October mystery walk
A fundraising event held annually the week before Halloween:
Click on links below for pictures from a few of the events:
2022—Oct. 28 “Butchery on Bryantsville Pike,” recreated the July 1900 murder of German immigrant, Frank Lenz. The was held on the farm on West U.S. Highway 50 where the murder happened. The dinner and paranormal program took place at the Community Building at the Lawrence County 4-H Fairgrounds. Click for cast picture.
2021—Homicide at Hunky Town, October 29, Mitchell, Ind. The event was located at Lehigh Field. During the walk, the March 1914 murder of Lehigh watchman Harvey Hart was explored through the first-hand accounts of costumed re-enactors.
2019—Reed Station Conflagration 2019—The event’s mystery involves Reed Station, a thriving primarily Italian-immigrant community once located southeast of Avoca.2013—Huron Haunts 2013—history of Huron, an 1861 troop train crash, the murder of a beloved O & M railroad stationmaster, and the gruesome death of a regular lawbreaker.
2013—Huron Haunts 2013—history of Huron, an 1861 troop train crash, the murder of a beloved O & M railroad stationmaster, and the gruesome death of a regular lawbreaker.
2012—Murder Mystery: “Murder Among Friends,” an historic walk, haunted talk and light supper focused on the 1866 murder of James Madison Evans by Dr. Benjamin Newland. Costumed characters told their stories and found possible paranormal evidence. Read about the event as reported in the Times Mail newspaper: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2012/11/23/people.694993.tms
2011—Who killed Sarah Schafer? A halloween re-enactment. Tracing the Footsteps of Sarah Schafer—An unsolved mystery revisited tracing Schafer's footsteps on the night of her 1904 murder.
The event was held Oct. 28. The evening covered the last hours of her life. Schafer was a Bedford High School teacher who was murdered on a stormy night in January 1904, and the case was never solved. The event began with an historic walk, in which costumed characters told versions of the events happening the night Schafer was murdered. The evening commenced with a haunted talk by Believe Paranormal and a soup dinner at the First Christian Church. Read about it as reported in the Times Mail newspaper: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/entertainment.114323.tm
2010—Murder and Mayhem in Mitchell.” The Oct. 29 event began with a guided tour around downtown Mitchell to the sites of many deaths that happened in the area. Re-enactors along the route, gave insight into what happened approximately 100 years ago. The walk included a stop at Whispers Estate, a fabled haunted bed and breakfast that has been the site of various paranormal investigations over the years and has been featured on the Travel Channel. Read about it as reported in the Times Mail newspaper: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/entertainment.662134.tms (this Times Mail website no longer active)
Read about the Mitchell, Indiana Whispers Estate: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2012/03/08/entertainment.220807.tms (this Times Mail website no longer active)