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Last Updated: June 2008
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Aberdeen - Aberdeen Baptist Church - There is an uneasy feeling when you walk or drive past the church late in the evenings. Apparitions of 3 children can be seen; 2 girls and a boy standing outside the church. They seem to vanish when you look at them. Large black birds have been seen flying out of the church windows and vanish. Screams can be heard coming from inside the church at night.
Adams - Blue Creek - Mt. Unger Cemetery - It is known to be that if you go there at night you can see a guy that hung himself so that he could be with his wife, that he killed.
Akron - Archbishop Hoban High School - The new art rooms, tutoring center and admissions office and the school was built in the remodeled building were the old Brothers dormitories had been (The school is run by the Brothers Of Holy Cross) and it has been reported that on the feast of St. Joseph (the Brothers patron saint) a line of men in dark priest robe can be seen walking through out the wing of the school looking for their old rooms. They have never been seen anywhere else in the school. The men’s locker rooms are haunted by a boy believed to have played basketball for the school, but was killed in a car crash in the late 1980's.
Akron - The Akron Civic Theatre - Well-known story still told by some of the theatre's tour guides is the story of Fred the janitor. Fred was a life-long employee of the Civic, back in the days when it was called the "Loews Theatre". He died on the premises, but his ghost still tends to duties, namely keeping vandals at bay in the bathrooms. The Civic has been the site of many high school proms, and several sightings have been reported of a figure that "attacks" would-be vandals. Another ghost reported many times is that of a young woman that weeps by the canal that still runs under the theatre and through parts of the city underground. This same canal was the lifeline of the city in the early 1800's, so many think she is a "shade" that remains from the early canal days.
Akron - Hower House and TKE House - The Hower House, currently owned by the University of Akron, has a well-known female ghost purported to be one of the Howers. She apparently is angry due to husband's infidelity and likes to scare male workers and guests. There are also reports that one of the fraternity houses nearby is also haunted, and this ghost has been seen by students. The ghost is that of a young girl servant who died in the home when it was still used as a residence and is buried in a hard to find grave located behind the house. She has been seen both in the house itself and on the grounds outside.
Akron - Litchfield Middle School - There is a ghost that haunts Litchfield, supposedly Mr. Litchfield himself. The janitor that works there told my teacher (who told me) that at night doors open and shut, lockers open and shut, and he hears footsteps and laughter. I myself have had experiences when I was sitting in class, not paying attention, and the door was swinging back and forth when no one was in front of it or behind it. My teacher heard footsteps and an old janitor haunts the school too.
Akron - Norton - Cry Baby Bridge - There is a bride over in Norton That has been the talk of Akron for a haunting for years. The story is that a lady was pregnant and had her baby in the Lodge house next to the bridge. The woman didn't want her baby so she threw it over the bride into the creek at midnight. The story is \, if you go to the bridge at 12, then you can here the baby cry and watch the lady throw the baby into the creek. There is a rumor that some type of animal guards the creek and it is said to be bigger than a man.
Akron - Rogues Hollow - Cry Baby Bridge - Same Bridge as above/different story - There is a little bridge near a vacant house called Cry Baby Bridge. Legend states that in the early 1900's, there was a supposed witch that was impregnated by a married man. The towns' people decided to take the baby away from her, and she would have none of this. Rather than her child be taken, the woman threw it off the bridge. People claim that you can sometimes hear the baby crying in the middle of the night while standing on the bridge.
Akron - Rose Hill Burial Park - The back of this sprawling cemetery faces several acres of forest, and many people claim to have seen a "lady in white" back there. Sometimes a mist will cover the grounds at night, limiting visibility.
Akron - Summit County Juvenile Detention Home - a ghost of a matron that worked and was killed here is seen.
Akron - University of Akron - Sigma Nu House - The Sigma Nu House in Akron has been haunted for many years. The house was purchased by Sigma Nu from a sorority on the campus. Legend has it, one of the sorority members hung herself in the boiler room at the house. Many of the Sigma Nu members have had run-ins with her spirit. Still today, no member of Sigma Nu will go into the boiler room by themselves.
