im sorry could this story be more vague. im pretty sure if you find a house old enough, there is a good chance someone died in it. and an even more likely chance if it as old as the civil war.
First the pest House is located in Knightstown, IN. It is said to have been used during a small pox outbreak. Many supposedly died there. There is a story of a women answering the door when no one was home. It sure looks creepy enough to be haunted. I used to drive by every day on my way to work.
Comment by Roberta Wilkinson | 03.17.2006 | 12:49 am
The pest house is just down th eroad from and it is the creepest and scarist house i have ever seen in my life and i n a few days im doind a school project on it wow am i gonna be scared!!!!!!!!!
the pest house is a haounted house filled with spirits. the most common spirit is about the lady in the black dress. she is known for theowing furniture out the windows, and answering the door when nobody is supposed to be home.
Yes there is a married couple that lives in the pest house at this present time. I live right beside this house and I have seen ghost by first hand. 2yrs ago a reporter came to the house to speak with the lady of the house a lady of color opened the door and quickly said ” no one is home ” and shut the door. The reporter walked away toward the driveway and that is the reporter met up with the owners of the house. They then was informed of the lady who opened the door. They searched and noone was in the house.
I think the word (HAUNTED),is far fetched ,and looked at in many aspects.I have always beieved that anywhere a person has rooted their self ,or have spent a large amount of time at,their is always apart of them left there,spiritually.The pest house was a place where people with noncurable infections resided.People spent their remaining days there ,so as far as being haunted no ,but i could almost state my life that there are many people still calling it home,but no threat to no one.
I actually know the owner’s well, and I have babysat there before. They have two younger girls. All I can say is that it is the last time I will ever go to that house. Very, very creepy.
I have seen this house from the outside & yes it does look to me as if it very well could be haunted. My husband’s Grandmother had a sister that was placed there, & she died there. His grandparents are religious people & I believe in the tales they’ve shared with us. But pretty much of Knightstown knows of this house & has been by it, just to check it. I’d like to see for myself of this haunting.
I also live in a house that was built in the 1900’s & it’s haunted & my kids have encountered with a little boy. I have personally heard noises upstairs when noone was home. Toys will go off by themselves & this one room that noone has used in the past 37 years has an eeeerie feel to it, I’d like for my house to be checked out. On Valentine’s Day is the most active time I have seen & heard things in our place here in Knightstown. I have been told that there was a little boy died here possibly from TB in the 1900’s my son who’s 7yrs’ old has never been told any of this & he can describe events & the little boy.
Yes i would like some more info on this or contacts to tje owners of this house. Could anyone help please I would like to do a investigation. email me sunfisher302@hotmail.com Thanks
I was wondering, cause i dont know the whole story, how many actually died in that house?
Comment by snaketamer_1991@yahoo.com | 12.10.2007 | 1:36 pm
If so many of you disbelieve in the paranormal…why are you visiting the website??? I grew up hearing ghost stories everything from “the man who waves lanterns at passing trains” to “the voice that led them to money buried in the yard” Do I believe? I don’t really know. But I am curious!
I used to work with an older gentleman who knew the owners of this house (or at least the owners at that time)and had visited them often. He told me that the house was used during the small pox epidemic, and so became known as ‘the house of pestilence’. He spoke of it being very haunted and claimed to have experienced it first hand. Though the details of his account are unfortunately a bit vague to me now, his description of that house left enough of an impression that I never forgot the name. He certainly did not normally tell stories like that!
Our group is going to be investigating this home very soon with the agreemant of the owners. We will be the first paranormal investigating team to ever investigate the home.
Comment by Resarch & Investigating Paranormal Society | 01.26.2008 | 6:32 pm
Ok.. you all have it wrong my grandparents and their four kids (including my mom) lived in that house most of their lives. The house is haunted and the lady in the black dress didn’t answer the door when no one was home she would come and knock on the door be there one minute and gone the next, and she never threw furnature out the windows. My uncles have experienced many things in that house, to many stories to name but i can tell you that i remember being in that house when i couldnt even walk and seeing things that happened for no reason. I am not scared to go back though as no one who has lived there has ever been hurt, is the house haunted…yes i believe so and so does my whole family.
