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0Greendale Cemetery
Greendale, Indiana
21.4 miles from Ripley County, INWhite 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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Whisky's Restaurant
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
21.8 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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Ohio Theater
Madison, Indiana
26.1 miles from Ripley County, INLocal 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
26.1 miles from Ripley County, INRumor 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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The Big Green Castle
Harrison, Ohio
26.2 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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Broadway Historic Hotel and Tavern
Madison, Indiana
26.2 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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0Schenck Mansion
Vevay, Indiana
26.4 miles from Ripley County, INA 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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Hanover College
Hanover, Indiana
28.8 miles from Ripley County, INAt 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
29.3 miles from Ripley County, INVisitors 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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Hebron Lutheran Cemetery
Hebron, Kentucky
30.3 miles from Ripley County, INThere 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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Big Bone Lick Park
Union, Kentucky
31.5 miles from Ripley County, INFolks 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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Papa John's Pizza
Seymour, Indiana
34.7 miles from Ripley County, INAt this Papa John's Pizza location, several witnesses have reported an apparition in a blue uniform and knocking sounds coming from the walls. The knocks seemed to come from the empty store adjacent to Papa John's.
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Quality Machine and Tool Works
Columbus, Indiana
35.4 miles from Ripley County, INQuality Machine and Tool Works is rumored to be home to the ghost of a former employee who hanged himself because of an unrequited love. Shadowy apparitions and disappearing objects are blamed on the ghost.
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Westwood Town Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
35.7 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Crump Theatre
Columbus, Indiana
35.9 miles from Ripley County, INThe 1874 Crump Theatre , once a vaudeville and opera house, is home to some spooky goings-on. Ghost men and children have been seen along with unexplained noises and fragrances. Music has been heard coming from the top of a stairway. Reports say the building is no longer open to ...
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Allendale Tunnel
Elsmere, Kentucky
36 miles from Ripley County, INLegend 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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Sedamsville Rectory
Cincinnati, Ohio
37.2 miles from Ripley County, INOver 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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Narrows Road
Erlanger, Kentucky
37.3 miles from Ripley County, INA 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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Cincinnati Union Terminal and Museum Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
38.9 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Stenton House - Cornell Place Apartments
Cincinnati, Ohio
39.7 miles from Ripley County, INThere 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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Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
39.9 miles from Ripley County, INSpring 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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0Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
39.9 miles from Ripley County, INHaunts 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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Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home
Covington, Kentucky
40 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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Bridgewater Cemetery
Scottsburg, Indiana
40.1 miles from Ripley County, INThe isolated hilltop Bridgewater Cemetery is known to have a glowing tombstone. The grave is that of a man who appears in ghostly form at night to guard the cemetery's gate.
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0Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio
40.1 miles from Ripley County, INA 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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Scott County Heritage Center
Scottsburg, Indiana
40.4 miles from Ripley County, INThe Scott County Heritage Center and Museum is housed in a building that was once the county poor farm. It is said to be haunted by former residents. Witnesses have described footsteps on the second floor when no one is up there, unexplained smells, a baby crying, and lights coming ...
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Scott County Historical Museum
Scottsburg, Indiana
40.4 miles from Ripley County, INOriginally constructed in 1892 after the county seat moved to Scottsburg, the building served for many years as the district poor farm. During conversion to house the historical society, staff and workers allegedly encountered resistance of a paranormal kind. Visitors have reported hearing babies crying, disembodied footsteps on the ...
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Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati, Ohio
40.4 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati, Ohio
40.7 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, Ohio
41 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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
41.2 miles from Ripley County, INIn 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
41.3 miles from Ripley County, INImogene 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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0Bobby Mackey's Music World
Newport, Kentucky
41.3 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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0Christopher's Bed and Breakfast
Bellevue, Kentucky
42 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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Sherman Tavern
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
44.2 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Kopper Kettle Inn Restaurant
Morristown, Indiana
45.8 miles from Ripley County, INNot 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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Greenup Street Water Tower
Alexandria, Kentucky
47.8 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Mount Zion Cemetery
Henryville, Indiana
48.1 miles from Ripley County, INA ghostly Green Lady is said to be the spirit of a young woman killed in a car accident nearby. She was buried here and now is said to walk its grounds, glowing green. It is said that if you park at the cemetery at night, she may cover it ...
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Rails Restaurant
La Grange, Kentucky
48.5 miles from Ripley County, INThe restaurant, housed in a building that's more than a century and a half old, is home to a ghostly little girl. She has been seen in the parking lot as well as the back of the restaurant, and wears a white dress and a hair bow. She is believed ...
