Reeder Road

December 17th, 2008

Reeder Road is located in Griffith, Indiana and is a famous haunted location. Its a five mile road between Griffith and Merrillville, located south off of Oak Ridge park by a wooded area. The main story of this haunted stretch of road concerns a teenager driving down the road in the 1970s. He interacted with a ghost while speeding around. It was a girl who told him that her car had broke down and she needed a ride home. When driving by Ross Cemetery, the girl vanished. The legend is that this girl was killed in a car accident in 1955 and was buried in the cemetery after the incident.

Another local legend talks about walking-down Reeder Road for an hour and a half from the direction of Griffith. When you look to the right, you will see a church painted white that dates back to the early 1900s. While walking by, you will hear the screams of a congregation that a malicious pastor killed many years before. One other legend is if you walk along the train tracks that parallel the road, a man dressed in black will start to walk towards you in the distance. Since the late 1980s, the road has been closed and is barricaded by yellow objects.

(Source: Belanger, Jeff. Encyclopedia of Haunted Places. 2005.)

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  1. Dan
    April 8th, 2010 at 02:27 | #1

    Reeder Road on The Griffith Side Has a No Trespassing Sign Up and a No Turn Around Sign Up. Cops Stake it out and will bust you. If you go back there. 4/8/2010

  2. Cheryl
    May 25th, 2010 at 02:31 | #2

    I was just there tonight and didnt see any no trespassing signs? I usually go in at the start of the road over in Griffith off of the main Redar Road that has the buildings and houses on it. Ive been there atleast 9-10 times without any issues. I also have gotten some interesting pics. We have yet to go to Ross cemetery and the chapel!

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