House of blue lights
| Description: |
This is Dave Strabers typewritten variant of the legend of The House of Blue Lights in Marion County near Indianapolis, collected by Frank Haas. According to legend, a man lives in a house with a glass coffin that has his dead wife in it. She was killed by a robber. The house is surrounded by blue lights, and he sometimes places blue roses around her coffin. |
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| Origin: | 1964 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1427 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Houses Light Coffins Light fixtures Folklore |
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