Circle City Paranormal

History

The legend of the spectral woman is just as strange. In his book Haunted Indiana, author Mark
Marimen tells of a young woman who came to the region from the east. Her husband went to
work in one of the local quarries and they settled down and had a daughter. One afternoon, her
husband was killed in a dynamite explosion at the quarry and was buried in Stepp Cemetery.
After that, her daughter became her entire life and she watched over her constantly as she got
older, attended school and later met a young man of her own. But unfortunately, her happiness
was not to be. One rainy night, when coming home from a date, the young couple was killed in
auto accident. In a repetition of the earlier tragedy, the daughter too was buried in Steep
Cemetery. Her mother would never recover from the girl’s death.

Soon, she began to make nightly treks to the cemetery, where she would sit for hours, talking
to her dead husband and daughter as if they were still alive. An old tree stump that was near to
the graves made a comfortable, makeshift chair for her visits. It was here where locals who
passed by the cemetery began to see a woman in black sitting and weeping as the sun fell
from the sky. It was said that if anyone approached her, she would run away and hide in the
woods and would not return until they had gone. Soon, local residents began to avoid the
graveyard, as it was believed the woman was crazy.

Eventually, she too died and, according to the legend, was also buried in Stepp Cemetery. Her
spirit is still said to be restless today though, lingering in the graveyard and watching over the
remains of her family. Many people believe that her ghost can still be seen at Stepp on nights
of the full moon, when the woman in black returns to the stump and is visible to those of us
still among the living. Those who doubt the legend to be true should take into account the
many strange sightings that have taken place over the years. The most chilling encounters
take place when visitors leave the cemetery shaken after having seen a black figure rise from
the old tree stump and turn toward them in the darkness. The descriptions they give of the
woman in black are strikingly similar as well. She is said to have long, white hair, although she
is not old, but rather the color was bleached from her hair by shock.

Those who do not see the mournful apparition still often have their own tales to tell. It has been
said that strange sounds sometimes emanate from the cemetery grounds. Law enforcement
officials and park rangers are said to have received reports of a woman sobbing in the
cemetery at night. When they go to check and see if anyone is injured or ill, they find that no
one is there.

Investigation

This investigation was done in the early days of Circle City Paranormal before we had
generators and enclosed tents. Therefore we only investigated with camcorders audio and
camcorders. the night was in the falls and with the wind and the rustling of leaves in th e forest
all of our audio was contaminated. Stepp is a isolated place and hard to find, however there was
a few local kids out which as most of us know can hurt true investigations. So we investigated
it for a few hours then packed it up and ended the investigation.