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0Starr Piano Building
Richmond, Indiana
14.6 miles from Preble County, OHThe late-1800s Starr Piano Company not only made and sold pianos and phonographs but also housed Gennett Records, which recorded jazz, blues and country artists including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Hoagy Carmichael. The complex was partly demolished in the 1970s and the shell still stands. The area is ...
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Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana
15.1 miles from Preble County, OHEarlham College is a liberal arts college founded by Quakers in 1847. The college has a resident ghost in the Athletic and Wellness Center who is known to play basketball at night.
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Florentine Hotel and Restaurant
Germantown, Ohio
16.8 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 Swift)
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Sorg Opera House and Mansion
Middletown, Ohio
20.2 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
23.9 miles from Preble County, OHSinclair 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, ...
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Victoria Theatre
Dayton, Ohio
24.3 miles from Preble County, OHIt 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 ...
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St. Clair Memorial Hall
Greenville, Ohio
24.7 miles from Preble County, OHSt. 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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Patterson Homestead
Dayton, Ohio
24.8 miles from Preble County, OHPatterson 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 19th-century furnishings and ...
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Patterson Tower
Kettering, Ohio
25 miles from Preble County, OHTwo 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 ...
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Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
25.2 miles from Preble County, OHWoodland 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, ...
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Bear's Mill
Greenville, Ohio
25.8 miles from Preble County, OHBear’s Mill, an operating water-powered mill and historic landmark, was built in 1849 by Gabriel Baer. It is said to be haunted by a former owner, whose ghost can be heard walking on the creaking floorboards upstairs when no one is there.
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Normandy United Methodist Church
Dayton, Ohio
26.3 miles from Preble County, OHNormandy United Methodist Church is housed in a building that was once a mansion. But the mansion's owner never left, according to some, and she still haunts the church. Her perfume has been smelled late at night by the cleaning crews when no one else is in the building.
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The Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road
Preble County, Ohio
27.1 miles from Preble County, OHMaud 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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Town Hall Theatre
Centerville, Ohio
27.1 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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0Golden Lamb Inn
Lebanon, Ohio
31.6 miles from Preble County, OHTen 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 ...
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Banana Leaf Modern Thai
Mason, Ohio
32 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 Swift)
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
32.7 miles from Preble County, OHWright-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 Hunters.
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Hammel House Inn
Waynesville, Ohio
33.2 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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Kings Island Amusement Park
Mason, Ohio
33.9 miles from Preble County, OHKings 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 ...
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Peters Cartridge Company
Maineville, Ohio
34.6 miles from Preble County, OHPeters 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 through the windows at night.
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The Big Green Castle
Harrison, Ohio
35 miles from Preble County, OHThis Victorian manor house is now a private residence, but back when it was abandoned and for sale, residents reported seeing figures in period clothing looking out of the windows and seeing lights moving around the house. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Fort Piqua Hotel
Piqua, Ohio
35.5 miles from Preble County, OHBuilt 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 ...
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Chateau Laroche - Loveland Castle
Loveland, Ohio
37.6 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 well.
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Guyer Opera House
Lewisville, Indiana
37.7 miles from Preble County, OHIn the 1900s, tragedy struck when a young boy was killed when a bullet ricocheted during a Wild West gun show. His spirit, along with that of the founder O.K. Guyer, who died the same year his opera house opened, are said to haunt the building. Guyer's funeral was held ...
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Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
40.4 miles from Preble County, OHSpring 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 past.
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Ye Olde Trail Tavern
Yellow Springs, Ohio
40.6 miles from Preble County, OHThe historic tavern, built back in 1827, is believed to be haunted by an ominous woman in blue. She has only been known to appear to men, and is openly hostile towards women. She has been known to knock objects off shelves and make sinister whispering noises to visitors ...
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0Thornhaven Manor
New Castle, Indiana
41 miles from Preble County, OHThis curious haunt has been featured on Ghost Adventures and is quickly becoming one of the most talked about haunted locations for the innumerable amounts of paranormal activity occurring on the property. Sitting on seven acres this foreboding home is the site of murder, mysterious deaths, and rumored suicide. (Submitted ...
