Actually the yellow house behind the mansion is the house that was originally built by the Beardsleys and how i know this is because im gonna move in it this year and it has two stained glasses in and beautiful woodwork in it. Its a masterpeice.

My grandmother was the daughter of Arthur and Stella Beardsley. She grew up in the Ruthmere House and entertained us with her many wonderful happy memories. The Beardsleys were an are the greatest sort of folks and to think that Ruthmere is haunted is pure hogwash.

is there any reason y no one lives in it now?

My grandmother was Olive Beardsley. (Edwards sister) I was raised in her household. She grew up in the Ruthmere Mansion and had many wonderful stories about it. e.g. Ruthmere was the first residence in Indiana to have an elevator.
As her father built the house it would seem that there wouldn’t be many
possible candidates to haunt the place. Unless it was built on an Indian burial ground. My grandmother never mentioned anything like that to me. However I firmly believed grandmother had some kind of Extra Sensory Perception.(E.S.P) For example…later in life when ever I was in a jam about something (business, relationships etc) she would call me in the middle of the night and the first thing i would hear her say was “Whats the matter?” She would know when I was struggling with something.
I lost touch with the Beardsleys after they moved to Arizona and my grandmother passing away. If there are any Beardsley descendants who would like to correspond I would be thrilled to hear from you.
Sincerely,
John at revengesArthur Earl

My grandmother was Olive Beardsley. She grew up living in Ruthmere and never mentioned anything about the place being haunted. I lost touch with the beardsleys after they moved to Arizona and my grandmother passing away. If there are any Beardsley descendants who would like to correspond then I would be thrilled to hear from you. I can be reached at Jazzism50@aol.com
Sincerely,
John Arthur Earl

I NEVER RULE OUT ANY STORY TONIGHT I WAS OUT THERE LOOKING AT THE PLACE AND WAS CREEPED OUT AT WHAT ME AND THREE FRIEND SAW,ONE OF THE DOWN STAIRS LIGHTS CAME ON AND YOU COULD SEE A MAN IN THE WINDOW, SECOND THE SHADES IN THE BASEMENT WENT UP THEN DOWN, YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE A LITTLE GIRL SITTING IN THE WINDOW OG THE SECRET GARDEN, SO IF YOU ASK ME THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, I GO LOOKING FOR PLACES LIKE THIS TO CHECK OUT OLL THE TIME SOME ARE FACK SOME ARE REAL THIS PLACE IS FOR REAL ANOTHER PLACE IS WINDCHESTER MANSION THAT PLACE IS AS HAUNTED AS IT GETS TRUST ME.

ok there is this old house behind higland trailer park out the back gate that burnt down if u look to ur right u can see it plainly i guess the story behind it is that the husband went off to work and the wife supposidly quit smoking but didnt she wzs cooking dinner and one of 2 things happened she dropped her ciggertte while slepping or while cooking the house caught on fire the worst part iss there was a grandma and a pair of twins and iguess the grandma was knitting and feel asleep and the kids were playing up stairs the biy twin jumped and got hung by a hook taht hung from the outside tree and the girl twin jumped and broke her neck and the father didnt even go to their funeral and iguess if u go to the house when it gets late if u walk up tpo the front window the grandma stabs u with her knitting needle and if u go near the hook when its late u see the whole thing happen over again and then i guess somthing bad can happen no one knows what but ive had this exsprience and i went and knocked on the door well actually my friend did 2 and iguess the door opened when my friend knocked when i knocked on only heard a little noise like a knock and if u put ur ear to the door uhear what happened its located on if u go to ososlo road look for a singh for highland trailer park it depends wich way ur going its either the one farthest to your right well if u go in that one keep going striaght except when uget near the place when u stop going straight turn at the stop singh keep going staraight until u reach the back gate then drive out slowly and look to ur right and its in elkhart,indiana ive lived here for eleven yeard it gets pretty crazy and the story about the highdive tower is definetly truje my friend patricia has went in it and if u loo kat the door there is a bloody handprint and u can somtimes hear a girl screaming from falling down stairs or ucan hear a guy scream and a window break and u hear thud well thats it sincerely,sarah and patricia

I have been past the ruthemere mansion and nothing. I have beenn to high dive and i have heard noises. I also know that there is a house on division street that is haunted, aka the old faith missions womens house.