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Guyer Opera House
Lewisville, Indiana
48.9 miles from Ripley County, INIn 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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The Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road
Ripley County, Ohio
49.8 miles from Ripley County, INMaud 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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Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Crash Site
Fairland, Indiana
49.9 miles from Ripley County, INA plane accident killed 83 people back in 1969. At the site of the accident, body parts were scattered around and had to be buried over. Now, at this area, EVP's can be picked up as well as weird light anomalies in photographs. (Submitted by Chris)
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Revenant Acres Farm
Charlottesville, Indiana
51 miles from Ripley County, INAn 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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0Story Inn
Nashville, Indiana
51 miles from Ripley County, INReportedly haunted by a female ghost who appears most often in a specific room when a blue table lamp is turned on. For this reason the ghost has been dubbed "The Blue Lady". There are numerous reports of the Blue Lady ghost and the owner (who claims to ...
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Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana
53.1 miles from Ripley County, INEarlham 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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Starr Piano Building
Richmond, Indiana
53.5 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Sorg Opera House and Mansion
Middletown, Ohio
54 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Banana Leaf Modern Thai
Mason, Ohio
54 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Chateau Laroche - Loveland Castle
Loveland, Ohio
54.8 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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0Thornhaven Manor
New Castle, Indiana
55.4 miles from Ripley County, INThis 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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Kings Island Amusement Park
Mason, Ohio
55.8 miles from Ripley County, INKings 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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Stepstone Church - Immaculate Conception Church
Butler, Kentucky
56.6 miles from Ripley County, INSome 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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Peters Cartridge Company
Maineville, Ohio
57.2 miles from Ripley County, INPeters 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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Paul Ruster Park Cemetery
Indianapolis, Indiana
58.7 miles from Ripley County, INThe ghost of a little boy who was killed beside the nearby train tracks is said to walk along the paths or the nearby roadway playing his harmonica.
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Florentine Hotel and Restaurant
Germantown, Ohio
59.7 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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St. Joe Road Cemetery
New Albany, Indiana
60.3 miles from Ripley County, INAn alleged hanging tree at St. Joe Road Cemetery is said to be the root (no pun intended) of the hauntings here. The tree stands in the middle of the cemetery, and rumor has it that looking toward it from the back of the cemetery at night, you can see ...
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Hays Cemetery
Wilkinson, Indiana
60.7 miles from Ripley County, INHays 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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Tunnelton Tunnel
Bedford, Indiana
60.7 miles from Ripley County, INThe apparition of a man who was decapitated during the tunnel's construction has been reported; many folks say he appears to be searching for his head. One rumor states that there is a graveyard atop the tunnel, and during its construction, some of the bodies fell through into the tunnel. ...
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0Golden Lamb Inn
Lebanon, Ohio
60.8 miles from Ripley County, INTen 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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Meldahl Locks and Dam - Foster Dam
Felicity, Ohio
62.4 miles from Ripley County, INVisitors 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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0Old Bridge Inn
Jeffersonville, Indiana
63 miles from Ripley County, INThe house here was originally built in 1836, and is haunted by a kindly spirit. Locals think the ghost may be former owner Dr. Charles Hancock, a descendant of patriot John Hancock. Other spirits are said to reside here as well.
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Hannah House
Indianapolis, Indiana
63.1 miles from Ripley County, INThe 1858 Hannah House, built by Alexander Hannah, was part of the Underground Railroad. Sadly, one night as a group of traveling slaves was sleeping, an oil lamp overturned and ignited the straw nearby, killing them all. Hannah buried their bodies in the cellar in an attempt to keep his ...
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0Hannah House
Indianapolis, Indiana
63.1 miles from Ripley County, INSome of the ghosts at this historic house are said to be hidden slaves, one of whom accidentally tripped over a lamp, igniting a house fire. Those killed were said to be buried in the very cellar where it happened. Witnesses have described a lot of activity in the cellar, ...
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Culbertson Mansion
New Albany, Indiana
63.8 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt in 1867 by William S. Culbertson, the mansion, which cost $120,000 to build at that time, is said to be haunted. Witnesses have heard doors shut by themselves and footsteps upstairs when no one is up there. Its Carriage House has a dark story attached to it. It burned ...
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Belle of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
64.1 miles from Ripley County, INThe historic steamboat is rumored to be haunted by former Captain Ben Winters, who died on board of a heart attack, and possibly by other felled workers, one of whom was crushed to death when machinery was turned on by accident and one killed when the paddlewheel unexpectedly went into ...
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Pope Lick Monster - Goat Man
Louisville, Kentucky
64.1 miles from Ripley County, INThe Goat Man of Pope Lick is rumored to be a farmer who tortured goats at the devil's request and therefore forfeited his soul. But other legends say he is a refugee from a circus train wreck. The horned and hairy monster is supposed to trick folks into his clutches ...