Akron - University of Akron - Sorority house - Sisters who live in the sorority house have had plates thrown at them in the kitchen and break when they hit the wall. Closet doors in the attic fly open and slam shut when there is no one up there. From the first floor, you can hear people walking around and moving furniture upstairs when no one else is home.
Alliance - Glamorgan castle - William Morgan built the Castle at Alliance Ohio in 1902 and 1903.Today The Glamorgan Castle is haunted the ghosts is William H. Morgan have been seen to this day.
Alliance - The Old Orphanage - There is an old orphanage owned by a local family that sets right off a side street. Several of my friends were given a tour of the orphanage by it's past owners. They were told that many of the orphans that died were buried in the basement. Also, there were rooms located in the house that were used for shock treatment sessions. They took a self-guided tour through the house and reported that they saw sparks coming out of the room where the shock therapy took place. Also, they saw a baby doll in one room; the doll was also in the next room that they went to. They went back to the first room and found that the doll was missing from it. There were cold spots throughout the house.- November 2003 update - burned down summer of 2002.
Amanda - Amanda Elementary School - Located near Crystal Tissue Factory the Children whom have attended Amanda Elementary school always have an interesting story or two. Right next to the current school is a much larger but condemned school. Kids report few weird occurrences, such as looking at the school and seeing a small child run real quick in front of the window, or hearing a noise come from the building at recess. Or ever seeing a mist at the treetops of the woods directly behind the school. Kids have a few stories about the school. Here are a few, one is that a teacher was to be fire, he flipped out and killed many students and teachers with a gun. The other is that for a while it was an insane asylum, and the last is that the kids teased a girl saying her mother was a witch, so her mother put a curse on the school, and the school caught fire trapping many people inside, they say it is her ghost that causes the fog in the woods. - September 2004 update: Has since been torn down.
June 2008 additional info/correction: There was never a fire there while it was a school, there was never a teacher who shot anyone, nor a witch that put a curse on anyone. The only incident there was in the mid 1970s, when someone was shooting a gun in the woods behind the school. A bullet struck a child who was playing behind the school. The child lived.
Amelia - formerly submitted as Columbus - Dead Man's Curve - a car full of teenagers going at 100-150 mph then stroke a car all teenagers were killed one survived a guy named Rick the story says that he has no head cars have went by and saw the man they say he has killed more than 100 people he walks with his thump up. - April 2007 Additional information/ correction - formerly submitted as Columbus - This was a dangerous turning intersection where many people had lost their live. It was once part of the Ohio Turnpike built in 1831, until the state rebuilt the road into a straight four-lane road in 1969. In October of that year, five teens were killed when their 1968 Impala was hit by a 1969 Roadrunner going more than 100 miles per hour. Only one guy survived. Since that day, the intersection has been haunted by a faceless hitchhiker, who the survivor has personally seen at least five times. The ghost is described as a shadowy figure in three dimensions. Psychics with no knowledge of the site have described it as very evil. A driverless Impala and a ghostly green Roadrunner have been seen in the area as well.
Amherst - Gore Orphanage - little girl and boy died because they were homeless and had no food or water for weeks TVs turn on and off of kid's channels.
Arrville - Mt. Eaton Road - When you go down mt. Eaton Road, there is a haunted cemetery hidden down a long driveway. When you go there at night, there are these huge gravestones that glow bright green. If you touch them and they turn blue, they are at your house murdering you family. If it turns pink, they are right behind you and are very dangerous. If you run they will chase you until you pee your pants. Literally.
Ashland - Brookside Park - by the pond there is an old brown bridge that a girl somewhere around 1990 hung herself, due to her boyfriend cheating on her, or liking another girl, they say she may have been helped, and can be seen at night running by the pond.
Ashland - The Haunted Tunnel -rte 42 going towards Mansfield - The road directly to the right of Corathers Exterminating, follow that road till you come to a bridge. Stop just inside the bride and turn your lights off, then put the car in neutral and your car will be pushed or pulled through the tunnel even though the ground is totally flat.
Ashtabula - Chestnut Grove Cemetery - On Dec. 29th, 1876 the Pacific Express traveled over a bridge, carrying about 159 passengers. Only the first engine made it to the other side just as the bridge began to collapse. The remainder of the train broke away and fell to the bottom of the ravine. About 90 people died; most of them burned alive while trapped inside the crushed cars. Legend says that the ghosts of the victims return to the bottom of the bridge on the anniversary of the disaster.
