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Post by ThisIsHuckFinn on Jul 29, 2003 13:18:42 GMT -5
Has anyone ever been or heard of the dewey house in valpo.
[shadow=red,left,300]HUCK[/shadow]
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Post by GhostChaser on Oct 25, 2003 15:11:46 GMT -5
I have heard of the dewey house but I'm not quite sure of the story. I live nearby but I have never been there.
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Post by ThisIsHuckFinn on Oct 25, 2003 16:17:56 GMT -5
The story of deweys is that a husband came home from work and killed his family. He cut their heads off and stuck them on the fence and he killed himself then. So if you go to deweys you should see the heads appear on the fence and the place is haunted by the husband. Its very hard to get to this house though. You have to walk down this real long path and people still live at this house and i don't think they take too kindly to people looking for ghosts. They also have dogs that have chased some of my friends outta there. I can't recall the address right now but if your interested in going lemme know and i'll look for it.
[shadow=red,left,300]HUCK[/shadow]
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Post by spayne201 on Jan 26, 2006 19:58:15 GMT -5
Just wondering if you could tell me where to find an actual article on the Dewey house. My sister told me about it a while back and we have been there a couple of times. (I will try to look up that address and post it) Anyway around here murders like that don't die out even after years and years have passed. I searched through a ton of articles from that time as well as some research on the name and could never find anything on it. I would love to read an article if it exists. The house does infact have a gate out front with the posts described but I've never seen or heard of anything really going on out there.
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Post by goddess on Feb 11, 2006 1:37:36 GMT -5
Well...if u wanna see the house u cant...its not there no more...last summer they tore it down...but the barn is still there...and the gates still remain up...i have also heard rumors of him skinning a cow alive in the barn and there are supposed to be bullet holes in the barn ...but again rumors i have heard....but just to inform you all...i even drove past twice just to make sure i wasnt seeing things and the house is no longer there.
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Post by ThisIsHuckFinn on Feb 21, 2006 22:48:03 GMT -5
Thats interesting. We have only been there acouple times and we never actually went back to the house because of the dogs that were there and the people living there still. We did go and look in the boarded up house and alittle bit more down the gravel road but then the dogs chased us back out. We will have to go check it out again then if its torn down. Thanks for the info.
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Post by nosex on Mar 14, 2006 5:31:15 GMT -5
Alright, I went there tonight. Just got back. As far as the story goes, I would imagine that it has very little to no truth behind it. I’m planning to do some research myself, but I don’t much expect anything to come up. Now, for the site.
The road is neat. A decent amount of wildlife, trees, and creepy looking areas. The fence seems rather old and is surrounded by barbed wire. It’s connected by rusted chains. We climbed over and started to hike down the short trail further into the ‘woods’. To our left was alot of debris and the remains of an older home. As we had been told that you have to march into the woods before you can see the home, we continued down the trail. We got to the end and saw a rather kept looking home. A car in the drive way. Fresh garbage sitting outside. I took it that someone lived there. So, we decided to make our way back towards the fence and check out the debris and old damaged home. I assume this is what is considered “Old man Dewey’s.”
The house seems to have been ripped to shreds and torn down. Debris is spread out everywhere and certain sections of the home still stand. I noticed that much of the debris was common household objects. Old coffee cups and pots. Clothes hangers. A washing machine. A clothes basket still full of clothing. We even found some skiing equipment and some comic books. Some of these objects, and wood from the home were burnt. I even noticed scorched areas up high on some trees. It appears as if a section of the home had been burnt. I thought this was all very interesting. And, maybe to the believer or easily shakened, quite creepy.
We moved passed some of the debris and made our way to a farm like garage. Most of it was boarded up and sealed, but not well. The door was torn open, and nailed shut several times over several years, clearly. We gave a few tugs and it sprang open. Old bikes, shelves, and tools were spread out all inside. We made our way into the next room and found a metal ladder attached to the wall. It led up into the attic area. I nearly slipped climbing up. As I heard animals moving about up there, I didn’t want to be attacked by a wild animal, so I only poked my head up into the hole and surveyed the area with a flash light. Much like the rest of garage aside from a very cool spot where a single wooden chair sat in an empty spot around the middle of the attic. Very cool.
We made our way back and around the property a bit more, scoping out areas we may want to visit some day in the near future. Altogether, it was uneventful but interesting. Also, a very dark, cold, and creepy night. So, it was fun.
Only scary for the superstitious and weak hearted, but worth a look for the curious.
[No dogs, no ghosts, no bumps in the night. Just a house that appears occupied at the end of the road and a torn down "Dewey" place.]
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