Episode 4 - Top 10 Hoosier Urban Legends: Part 1

Today we have some tales for you that are truly disturbing.  A hatchetman, a murder, a bottomless lake, a mysterious phone call, and a hill where your car goes upwards...apparently by itself.  Sit back, relax and try not to get too spooked as we dive into the first of a two-part episode on some of the creepiest urban legends in Indiana.  

Source Materials:

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

Gravity HIlls.  Retrieved online July 17, 2021.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gravity_hills 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.  “Urban Legends.”  Retrieved online July 17, 2021

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20legends 

Mikkelson, David.  “The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs.”  Snopes. March 29, 1999. Retrieved online July 17, 2021. 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-babysitter-and-the-man-upstairs/ 

Mikkelson, David.  “The Boyfriend’s Death.”  Snopes. January 29, 2001. Retrieved online July 17, 2021. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-boyfriends-death/ 

Mikkelson, David.  “The Roommate’s Death.”  Snopes. June 30, 2011. Retrieved online July 17, 2021. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-roommates-death/ 

Reinhart, Tom.  “The Blue Hole.”  Indiana State University Folklore Archives.  November 25, 1973.  Retrieved July 17, 2021.  http://visions.indstate.edu:8888/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/737