Ross Cemetery Ghost Hunt 8/19/2004

Ross Cemetery was Established in 1860. It is located on Old County Road 330 (73 Avenue) in the boundaries of Griffith and Merrillville, Indiana and is one of the oldest cemeteries in the area. Elizabeth Wilson, the ghost that some people believe haunts Reder Road is said to have been buried in this Cemetery. Reder Road has been around sense the early 1900's. A stretch of about 5 miles as a connection from Griffith to Merrillville. Today it is barred off from any visitors. Now over grown with trees, shrubs, and only a grassy trail left behind on the pavement. There are many stories of paranormal activity originating from this stretch of road. I myself, have traveled it many times, before it was closed off in the late 1980's. Even back then it gave me a sence of mysterious and eerie feelings. I don't think anyone would have wanted to be stranded on that road at night. A scene of many crimes and a final drop for the unfortunate. One of the legends that is connected to this road is the unfortunate accident and death of Elizabeth Wilson. The story is that in 1955 she and her boyfriend were driving home from a high school dance in the midst of a thunderstorm. The boy was driving at an excessive speed and crashed into the ditch. Elizabeth was thrown from the vehicle face down into the water of the ditch and drowned. Since her untimely death there has been many sightings of her ghostly spirit roaming Reder Road. In the late 1970's a young boy driving down Reder Road stopped to pick up a young woman hitch hiking. He stopped to offer her a ride. She seemed cold, so he offered her his jacket. She proceeded to give him directions to her home near Reder Road. As the approached Ross Cemetery she asked him to stop. He then got out of the car to open her door and to his amazement she had disappeared, vanished, gone! Frightened and scared he proceeded on his way home. His curiosity got the best of him and the following day he went back to investigate his eerie experience. He went back to the exact place where she disappeared and looked around and decided to enter the Ross Cemetery. There upon a grave marked Elizabeth Wilson, lay his jacket.People have captured many ghostly images on film in this area. Orbs, echo mists, and vortexes. Not to mention the VERY eerie feelings and sensations one gets when visiting Reder Road.