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George Rogers Clark Park
Springfield, Ohio
41 miles from Preble County, OHGeorge Rogers Clark Park's Daniel Hertzler House is rumored to be haunted by Hertzler himself, killed October 16, 1867 by robbers. His killers escaped the jail and were never found.
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Westwood Town Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
41 miles from Preble County, OHThe late-1880s Westwood Town Hall used to hold a volunteer fire department in the basement, a jail, meeting rooms, and an auditorium. Legend has it that it's haunted by a deceased security guard named Willy who hanged himself in his apartment on the premises after losing his job. He is ...
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Stenton House - Cornell Place Apartments
Cincinnati, Ohio
41.5 miles from Preble County, OHThere have been numerous deaths reported in these historic apartments. Disembodied footsteps and ghostly voices are heard in the old building when on one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati, Ohio
42.1 miles from Preble County, OHThe ghost of a lioness has been heard following visitors and workers in the zoo late at night. Green eyes are also seen in darker buildings or at the end of corridors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Cincinnati Union Terminal and Museum Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
44 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.1 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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0Spring House Gazebo
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.1 miles from Preble County, OHIn 1927 a wealthy and prominent business man and bootlegger murdered his wife Imogene in broad daylight and in front of a dozen witnesses (including her daughter) in the park's gazebo. She was on her way to the courthouse to divorce him and apparently, this was too much for ...
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Eden Park
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.1 miles from Preble County, OHImogene 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, they were ...
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0Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.2 miles from Preble County, OHHaunts 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 building.
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Greendale Cemetery
Greendale, Indiana
44.7 miles from Preble County, OHWhite or gray apparitions have been seen, and locals say that passing the graves belonging to the Tebbs family will give you chills and an uneasy feeling of being watched. Cold breezes have been reported here on hot, windless days.
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0Christopher's Bed and Breakfast
Bellevue, Kentucky
44.8 miles from Preble County, OHThis bed-and-breakfast inn was originally built as a 19th-century church. Among the unusual things that happen here: Apparitions have been spotted on the stairs, the piano plays by itself during the night, and disembodied voices and footsteps have also been reported.
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0Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.8 miles from Preble County, OHA ghostly Lady in Green walks the Hall of Mirrors and the mezzanine. She was seen often by construction workers in 1983, while the hotel was undergoing renovations. Legend has it that she was the wife of a worker who was killed during the hotel's construction in 1930. So the ...
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Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati, Ohio
44.9 miles from Preble County, OHThe 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 ...
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Sedamsville Rectory
Cincinnati, Ohio
45.3 miles from Preble County, OHOver 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 ...
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Bonnyconnellan Castle
Sidney, Ohio
45.6 miles from Preble County, OHThe apparition of a regal man in a blue military uniform has been seen on the landing, examining a display. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Whisky's Restaurant
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
46 miles from Preble County, OHThis restaurant began as two private houses that were combined to make a button factory. A former resident, an elderly lady died in the room now called the Malt Room, and her spirit is believed to remain here. A waitress reported feeling a tug on her apron when no one ...
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Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home
Covington, Kentucky
46.3 miles from Preble County, OHThis historic home was formerly a boarding house for students at a nearby mortuary college, and is rumoured to be haunted. Staff claim to have felt a strange in the building after dark, and have seen a shadowy male apparition on the landing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Finch Cemetery
Portland, Indiana
46.8 miles from Preble County, OHThe late-1800s Finch Cemetery at the Jay County Conservation Club is said to hold the grave of a boy named Cinderella. Rumor has it that the gravestones here shift, or disappear. If you count the gravestones on the way to Cinderella's grave, you will count 13. But on the way ...
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0Bobby Mackey's Music World
Newport, Kentucky
46.9 miles from Preble County, OHThis night club is sometimes called "the most haunted night club in America." The building was once a slaughterhouse, but it has an even darker link. Alleged Satan worshippers Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were said to have killed Pearl Bryan in 1897; her headless body was found near the ...
