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Stepp Cemetery is a cemetery located off of Old State Road 37 in the Morgan-Monroe State Forest. It has been the center of a number of urban legends over the years. Many of them have been explained or dis-proven.

The land that the cemetery sits on was originally owned by Reuben Stepp, who purchased it in 1856. He sold it to Will Peterson in 1884 when he moved to Texas. The State of Indiana purchased it in 1929. The trustees of Benton Township maintain the cemetary while the surrounding area is maintained by the Department of Natural Resources.

Graves in the cemetary date from the 1870s up until 2004.

Hauntings

The only verified hauntings are that of John Findley, who claims that for 2 or 3 weeks in August 1966, him and a friend "haunted" Stepp Cemetery.

External links

• Eerie stories draw curiosity seekers, vandals to Stepp Cemetery - Herald Times, August 21, 2001
• Update: Another Stepp Cemetery myth bites the dust - Herald Times, August 26, 2001
• My night in the Stepp Cemetery - Jon Hancuff, Herald Times, August 12, 2001

Sites containing the legends

• Never At Rest - Stepp Cemetery
• The Legend of Stepp Cemetery

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