Ok.. you all have it wrong my grandparents and their four kids (including my mom) lived in that house most of their lives. The house is haunted and the lady in the black dress didn’t answer the door when no one was home she would come and knock on the door be there one minute and gone the next, and she never threw furnature out the windows. My uncles have experienced many things in that house, to many stories to name but i can tell you that i remember being in that house when i couldnt even walk and seeing things that happened for no reason. I am not scared to go back though as no one who has lived there has ever been hurt, is the house haunted…yes i believe so and so does my whole family
The “Pest House” was built by Charles Dayton Morgan and his wife, Alvira Woods Morgan sometime between 1867 and 1878. It is French Second Empire in style, and it sits high on a bluff overlooking Blue River and the Blue River Valley. It’s curved french-mansard roof and tall tower, along with the setting itself, loan it the “haunted house” appearance/atmosphere. When Mrs. Morgans health begain to fail, the family returend to thier former home in Knightstown. The house was closed down. When smallpox broke out in 1902, the city of Knightstown purchased the home from banker Morgan to use as a “Pest House” or isolation hospital. Patients were taken to the home via a spring-board wagon called “The Black Mariah.” It is pure speculation as to the number of deaths that ocurred in the home, but there are records available that list the names of the victims. Consult the Henry County Historical Society for exact details. The house does have a colorfull history behind it. Following the epidemic, a family by the name of Louis purchased the home. Mrs. Lewis and her husband were Purdue graduates in engineering. Mrs. Lewis herself put in a steam heating system, while her husband was abroad building bridges. After the Lewis family left the home, it set empty through the 1950’s and 1960’s. In the late sixties and early 1970’s it was purchased by an Indianapolis businessman, pretty much for the soul purpose for hosting Halloween parties. A local Knightstown/Indianapolis ad man and his wife purchased the home from him, and began serious restoration efforts in the early 70’s. The next owners were another local family.The wife is a newspaper journalist and wrote a series of articles depicting her years and experinces of living in what may very well be, Indiana’s most celebrated haunted house. Consult the Courier Times in New Castle Indiana for details of this series of newspaper articles. I’m not certain who the present owners are. The home sold again around 1995, and unfortunatley they’ve made some rather offensive and historically inacurate changes to the homes exterior, such as adding ugly aluminum storm windows, that do not fit the profile of the homes architecture. The house is sizeable, but given its proximity to Indianapolis, it would be nice to see the home purchased by someone with enough funds to restore the home to its orginal apperance, altough make note this would cost millions, not just hundreds of thousands. The house has provided generations of locals, substantual fodder for urban legand and folklore. The Morgans were a wonderful, accomplished, and interesting family. In conversations with Morgan family members now passed, they were not very fond of all the stories circulating around their family home. It was by their account, a happy home. The Morgans had six children. For factual information, please contact the two sources mentioned above.
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Comment by Max | 01.16.2006 | 2:16 pm
im sorry could this story be more vague. im pretty sure if you find a house old enough, there is a good chance someone died in it. and an even more likely chance if it as old as the civil war.
Comment by jenn | 01.17.2006 | 8:43 am
there needs more backgroung
Comment by Courtney&Cheyenne | 02.5.2006 | 1:23 pm
eww! there needs to be more story to back up the main idea.
Comment by nicole | 02.11.2006 | 7:43 pm
this scares me as i hav been to quarantine station with my friend and it was gross and scary as i am scared that i will catch the desieses
Comment by Ella | 02.22.2006 | 11:39 pm
First the pest House is located in Knightstown, IN. It is said to have been used during a small pox outbreak. Many supposedly died there. There is a story of a women answering the door when no one was home. It sure looks creepy enough to be haunted. I used to drive by every day on my way to work.
Comment by Roberta Wilkinson | 03.17.2006 | 12:49 am
The pest house is just down th eroad from and it is the creepest and scarist house i have ever seen in my life and i n a few days im doind a school project on it wow am i gonna be scared!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Amanda Marlowe | 03.28.2006 | 2:55 pm
the pest house is a haounted house filled with spirits. the most common spirit is about the lady in the black dress. she is known for theowing furniture out the windows, and answering the door when nobody is supposed to be home.
Comment by chelsea | 03.28.2006 | 2:58 pm
Does anyone currently live at this house? What is the actual address of this place. Has anyone witnessed this or have an actual footage? Just curious.
