Most Haunted Places in Ohio

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    Lafayette Hotel

    Marietta, Ohio
    Voices and footsteps have been heard in empty hallways and rooms, while appliances turn on and off by themselves, doors open and close on their own and furniture and luggage is moved around suites. Staff and guests have seen misty apparitions in the corridors, and a ghostly maid in a black dress...
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    EHP Rating: 94.1

    Brownella Cottage and Galion Historical Museum

    Galion, Ohio
    This beautiful cottage houses the town historical society, and is well known for the ghost that reputedly haunts the old building. Although the identity of the apparition is currently unclear, witnesses describe a man dressed in black with white hair who wanders the hallways scaring visitors to the...
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    EHP Rating: 93.9

    Greater Columbus Antiques Mall

    Columbus, Ohio
    This antiques arcade is haunted by many apparitions, which is not hard to believe as the building was previously a funeral home. The first apparition reported in the building is a tall man in a brown suit, who has been seen walking around, and in some cases through the antiques displays. The...
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    EHP Rating: 93.8

    Sorg Opera House and Mansion

    Middletown, Ohio
    The opera house is haunted by the ghost of former residents, who can be heard walking around the house and talking late at night. The ghost of an actress in a red dress has been seen in the dressing rooms, but she vanishes when approached. She has also been heard singing when no one is...
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    EHP Rating: 92.9

    Ohio University

    Athens, Ohio
    Ohio University has a few different spots that are said to be haunted: The Brown House is haunted by donor Millie Brown, who peers out a window; also the phantom sounds of kids splashing in a long-gone pool have been heard in the back yard. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity house was said to be...
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    EHP Rating: 92.9

    Pleasant Valley Cemetery

    Lucas, Ohio
    Pleasant Valley Cemetery is haunted by the Rose Family buried here. Legend has it that Ceely Rose murdered her mother, father and brother in 1896 over her love for Guy Berry. Guy lied and told Ceely they couldn't marry because her family didn't approve of him rather than tell her the truth: that he...
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    EHP Rating: 90.9

    Hammel House Inn

    Waynesville, Ohio
    The inn has been declared one of the most haunted buildings in Waynesville. The most haunted room at the bed and breakfast is Room #004. The shadowy apparition of a young merchant who was murdered in the inn has been seen here, as well as in the dining room of the inn. The ghost of a black cat has...
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    EHP Rating: 90.6

    Ohio State Reformatory

    Mansfield, Ohio
    The prison, defunct since 1990, was the setting for the movie The Shawshank Redemption. It has been used as a setting or featured on many other movies, music videos and TV programs, including Ghost Adventures. Witnesses have experienced shadow figures, slamming cell doors and yelling voices, and...
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    EHP Rating: 90.0

    Loyal Oak Tavern

    Norton, Ohio
    The old tavern building was built in the 1840s, and was a cabinet shop in its early years. There are remnants of its older days as a tavern, such as a half-log bar in the basement as well as a 1930s keg. But locals here say that's not all that remains here from times past! They say the apparition...
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    Park Hotel

    Put-in-Bay, Ohio
    Guests have reported apparitions in period clothing and ghostly ballroom music when there is no one around. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 89.7

    Baldwin-Wallace College

    Berea, Ohio
    Baldwin-Wallace College's Kohler Hall, built in the 1870s as a Methodist Children's Home, is said to be home to a spirit that manifests as a blue haze. Something reportedly presses down on students in bed and throws off their blankets. And Lang Hall is allegedly haunted by namesake Emma Lang, whose...
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    EHP Rating: 89.4

    Sedamsville Rectory

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Over a century old, the rectory is believed to be haunted. Witnesses working on building renovations have seen eerie mists and shadows under the doors of empty rooms. Some say one ghost who resides here is Father Donald MacLeod, who wrote "The History of Roman Catholicism in North America." In the...
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    EHP Rating: 89.1

    Rogue's Hollow Bridge

    Doylestown, Ohio
    Rogue's Hollow Bridge, or Crybaby Bridge, has a couple of legends attached to it that may explain the ghostly crying sound heard here. One says that long ago a woman tossed her unwanted newborn over the bridge, and now the phantom scene replays here along with the sound of a baby crying. A similar...
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    EHP Rating: 88.9

