Haunted Fowler: The Spirits That Never Left, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO
With a population of just 2,400, Fowler, Indiana may seem like a quiet Midwestern town—but its history tells a different story. Reports of shadow figures, phantom footsteps, and lingering spirits have made it one of the most paranormally active small towns in the region.
At the Historic Fowler Theatre, unexplained noises echo through the auditorium, and stories persist of three spirits who never took their final bow—including the theatre’s original owner, a manager whose life ended in tragedy, and the ghost of a child seen near the stage.
Just blocks away, the Old Benton County Jail carries its own chilling reputation. Visitors report shadowy figures and disembodied footsteps, believed to be tied to former Sheriff Alva Hartman, who was killed in a late-1800s shootout and is said to still patrol the grounds.
Today on The Grave Talks, we talk with Dwight Snethen, founder of “My Haunted Fowler,” about the town’s haunted legacy, its most active locations, and why so many spirits in Fowler seem unwilling to leave.
For more information, visit their website at fowlertheater.com or search My Haunted Fowler on Facebook.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, part two of our conversation about my haunted fowler with Dwight Sneethon. |
| 0:10.4 | I did read about one man who was held there, Jacob Nelling. |
| 0:18.9 | And he was accused of murdering a 15-year-old girl brutally murdering her. |
| 0:25.5 | Yes. |
| 0:26.3 | And is he someone that they think is also there? |
| 0:32.4 | Yeah, we believe that he didn't, well, he didn't get his day in court. |
| 0:39.4 | So we believe that he's still there in some capacity. And the story goes that, and some of this you can read online, what I have |
| 0:46.1 | found is I've done research is that the stories that have appeared here and then maybe further |
| 0:52.4 | west and then stories in like say California about this event |
| 0:57.3 | they became they become more salacious the further you get away from the town oh that's interesting |
| 1:02.5 | yeah so what i what i've come what we've come to surmise is that uh we know the girl was murdered |
| 1:08.9 | the first person that was brought in for questioning was also named Jacob. |
| 1:13.0 | The way I understand it, he accused the other Jacob. |
| 1:16.0 | So the other Jacob was brought in. |
| 1:20.0 | He was taken to Tippecanoe County, a neighboring county, and held there until the night before his trial for his safety. |
| 1:27.4 | The stories read that he said he didn't remember doing it, |
| 1:31.1 | but he must have, sort of like he admitted to it, |
| 1:33.1 | even though he really doesn't remember doing it. |
| 1:36.4 | Which kind of side note, he was a Civil War veteran, |
| 1:39.4 | and we wondered if there wasn't a little bit of PTSD at hand in that situation. |
| 1:44.0 | You know, they didn't diagnose that back then. |
| 1:46.3 | So they brought him back to the jail that night, the night before his trial, up to 100 men. |
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