Walk Indianapolis's most haunted locations. 14 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Indianapolis hides its dead in plain sight. The most haunted places here include an abandoned asylum, an Underground Railroad safe house, and the oldest bar in the state. Central State Hospital performed lobotomies and insulin shock therapy on patients for 146 years — the pathology amphitheater still holds the equipment. Hannah House, built in 1858, sheltered escaped slaves; a fire killed several people hiding in the basement, and the smell of smoke still appears without source. The Slippery Noodle Inn has operated since 1850 as a way station, brothel, and blues club — chains and crying come from the storage area where fugitives once hid. Poet James Whitcomb Riley died in his study in 1916, and his rocking chair still moves on its own. Walk 14 free, self-guided stops across the city's darkest corners.
You stand in the pathology building of Central State Hospital, where doctors performed autopsies on asylum patients for 146 years. The amphitheater st...
You enter Indiana's oldest bar, operating since 1850 as way station, brothel, and blues club. The basement sheltered fugitive slaves on the Undergroun...
You walk through Union Station, opened 1888, where millions passed through during the golden age of rail. The Grand Hall echoes with phantom train whi...
You descend into the catacombs beneath City Market, built in the 1880s as storage vaults. These brick tunnels run for blocks beneath downtown, connect...
You tour the Victorian mansion where poet James Whitcomb Riley lived until his death in 1916. His study remains exactly as he left it—desk, books, pip...
You enter the Murat Theatre, a 1920s movie palace and vaudeville house now hosting concerts and Broadway tours. The balcony is where the activity cent...
You visit the home of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison, who lived here before and after his White House term. His wife Caroline died of tuberculo...
You stand where the old City Hospital stood for over a century, treating Indianapolis's poor and dying. The original buildings are mostly demolished, ...
You descend to the Statehouse basement, where tunnels connect to other government buildings. Night security reports footsteps in the rotunda above whe...
You climb to the overlook in Crown Hill, one of America's largest cemeteries, holding over 200,000 graves including three Vice Presidents, a President...
The Indianapolis ghost tour includes 14 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 14 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 3 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Indianapolis tour is Indiana Medical History Museum at 3045 W Vermont St.
3 stops free in Indianapolis. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.