Some houses are said to be haunted because they look scary, some because they are abandoned, and some just because people like a good story. A fine brick home with lavish woodwork and a wrought iron fence could have been a landmark, but it got a reputation as haunted, for an understandable reason.
Dr. Creed T. and Sophia Douglas Wilson had this house built in Jackson County, Indiana, in 1848. In 1861, their son Aesop wanted to heed President Lincoln's call for men to serve in the Union Army. Sophia objected, as Aesop was only 17 years old. But he ran away and joined the army, serving as a drummer boy. Aesop wrote to his parents, so it was a shock when they heard of his death. They had his body disinterred and sent home, where Sophia insisted on keeping his casket in the house, in front of an upstairs window, where she could talk to him. For twelve years. Aesop was only buried when he himself finally told his mother that's what he wanted. It's no wonder that the house was considered haunted by his spirit. Read the full story of Aesop's body at Fishwrap. -via Strange Company