Don't be afraid. Lock the doors. Turn out the lights and climb into bed. It's time for

real Billy. Dead time. Stories.

Many times when a haunting has persisted over several years, you can almost speculate

as to who is doing the haunting. In some cases, such as a theater, it's usually a

certain actor or actors that really enjoy their time there or maybe had a tragic

accident on the stage. In a case of a haunted house, it may have been a previous

owner. Again, possibly with some type of tragedy taken place. It is on rare

occasion though that there are hauntings that seem to last for a numerous amount of

years without really anyone knowing who that specter may be. Tonight you will

learn about one of those cases as we discuss Indiana's The Andrew Mansion.

One of the most famous homes in the port was built sometime after 1845. The year

that Dr. George L. Andrew came to Indiana. The mansion no longer exists but the

story surrounding it still do. Andrew and his wife Catherine Piotte, daughter of

one of the founders of the port, built their three-story colonial on what is now

the corner of first and tenth streets. It was one of the grandest structures in

the Midwest. Four towering columns rose above the veranda that stretched the width

to the house. A second floor porch overlooked a circular driveway, a sunroom was

set up at the rear. Inside the house there were several dozen chambers as well as

five set aside above the kitchen for the servants. Here's little to suggest that

during their time in the home the Andrew family experienced anything out of

the ordinary. Dr. Andrew continued to work as a physician and also served in the

army of the Potomac and the army of the West during the Civil War. A garden

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