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Kaup Pharmacy - Homestead Restaurant
Portland, Ohio
46.9 miles from Preble County, OHOnce known as Homestead Food and Spirits, the building that houses the Kaup Pharmacy is said to have a ghostly resident. A lady's apparition has been spotted, and the door to the women's restroom has been known to open and close on its own.
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Hebron Lutheran Cemetery
Hebron, Kentucky
46.9 miles from Preble County, OHThere has been many sightings here, and I have personally been here multiple times, and have had many experiences. When you approach the crematorium, you can always smell something burning, even if there is no one there. As well, when approaching graves, you can feel a chill and sometimes ...
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Gray Hotel
Redkey, Indiana
49.7 miles from Preble County, OHThis 1912 former hotel now houses the offices of a paranormal investigative team, who claim that the building is one of the most haunted in the entire state. With its troubling past of murder, manslaughter and illegal activity, it isn't that hard to believe either. At least two, possibly ...
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Owensville Town Hall
Batavia, Ohio
50.7 miles from Preble County, OHThis historic building was formerly a church, and during the civil war, a cavalry was met by resistance from an old man with a shotgun inside the building, adding some additional history to the hall. However, it is not his spirit who is known to haunt the building, as ...
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Revenant Acres Farm
Charlottesville, Indiana
51.1 miles from Preble County, OHAn old farmhouse dating back to the 1800s known to locals as a hot-spot for paranormal activity. An old woman's presence is felt by some. Others have claimed to have experienced poltergeist activity.
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Allendale Tunnel
Elsmere, Kentucky
51.6 miles from Preble County, OHLegend has it that a man hanged himself years ago in this tunnel, and the hook still protrudes from which he hung his rope. Witnesses say they have seen his apparition hanging here or walking in the tunnel and heard his screams.
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Narrows Road
Erlanger, Kentucky
51.9 miles from Preble County, OHA phantom officer in a '50s police car haunts Narrows Road, locals say, pulling over living drivers late at night. The ghost is said to be the lingering spirit of a cop who was hit and killed by a car here while making a traffic stop in the 1950s. Some ...
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Greenup Street Water Tower
Alexandria, Kentucky
55.8 miles from Preble County, OHThe apparition of a man in workman clothing has been standing underneath the water tower by local residents. He vanishes when approached, and appears to be confused or lost. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Kopper Kettle Inn Restaurant
Morristown, Indiana
56.1 miles from Preble County, OHNot only is this local historic eatery known for its delicious family-style chicken dinner, it's also known for being haunted by several spirits.
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Hays Cemetery
Wilkinson, Indiana
56.2 miles from Preble County, OHHays Cemetery, aka Main Street Graveyard, is said to be home to a "devil's child" because of a plant that grows in the shape of a pitchfork on her grave. Visiting is not recommended at night, as much of the area is private property and you could be arrested for ...
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Snow Hill Country Club
New Vienna, Ohio
56.4 miles from Preble County, OHSnow 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, ...
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Dead Man's Curve
Bethel, Ohio
57.7 miles from Preble County, OHThis intersection has been the site of numerous accidents, usually people who lost control at the curve (hence the name). People report seeing a male hitchhiker who has no face. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Big Bone Lick Park
Union, Kentucky
59.6 miles from Preble County, OHFolks visiting the park have reported disembodied whispers, eerie figures, strange noises and an evil spirit who is said to linger in the nearby woods.
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State Theatre
Anderson, Indiana
60.1 miles from Preble County, OHThe State Theatre was opened in 1930 with eco friendly geo thermal heat and air system way before it's time and an acoustically engineered dome for the best sound for the first talkies. People have felt and seen various apparitions and vague whisperings in several places in the ...
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Ceylon Covered Bridge
Geneva, Indiana
62.3 miles from Preble County, OHLocal legend has it that many years ago a group of teens performed a séance here, during which a body fell to the floor, leaving a big blood stain near the pentagram they drew. The experience is rumored to have opened a portal from which strange things come.