ok well i havent heard or seen anything goin on in the ruthmere museum. So all this **** is fake ya heard…..also its empty because its meant to be a museum now but if someone had a chance to buy it, it would be me lol jk so maybe i couldnt really but i doubt they will sell this year

ok i highly doubt that anything in that mansion happens but i did see a glimpse of a white mist in the window by the garage but i wasnt sure though…also no 1 will move into it because right now its just meant to be a museum and u could go there for free family tours on sunday. cya all lata

Karla says:
October 22, 2007, 4:45 pm

Does anyone know the story about the Cable Line Monster in Elkhart IN? It was near where the dead man’s tree was. About 25 years ago a kid on a motorcycle hit the tree with such an inpact his outline scarred the tree. It was that way for years on Cable Line Road. Last time I was in IN the tree had been cut down.

i do remember as a kid this tree and my exfather in law telling me the story of the person on the motorcycle and we did stop to look at the tree….all the bark was gone on the tree where the person hit it and it did look like a person on the tree as for it being haunted there i dont know never been there at night or long enough to find out

I used to work for a local security company here in Elkhart. We had audio monitoring of this house. Meaning, sound would set off the alarm, and we could hear everything going on inside this home. I could hear the old pipes banging, and it was obvious. But the laughter and humming of a child or woman would also be heard. We would also hear things that sounded like furniture moving, or a dragging sound. Upon calling the contact keyholder, they would confirm that nobody should be in the home, and after a walk-through, they would again confirm that nobody was there.

I am 59 years old and have lived in Elkhart all my life. This is about the cable line road, which is south of town in the area of the farmers market that was recently closed down. Even I’m not sure anymore exactly which road it was since the power company removed the large cables. It’s been quite a looonggg…. time since this happened to me and my father, 44 ??? years..or so.
First off I want to say that at the time nothing seemed that odd too me however my father was scared out of his wits. What the heck, I was a dumb teenager who didn’t know any better.
Also, I never heard of ‘the monster’, back in the 60′s it was ‘the witch of the cable line road’there were some pretty messy accidents as well as other odd things probably due to the low wires along the road. But you know how people are!!!
My father sold cars and was determined that I was going to get my license as soon as possible so even though I wasn’t old enough he was teaching me to drive. This did NOT happen even close to midnight but was just after dark, around 8:30, and to best of my memory was summer, not fall.
He insisted that I know how to drive on all kinds of roads and knew just where to find this perfectly awful dirt/gravel one was…right off cable line road. All I thought at the time was YUCK…!!!!!!!!!
So here I was driving the road of my ‘dreams’ fields on the left and woods on my right when ‘she’ walked out of the woods ahead of the car. She walked to the middle of the road and stood there with her hands out swaying a little from side to side,like she needed help. Even though it’s been years I still remember she was thin and wore a faded dress that was longer than was worn in the 60′s, mid shin maybe but not longer. Her face looked kind of haggered but I got the notion she might be less than 30 years old.
My father freaked, STOP!! He yelled in my ear. I kept going…she needed help and there weren’t any houses nearby…was what I said. He got mad and took over the car slamming on the brakes and BACKING, at full speed all the way back up the ‘road of my dreams’ until we got back to the cable line road. He was terrified, I honestly thought he was going to have a heart attack and we got home in record time that evening.
All he said at the time was it had probably been a trick to get us to stop and then rob us but not a lot of that sort of thing was going on around here back in the 60′s. Well I guess things change, don’t they???
That’s what happened to me and none of it seemed unusual until I started telling people the next day thats when my older brother said I’d seen ‘the witch’.
In any case my father never forgot!!!

CC i have seen a person like a shadow in the lighthouse windows my dad didint believe me.

i have lived in elkhart since 92.. I have always herd it was haunted..Also herd that hter are hidden slve tunnels underneathe where slaves would travel and some died..I have seen lights go on and off. The last time i seen them go on and off it was passed midnite.Who would have been in the house after midnite???..I do believe in ghost . I have had a cuple of exspriences with ghost.. I say check it out for yourself..

I live in Elkhart and walk by the Ruthmere mansion nearly every day and i have not seen, felt, or heard anything strange or worrisome this is a beutiful piece of elkhart history that is being disrespected and lied abt on this webpage.