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Red Brick Tavern
London, Ohio
4.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 Taylor ...
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Oakhurst Golf Club
Grove City, Ohio
18 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
A rumor has been going round that a bride fell off balcony in the 1960's, employee's say a woman in a white dress can be seen throughout the building but very rarely. The Upstairs kitchen that is located near the ballroom which is used for events is said to be ...
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Doc Henderson's Restaurant - The Castle Bed and Breakfast
Marysville, Ohio
20.2 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Although this reataurant is currently closed for repairs, it seems to be a favorite spot for the haunts. Folks here have seen a black shadowy figure and have witnessed an eerie, uneasy feeling in the building.
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Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
21.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
At Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery there is a weeping Lady in Gray who visits, leaving flowers on a soldier's grave. She wears a Civil War-era gray suit and has been heard crying.
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George Rogers Clark Park
Springfield, Ohio
22.6 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
George 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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Ye Olde Trail Tavern
Yellow Springs, Ohio
23.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The 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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Harrison House Bed and Breakfast
Columbus, Ohio
25 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Mirror Lake
Columbus, Ohio
25.1 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Mirror Lake at Ohio State University has a couple of ghosts. One is a student who drowned there in the 1960s, and is sometimes heard splashing and screaming. The other is a jogger who was killed nearby. The jogger apparition creates a cold breeze as he runs and keeps peering ...
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Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Columbus, Ohio
25.5 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
This historic castle-like building is believed to be haunted by at least two apparitions. The first is a woman in period clothing who appears in the pottery room of the establishment. She is believed to be a woman who was involved in a public hanging nearby, although why she ...
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Char Bar
Columbus, Ohio
25.5 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
This bar is connected to a labyrinth of tunnels that run underneath the city, which is where the historic buildings haunting's stem from. Staff have observed a hooded spectre in black robes in the basement underneath the building, who vanishes when approached. Upon investigation, staff located the entrance to ...
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Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus
Columbus, Ohio
25.6 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The ghost of a colonel murdered here by a woman he loved has been reported in the tavern. His apparition, which appears as a ghostly ball of light, has been observed floating around the building. Footsteps often appear in the snow outside the tavern when there is no one around. (Submitted ...
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Ohio Statehouse
Columbus, Ohio
25.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 objects.
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Central Ohio Fire Museum
Columbus, Ohio
25.8 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
This historic firehouse was in operation till the late twentieth century, when it was converted and restored as a museum preserving fire fighting heritage and artefacts. Witnesses and staff at the museum claim that is haunted by ghostly thoroughbred horses, who have been heard in the museum late at ...
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Greater Columbus Antiques Mall
Columbus, Ohio
25.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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The Worthington Inn
Worthington, Ohio
26.2 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Spooky happenings reported here include apparitions, unexplained handprints on mirrors, and the smell of phantom cigar smoke.
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Schmidt's German Restaurant
Columbus, Ohio
26.2 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
This historic eatery is housed in an old horse stable, and serves up delicious food and some rather interesting ghost tales. The building is believed to be haunted by a friendly former owner, who has been seen in the main dining room and has been known to move chairs ...
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Thurber House
Columbus, Ohio
26.5 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 figures ...
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Old Governor's Mansion
Columbus, Ohio
27.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Capital University
Columbus, Ohio
29 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 sixty-something man's apparition ...
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
31 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 Hunters.
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Historic Stoner House
Westerville, Ohio
31.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Mystic Nirvana / The Historic Stoner House - it was built in 1852 by George Stoner as an inn and tavern. It also was a station on the Underground Railroad. There was a 'hidden' room in the basement where the runaways would hide out till they could make their ...
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Walnut Knolls Housing Estate
Columbus, Ohio
33.1 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The building is now vacant, and was previously a mental hospital around fifty years ago. There are reports of people hearing loud footsteps in the building, seeing ghostly lights moving around the upper level and having objects thrown at them by an aggressive entity. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Roundtown Players
Circleville, Ohio
38 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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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Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
39.5 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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, ...
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Victoria Theatre
Dayton, Ohio
39.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Patterson Homestead
Dayton, Ohio
40.1 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 19th-century furnishings and ...
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Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
40.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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, ...
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Patterson Tower
Kettering, Ohio
40.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Fort Piqua Hotel
Piqua, Ohio
42 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Bonnyconnellan Castle
Sidney, Ohio
42.2 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The 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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Normandy United Methodist Church
Dayton, Ohio
42.3 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Normandy 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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Town Hall Theatre
Centerville, Ohio
42.5 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Snow Hill Country Club
New Vienna, Ohio
43.6 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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, ...
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Hammel House Inn
Waynesville, Ohio
43.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Marion Cemetery - The Revolving Ball
Marion, Ohio
46.6 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Marion Cemetery is a large one with an impressive World War II Memorial, and it's also famous for its Revolving Ball. It's a large stone sphere that's part of the Merchant Family's plot. In 1896, several small black granite spheres were arranged in a large circle, with a 5-foot-tall granite ...
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Harding Home
Marion, Ohio
47.3 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
President Warren G. Harding's Home, open to the public as a museum, is known for its Death Clock and Finch of Doom. The Death Clock, a wedding gift to the Hardings, hangs on the wall above the staircase. On August 2, 1973, at 7:30 p.m., the clock inexplicably stopped. The ...
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Tammi Jo Jean's Cafe
Lancaster, Ohio
49.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 Swift)
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Mickey's Bar & Grill
Lancaster, Ohio
49.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
This historic tavern was formerly the headquarters for an oil company, and at the turn of the nineteenth century, a man was allegedly killed in a machinery accident on the premises. His apparition has been known to talk to patrons in strange voices and he has also been known to ...
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The Majestic Theatre
Chillicothe, Ohio
50.8 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The Majestic Theatre, formerly the Masonic Opera House, was built in 1853 on the site of Chillicothe's first bank, which burned down. In 1918 when a Spanish flu epidemic hit nearby Camp Sherman, the theater became a makeshift morgue and autopsy site. It is said that the soldiers' spilled blood ...
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Crosskeys Tavern
Chillicothe, Ohio
50.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Established in 1972, the Irish tavern is haunted by a prankish spirit called Harold who likes to turn the lights on and off, move objects, break glasses, and make footsteps and whispering sounds in the basement. Speculators say Harold may be the ghost of a man who was murdered behind ...
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Denison University Library
Granville, Ohio
51.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 head.
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The Buxton Inn
Granville, Ohio
51.8 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Florentine Hotel and Restaurant
Germantown, Ohio
52.4 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 Swift)
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Golden Lamb Inn
Lebanon, Ohio
52.9 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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Bryn Du Mansion
Granville, Ohio
53.1 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
The Bryn Du Mansion and grounds comprise a fifty-two acre estate in Granville, Ohio. The property is managed by the Bryn Du Commission, a non-profit organization established by the Village of Granville. The organization follows a mission of historic preservation and providing program and event facilities for the benefit ...
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Mudhouse Mansion
Lancaster, Ohio
53.8 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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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Schrader Road Tunnel
Chillicothe, Ohio
54.1 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Schrader Road Tunnel is rumored to be haunted by a ghost or two. A legend says that a woman put her unwanted baby on the train tracks, and then, in some versions of the story, hanged herself. The baby is heard crying here. But there may be another ghost as ...
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Bear's Mill
Greenville, Ohio
56.8 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
Bear’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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Old Licking County Jail
Newark, Ohio
57.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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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Sorg Opera House and Mansion
Middletown, Ohio
57.7 miles from Choctaw Lake, OH
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 ...
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