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Stepstone Church - Immaculate Conception Church
Butler, Kentucky
65.5 miles from Preble County, OHSome reports say this church still stands, and others say it has been torn down. But rumor has it that whatever its state, it is haunted by four teen girls who some men hung on a cross in the loft before setting fire to the church. Witnesses have heard girls ...
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Dixie Lee Restaurant
Cridersville, Ohio
68.6 miles from Preble County, OHHector is the name the staff members have given to the ghost who haunts Dixie Lee Restaurant. His apparition has been spotted inside the restaurant, and he isn't rumored to be the quiet type--Hector has been known to make a lot of noise.
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Meldahl Locks and Dam - Foster Dam
Felicity, Ohio
70.2 miles from Preble County, OHVisitors to Meldahl Locks and Dam, aka Foster Dam, at mile marker 436 on the Ohio River, have witnessed the presence of many spirits here, said to be folks who committed suicide or died accidentally here over the years.
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Sherman Tavern
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
70.2 miles from Preble County, OHThe Sherman Tavern is a historic former tavern built in 1812, which is in the process of being restored by local residents. It was a former stage stop for cattle drovers and American Indians. People restoring the historic building have reported seeing the apparitions of Confederate soldiers, and African American ...
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0Schenck Mansion
Vevay, Indiana
72.2 miles from Preble County, OHA ghostly Lady in White in Victorian attire haunts the second floor of this 1874 bed-and-breakfast building, originally built as a mansion of a home for Benjamin Franklin Schenk. She is said to walk the hallways, taking no notice of anyone around her. Guests also have reported hearing voices, footsteps, ...
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Ohio Theater
Madison, Indiana
79.7 miles from Preble County, OHLocal tales tell of lights that seem to float in the balcony area and then disappear. It is also said that at midnight, the sound of screaming can be heard.
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Jefferson County Library
Madison, Indiana
79.8 miles from Preble County, OHRumor has it that the ornery ghost of a young man rides the elevator rubbing and patting women. He is believed to have lived here when it was a private home and was confined to a wheelchair, which is why the elevator originally was installed. Some reports say the ghost ...
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Broadway Historic Hotel and Tavern
Madison, Indiana
79.8 miles from Preble County, OHThe historic hotel and restaurant appears to be popular with the spirit set. The apparition of a disruptive criminal shot dead on the premises has been reported in the main dining room, while the bed and breakfast quarters of the establishment are supposedly haunted by an unknown woman in ...
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Rankin House
Ripley, Ohio
80.9 miles from Preble County, OHRankin House belonged to abolitionist Reverend John Rankin, and he was said to put a bright light in his attic window to symbolize to runaway slaves that it was safe to seek shelter here. Apparitions of slaves are said to appear on Jacob's Ladder near his house on moonless nights.
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Baird House Inn
Ripley, Ohio
80.9 miles from Preble County, OHThis historic house inn may no longer be in operation, and is now a private residence. The inn was a popular stopover for travellers on the river, and since it was built in 1825, has had a colourful history. Guests and staff at the former inn have reported hearing ...
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Hanover College
Hanover, Indiana
83.1 miles from Preble County, OHAt Parker Auditorium, the ghost of Dr. A.G. Parker, past college president of the college, has been seen and heard, along with unexplained sounds and missing objects. And at Donner Residence Hall's east wing, the ghost of a student who committed suicide in a dorm room is blamed for objects ...
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Hanover Cemetery
Hanover, Indiana
83.6 miles from Preble County, OHVisitors here have reported feeling unexplained nausea and chills, possibly related to the grave of Benjamin Bennett, who is believed to have drowned in the Ohio River (although his body was never found).
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Aberdeen Baptist Church
Aberdeen, Ohio
88.9 miles from Preble County, OHThe apparitions of young children have been seen inside the church building and in front of it by passing motorists and parishioners. Screams come from inside the church during the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Phillips' Folly
Maysville, Kentucky
89.1 miles from Preble County, OHPhillips' Folly is a three-story brick house begun around 1828 by Williams B. Phillips. Its nickname came about when Phillips vanished when only the frame had been built, leading folks to believe he had run out of funds for the project. Phillips came back a few years later and finished ...
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