Had COVID simply struck down a 2020 business opportunity or is it something more? My wife and I had our first date here (in the haunted basement). As the Gas Light grew more popular, so did the ghosts.Īs I sat in the gravel and weed parking lot at the rear of the building on Sunday afternoon, three days after Thanksgiving, 2020, it suddenly hit me that I also missed this place. It’s family! “I really miss that place and doing tours and tarot card readings,” she said. Laura Frey Ash has moved on, yet there is always a sense of nostalgia that never completely ever goes away. Maybe DeMore has something spinning in his head, or, is simply ready to move on. “Joe has attempted to contact the new owners with no success,” she stated, not offering for what purpose. The building sat empty … the building was sold. Ash got a few ghost tours in before the wheels rolled to a halt.
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However, Joe had some catering and event venues planned, along with a full agenda of ghost-hunting opportunities of which she would participate.
The Gas Light Inn’s past appearance.Īccording to Laura Frey Ash, who conducted tarot card readings and weekend ghost tours, the daily operation of the bar indeed was shutting down. The inn became part of a family of familiar places my group would visit. Joe would toss me the keys and tell me to lock up when I was done. Paranormal groups came, often targeting the surrounding cemeteries. It became a trending hot spot in Indy to visit. In 2011, Biography Channel’s My Ghost Story put the bar on the paranormal radar. With all the notoriety, the ghost shows soon came to call. DeMore and Kirkpatrick began letting paranormal groups in to investigate. And the ghosts that made several appearances throughout the building, generally causing havoc among employees and a handful of customers? Where did they come from? Answers would be nice. That would make sense due to his upbringing within close proximity to the neighborhood. If only older buildings had a tongue to speak, the stories they could tell! They say John Dillinger made a few appearances back in the day. They soon found out their building was also haunted! That aside, they managed a transformation over the next few years into a destination on Indy’s Southside: good food, good music, comedy and a touch of the paranormal. When DeMore and Art Kirkpatrick purchased the bar in 2008, they believed they knew what they were getting into – a working man’s dive bar with a history, nestled among three cemeteries. Gaslight Inn can be Rented out for Events!!” The Gas Light Inn’s present incarnation. … Words can’t express the Thanks we give to you, the Best Customers in the World!!! P.S. “Good morning Gaslight family, Friends, Brothers n Sisters all over the world … The Gaslight Inn is closed!!! Due to Family and Health issues, Art and I are stepping away. On July 5, 2016, owner Joe DeMore posted the following announcement on Facebook: Little has changed throughout the years in this neighborhood with the exception of ownership. Downtown Indianapolis’s skyline is still visible north as traffic continues along the narrow corridor of South Meridian Street. The once side entrance is now boarded over.
The once white building, with a greenish tint, is now painted barn red. Has it already been four years? The Gas Light Inn, famous for cheap well drinks, tenderloin sandwiches and ghosts, ceased operation in July of 2016.
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