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  • Episodes
    • Season 1
      • Introduction Episode
      • Episode 1: The Cline Avenue Ghost
      • Episode 2: The Glowing Grave of Riverview Cemetery
      • Episode 3: Diana of the Dunes
      • Episode 4: The Wolfman of Versailles
      • Episode 5: The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Accident
      • Episode 6: The Purple Head Bridge
      • Episode 7: The Crosley Monster
      • Episode 8: Fort Sackville Ghosts of Old Vincennes
      • Episode 9: Hoosier College Ghost Stories
      • Episode 10: The Notorious Reeder Road
      • Episode 11: The Devil's Elbow
      • Episode 12: The Legend of Stiffy Green
      • Episode 13: The Legend of the Loup Garou
      • Episode 14: Gypsies Graveyard
      • Episode 15: Hillforest Mansion
      • Episode 16: Haunted Hoosier Restaurants
      • Episode 17: Christmas Superstitions
    • Season 2
      • Episode 1 - Haunted Hoosier Bridges
      • Episode 2 - Spooklight Hill
      • Episode 3 - The Gullywompus and the Pukwudgie
      • Episode 4 - Top 10 Hoosier Urban Legends Part 1
      • Episode 5 - Top 10 Hoosier Urban Legends Part 2
    • Season 3
      • Episode 3.1 - The House of Blue Lights
      • Episode 3.2 - Hoosier Hellhounds
      • Episode 3.3 - Two Terrifying Hoosier Cemeteries
      • Episode 3.4 - Back to the Beginning
      • Episode 3.5: Hoosier Supernatural Powers
      • Episode 3.6: The Lake Manitou Monster
      • Episode 3.7: Haunted Indianapolis Part 1
      • Episode 3.8: Haunted Indianapolis Part 2
      • Episode 3.9: Hoosier Hitchhiking Legends
      • Episode 3.10: School Spirit! Haunted Hoosier Schools
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    • Episodes
      • Season 1
        • Introduction Episode
        • Episode 1: The Cline Avenue Ghost
        • Episode 2: The Glowing Grave of Riverview Cemetery
        • Episode 3: Diana of the Dunes
        • Episode 4: The Wolfman of Versailles
        • Episode 5: The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Accident
        • Episode 6: The Purple Head Bridge
        • Episode 7: The Crosley Monster
        • Episode 8: Fort Sackville Ghosts of Old Vincennes
        • Episode 9: Hoosier College Ghost Stories
        • Episode 10: The Notorious Reeder Road
        • Episode 11: The Devil's Elbow
        • Episode 12: The Legend of Stiffy Green
        • Episode 13: The Legend of the Loup Garou
        • Episode 14: Gypsies Graveyard
        • Episode 15: Hillforest Mansion
        • Episode 16: Haunted Hoosier Restaurants
        • Episode 17: Christmas Superstitions
      • Season 2
        • Episode 1 - Haunted Hoosier Bridges
        • Episode 2 - Spooklight Hill
        • Episode 3 - The Gullywompus and the Pukwudgie
        • Episode 4 - Top 10 Hoosier Urban Legends Part 1
        • Episode 5 - Top 10 Hoosier Urban Legends Part 2
      • Season 3
        • Episode 3.1 - The House of Blue Lights
        • Episode 3.2 - Hoosier Hellhounds
        • Episode 3.3 - Two Terrifying Hoosier Cemeteries
        • Episode 3.4 - Back to the Beginning
        • Episode 3.5: Hoosier Supernatural Powers
        • Episode 3.6: The Lake Manitou Monster
        • Episode 3.7: Haunted Indianapolis Part 1
        • Episode 3.8: Haunted Indianapolis Part 2
        • Episode 3.9: Hoosier Hitchhiking Legends
        • Episode 3.10: School Spirit! Haunted Hoosier Schools
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Episode 1 - Haunted Hoosier Bridges

In this episode, we discuss some of the most well-known haunted Hoosier bridges. We even have a legend about a bridge in Indiana that has ties to the 1893 World’s Fair.

Source Materials:


Baker, Ronald L. Hoosier Folk Legends. Indiana University Press, 1982.

https://bridgehunter.com/in/hendricks/bh44325/


https://www.visithendrickscounty.com/blog/post/the-legend-of-the-avon-haunted-bridge-6286/


https://www.indianahauntedhouses.com/real-haunts/bridges.aspx


https://www.southbendtribune.com/life/travel/outdoor/paddler-seeks-the-haunted-dog-face-bridge-near-san-pierre/article_4bd8615b-d418-5a06-9488-ef697a6d0d94.html


https://www.nwitimes.com/blogs/nwi-history/blog-the-worlds-fair-bridge/article_f38b7fde-f849-533f-93fa-28943af4b328.html

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