Darkman of Culver House

Built in the early 1900's the Culver House had all of the hallmarks of a typical mansion in Decatur, IL.  All of the modern luxuries afforded at the time were installed in the house.  Originally build by Bryan Lockheart and taken over by the Culver family three years later after the family suddenly vacated the house.

After the Culver family moved into the house, they started to notice the house was not a normal mansion.  The "tower" in the front of the house was unique for Decatur at the time, and the library had a large array of occult books that the previous family had left.
In 1909 the family was gathered at the dinner table enjoying dinner when something came down the chimney and across the dining room then up the stairs.  When the family tried to follow the creature that had run up the stairs, they could not locate where it had gone.  Many family members described the creature as a small creature that fell down onto four limbs, then got up onto two "legs" and ran like "a drunken man".  
After the chimney incident, everything was quiet until the summer of 1910.  The Culver's youngest son, David, started talking about vivid dreams he was having at night where a man who appeared as nothing but a silhouette would be standing at the foot of his bed until he woke up and the man would turn around and walk out the door of his bedroom.  Soon, many of the other family members would report seeing the man standing at the foot of their bed until they awoke, when he would turn around and walk out of the room.  The events continued on for about a year until someone visited their house and commented on the strange man who approached them on the street.
The family noticed that things in the house started to move when the family was sitting around the dinner table.  The climax was in the spring of 1912 when they were seated at the dinner table and a glass candlestick flew across the room and almost struck Mr. Culver in the head.
The family reported seeing the man repeatedly until 1965 when Mr. Culver died and the family vacated the house.  Many people in the family reported seeing the darkman standing at the foot of the hospital bed of Mr. Culver as he was dying.  
People who live in the neighborhood have reported seeing lights on in the tower of the house, and seeing a shadowy figure in the window sitting in a rocking chair.  If you are ever in Decatur, IL and are approached by a shadowy figure, local legend says you should turn the other way.