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Phoenix Hill Tavern
Louisville, Kentucky
64.4 miles from Ripley County, INFolks at Phoenix Hill Tavern have reported disembodied footsteps that come down the stairs and walk across the floor, white flashes that reflect in mirrors, cold spots, and objects that move or disappear.
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0The Seelbach Hilton Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
64.7 miles from Ripley County, INAt this very old hotel building (construction originally began in 1903), there have been reports of TVs turning on at a very loud volume at about 4 a.m. Also, folks have heard the sound of running footsteps on wooden floors in the hallways, even though the halls are now carpeted.
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Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, Kentucky
64.8 miles from Ripley County, INThe late-18th-century distillery on the site of an ancient buffalo crossing offers ghost tours by appointment; many characters from its long history are said to walk the grounds.
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Louisville Palace Theater
Louisville, Kentucky
64.9 miles from Ripley County, INOriginally opened as the Loew's Theater in 1928, the theater is said to be haunted by several ghosts. Some are seen as apparitions in the balcony area, including a man in 1930s garb who disappears when approached. In the mezzanine lobby, a faceless woman in a 1940s clothing has been ...
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The Brown Hotel
Louisville, Kentucky
65 miles from Ripley County, INIt is the 15th floor, used only for storage space, that is said to be haunted at this hotel. Witnesses say Mr. Brown himself may once have had a suite on this floor, and the elevator often stops at it, called by an unseen presence. Footprints have been seen walking ...
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Rivoli Theatre
Indianapolis, Indiana
65.1 miles from Ripley County, INThe 1927 Rivoli Theatre is rumored to have been built atop Indian burial grounds. Witnesses have reported a wide array of hauntings that include apparitions, toilets that flush by themselves, faucets that turn on, a smoking cigarette butt that appeared in the ashtray out of nowhere, moving objects and things ...
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0Ivy House
Fortville, Indiana
65.6 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt in 1921 by Dr. Jess E. Ferrell, the Ivy House bed-and-breakfast inn is said to have a haunt that came with the purchase of an antique piano. The owners say the instrument brought with it a ghost who makes the decidely nonmusical sounds of banging and walking footsteps.
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Liberty Hall
Frankfort, Kentucky
65.7 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt by Senator John Brown in 1796, Liberty Hall Mansion is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts. Mrs. Brown's kindly aunt, Mrs. Margaret Varick, died of a heart attack around 1817 in an upstairs bedroom. She was buried on the grounds but was lost when the graves ...
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Lady of the Stairs - First Church of Christ Scientist
Louisville, Kentucky
65.9 miles from Ripley County, INThe Lady of the Stairs at the First Church of Christ Scientist is a female apparition that appears pacing and crying on the church steps. Locals call her Ms. G, as she is thought to belong to the Gathrights, a well-known local family of the early 1900s. Legend has it ...
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0Old Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
65.9 miles from Ripley County, INThis historic district of Louisville is said to be one of the largest preservation districts and Victorian neighborhoods in the country. It's no wonder that spirits lingering beyond the grave find it an attractive place to reside! There are reportedly many ghost tours and haunted houses here, and locals may ...
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Slippery Noodle Inn
Indianapolis, Indiana
66 miles from Ripley County, INThe historic buildings that house the Slippery Noodle have been around for a while, since 1850, so it has its share of spirits. Among those seen are the ghosts of slaves, a cowboy, a caretaker, and a prostitute.
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Indiana Repertory Theatre
Indianapolis, Indiana
66.4 miles from Ripley County, INTo avoid cold and rainy weather, a former artistic director used to jog indoors, around the upstairs mezzanine. He was killed suddenly when his nephew hit him with the car as he was jogging on a foggy day. Now, on cold and rainy days, witnesses say you can hear the ...
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Indianapolis Athletic Club
Indianapolis, Indiana
66.5 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt in the 1920s, the Indianapolis Athletic Club is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a fireman who attempts to wake up guests in the middle of the night. Reports say the man died in a fire that occurred here in 1992.
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Indiana Central State Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana
68.3 miles from Ripley County, INThe 1848 Indiana Hospital for the Insane turned into the Central State Hospital in 1926. It is said to be haunted by many patients who suffered abuse here in the hospital's dark past. Witnesses have described shadows, apparitions, women's screams, electrical devices that turn on and off by themselves, unexplained ...
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Normandy United Methodist Church
Dayton, Ohio
69.4 miles from Ripley County, INNormandy 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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Wheeler-Stokely Mansion
Indianapolis, Indiana
70.1 miles from Ripley County, INWitnesses tell of an apparition of a man walking a dog and another ghost of a brunette woman who runs out a door and jumps into a phantom carriage. Some folks say they have been nudged off the dog walk, or had unexplained chills or uneasy feelings. Other apparitions have ...
