The old bordello closed years ago, but somehow the ladies of the night seem to linger in their familiar haunt.
Open wine bottles suddenly appear in the basement and on the second floor, where the ladies once took their customers. A woman has been seen in the upstairs rooms, and doors have been known to suddenly close on visitors.
The rooms are now just storage for the Slippery Noodle tavern on South Meridian, the latest incarnation of this Indianapolis inn that was built in 1850.
The Slippery Noodle is just one of Indy's ghost stops, along with the 1858 Hannah House, a rumored stop on the Underground Railroad where runaway slaves died in a basement fire, and the Athenaeum, where a character named Jolly Verner had one too many in the Rathskeller and fell into the fire and died. Both places report odd lights, sightings and, in the case of the Hannah House, smells.
Travelers can explore these spots on their own with help from the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, 317/639-4282, www.indy.org. Or, the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana (800/ 450-4534, www.historicland marks.org) sometimes leads Hair-Raising History tours in October to some of their favorite haunts, depending on how the spirit moves them.