    Agora Theatre and Ballroom

    Cleveland, Ohio
    Elvis and the Beatles are among the acts who have performed at Agora Theatre and Ballroom, and the place is said to be home to some spirits who never left. Apparitions have been seen here, especially one of a man wearing a yellow raincoat. During an investigation, a psychic declared that his name...
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    EHP Rating: 88.9

    The Precinct Office Center

    West Union, Ohio
    This historic former jailhouse is now the county office, but has a haunting dating back to the turn of the nineteenth century. Prisoners were reportedly frightened by a apparition robed in white, who repeatedly floated past their cells without making a sound before vanishing. This manifestation...
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    EHP Rating: 88.5

    Florentine Hotel and Restaurant

    Germantown, Ohio
    The 1816 hotel and restaurant is haunted. Staff and diners have experienced an eerie presence on the third floor, and the mezzanine is haunted by a poltergeist that causes the chandeliers to swing to and fro. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 88.2

    Rider's Inn

    Painesville, Ohio
    A Civil War soldier's ghost is said to stand near the windows and wave. Also, the spirit of a former innkeeper's wife named Suzanne is said to reside here as well. Suzanne is said to have come to the door in her nightgown to let guests in when the owners were not at...
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    EHP Rating: 87.9

    Columbian House Hotel

    Waterville, Ohio
    Back in 1828, when this historic hotel was constructed, it was merely a trading post and tavern with limited overnight accommodation. At various times throughout the century, the building also served as a prison and a town ballroom. The strange history of the building began back in the 1840's,...
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    EHP Rating: 87.5

    Edmund Gleason Farmhouse

    Valley View, Ohio
    This historic farmhouse property is rumoured to have a whole horde of ghostly inhabitants. Passing motorists claim to have seen the figure of a spectral woman standing at windows, and have seen strange lights moving from room to room on the downstairs level. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 87.2

    Harrison House Bed and Breakfast

    Columbus, Ohio
    The house here was originally built in 1890, and when it became a bed-and-breakfast inn in the 1990s, the owners found that they were not alone! Spirits are said to haunt the second and third floors, and can also be found near the front door and first-floor closet. Ghosts said to reside here are a...
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    EHP Rating: 87.0

    Woodland Cemetery

    Dayton, Ohio
    Woodland Cemetery has a sad story. Young Johnny Morehouse froze to death when he fell into the Miami & Erie Canal, although his dog tried hard to pull him out. After Johnny died, the dog wouldn't move from the gravesite, and eventually died. A statue was made of the dog, to sit alongside Johnny...
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    EHP Rating: 86.2

    Franklin Castle

    Cleveland, Ohio
    Franklin Castle was built in the mid 1800s by Hans Tiedemann, a wealthy German immigrant. Since then, it has been a clubhouse for a German singing society, headquarters for a German Socialist organization, a doctor's office, apartments, and a hideout for bootleggers. Many ghost stories surround the...
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    EHP Rating: 86.2

    Victoria Theatre

    Dayton, Ohio
    It opened in 1866 and has been known as Turner Opera House, Grand Opera House, Victoria Opera House and Victoria Theatre. The likes of Harry Houdini, Sarah Bernhardt and Mark Twain have performed here, and one performer never left. The ghost is a 1920s actress who vanished from her locked dressing...
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    EHP Rating: 86.2

    Athens Lunatic Asylum - The Ridges

    Athens, Ohio
    Featured on TV's The Scariest Places on Earth, the asylum has long been a place of mystery and hauntings. There are 1,930 graves at three cemeteries nearby, all marked with only a number. Research has shown that some of the mysterious dead mental health patients may have been veterans, victims of...
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    EHP Rating: 86.1

    House of Wills

    Cleveland, Ohio
    This historic funeral parlour appears to be one of the cities most haunted sites, as shown by the most recent street view image of the building. The photograph shows what appears to be a white apparition staring down into the street from a window on the second floor. This is only one of many...
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    Darrow Family Cemetery

    Seven Hills, Ohio
    Rumor has it that at night at the Darrow Family Cemetery, which only has 7 gravesites, tombstones that are whole in daylight appear broken, and strange things can be seen and heard: Unexplained bright lights, running water, screams and...
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    EHP Rating: 85.7

