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