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James Allison Mansion
Indianapolis, Indiana
70.3 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt from 1911 to 1913, the mansion is said to be haunted. Sources may be a little girl who was visiting and drowned in the basement pool, or James Allison himself. The little girl's apparition has been seen, and witnesses also have reported voices in the attic, objects that move ...
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Patterson Tower
Kettering, Ohio
71.4 miles from Ripley County, INTwo 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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Rohs Opera House
Cynthiana, Kentucky
71.8 miles from Ripley County, INThe current Rohs Opera House (pronounced ROSS) opened in 1941 with a showing of Down Argentine Way. Ticket price was $.05 for adults. It was originally built in 1871 as Aeolian Hall, a live production theatre located on the second floor. A silent movie projector was eventually added to bring ...
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Patterson Homestead
Dayton, Ohio
72.3 miles from Ripley County, INPatterson 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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Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
72.5 miles from Ripley County, INSinclair 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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State Theatre
Anderson, Indiana
72.5 miles from Ripley County, INThe 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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Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
73 miles from Ripley County, INWoodland 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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Victoria Theatre
Dayton, Ohio
73 miles from Ripley County, INIt 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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0Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Louisville, Kentucky
74.1 miles from Ripley County, INThis historic hospital, originally opened in 1910 to treat tuberculosis patients, has reportedly seen about 63,000 deaths. TV shows Ghost Adventures, Fact or Faked, Ghost Hunters and many more have featured the site. Witnesses here report unexplained lights, apparitions, shadowy forms and other various phenomena.
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Captain Frank's Tomb
Elizabeth, Indiana
75.1 miles from Ripley County, INCaptain Frank McHarry's Tomb is located on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. The gravesite of the steamboat captain is said to be visited by a ghostly light or mist. Legend has it that the tomb was built on this spot so he could watch over his former stomping grounds. ...
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St. Clair Memorial Hall
Greenville, Ohio
76.5 miles from Ripley County, INSt. 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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Bear's Mill
Greenville, Ohio
79.2 miles from Ripley County, INBear’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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O'Neal Bridge - Holiday Drive Bridge
Zionsville, Indiana
81.1 miles from Ripley County, INO'Neal Bridge, aka Holiday Drive Bridge, was built around 1892 and restored in 2008-2009. The bridge may no longer be in use, according to reports. Legend has it that around this spot, a KKK lynching took place, and hauntings way stem from it. Witnesses have reported disembodied screams in the ...
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John Morgan Hunt House
Lexington, Kentucky
83.7 miles from Ripley County, INThis 1814 house was built by John Wesley Hunt, who can still be seen walking the hallways of this old property. The apparition of Mammy Bouviette James, a former nurse of the Hunt children, can still be seen in the third floor nursery and hallways, and often appears to those ...
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0Gratz Park Inn
Lexington, Kentucky
83.9 miles from Ripley County, INAt this historic inn, folks have reported seeing apparitions that include men, a lady in a white dress and hat, and intoxicated partygoers. Also, a ghostly little girl has been seen running and playing jacks in the hallways, and the spirit of an elderly man turns the TVs on and ...
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The Campbell House
Lexington, Kentucky
83.9 miles from Ripley County, INAt the Cambell House Inn, there is rumored to be a blood stain on a carpet where a woman, one of two women to have been murdered here, was stabbed to death. Witnesses have reported apparitions and doors slamming by themselves.
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0Crowne Plaza Hotel - Campbell House Inn
Lexington, Kentucky
83.9 miles from Ripley County, INFormerly the Campbell House Inn, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is said to be a very spooky place. According to local legend, two women were murdered here. One was stabbed on the stairs, and folks say you can still see the blood stains on the carpet. The other woman was reportedly ...
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Loudoun House
Lexington, Kentucky
84 miles from Ripley County, INThe 1850 gothic revival mansion is haunted by the spirits of two women, both dressed in Victorian clothing. One has been seen in the western part of the mansion, and the other in the formal dining room. Also seen all over the mansion is a mysterious black cat. Witnesses have ...
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Henry Clay Estate - Ashland
Lexington, Kentucky
85.4 miles from Ripley County, INThe historic Ashland House is said to be haunted by Henry Clay himself. His ghost, a white-haired apparition wearing a black frock coat, has been seen in the old red parlor room (which is now his study), leaning on the fireplace mantel.
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0Fort Piqua Hotel
Piqua, Ohio
90.4 miles from Ripley County, INBuilt 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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