Athens - Ohio University - the most haunted building on campus is Wilson Hall on West Green. County records show that the dorm was built over an old, Indian burial mound. Most of the Wilson Hall hauntings seem to be centered around the fourth floor. Students have reported seeing apparitions, hearing voices, mysterious slamming doors and flying objects.
Athens - Ohio University - Washington hall - there was a girls basketball team staying in the dorms at Washington hall for a basketball camp, and they were killed on the way home ad since they had a such a good time the haunt the arch of Washington hall. if you stand under it long enough you can hear the girls bouncing the balls and giggling.
Athens - Ohio University - Wilson Hall - Reports of banging, cold spots, blood would appear on the walls no mater how many times it was painted. And other strange phenomena such as the face of a demon showing up in the wood grain on a dorm room door, where a girl believed to be possessed killed herself.
Athens - The Ridges - Old State Mental Hospital - after being closed in the 1980's rumored to be haunted by the locals.
Athens - Strouds Run - They say that if you go to Strouds Run, at any time of night, you can see a buffalo drinking from the stream. The buffalo was the last buffalo of the area and it was made a law not to kill it. Later locals named the buffalo Stroud. Then one day the British or French, not sure which army it was, killed the buffalo. Well, the U.S got really mad and started killing all the soldiers in the camp. One of the soldiers took the skull of the buffalo and hid all of the army’s money in it then buried it... and it has never been found.
Aurua - Cedar Fair Inc. - formerly Six Flags Worlds of Adventure - One day a little boy went on the ride "Superman" and he was too small. While on the ride he flew out of his seat and landed on his head. He died shortly after. Some say if you sit in seat 2 in the last row at 5:26 PM you can hear the screaming and the thud of the little boy's head hitting the pavement. - March 2004 additional info/correction: there has never been a boy who has died on the superman ride. although the submitter to the correction do belives the park is haunted. one ride is called the Hay Bayler is frequently visited by a ghosts and there are other areas of the park that are haunted. their have only been 2 deaths sence the park changed the name from geauga lake to six flags. one of the deaths was a girl who had drown in the wave pool. the other was a girl who worked there. she was on the batman ride,(she wasnt riding it, but she was working on something) and she fell. - June 2008 Update: They have closed down the ride side of the park and is now just a warterpark.
Austintown - Austin Log Cabin - January 2004 correction and update: A local paranormal group Zerotime Paranormal - went to check this story out and found that there was no accident of this nature. You can check out the Ohio department of agriculture to look up the incident report. They investigate all ride accidents and deaths.- The Austin log cabin was built in the late 1700's by the township's founder, John Austin. The cabin is now a historic building in the community and is said to be guarded by a headless solider. The curator of the cabin has said she has seen him numerous times while working their. Residents have also reported to see a headless figure in the upstairs windows as they drive past.
Avon Lake - Avon Lake High School - A figure of a ghost was seen in the auditorium of the school. Many students have heard loud banging noises and have seen mysterious lights. An old janitor, by the name of Clark Danbury died a terrible death in the early 1900's and he comes here to take care of his place.
Bainbridge - Chagrin Valley Athletic Club - Library Guests complain of feeling somebody watching them, hearing a whip hitting someone and a little girl crying. The library was an old schoolhouse from the eighteen hundreds and a little girl was hit to death by her teacher.
Batavia - Hells Church - On the entrance ramp to state route 32 leaving Batavia there is an access road to the left where an old car dealership used to be follow that road to its end take a left and follow the trail to the old chimney standing by itself in the field this is where the church used to be 20 years ago it stood painted red with stained glass windows it stands no more because of a bolt of lightning burned it to the ground one night during a blood ritual on all hallows eve this was at one time a heavy party spot to hang around until strange and unusual things happened like floating orbs and shrill screams ,vehicles driving up behind you that aren’t really there. Today all that stands is the chimney of the old church and grass will not grow on the old areas of the altar.
Bay Village - High School - Students hear bangs and see knobs turning in the light booth of the auditorium and he is unknown. The spirit messes with the sound switches and makes light flicker at times during practices. Also students hear foot steps.