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is said to be haunted by apparitions, moving objects, unexplained noises, voices laughing, footsteps and mysterious shadows. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost...
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    EHP Rating: 85.7

    The Taverne of Richfield

    Richfield, Ohio
    We have had numerous sitings at the Taverne. The building was built in 1886 in Richfield Ohio as a hotel/stagecoach stop. We have 3 ghosts. The original ghost is Baxter Wood who opened a hotel called the Center Hotel in the building which now houses local watering hole, the Doug Out. He later built...
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    Chateau Laroche - Loveland Castle

    Loveland, Ohio
    The Historical Loveland Castle & Museum, aka Chateau Laroche, is said to be haunted by many ghosts, including one who liked a particular willow tree and a girl in a long dress who walked on water. A Viking in a long dark cloak has been seen as...
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    Eden Park

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Imogene Remus, wife of notorious bootlegger George Remus, is rumored to haunt their former home. When George went to prison in the mid-1920s, Imogene sold all the furnishings in their mansion and many of his distilleries, essentially closing his business, and filed for divorce. On October 6, 1927,...
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    Variety Theater

    Cleveland, Ohio
    1927 building The Variety Theater was a vaudeville house, then a movie theater until the early 1980s. After that, it was a rock concert venue until it closed in 1986. Now, locals say, it's haunted by a white figure who hangs out on first floor by the water fountain. A man's spirit also lingers...
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    The Corner House

    Warsaw, Ohio
    This small, abandoned wooden house at the intersection of the two major roads is haunted by the apparition of a woman in black. Her husband murdered her in the house many years ago, and people driving past have reported smelling burning flesh and hearing the screams of a woman. (Submitted by...
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    EHP Rating: 84.8

    Punderson Manor

    Geauga, Ohio
    It is alleged that the original owner of Punderson manor committed suicide by drifting out on the lake in a bathtub, and then, when he reached the middle, he pulled the plug and drowned. Why precisely he would have chosen this method is not known, whether it actually occurred like this is unknown,...
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    Cincinnati Art Museum

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    The Cincinnati Museum of Art is not only renowned for its prized art collection, it is also well known for the various paranormal occurrences there. The first apparition seen here is the seven foot tall figure of a misty black figure with no face, who has reportedly materializes from a sarcophagus...
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    EHP Rating: 84.6

    Bissman Building

    Mansfield, Ohio
    The Bissman Building, once a grocery warehouse built in 1886, is said to be very haunted; ghost hunts and tours are offered here. Many apparitions are seen here, including a man in a long coat and top hat and a young girl; footsteps have been heard on empty floors above, and witnesses also describe...
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    EHP Rating: 84.6

    Miami Erie Antique-Collectible Mall

    Delphos, Ohio
    Formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel, this antiques mall is rumoured to be haunted by a phantom traveller who passed away in an upstairs room. Customers to the store have sworn they've heard footsteps coming from the second level, but upon investigation, there is no one around. There are also...
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    EHP Rating: 84.6

    Regal Vineyards and Mansion

    Madison, Ohio
    This historic mansion and vineyard has now returned to its use after being boarded up for a long period of time. It was originally built by immigrants, but abandoned after a family tragedy. Staff immediately began to report a vortex in the building, and various cold spots. The tip of the iceberg...
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    Golden Lamb Inn

    Lebanon, Ohio
    Ten presidents, including John Quincy Adams, have stayed at the charming Golden Lamb Inn, in operation since 1803. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain also are among its former guests. The rooms also are named for past guests, and rumor has it that the Harriet Beecher Stowe room is rich with...
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    Woodland Cemetery

    Coal Grove, Ohio
    Along the banks of the Ohio River in Ironton, Ohio is Woodland Cemetery, also known as the City of the Dead. Founded in 1871, it presently contains more than 8,000 graves. The cemetery entrance is beautifully gated and the cemetery itself is beautifully landscaped. Its departed residents include...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Spring Grove Cemetery

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Spring Grove Cemetery is said to have a haunted bust on a gravestone located in Lot 100. It is said to turn its head and watch those who walk...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Taft Museum of Art

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    The Taft Museum of Art, built in 1820 by Martin Baum, is said to be haunted by several ghosts. Annie is the most famous, the wife of Charles Phelps Taft, half-brother of President William Howard Taft. They are the ones who donated the building to the city in 1932. Annie wears a long pink gown....
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    The Buxton Inn