Comment by Brandon | 04.13.2006 | 1:33 pm
Yes there is a married couple that lives in the pest house at this present time. I live right beside this house and I have seen ghost by first hand. 2yrs ago a reporter came to the house to speak with the lady of the house a lady of color opened the door and quickly said ” no one is home ” and shut the door. The reporter walked away toward the driveway and that is the reporter met up with the owners of the house. They then was informed of the lady who opened the door. They searched and noone was in the house.
Comment by skye | 04.27.2006 | 10:12 pm
I think the word (HAUNTED),is far fetched ,and looked at in many aspects.I have always beieved that anywhere a person has rooted their self ,or have spent a large amount of time at,their is always apart of them left there,spiritually.The pest house was a place where people with noncurable infections resided.People spent their remaining days there ,so as far as being haunted no ,but i could almost state my life that there are many people still calling it home,but no threat to no one.
Comment by ashley | 04.27.2006 | 10:31 pm
i agree with nicole also this story is really great so scary am scared to death already omg HELP MI ya right
Comment by shirley | 05.22.2006 | 12:10 am
Idiots
Comment by Factiod | 08.31.2006 | 12:19 pm
I actually know the owner’s well, and I have babysat there before. They have two younger girls. All I can say is that it is the last time I will ever go to that house. Very, very creepy.
Comment by Jessica | 09.5.2006 | 3:28 pm
I have seen stuff in the pest house and heard about what has gone on in the pest house and i stay far away from that place i as i can!
Comment by clint white | 09.9.2006 | 11:08 am
u guys all suck ****!!
Comment by dan | 10.9.2006 | 2:06 pm
teeth grinding
Trackback by teeth grinding | 10.12.2006 | 2:40 pm
this is not true this guys a FAKE FAKE FAKE
Comment by Ryan | 10.29.2006 | 9:19 pm
I have seen this house from the outside & yes it does look to me as if it very well could be haunted. My husband’s Grandmother had a sister that was placed there, & she died there. His grandparents are religious people & I believe in the tales they’ve shared with us. But pretty much of Knightstown knows of this house & has been by it, just to check it. I’d like to see for myself of this haunting.
I also live in a house that was built in the 1900’s & it’s haunted & my kids have encountered with a little boy. I have personally heard noises upstairs when noone was home. Toys will go off by themselves & this one room that noone has used in the past 37 years has an eeeerie feel to it, I’d like for my house to be checked out. On Valentine’s Day is the most active time I have seen & heard things in our place here in Knightstown. I have been told that there was a little boy died here possibly from TB in the 1900’s my son who’s 7yrs’ old has never been told any of this & he can describe events & the little boy.
Comment by Tracy Thompson | 11.1.2006 | 12:26 am
freaky…. :I
Comment by OMFG | 12.26.2006 | 6:20 pm
Can i get fries with that crabby patty?
Comment by Mark Lenox | 02.7.2007 | 4:52 pm
Yes i would like some more info on this or contacts to tje owners of this house. Could anyone help please I would like to do a investigation. email me sunfisher302@hotmail.com Thanks
Comment by sunfisher302 | 02.15.2007 | 1:58 am
can some body please tell me an address for this house. I am very interested and have to see it!
Comment by charlene | 03.15.2007 | 1:05 pm
How are they haunting they died of fetal disease that don’t make any sence 2 me.
Comment by veronica | 03.27.2007 | 9:12 pm
I would like to know where this house is located and the correct address, I travel to Indiana All the time from ohio, very interested.
Comment by Felicia | 06.27.2007 | 8:25 pm
thats so ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!how did u come up with that!GAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY
Comment by KAYLEIGH | 08.7.2007 | 1:55 pm
yeah right you guys think this stuff is a joke but if you really open your eyes and paid attention the house you live in could very well be haunted
Comment by funk | 10.4.2007 | 11:00 pm
the is ****
Comment by dylanh | 12.9.2007 | 5:54 pm
I was wondering, cause i dont know the whole story, how many actually died in that house?
Comment by snaketamer_1991@yahoo.com | 12.10.2007 | 1:36 pm
If so many of you disbelieve in the paranormal…why are you visiting the website??? I grew up hearing ghost stories everything from “the man who waves lanterns at passing trains” to “the voice that led them to money buried in the yard” Do I believe? I don’t really know. But I am curious!