Bay Village - Huntington Playhouse - There are 2 ghosts one is of the owner of the land Mr. Huntington(but he sold it to the theatre owners)and the second is an old electrician(not sure of his name)he will turn the lights on and off while there is a play practice going on.
Beaver Creek - Carpenter Road - In the mid 70's a man hung himself from one of the trees near the bend. On foggy nights you can see a shadow walking and hear moaning. - June 2008 Update: they have changed Carpenter Road. It doesn't bend anymore, they have turned the bend into a 3-way intersection leading into an apartment complex or condominiums or something. The have also built a giant middle school in one of the fields near carpenter road, so you may not actually be able to see hanged man anymore.
Bellefontaine - Camp Wilson - This is a camp over 100 years old, there are numerous ghosts that are said to roam the camp at night, the most haunted area is known as the Y tree. there are hundreds of sightings every year, the most occurring ghosts are "Abe" a ghost said to be seen on trails roaming the grounds with a stove pipe hat and "Timmy" a ghost that is heard giggling and running around by the rail road tracks.
Berea - Baldwin-Wallace - Kohler Hall - A current dormitory for Baldwin-Wallace College, this building was built in the mid 1800s, and used as a hospital during the civil war. It has been (among other things), a part of the Underground Railroad, a psychiatric institution, an orphanage, and a morgue. The basement is where the most people have died, as it was where the most critical soldiers were taken, slaves hid, and then bodies were taken to the morgue in later years. The college has blocked off an old tunnel connecting the basement to the college chapel, due to 'student complaints', and the door to that section of the basement has been locked. Noises have been heard by most residents, along with footsteps. The doors also open occasionally, for no apparent reason.
Bexley - Capital University - There is said to be a ghost of one of the Biology Professors roaming the halls of the science building. He appears to be in his sixties and walks through the labs wearing a white lab coat and carrying a beaker and apothecary bottle. He has also been known to put away glassware and models used in the labs by students when they are done. Animals in the lab have been mysteriously released from their locked cages and microscopes have flown across the room, smashing into walls.
Bexley - Capital University - Kerns Relgious Life Center - the basement of the oldest building on campus, Witnesses have felt an extremely cold feeling and had difficult time breathing. They have also reported experiencing an instant feeling of dread. It is rumored that the tower is haunted. When maintance turns of the lights in the tower, before they even get to the bottom of the staircase the lights are back on.
Bowling Green - BGSU's Joe E. Brown Theatre - rumored to be haunted by a ghost known as "Alice". The Hat Room in the theatre is also known to have a strange presence and has sent many a student running out for no explainable reason.
Bowling Green - Bowling Green State University - Chi Omega sorority house is haunted by a former pledge from the 1940'or 1950's that got killed by train on the near by train tracks.
Bowling Green area - Holcomb Road - the story is that a bunch of kids where on a Catholic field trip and the driver lost control and every one disappeared and they say at night if you shut off your car some one will push it and no one will be there also at night this white thing goes past and there are red eyes far into the woods and in the day time you can see people made out of sticks hanging out from the tree and there is cloths scattered every where and dead cats in the ditches and writing in the stones
Bowling Green - State University - There are two ghosts on campus. 1. Alice, a ghost who is suppose to haunt the Joe E. Brown theater on campus. 2. Amanda, a ghost who is suppose to haunt the Chi Omega Sorority house on campus.
Bowling Green Area - Holcomb Woods - The Holcomb Woods are located on Holcomb Road, just off of 199 near Bowling Green. As the legend goes, a bus full of children was traveling down Holcomb Road when the driver grew incredibly angry and steered the bus into the woods, taking out a bunch of small trees and coming to rest at a large one. The driver was killed on impact. It is on this tree that the driver's face is seen. The bus burst into flames, killing all onboard. If you take Holcomb Road from 199 just past the edge of the woods, you'll need to turn your vehicle to face 199. Shortly after you turn off your headlights, radio stations will scramble and cell phones will lose signals. A single headlight will come straight at you and suddenly disappear when it reaches the tree.