    Granville, Ohio
    Visit this inn and you may meet the ghost of Orrin Granger, the pioneer who built it in 1812. Or you may spot Major Horton Buxton, after whom the inn was named. Major Buxton operated the inn during the late 1800s. Former innkeeper Bonnie Bounell is also said to have stayed on in the afterlife, and...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Denison University Library

    Granville, Ohio
    The 7th tier of the Denison University Library is said to have a spirit, a shadowy woman wearing an old-fashioned dress. Those who fall asleep here, especially men, have been awoken by her hitting them on the back of the...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Mount Olive Cemetery

    Bellville, Ohio
    Mount Olive Cemetery, or Lucas Cemetery, has a ghost named Mary Jane. One legend has it that she was burned at the stake in the 1800s after being accused of witchcraft. Another says she was a Native-American medicine woman, and some folks thought her profession was a mite too close to witchcraft,...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Old Licking County Jail

    Newark, Ohio
    The Old Licking County Jail building, constructed in 1889, has an eerie castle-like appearance reminiscent of the Tower of London. In its day it housed many a notorious murderer and serial killer. It was here that Carl Etherington, a Dry-Agent Detective, was once held in a cell for his protection...
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    Clay Haus Restaurant

    Somerset, Ohio
    This restaurant is housed in a historic building, which was built over the site of a civil war house. During the levelling of the lower floor, the current owners dug out the basement using their hands, and came across many interesting artefacts, which are on display in the main dining room. During...
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    EHP Rating: 82.9

    Millersburg Hotel

    Millersburg, Ohio
    This hotel has been in operation for well over a century, so it is more than likely that some of the spectres in this hotel were guests who never checked out. The owners and staff are displeased with the paranormal activity in the hotel, as they receive various reports of ghostly occurrences on a...
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    EHP Rating: 82.6

    Patterson Tower

    Kettering, Ohio
    Two glowing, shadowy apparitions have been seen standing near the base of the tower on stormy nights. The ghost of a lady in a white dress has been seen on the boulevard directly adjacent to the tower. A black mist has been around the tower, and chases away visitors. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 82.6

    Roundtown Players

    Circleville, Ohio
    Built in the 1890s as a memorial for Civil War soldiers, this building has housed a public library, an armory, and now the Round Town Players theatrical group. An apparition of a Civil War soldier has been seen reflected in the mirrors at Memorial Hall....
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Cincinnati Union Terminal and Museum Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    The ghost of a former security guard who was murdered there still haunts the building at night, rattling the door knobs and checking the locks on the doors. A World War I plane exhibit is haunted by the ghost of a pilot. Visitors have reported seeing the ghostly aviator in the plane's cockpit,...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Thurber House

    Columbus, Ohio
    Thurber House, a nonprofit literary center and Thurber museum, is believe to be haunted. It was the home of Jamer Thurber, author and "New Yorker" cartoonist, and Thurber himself was reported to have had a ghostly experience. Witnesses now have heard footsteps on the back stairs and seen moving...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Prospect Place

    Trinway, Ohio
    The 29-room mansion built in 1856 by abolitionist G.W. Adams is said to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. The house is said to be haunted by ghosts from its past, and has been featured on TV shows such as Ghost Hunters and Ghost...
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    EHP Rating: 82.4

    Zoar Historic Hotel

    Zoar, Ohio
    This historic hotel has been acquired by the state historical society and is due to be renovated to restore it to its former glory. The hotel is rumoured to be haunted, which has been testified by many former guests, patrons and staff, and is widely acclaimed to be the towns most haunted building....
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    EHP Rating: 82.1

    Red Brick Tavern

    London, Ohio
    Built in 1836, the building has been used as an inn and tavern, private home, and school. Now a restaurant, its menu features, among other dishes, steak dinners named after the six presidents who have visited here: John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary...
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    EHP Rating: 82.0

    Egypt Road Bridge

    Salem, Ohio
    The closed Egypt Road Bridge, or Crybaby Bridge, is haunted day and night by the sound of a crying baby. Legend has it that a baby went missing while its parents were fighting, and it fell over the side of the bridge. The scream of its mother and the crying of the baby are both heard in the area....
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast

    Dover, Ohio
    Guests at this 1800s inn, which was once a cobbler shop, have heard knocking on their doors when no one was there, and disembodied footsteps in the hallway. Those who have seen the ghost here say he is a man wearing a long dark...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast

    Dover, Ohio
    Guests at this 1800s inn, which was once a cobbler shop, have heard knocking on their doors when no one was there, and disembodied footsteps in the hallway. Those who have seen the ghost here say he is a man wearing a long dark...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Bourbon House Bed and Breakfast

    Cleveland, Ohio
    This historic mansion may still be in operation as an inn, but is more renowned for a recurring apparition reported here by former tenants and guests. The building is believed to be haunted by a former owner and the builder of the house, who has been known to communicate with the living. He has...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Warehouse Restaurant

    Coshocton, Ohio
    This historic warehouse was converted to a popular restaurant, but even back in the late twentieth century, police and authorities were responding to reports of paranormal activity which happened on a frequent basis. The restaurant is believed to be haunted by a ghostly child and the apparition of...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Bonnyconnellan Castle

    Sidney, Ohio
    The apparition of a regal man in a blue military uniform has been seen on the landing, examining a display. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 81.3

    Market Square Building

    Kinsman, Ohio
    This building features both an old-fashioned book store and a fascinating antiques market, which are both believed to be haunted. In the book store section of the building, staff report an entity that pushes books off shelves, and has been known to rearrange furniture while they are in the...
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    EHP Rating: 80.8

    Kings Island Amusement Park

    Mason, Ohio
    Kings Island, an amusement park that opened in 1972, is rumored to have an 1840s graveyard called Dog Street Cemetery on the premises. But most witnesses feel that the park's haunts are victims of accidental deaths, like the 1976 tragedy when a Lion Country Safari Ranger was killed by a lion or...
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    EHP Rating: 80.6

    Old Hercules Engine Factory

    Canton, Ohio
    This historic abandoned building is haunted by several terrifying entities. In the section of the building that was previously an army training unit, an aggressive entity pushes visitors around, and has been known to swear or threaten those present during visits. Factory appliances move around by...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Banana Leaf Modern Thai

    Mason, Ohio
    The building is rumoured to be haunted by the apparition of a woman murdered over a century ago. Her ghost has been seen in the dining room on the upper floor of the restaurant. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Sinclair Community College

    Dayton, Ohio
    Sinclair Community College's cafeteria is said to rest on the site of the old city gallows, but a number of other places here are rumored to have ghosts. At Blair Hall, something has tugged at witnesses, and they've heard phantom cats, babies and footsteps. The elevators work on their own, doors...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Marietta College - Alpha Xi Delta

    Marietta, Ohio
    Marietta College's Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, built in 1855, is said to be haunted by a former Ohio governor. George White and his family lived there after the turn of the century, and he became governor in the 1930s. George's apparition has been seen by witnesses, wearing a gray suit and...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Peters Cartridge Company

    Maineville, Ohio
    Peters Cartridge Company, built in 1916, produced gunpowder and ammunition, including bullets and cannonballs for the Union during the Civil War. It is said to be haunted by workers that were killed in accidental explosions during the 1940s. Witnesses have reported footsteps and apparitions seen...
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    Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre

    Marietta, Ohio
    The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre is home to specters who move objects in the prop room, create icy breezes, and grab the living by the shoulder. Rumor has it that the ghost is a former theater...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Town Hall Theatre

    Centerville, Ohio
    The Town Hall Theatre, according to witnesses, has a sensitive ghost who doesn't like it when the plays put on here have profane language or nudity. The spirit is said to act up during such performances in order to show his displeasure. There is also alleged to be an apparition that shows up in an...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Mansfield Women's Club

    Mansfield, Ohio
    Remaining as one of Mansfield, Ohio's largest and oldest homes, the estate of Mr & Mrs. Henry C. Hedges, is known for its near original 1800's interior and stunning Victorian charm. The home now is the official Club House to the Mansfield Federation of Women's Clubs, was left by widow Lucretia...
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    Wyandot County Historical Society

