During the 1950s and 60s, an urban legend caused one homeowner to put a fence around his property when people were constantly showing up to see his house in person.
The Most Popular Urban Legend in Indiana
Every place has its urban legends, and Indiana is no exception. Britannica describes urban legends as nothing more than local folklore.
Urban legend, in folklore, a story about an unusual or humorous event that many people believe to be true but that is not true.
Recently, Explore named each state’s most popular urban legend, and they named the House of Blue Lights as Indiana’s. Many of the stories you hear about local lore are harmless, some are even fun. But Indiana’s most popular urban legend had very real-life implications for one Hoosier.
The House of Blue Lights
On any given night in the 1950s and 60s, curious thrill-seekers would flock to one Indianapolis home because it gave off a mysterious blue glow. The legend surrounding the infamous blue-lit house was one of a man whose beloved wife died, so he did what any normal person would do: he wrapped her casket in blue lights and propped it up in the house as a symbol of his mourning…