{"id":329,"slug":"100-steps-cemetery-cloverland-indiana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["100 Steps is the counted — the 'up then down' that's the ritual's rule, the 'numbers differ' that's the proof's trick. The 'caretaker shows' is the met — the 'death revealed' that's the vision's give, the 'match binds' that's the fate's seal. The 'step into Hell' is the named — the '99 down' that's the missing's count, the 'last step' that's the drop's name.","The 'Civil War' is the aged — the '1860s' that's the stones' date, the 'no event' that's the fame's mystery. The 'teens drove' is the made — the '50s ritual' that's the dare's birth, the 'legend trip' that's the rite's form. 100 Steps is the counted — the 'climb leaves' that's the world's edge, the 'peaceful day' that's the night's split.","The file keeps 100 Steps: the counted climb, the shown death, the missing step, and the aged stones.","100 Steps Cemetery is the archive's Indiana file — the stairs where the count never matches."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["100 Steps Cemetery is the archive's Indiana file — the ritual that shows your death on the climb.","A cemetery keeps its stairs — the file's suggestion being that 100 Steps' hold is the counted: the 'up 100' that's the rule made, the 'down differs' that's the trick's proof, and the 'caretaker' that's the vision's host."]}],"name":"100 Steps Cemetery","aliases":["Carpenter Cemetery","Cloverland Cemetery"],"type":"CEMETERY","type_label":"Cemetery","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["cemeteries","hauntings"],"desc":"Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"100 Steps Cemetery is a cemetery in Cloverland, Indiana. Cemetery associated with documented cultural history. Established in the Civil War era; a 1892 newspaper account cited by the tourism historian describes a body removed from a grave. Folklore describes changing stair counts and a caretaker apparition said to predict visitors’ deaths.","address":"North County Road 675 West","city":"Cloverland","county":"Clay","state":"Indiana","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":39.504261,"lon":-87.225697,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Tourism historian distinguishes fictional ghost tales from a cited historical grave disturbance. Indiana State University folklore links require archival follow-up; no earliest origin established.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":53.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":250,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Folklore describes changing stair counts and a caretaker apparition said to predict visitors’ deaths. The figure answers to Unnamed former caretaker in the retellings. A cemetery in Cloverland, Indiana accumulating ghost reports is almost tautological — but this is the one the record kept. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana' keep the claim in circulation. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Unnamed former caretaker","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.7,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana / Chris Flook","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Established in the Civil War era; a 1892 newspaper account cited by the tourism historian describes a body removed from a grave. The burial ground's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. The record appears in 'The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana / Chris Flook","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Folklore describes changing stair counts and a caretaker apparition said to predict visitors’ deaths. The burial ground at Cloverland is exactly the setting the account needs — old graves, older grief, and a story that won't settle. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana / Chris Flook","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Unnamed former caretaker","claimed_identity":"Unnamed former caretaker","verified":null,"summary":"Folklore describes changing stair counts and a caretaker apparition said to predict visitors’ deaths. The file calls it Unnamed former caretaker. 100 Steps Cemetery's dead are the site's permanent residents; the reports are how the living say they keep noticing. The account appears in 'The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana'. The lore has a face now: Unnamed former caretaker.","behavior":"Folklore describes changing stair counts and a caretaker apparition said to predict visitors’ deaths.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana / Chris Flook","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"The Most Haunted Cemetery in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana / Chris Flook","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}