My Haunted Fowler

04/20/2025

Strange Sounds and a Lone Light After a Ghost Hunt.

04/17/2025

This Weeks Activity at the Fowler Theatre.

04/16/2025

What are they trying to communicate?

04/01/2025

At the top of the stairs at the theater tonight, I heard little kids voices. Unfortunately, nothing was caught on the security cameras. Our Monday kids dance class had ended 30 minutes earlier, so maybe some child spirits wanted to dance too.

03/25/2025

Every year, we lead haunted walking tours around the town of Fowler. With the commissioners plans to tear down the historic old jail, we're looking for anyone interested in having their location on the tour. We would need to know your paranormal experiences and any relevant history to go with your location. You can email me at [email protected]. Thank you.

03/20/2025

There are many folks not familiar with the paranormal, but are very curious. They will have an experience or see something live or on camera and don't know what to make of it. I encourage them to share and ask questions first.

There are many seasoned folks out there that can help them grow and learn. They can help folks understand when something is just dust or a bug or the wind or a car driving by and lights reflecting in a window. And for the seasoned folks, listen, share and encourage growth.

03/17/2025

Has anyone been to the Mothman Festival and if so what do you recommend doing there? Me and my son are going this year. Just for Saturday.

03/06/2025

Ghost Bros interview. Part 1

03/06/2025

Ghost Bros interview. Part 2

03/06/2025

Ghost Bros interview. Part 3

02/20/2025

In case there is any confusion, we do not own the old Benton County Jail, we did not choose to tear it down, we had no control of the decisions made and we could only share our desire to save a historic landmark. If anyone would like to complain to anyone they can contact the county commissioners and share their concerns. This is out of our control and we did the best we could for a county owned property.

02/15/2025

Concessions Visitor

02/08/2025

Train Crash Victim? Question and answer session at the Fowler Theatre.

01/21/2025

In approximately 24 hours we should know the fate of the old Benton County jail. We have 826 signatures of support. If you're available to attend to show your support, the meeting starts at 8:15a in the County courthouse Wednesday January 22nd. Indiana Landmarks

01/18/2025

We are just a few days away from the Benton County Commissioners meeting (it was moved from their regularly scheduled date to Wednesday 1/22/25 in the Benton County Courthouse at 8:15am). At that meeting, they will decide the fate of the old Benton County jail built in 1876 and one of the cornerstones of the town of Fowler when it became the county seat. If you want to show what the historical significance means to you, show up and show your support.

What am I hoping for? My hope is that the new commissioners will take into consideration the historical significance of this building to the town, the county and the state of Indiana. Our town buildings have been falling down for years and my hope is we take the opportunity to help one of the most beautifully designed buildings to continue to stand tall. If we do preserve the building, the county could use the rest of the land to tear down an existing smaller garage and possibly build a larger storage facility around the old jail.

Will there be costs to save the building? Yes.

Do we have to pay for it all at once? No.

Where will the money come from? That is a discussion point hopefully between spending money to tear it down or spend the same money to fix the most needed repairs first while we pursue grants, tax breaks and other funds to continue the mission of saving the building.

If we save it, then what? A group of us including myself would love to help with the care and feeding of the building in saving it and in finding new uses while preserving the historical significance. We are ready to help write grants, do fundraising and put in more sweat equity (some of us including myself have put in our own time and money to make interior repairs and some clean up on our own).

The building can help with tourism and could be used for some retail type services (some saved jails have thriving businesses in them). We can continue to use for tours including ghost hunts. We have brought in over 450 people from around the country and as far as Findland to go on a ghost hunt. That has brought in $1,000's of dollars for the Prairie Preservation Guild and all went back into historical preservation funds

01/18/2025

We are just a few days away from the Benton County Commissioners meeting (it was moved from their regularly scheduled date to Wednesday 1/22/25 in the Benton County Courthouse at 8:15am). At that meeting, they will decide the fate of the old Benton County jail built in 1876 and one of the cornerstones of the town of Fowler when it became the county seat. If you want to show what the historical significance means to you, show up and show your support.

What am I hoping for? My hope is that the new commissioners will take into consideration the historical significance of this building to the town, the county and the state of Indiana. Our town buildings have been falling down for years and my hope is we take the opportunity to help one of the most beautifully designed buildings to continue to stand tall. If we do preserve the building, the county could use the rest of the land to tear down an existing smaller garage and possibly build a larger storage facility around the old jail.

Will there be costs to save the building? Yes.

Do we have to pay for it all at once? No.

Where will the money come from? That is a discussion point hopefully between spending money to tear it down or spend the same money to fix the most needed repairs first while we pursue grants, tax breaks and other funds to continue the mission of saving the building.

If we save it, then what? A group of us including myself would love to help with the care and feeding of the building in saving it and in finding new uses while preserving the historical significance. We are ready to help write grants, do fundraising and put in more sweat equity (some of us including myself have put in our own time and money to make interior repairs and some clean up on our own).

The building can help with tourism and could be used for some retail type services (some saved jails have thriving businesses in them). We can continue to use for tours including ghost hunts. We have brought in over 450 people from around the country and as far as Findland to go on a ghost hunt. That has brought in $1,000's of dollars for the Prairie Preservation Guild and all went back into historical preservation funds (some of which was spent on jail repairs).

We don't know the costs yet to save it, but we do know it will cost at least $108K to tear it down and then whatever the costs will be to build a new storage facility. Hopefully we can turn this into a win/win by saving the building, using the land for a new facility around the jail and a chance to work together for something better for our town and community.

Save the Historic Benton County Jail from Demolition