Bowling Green - Wood County Historical Museum - Bowling Green, Ohio Wood County Historical Museum, County Home Road. The museum was one an infirmary and nursing home. Ghostly noises have been heard in and near the shed where insanepatients were locked long ago. Also, a padlock on a door was once seen to spin without being touched.
Bradford - Bradford Sanitarium - The Bradford Sanitarium was Built in the late 1920's and was burned down in 1935 Late at night around where it was built people have said to have seen Orbs floating in the air.
Brooklyn - Brooklyn High School - In the high school's auditorium there is a believed ghost named Clarence. Before concerts & plays someone must ask the ghost's permission to use the auditorium. If someone does not ask permission many things go wrong. One year during a musical play performance all lights went out except the house lights. After the audience had left it was determined that nothing at all was wrong with the lights, then they came back on. It is rumored that Clarence was on the second level in the auditorium and fell off and died.
Brooklyn - Brooklyn High School - Dark Room - Many students that have the photography class here at Brooklyn High School say that when the go in the room to develop film that they hear noises and it feels like there's someone in the room with them. They report hearing laughing and giggling. Also they hear a young (child boy or girl) crying.
Brooklyn - Brooklyn Middle School - This school is known to be haunted. Many students believe there is a ghost named Clarence haunting the halls and a ghost named John haunting the lower floors. John was a student at Brooklyn Middle School seventy-five years ago. After his graduation ceremony, John died in a car wreck. He was a rather shy student that was frequently picked on. People say that he watches out for students who are bullied. The origin of Clarence is unknown.
Brown County/Fincastle - Old School House - Located off State rt.62 is what is left of an old school house that was closed in the1960s even though the 2nd floor has fell to the 1st, lights can still be seen in the 2nd floor windows and other rooms as well. Local people years ago used to enter the school at night with flash lights to watch groups of ghost children walking in single file up and down the halls. they have also said that a man with a lantern can be seen walking around the school with a little girls screams in the background "No daddy no please stop!"
Brunswick - Brunswick Haunted Mansion - There is a mansion set off the road in Brunswick, that is said to be haunted in the bay windows at the front of the house there have been sightings of figures moving to and from the window. Any one who dares to go there will in some cases be chased out by a ghost who legend has it hung himself from the old metal spiral staircase in the corner of his destroyed house. In areas of the house at night you can feel icy-cold spots and here glass breaking in the parts of the house and no one else is there. If you dare to get in and get out it is a highly patrolled area by police and you will be arrested. - June 2005 Update: It has since been torn down
Brunswick - Johnny's Pub and Grill - Salt shakers will smash against the wall. The freezer door will open and close for no reason. Food left unattended will have things added to them upon return.
Cable - crybaby bridge - It has been said that a young woman threw her baby off the bridge and then jumped to her own death as a train was on the tracks below in mid November. it is also said that if you go across the bridge at midnight your car stalls on the bridge and you can hear a train whistle blow a baby cry and a woman scream after everything happens your car will start and you can go on your way. - June 2008 Update: torn down in early 2004. It has since been filled with dirt and turned into a road instead.
Calcutta - East Liverpool - Beaver Creek Canal systemA reporter once took a picture and when it was developed there was some figures of Native Americans in it. And one particular ghost is that of Gretchen, who as a child died of unknown reasons and you can still hear her cries coming from the park.
Calcutta - East Liverpool - Beaver Creek State Park - Esther Hale has allegedly been haunting the bridge over Beaver Creek for nearly 165 years, since she was stood up at her own wedding in 1837. Four months after her wedding date, Esther was found dead in her home, her bridle veil still over her face. Some say she is still dressed in white looking for her groom, and if you travel over the Beaver Creek bridge on August 12th each year, you'll see her. Don't let her get too close-her touch will kill you.
Calcutta - East Liverpool - Gretchen’s Lock - Gretchen was the daughter of a wealthy man, who possibly came from England. Gretchen drowned as a small child in the creek, as many have done over the years. (Swimming is now prohibited in the creek as is canoeing). Gretchen was buried in an actual "lock".... one that was previously used in the canal at the creek in earlier days. Her father moved back to England and was so broken-hearted over the loss of his daughter that he had her body exhumed and moved back to England. The lock remains, but the hauntings do not take place there, but instead, at the place where she drowned, which is now named "Gretchen's Lock" (another smaller part of the Beaver Creek park). It is said by many that Gretchen actually helped others, mostly small children, who found themselves in danger in the creek when swimming was still allowed, and that she can still be seen and heard today. She has been seen by so many that the story is easy to believe. It is also told that you can hear Gretchen crying for all of the other's that had drowned in the creek. She is a very helpful ghost and the most popular here in the Tri-State area.