    Upper Sandusky, Ohio
    This 1852 residence was owned by the Beery family for many years, until it was donated to the local historical society in 1962. Since then, visitors and staff have reported various strange occurrences, including ghostly voices, disembodied footsteps and strange whistling noises. The ghost of an...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Renaissance Hotel

    Cleveland, Ohio
    This historic hotel was built over the site of many historic city landmarks including the cities first hotel, transferring the historical pasts of them into this building. Ghostly activity is mainly reported on the fourth floor, where lights turn on and off of their own accord and faucets switch on...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Tammi Jo Jean's Cafe

    Lancaster, Ohio
    This historic store and an adjoining row of stores are believed to be haunted by a series of playful entities. Bumps, bangs, voices, whistles and missing items are all among paranormal activity reported here. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Wickerhamm Inn

    Peebles, Ohio
    At this 1800s building, a murder is said to have led to the haunting that occurs here. The place was a tavern until the 1850s, and so the legend says, a stagecoach driver was murdered and beheaded here in a 1820s robbery. Although there were bloodstains on the floor and in many other places in the...
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    EHP Rating: 79.6

    Snow Hill Country Club

    New Vienna, Ohio
    Snow Hill Country Club, built in the 1820s as a home for the Harris family, became a country club and golf course in 1924. "Dinner and a Ghost" events have been held there to introduce visitors to its haunts, which are said to cause electrical problems, weird sounds and smells, and apparitions...
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    EHP Rating: 79.2

    Fallen Timbers Battlefield

    Maumee, Ohio
    The 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers was the last battle of the Northwest Indian War. On the anniversary of the battle, August 20, ghostly soldiers are said to re-enact the...
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    EHP Rating: 79.2

    Collingwood Arts Centre

    Toledo, Ohio
    This gothic mansion has formerly a convent, and is now dormitories for art students and resident artists. The basement of the building houses a terrifying entity draped in black robes who walks through the building every day before vanishing in the same part of the building. She has been known to...
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    EHP Rating: 79.0

    The Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road

    Butler County, Ohio
    Maud Hughes Road has a haunted bridge known to locals as the Screaming Bridge. Locals say it has been the site of at least 36 deaths through accidents and suicides. Witnesses have reported apparitions, mists, hooded figures, strange lights, and a phantom train on the tracks below. There are many,...
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    EHP Rating: 79.0

    Old Governor's Mansion

    Columbus, Ohio
    The presence of a woman who died in a fire within the historic building has been reported. She appears as an African American woman in a blue dress, and has been seen in various rooms of the mansion. During recent renovations, she appeared to staff members and told them how happy she was with...
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    EHP Rating: 79.0

    Capital University

    Columbus, Ohio
    Capital University's Kerns Religious Life Center is said to have a haunted basement. Folks down there have felt unexplained sadness and trouble breathing, and lights are said to come on by themselves. The Science Building may also have a ghost--the spirit of a former biology professor. The...
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    EHP Rating: 79.0

    Akron Civic Theatre

    Akron, Ohio
    One of Akron Civic Theatre's ghosts is Fred the Janitor, who died during his shift and now returns to finish his work. He is said to get angry at people who mess up the restrooms. Another apparition of a well-dressed man appears sitting up in the balcony from time to time, and a third spirit of a...
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    EHP Rating: 78.8

    Fort Piqua Hotel

    Piqua, Ohio
    Built in 1891, the historic Fort Piqua Hotel was once a library, and then stood empty for years. Now it is said to be haunted by a handyman who died in 1910 after falling into a barrel of cleaning acid. His ghost is seen working on things or shoveling coal in the basement. Witnesses also have heard...
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    EHP Rating: 78.6

    Ohio Statehouse

    Columbus, Ohio
    The Ohio Statehouse is a Greek Revival building that houses the government of Ohio. It is said to be haunted by former worker Tom Bateman, whose ghost appears on the staircase at 5 p.m. daily. The ghost is also said to turn lights of and on and move...
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    EHP Rating: 78.6

    Kinsman General Store

    Kinsman, Ohio
    This old-fashioned general store is believed to have a ghostly inhabitant in the basement, and is generally off limits to the public and visitors. Staff have reported seeing an old man smoking a pipe in the basement, and visitors have also smelt the overwhelming aroma of tobacco smoke on all levels...
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    EHP Rating: 78.3

