana’s most atrocious murders. A man came home after a tough day at work and snapped. He decapitated his entire family and placed their heads on fence posts. Before police arrived, the man shot himself in the mouth. Today, the house is haunted. Many have seen heads strewn throughout the house upon first glance only to later see them disappear.

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joplin says:

May 31, 2009, 1:04 pm

well i have not seen any old newspapers at the librery of the farm. but the werid thing is i cant find it on Google earth.

josh says:

June 14, 2009, 11:51 pm

i just came back from there 2night the barn and silo wasnt much to see. but there is a spot that you can get in through the basement the house is very cluttered and it looks like nobody has lived in there for about ten years didnt see anything haunted but still very crepy and gets your adreneline going when a racoon falls 2 feet in front of you . and by the way the way to the house is to follow the trail from the metal gate and you pass a pole barn not the one you see from the rode and from the burned car go right to get to the basement

jake says:

July 7, 2009, 5:38 am

the rumor is that he stuck their heads on a post after he kiiled them. And that his evil spirit still roams the grounds. We investigated this site 4 times and on june 6th 2006 we received a couple of evp’s. One of which was a voice and THE LOUDEST EVP I’VE ever recorded . I’ve been doing this for ten years now, the voice said get out. and you can hear bottles breaking on the floor.

james says:

August 7, 2009, 3:43 am

me and my bro whent there backed up (on a fool moon) shut the truck of whent over the fense seen the head was so fucked up **** so we got back in the truck and it wouldnt even start for like five min then the gas gauge goes all the way down (it was on a full tank) we start heading down the road the radio is flashing (never done this before) and the truck starts chuging for gas and has troble moving wehn we make it to the end of the road we shut the truck off and start it again and the gas gauge goes back up the whole way down the road we some some freaky ****.

Stacy says:

August 12, 2009, 3:05 pm

I have been to the Dewey house with my mom so many times. She once went with my older brother and said that she saw an old fashioned looking truck in the middle of the woods directly across from the house. The weird thing is she saw it only for a few seconds and just like it appeared, it was gone. It feels weird when I go there, almost as though you’re not supposed to be there. We have looked for records of the place, everything was restricted.

badboy24 says:

August 13, 2009, 4:44 pm

Me an my mom always go to the ***** dewey place and i felt someone touch me it is ***** scary

Emilie says:

August 17, 2009, 11:19 pm

When was this murder said to have happened?

Andrew says:

September 7, 2009, 1:57 pm

Ok.. so I went here last night with my friends, and its really freaky. I didnt believe in ghosts all to much till’ last night. You’ll know youre there when you see and old red fence with a no tresspassing sign, and a for sale sign. Anyways one I hopped the fence I heard kids laughing. I didnt worry to much though. Then I walked about 10 steps further from the fence and there is a white shed looking thing.. My friend claims that he saw the door open.. although it did seem like you could see a door moving abit im not sure about it. Keep walking and youll see the Duey barn. Big white barn, pretty freaky looking. I wouldnt suggest going towards it though.. freaky and all.. I didnt really want to get poison ivy or something. Keep walking down the rocky driveway.. This is when it gets really freaky.. First thing I noticed was the dog chain moving and vicious dog barking.. second thing I noticed was an abandoned car. and then I saw the tree with the rope on it.. then I saw the fence with blood stains on it I promise you I saw this.. alast I saw the house, in which my friend kicked the door six times and then we heard a loud shreek and nocks from the other side of the door, on the inside. Thats when my friends and I hauled out of there.

emily says:

September 16, 2009, 4:26 pm

we have been there numerous times and every time that we go you can hear the dogs barking and if that doesnt scare you enough to leave then sit there all i can say is that if you hear these dogs and there is a white car under the willow tree then you better get out of there because you may be the next to have your head on the post once you hear these dogs and start to leave watch behind you youll see the car and two black dogs chase you all the way down to 700 just hope and pray that you make it that far because if you dont then god only knows what will happen to you

MGD says:

September 17, 2009, 11:34 am

I haven’t been for about a year, but I use to take a new group of friends once a week. I have not once heard a dog bark although I did trip over what I thought was a chain near the side garage door.

As you walk up to the house you will notice tons of newspapers lying there. They are rather recent. The car is filled to the top with newspapers and is broken down so I wouldn’t be concerned of someone getting in it and chasing you out.

I’m not sure if you can still make it in, but we use to be abel to go through the side garage door. The garage is full of things but there is a path that leads to the stairs into the house. You will not fall through despite what people tell you. We have had five kids up there at the same time.

The kitchen is disgusting and at one time there was a manican head sittin gon the tabel. Do not let this alarm you. The house is actually really cool. There are a lot of old clothing and if your local you can find some old high school band awards. There are also yearbooks inside of the house. We were never able to find one with the people was assumed lived there, but there were a few from one guy. We name the farthest room on the right hand side after him.

The house is more interesting rather than scary. It can be insanely terrifying if you make it that way. There are tons of things thrown everywhere and bareley any room to walk.

The last time I was there was the only time I ever encountered what I would consider a haunting. Something ahd moved in the garage and a friend of mine went completely insnane. She was crying hysterically and no one knew what she was saying. Some friends of mine took her out and back to the car, but I proceded upstairs. I had gone into a room, looking for something we had lost, (which we never found) and saw the bathroom door close.

