Heady Lane Cemetery
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Heady Lane Cemetery is located in Fishers, Indiana
.
The cemetery
dates back to the early 19th century and has headstone
s for many members of the Heady family in it.
According to a legend surrounding Heady Lane Cemetery there are spirit
s along the Hollow at 126th Street in Fishers at Allisonville Road.
Conner Prairie
keeps the legend alive every Halloween
by telling of how a ghost of a tormented grave-robber
traded in cadaver
s, until one night he dug up his own son's body, haunts the woods that line the roadway.
Another version on the Heady Hollow Legend describes a fire that burned down a schoolhouse and killed several children run by the Heady family in the late 19th century.
The legend goes that the ghosts of children come out on foggy nights not far from Heady Lane Cemetery at Heady Hollow, in Fishers where Allisonville Road intersects at 126th Street a very dark and wooded area prone to fog.
An article explaining the legend of Heady Hallow by Georgianne Neal appeared in the Noblesville Ledger, June 4, 1979.
Heady Hollow was also mistakenly identified on SR 13 in Indiana in Ronald Baker's book "Hoosier Ghosts".
According to the Hamilton County Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inhchs/ records, there was no known school at the location of Heady Hollow.
Unseenpress.com, Inc.http://www.unseenpress.com/ (Historic Indiana Ghost Walks and Tours) includes Heady Hollow and Heady Cemetery on its popular Haunted Hamilton County I bus tour.
Fishers, Indiana
Fishers is a town located in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, with a population of 76,794, according to the 2010 census. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidly in recent decades: about 350 people lived there in 1963, 2,000 in 1980, and only 7,200 as recently...
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Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
dates back to the early 19th century and has headstone
Headstone
A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. In most cases they have the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on them, along with a personal message, or prayer.- Use :...
s for many members of the Heady family in it.
According to a legend surrounding Heady Lane Cemetery there are spirit
Spirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
s along the Hollow at 126th Street in Fishers at Allisonville Road.
Conner Prairie
Conner Prairie
Conner Prairie is an Interactive History Park, or living history museum, in Fishers, Indiana, USA, that preserves the William Conner home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and recreates part of life in Indiana in the 19th century on the White River.-History and...
keeps the legend alive every Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
by telling of how a ghost of a tormented grave-robber
Grave robbing
Grave robbery, grave robbing, or tomb raiding is the act of uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal artifacts or personal effects. Someone who engages in this act is a grave robber or tomb raider...
traded in cadaver
Cadaver
A cadaver is a dead human body.Cadaver may also refer to:* Cadaver tomb, tomb featuring an effigy in the form of a decomposing body* Cadaver , a video game* cadaver A command-line WebDAV client for Unix....
s, until one night he dug up his own son's body, haunts the woods that line the roadway.
Another version on the Heady Hollow Legend describes a fire that burned down a schoolhouse and killed several children run by the Heady family in the late 19th century.
The legend goes that the ghosts of children come out on foggy nights not far from Heady Lane Cemetery at Heady Hollow, in Fishers where Allisonville Road intersects at 126th Street a very dark and wooded area prone to fog.
An article explaining the legend of Heady Hallow by Georgianne Neal appeared in the Noblesville Ledger, June 4, 1979.
Heady Hollow was also mistakenly identified on SR 13 in Indiana in Ronald Baker's book "Hoosier Ghosts".
According to the Hamilton County Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inhchs/ records, there was no known school at the location of Heady Hollow.
Unseenpress.com, Inc.http://www.unseenpress.com/ (Historic Indiana Ghost Walks and Tours) includes Heady Hollow and Heady Cemetery on its popular Haunted Hamilton County I bus tour.