Cambridge - Northwood Cemetery - A woman in a white formal gown haunts the cemetery on clear summer nights, she will appear and the dissolve in a short time. Looks to be in a dress from the 20s.
Cambridge - The Colonel Taylor Bed & Breakfast Inn - the 9,000 sq ft Colonel Taylor & his lady haunt Victorian Mansion built in 1878. Guests have seen them. They are quite friendly and seem to be watching over us like angels. He walks the stairs and she seams to float down them. They shake our bed on occasion and you will get a cold chill when they are present!
Canal Fulton - Lock 4 - Information is hard to find on this place but there is some out there and I have found it. Back when the canal started construction in 1857 many men worked on it complex structure. The man who was head of this operation caught wind of the government shutting down the Canal Fulton operation. He was angered and while working burned many of the workers and him self with acid. His hateful spirit still haunts the building and waterways of lock four along with many of the poor souls he killed
Canal Fulton - Warehouse on the Canal - This is a brick building that was built in 1906 and was the home of Finnefrock Furniture for many years. There have been reports of apparitions in period clothing, unexplained footsteps, lights turning on and off, radio stations changing and unexplained noises. This was also home to a mortuary in the lower basement from 1916-1936. There have been high EMF readings and temp drops noted at the same time. Spirit energy has produced orbs in photographs and also caused someone with physic abilities to feel "bombarded" on a recent visit. the submitter claims to have dowsed this building several times and found many spirits present and moving. This building now houses a antique mall and shops along with a wonderful teahouse. Canal Fulton is a very historic town located on the Ohio Erie Canal and was a boom town for miners and canalers back in the mid 19th century. Not everything is so quaint in this town though after experiencing this building energies! Haunted Rogues Hollow, Cry Baby Bridge and Lock 4 are not far away.
Canton - Hercules Engine Factory - A physical presence has been felt by many who enter the buildings that date to the 1800's. A hand on the shoulder or someone pulling at you from behind. Strange smoky apparitions have been seen in the same buildings. Voices are often heard when nobody is around. "Cold spots" also move around in the old factory.
Canton - Stark County - Hercules Engine Plant - In the old buildings of the Hercules Engine Plant visitors and workers have been grabbed or pushed in the stairwell that leads to what used to be an army training facility in World War I and II. Part of the plant was built in 1845 and the basement of these buildings has energy orbs and a strange haze that travels through the rooms.
Carlisle - Carlisle park apts. - There are woods right across the street that has trails made by bike riders. There is a tree called The Demon Tree IT IS A DEAD TREE BUT STILL SEEMS TO GET TALLER AND STRONGER. Witnesses report to have heard voices, and being chased out of there by something.
Carlisle - Miamisburg - Zech road - half erect barn that burnt down in the 60's and 2 small children were burned alive in it. To this day you can still hear them laughing and playing in the area around the barn.
Castalia - Cemetery - when your driving through the cemetery at night, your car stalls and you hear a yelling noise from the center of the cemetery. It’s said if you see smoke from the center of the cemetery after the yelling/screaming noises, you will see your own gravestone on the way out.
Cedar Point - Amusement Park - The carousel in the park is an old one, with hand carved horses. Legend has it that the man who carved the horses for the carousel caught his wife cheating on him with a jockey from the local horse track. He shot and killed them both for their infidelity. There is a black horse on the carousel with bones carved into his mane, and the image of a jockey is carved into the saddle of another horse. Employees have reported hearing the music of the carousel at night while it spins backwards. They have also reported leaving it at night and arriving the next morning to find the horses in different positions.- November 2003 update: The carousel did not originate in Ohio it is actually from Michigan, near Lake Lansing. The locals there believe that Al Capone used to torture people on the carousel and then dump their bodies into the lake, which is where the haunting actual begins.
