Culbertson Mansion

William Culbertson, once the wealthiest man in Indiana, spent roughly $120,000 building this mansion in 1867 for his second wife, Cordelia "Nellie" Culbertson, marble fireplaces and hand-painted ceilings included. Nellie died of cholera in 1880; in 1888 the estate's carriage house was struck by lightning and burned, killing everyone inside. Culbertson remarried in 1884, to 38-year-old Rebecca Keith, and died in 1892 worth an estimated $3.5 million, having outlived two wives. Now a state historic site open for tours, staff have kept a running log of unexplained incidents since 1977: doors shutting on their own, footsteps on empty upper floors, and a presence on the third floor many attribute to Nellie herself.