Skiles test biography

House in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

This article is about the house. For the song, see The House of Blue Lights (song). For the Don Covay album, see The House of Blue Lights (album).

The House Of Blue Lights was the name given to a house on the far northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana, US.

Decorated year round with blue Christmas lights, it was actually the home of eccentric Indianapolis millionaire Skiles Edward Test.^[1] It gained a reputation for being haunted and has become part of Indianapolis folklore.

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Background

According to local folklore, Skiles' deceased wife was embalmed in a glass coffin inside the house, surrounded by the eerie blue lights. In reality Test's wife and two ex-wives outlived him.^[2][3]

Test himself encouraged the rumors when he began burying the remains of some of his pet cats in carpeted caskets under brass nameplates.

After Test's death, no evidence was discovered that indicated his wi