The woman in black Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
Indiana Public Media reported in 2018 on decades of tales of a woman in black drawn to a baby's grave; the Warlock Chair stump is gone and headstones have been broken by vandals. Source: Indiana Public Media, 2018.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
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Real history
A 1986 Herald-Telephone column traced the "Warlock seat" to a felled tree stump and debunked the stories around it (Monroe County Public Library).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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Public access
Access unverified The cemetery lies in Morgan-Monroe State Forest; no page giving current access was found. The map pin is approximate. Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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