    Mount Unger Cemetery

    Otway, Ohio
    Local legends say Mount Unger Cemetery is visited by the spirit of a man who hanged himself here after having murdered his...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    St. Clair Memorial Hall

    Greenville, Ohio
    St. Clair Memorial Hall was built in 1910 and has an old man's spirit lingering inside, folks say. The hall, where plays and musicals are performed, is haunted by a man who fell to his death while changing a light bulb....
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Grapevine House Inn

    Dundee, Ohio
    The 1834 bed and breakfast inn is located in the pleasant township of Winesburg, which is often confused with a novel of the same name by Sherwood Anderson. The old building is one of the earliest in the borough, and is rumoured to be haunted by a young girl in period clothing. Witnesses say she...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Mudhouse Mansion

    Lancaster, Ohio
    The house is an abandoned private residence, and the owner will sue you if you illegally visit the house without her permission. A white apparition has been seen standing at the front windows of the house, and strange lights move around the upper levels. Ghostly slaves and murdered family members...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Claque Playhouse

    Westlake, Ohio
    This historic playhouse is situated on an old farming property, as the theatre itself is a barn conversion. The former owner of the property, known to staff as 'Walter', has been seen and heard throughout the theatre. He often is heard sobbing in the theatre, and has been known to throw objects or...
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    EHP Rating: 77.3

    Austintown Log House

    Canfield, Ohio
    There have been reported sightings of the apparition of a headless soldier in the historic log cabin. He is seen in various rooms of the house, as well as by motorists driving past the house in an upstairs window. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    J.C. Thompson Building

    East Liverpool, Ohio
    This building dates back to 1892, and is rumored to have once housed both a speakeasy and a brothel. Under new ownership and recently restored as of July 2014, numerous paranormal occurrences have been recorded here in the basement and elsewhere. It is believed multiple spirits reside...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    A Georgian Manner Bed and Breakfast

    Logan, Ohio
    At this historic inn, a murder mystery is said to have taken place in 1898. Then-owner John Engle was allegedly poisoned by his wife, who put strychnine in his coffee. She was acquitted of the crime. Witnesses have seen apparitions of a man and children in period clothing playing on the lawn, and...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Old Stone House Bed and Breakfast

    Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
    At this circa 1800s bed-and-breakfast inn, strange things are afoot. A TV on the third floor turns itself down when the volume is turned up, and toilets flush by themselves. In Room 11, also on the third floor, a little girl fell to her death out the window, and her ghost is said to appear at...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Glamorgan Castle

    Alliance, Ohio
    The 1905 Glamorgan Castle, according to legend, is haunted by former owner Colonel Morgan of Morgan Engineering Company fame, who died in 1928. Guided tours are offered here throughout the...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Patterson Homestead

    Dayton, Ohio
    Patterson Homestead is a historic house museum built in the early 1800s, originally home to Revolutionary War veteran Colonel Robert Patterson and his wife Elizabeth Lindsay Patterson. When the house was donated to the city by ancestor Jefferson Patterson in 1953, it was complete with 18th- and...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery

    Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
    Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery is home to phantom battles, complete with gunshots, soldiers' screams and marching sounds. It is said that during the Memorial Day parades held on Johnson Island, the deceased soldiers march along with the living...
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    EHP Rating: 76.2

    Cincinnati Music Hall

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Haunts have been reported at this historic music hall since the 1870s. It is said that when an elevator shaft was installed in 1988, bones of both children and adults were found under the...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Siesta Motel

    Norwich, Ohio
    This motel is said to be haunted by the spirit of an angry man who had been staying at the night there after a fight with his mother. And as it so happened, that night he was the victim of a burglary. The still-enraged man attacked the burglar upon finding him in his room, and the burglar killed...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Wildermuth Mansion

    Pomeroy, Ohio
    My family has been restoring the old Wildermuth mansion for the last 18 years now, have had lots of interesting things happen there and sightings too. Hhave seen animals several times in the house as well as seeing Mothman twice flying over the house! Yes twice! In the process of putting house...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    The Linck Inn

    Maumee, Ohio
    This historic building was built in 1836, and has served as both a general store and as a hotel, as it was a popular stopover point for stagecoach and canal travellers. The hotel is no longer in operation, but is believed to still have three ghostly tenants who stayed on. The first is a female...