July 30th

Saturday

April 23rd

Located in  Fowler, Indiana

One night, two locations

• Haunted Fowler Theater
• Old Benton County Jail

Tickets will be available at the door

You must be at least 18 years of age to attend

The Fowler Theater is an Art-Deco style theater built in 1940 and opened in March of that year and has been a huge part of the community since!  It once held over 440 patrons but now holds roughly two-hundred.  

In 1968, the manager at the time committed suicide, but it isn't known if he killed himself at the theater or elsewhere.  In the early 1990s, the theater went into disrepair and eventually closed in 2001.  Soon after, the Prairie Preservation Group decided to restore, renew, and reopen the old landmark, winning the 2016 Cook Cup Award for Outstanding Restoration.  

Once restoration started, odd things started happening to those working and visiting the building.  It is now the 8th most haunted building in Indiana and one of the top 10 haunted theaters in the Midwest!

• Lights flashing
• Doors opening
• Disembodied voices
• Various sounds
• Lights coming on out of nowhere
• Dick Vlastos, the original owner is seen
• A man in a trench coat and fedora is seen too
• Children are seen and heard
• Front Entrance
  • A little girl peeking over the candy counter
• Auditorium
  • Shadow figures, especially in the third row on the east side of the building
  • Hair being pulled
  • Balls of light
  • Cold spots
• Behind the Stage
  • Shadows moving around
  • Being touched
  • Feeling uncomfortable
• Projection Booth
  • Disembodied voices
  • Young men are often touched and hear voices
  • Feeling uncomfortable near the closet
• Men's Room, Dick Vlastos former office
  • Shadow figures going in
  • Knocks
  • Voices
  • Faucets turning on by themselves

 Saturday

April 23rd

Located in  Fowler, Indiana

One night, two locations

• Haunted Fowler Theater
• Old Benton County Jail

Tickets will be available at the door

You must be at least 18 years of age to attend 

Built just three years after the town of Fowler was established, the jail was opened and remained open from 1876 until 1997.  During the 121 years it was open, only three prisoners escaped

As with any old jail, the sheriff's residence was in this building along with the jail.  There are 12 cells on the first floor where the men were housed with the women being on the second floor and if there weren't women occupying the cells, juveniles would housed there.  In the basement, also known as "the dungeon", there are eight cells where inmates were chained to the wall until they confessed or went insane; padded cells were used for mentally ill patients and violent drunks.

The most infamous inmate was Jacob Nelling.  He was accused of murdering a 15-yeard old girl in 1883 by strangulation and stabbing with a pocket knife.  The citizens of Fowler broke into the jail, dragged him out and lynched him about 200 yards from the family home.  It's said he still haunts the jail to this day!

This is one of the newer locations open to the public so there are still unknown activity to be document

• Strange noises
• Strange voices
• Growls
• Former inmates have been seen and heard