The Headless Ghost of Michigan City

In the early 20th century, in Michigan City, Indiana, grim whispers surrounded the Pullman plant after rumors spread of a horrific murder that had taken place within its walls. According to local lore, a worker had been killed in the factory years earlier, his body allegedly burned in a furnace. The tale, whether fact or folklore, lingered over the plant like smoke, fueling unease among laborers who worked the long, lonely night shifts in its cavernous buildings.

By 1930, those fears took spectral form. Night watchmen began reporting encounters with a headless ghost wandering the grounds. One watchman, John Laudwich, swore he came face-to-face with the apparition, describing it rapping on the side of a boxcar as if demanding to be noticed. When he hurled a brick at it, the specter retaliated by flinging an overcoat that enveloped him in its folds. Shaken, Laudwich fled, refusing to return to work. He was not alone—four watchmen in a row resigned abruptly, each too terrified to continue. Whether born of guilt, tragedy, or imagination, the ghost of the Pullman plant ensured that keeping the night watch was a job no man wanted.

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