Centerville - Town Hall Theatre - the lots that are used for the stage seem to go on and off a lot. The downstairs and basement area are very spooky, it's always dark down there, and it's always extremely cold down there too. in the top bedroom there have been stories told of Abraham Lincoln's spirit in the window and in the room. People aren't sure if it's Abe, but a tall man that looks much like him.
Champaign County - Cedar Bog- formerly listed in Clark County - The road to Cedar Bog is enclosed on both sides by a very tall chain link fence. Some say that this is here to protect visitors from a big foot type of creature that killed a few people many years ago. Others say that it was put up to prevent deer from wondering into the road. Either way, at night some have heard screams and reported an eerie feeling, as if being watched.
Champion - Elementary School - students claim that there was a pool under the girls bathroom and 2 kids died in it there spirits still apparently haunt the school. Also 2 girls have been seen in the girls bathroom laughing and then disappear.
Chardon - Heather Hill Hospital - A young boy is seen constantly by nurses, and nursing assistants on area C of the hospital (Usually at night). He is always by himself running into rooms. Workers have followed it into a room and looked all over to find nothing. I have been in rooms working with patients and heard knocking on the walls. Only to find no one awake in the rooms beside or below. Other workers talk of hearing strange knockings too. Some older patients will begin talking this boy while workers are in the room seeing nothing. But when asked for a description the patients describe the little boy dressed in old knickers. Workers at the hospital call him the knicker boy.
Chardon - Squire's Castle - Squire's wife that died in the castle from breaking her neck, walks around the castle at night, always cold, and you sometimes hear screams.
Chillicothe - Cross Keys Tavern - The tavern is said to be haunted by a spirit who was murdered in the ally behind the tavern years ago. It is said he still likes to stir up a little trouble in the bar by throwing wine glass's off there rack.
Chillicothe - Crybaby's Tunnel - A mother and a newborn were crossing a bridge on a train track. While in the middle of the bridge, a train came which led the mother to toss the baby into the creek. The mother died along with the baby. At night you can see the mother's spirit and hear the baby crying.
Chillicothe - Elizabeth's grave - Elizabeth is said to have hanged herself from a tree in the cemetery. Her actual gravesite is at the very front of the graveyard, but her tombstone is always located at the rear of the cemetery. It is said that if you move the tombstone to it's original position it will move itself back to the place where she was believed to have died.
Chillicothe - Majestic theater - Reports of hearing screams.
Chillicothe - Schrader Road Tunnel - It is said that if you drive through the tunnel with your windows down you can hear the cries of a baby that was killed there. The story says a mother and her daughter died there years ago. The fashion in which they were killed varies on who you ask. There was also a woman that hung herself (or was murdered, then hung) from the north end of the tunnel.
Cincinnati - Anderson - Anderson high school - voices are heard by janitors at night and students belongings are moved to different classrooms after school hours.
Cincinnati - Buffalo Ridge - There are many reports of hauntings on this road. One is of a car that was doing a gang initiation where you can here a car with stereo blasting, speeding up and down the hills. After a few times of them going down the hill you can hear the screams and the crash of the car. There are also reports of a woman who was killed while trying on her wedding dress, the reports state that she is seen walking around on Buffalo Ridge and East Miami River Road on the anniversary of her death searching for her head that was never found.
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Job Corps Center - This building at 1409 Western Avenue was constructed in the late 1800s and formerly served as a convent and later, as an armory. It currently houses this trade school and dormitories for the students. The hauntings take place on the second, third and fourth floors, as well as the attic. There have been sightings of an apparition described as a nun, but more commonly, students report hearing footsteps in the hallways when no one is around. They routinely report seeing water faucets turn themselves on and off. Legend has it that the ghost is that of a nun who killed herself there many generations ago.
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Museum of Art - Security guards have reported seeing a 7-foot-tall specter which has no features and merely looks like a huge black "blur" that rises up from a mummy sarcophagus exhibit straight through the ceiling. Another time when the security guards would sneak and take their "catnaps" in the storage room, there was a glowing face hovering inches away from them as the woke. They would proceed to try to evade the spirit but it would block their was as they would maneuver around the room. It would then just simply disappear.
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Zoo -