There were other kids we didn’t know outside so I immediately figured on of them was in there playing a prank. No one was there when we checked so we hihgtailed it out of there.

My friend was not okay that night. She says it was jsut a bad feeling and a panack attack, but to this day I swear a ghost had gotten a hold of her. She was the most vulnerable and who ever did not want us there was letting us know.

I haven’t been back sine, but I think I’m going to before halloween.

Also, check out the cemtery near by…there are some cool stories that lurk there to!

HAVE A GREAT DAY~

taylor says:

September 30, 2009, 6:51 pm

okay this place is called the duey mansion…i have been there many times..day nd night but have never seen anything…if you go on campbell going towards rodgers lake wood..turn left on 150 and go all the way down to the 2nd 4 way stop sign then take a right then go past the cemetary and then take a right at the T intersection then keep going till there is a bend and it is right there but a few years ago a kid burned the barn down and he didnt shoot himself..he hung himself in the 2nd silo in the far back…there are old antiques and a safe and old cars and such i have never gotten the safe open but it is opened but rusted shut so yea there is a house a barn kinda with the roof colapsed and a burnt car

blake says:

October 9, 2009, 6:22 pm

he actually hung him self in one of thoes big pipe type things comeing out of the ground… i have been there it is all trashes bit once you get near the door you get a parinoied feeling..

joyce says:

October 14, 2009, 1:23 pm

are there any pictures of this place? I can’t seem to find anything on it other than a small article

Emilie says:

October 14, 2009, 7:58 pm

I don’t expect to convince everyone on here that all of this is bullshit, but here’s my attempt. This property is actually my great aunts who has lived there for over 40 years. My dad and other relatives used to play in what is now the destroyed barn at the very front of the property. It was their clubhouse and when I asked them about ever seeing anything haunted they looked at me like I was crazy.

My aunt and (until about 20 years ago) her husband and children lived on the property and built and lived in a house farther back on the property, which is the one referenced by many people on this blog (most recently ‘MGD’). While living there, my great aunt and uncle began to be tormented by people breaking in and vandalizing. People set things on fire and destroyed quite a bit. During her career, my great aunt did nothing but try to help the community. (She is even referenced in a communications textbook for her efforts.) They also fostered stray dogs, which is why I would imagine people see things related to dogs, like chains, etc.
The vandalism kept them up most nights and it got to the point where they were calling the cops endlessly and even chasing around people with shotguns to try to get them off the property. I’m not saying chasing people around with shotguns was necessarily the right way to handle things, but my point is that people were making them miserable nonstop.

As of about 20yrs ago, it has just been my great aunt living on the property. Let me repeat myself though in case some of you missed that: there is a woman in her 80s who owns and still lives on this property. She still calls the cops and shoos people when she can, but after years of nonstop torture there’s only so much an 80yr old woman can do.
Eventually when she dies, the property is most likely going to be truned into a subdivision and the ‘haunted’ barn and house will be torn down. Most of your kids won’t even know this place was thought to be haunted. I guess I’ve accepted that if it’s been going on for this long my plea won’t make any of you become more respectful, but I’m hoping that some of you will read this and realize that our community has done nothing but torture this poor woman for years – a woman who spent her career trying to help the very people that keep breaking in and vandalizing.

From what I’ve been told by the people that lived and spent much of their childhood living and playing on the property and in the barn and house there is no reason for anyone to think this place is haunted. I’ve been trying to contact people to send me any newspaper clippings of the supposed murders, but have come up short every time. (If you think you have something though feel free to send me a digital file at emilie_92588@yahoo.com)

If you want the opinion of someone very familiar with the property, it’s not haunted. If you’re one of those people who don’t want to believe that, out of respect for the woman still living there you should just leave it alone. There’s honestly nothing to see – just a dark area at night that your imaginations like to have fun with.

collin says:

October 29, 2009, 2:33 pm

where is this place really at i can never find thehouse can someone tell derection

Melissa Richardson says:

October 31, 2009, 11:00 am

A few years back a group of friend and I decided to go to the Dewey house. We carefully approach the house. It seem quiet, but at the same time felt charged. We worked up the courage to jump the gate. We were almost up to the house when we heard a chain snap and a vicious dog barking and snarling. We ran to the fence. I looked over my shoulder. I could see nothing. After we were back over the fence we decided to investigate more. No one had seen the dog. We climbed back over and cousiously approached the dog house. There was nothing inside. No dog. No speaker.

Cory kurth says:

November 13, 2009, 6:40 pm

bahahaha so this is a forum for the dewey house?
Just so you all know, i am an official paranormal investigator, and the stories are true. but it was a massive cover up in the town. old man dewey DID come home pissed and he did decapitate his wife and daughter, shot is son then shot himself. but the old farm with the caved in house you all go too on 125 is FALSE. The original place is about 2 miles south of there and has been torn down. Thank you Valpo police department :]

mariea says:

December 24, 2009, 12:07 pm

that sounds pretty bad once i wanted too live in valpo. Not me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im never goin there if my mom says i have to then i have too.

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