Comment by kiki | 01.2.2008 | 10:35 pm
I used to work with an older gentleman who knew the owners of this house (or at least the owners at that time)and had visited them often. He told me that the house was used during the small pox epidemic, and so became known as ‘the house of pestilence’. He spoke of it being very haunted and claimed to have experienced it first hand. Though the details of his account are unfortunately a bit vague to me now, his description of that house left enough of an impression that I never forgot the name. He certainly did not normally tell stories like that!
Comment by tbird | 01.4.2008 | 2:58 am
Our group is going to be investigating this home very soon with the agreemant of the owners. We will be the first paranormal investigating team to ever investigate the home.
Comment by Resarch & Investigating Paranormal Society | 01.26.2008 | 6:32 pm
Ok.. you all have it wrong my grandparents and their four kids (including my mom) lived in that house most of their lives. The house is haunted and the lady in the black dress didn’t answer the door when no one was home she would come and knock on the door be there one minute and gone the next, and she never threw furnature out the windows. My uncles have experienced many things in that house, to many stories to name but i can tell you that i remember being in that house when i couldnt even walk and seeing things that happened for no reason. I am not scared to go back though as no one who has lived there has ever been hurt, is the house haunted…yes i believe so and so does my whole family.
Comment by brittany | 02.1.2008 | 2:38 pm
Ok.. you all have it wrong my grandparents and their four kids (including my mom) lived in that house most of their lives. The house is haunted and the lady in the black dress didn’t answer the door when no one was home she would come and knock on the door be there one minute and gone the next, and she never threw furnature out the windows. My uncles have experienced many things in that house, to many stories to name but i can tell you that i remember being in that house when i couldnt even walk and seeing things that happened for no reason. I am not scared to go back though as no one who has lived there has ever been hurt, is the house haunted…yes i believe so and so does my whole family
Comment by brittany | 02.1.2008 | 2:39 pm
ok that was so supid!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by sally | 02.12.2008 | 1:15 pm
The “Pest House” was built by Charles Dayton Morgan and his wife, Alvira Woods Morgan sometime between 1867 and 1878. It is French Second Empire in style, and it sits high on a bluff overlooking Blue River and the Blue River Valley. It’s curved french-mansard roof and tall tower, along with the setting itself, loan it the “haunted house” appearance/atmosphere. When Mrs. Morgans health begain to fail, the family returend to thier former home in Knightstown. The house was closed down. When smallpox broke out in 1902, the city of Knightstown purchased the home from banker Morgan to use as a “Pest House” or isolation hospital. Patients were taken to the home via a spring-board wagon called “The Black Mariah.” It is pure speculation as to the number of deaths that ocurred in the home, but there are records available that list the names of the victims. Consult the Henry County Historical Society for exact details. The house does have a colorfull history behind it. Following the epidemic, a family by the name of Louis purchased the home. Mrs. Lewis and her husband were Purdue graduates in engineering. Mrs. Lewis herself put in a steam heating system, while her husband was abroad building bridges. After the Lewis family left the home, it set empty through the 1950’s and 1960’s. In the late sixties and early 1970’s it was purchased by an Indianapolis businessman, pretty much for the soul purpose for hosting Halloween parties. A local Knightstown/Indianapolis ad man and his wife purchased the home from him, and began serious restoration efforts in the early 70’s. The next owners were another local family.The wife is a newspaper journalist and wrote a series of articles depicting her years and experinces of living in what may very well be, Indiana’s most celebrated haunted house. Consult the Courier Times in New Castle Indiana for details of this series of newspaper articles. I’m not certain who the present owners are. The home sold again around 1995, and unfortunatley they’ve made some rather offensive and historically inacurate changes to the homes exterior, such as adding ugly aluminum storm windows, that do not fit the profile of the homes architecture. The house is sizeable, but given its proximity to Indianapolis, it would be nice to see the home purchased by someone with enough funds to restore the home to its orginal apperance, altough make note this would cost millions, not just hundreds of thousands. The house has provided generations of locals, substantual fodder for urban legand and folklore. The Morgans were a wonderful, accomplished, and interesting family. In conversations with Morgan family members now passed, they were not very fond of all the stories circulating around their family home. It was by their account, a happy home. The Morgans had six children. For factual information, please contact the two sources mentioned above.
Comment by brogdon ayres | 06.10.2008 | 10:11 pm