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0Meldahl Locks and Dam - Foster Dam
Felicity, Ohio
8.5 miles from Bracken County, KYVisitors 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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Baird House Inn
Ripley, Ohio
13.7 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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Rankin House
Ripley, Ohio
14 miles from Bracken County, KYRankin 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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Stepstone Church - Immaculate Conception Church
Butler, Kentucky
14.1 miles from Bracken County, KYSome 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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Phillips' Folly
Maysville, Kentucky
17.7 miles from Bracken County, KYPhillips' 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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Aberdeen Baptist Church
Aberdeen, Ohio
17.9 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Dead Man's Curve
Bethel, Ohio
21.7 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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Rohs Opera House
Cynthiana, Kentucky
23.5 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Greenup Street Water Tower
Alexandria, Kentucky
24.7 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Sherman Tavern
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
27.5 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Owensville Town Hall
Batavia, Ohio
30.1 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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The Precinct Office Center
West Union, Ohio
30.2 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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 has made various ...
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Narrows Road
Erlanger, Kentucky
33.8 miles from Bracken County, KYA 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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0Bobby Mackey's Music World
Newport, Kentucky
34.3 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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Allendale Tunnel
Elsmere, Kentucky
34.9 miles from Bracken County, KYLegend 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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Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home
Covington, Kentucky
35.5 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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0Christopher's Bed and Breakfast
Bellevue, Kentucky
35.6 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati, Ohio
36.2 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Eden Park
Cincinnati, Ohio
36.5 miles from Bracken County, KYImogene 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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0Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio
36.5 miles from Bracken County, KYA 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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0Spring House Gazebo
Cincinnati, Ohio
36.5 miles from Bracken County, KYIn 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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Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, Ohio
36.6 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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0Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
37.1 miles from Bracken County, KYHaunts 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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Cincinnati Union Terminal and Museum Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
37.8 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Sedamsville Rectory
Cincinnati, Ohio
37.8 miles from Bracken County, KYOver 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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Big Bone Lick Park
Union, Kentucky
38 miles from Bracken County, KYFolks 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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Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati, Ohio
38.6 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Stenton House - Cornell Place Apartments
Cincinnati, Ohio
39.4 miles from Bracken County, KYThere 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
40.3 miles from Bracken County, KYSpring 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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Hebron Lutheran Cemetery
Hebron, Kentucky
41.8 miles from Bracken County, KYThere 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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Westwood Town Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
41.9 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Chateau Laroche - Loveland Castle
Loveland, Ohio
42.1 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Wickerhamm Inn
Peebles, Ohio
42.2 miles from Bracken County, KYAt 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 ...
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Mount Unger Cemetery
Otway, Ohio
43.9 miles from Bracken County, KYLocal legends say Mount Unger Cemetery is visited by the spirit of a man who hanged himself here after having murdered his wife.
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Peters Cartridge Company
Maineville, Ohio
46.5 miles from Bracken County, KYPeters 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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Kings Island Amusement Park
Mason, Ohio
46.5 miles from Bracken County, KYKings 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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Banana Leaf Modern Thai
Mason, Ohio
47.8 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Loudoun House
Lexington, Kentucky
48.5 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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John Morgan Hunt House
Lexington, Kentucky
49.3 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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
49.4 miles from Bracken County, KYAt 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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Whisky's Restaurant
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
49.9 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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Snow Hill Country Club
New Vienna, Ohio
50.2 miles from Bracken County, KYSnow 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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Henry Clay Estate - Ashland
Lexington, Kentucky
50.2 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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The Campbell House
Lexington, Kentucky
50.9 miles from Bracken County, KYAt 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
51 miles from Bracken County, KYFormerly 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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Greendale Cemetery
Greendale, Indiana
51 miles from Bracken County, KYWhite 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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The Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road
Bracken County, Ohio
51.7 miles from Bracken County, KYMaud 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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0Golden Lamb Inn
Lebanon, Ohio
51.9 miles from Bracken County, KYTen 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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Carrington Rock
Salt Lick, Kentucky
52.5 miles from Bracken County, KYApparitions of Confederate soldiers and a pacing woman have been seen at Carrington Rock. The woman, witnesses say, eventually throws herself off the edge, screaming as she falls. Witnesses also have heard the sounds of officers calling orders to soldiers and moans and cries of pain on the battlefield.
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0Schenck Mansion
Vevay, Indiana
53.2 miles from Bracken County, KYA 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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Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, Kentucky
53.4 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Liberty Hall
Frankfort, Kentucky
54.5 miles from Bracken County, KYBuilt 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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The Big Green Castle
Harrison, Ohio
54.9 miles from Bracken County, KYThis 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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0X Cave - Carter Caves State Resort Park
Olive Hill, Kentucky
56.6 miles from Bracken County, KYCave X is called this because it has 4 entrances that meet in the center, like an X. This cave is said to be haunted by two Cherokee lovers. It is said that warrior Huraken found this cave and its hidden vein of silver, but kept it a secret so ...
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Hammel House Inn
Waynesville, Ohio
58.1 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Sorg Opera House and Mansion
Middletown, Ohio
59.6 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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0White Hall
Richmond, Kentucky
60.8 miles from Bracken County, KYCassius Clay's historic home, built in 1798 by his father, is said to be haunted by Clay himself, his wife, and his son. Witnesses to the hauntings have described moving candle lights, footsteps and other unexplained sounds and even smells, and violin and piano music. Apparitions of the three ghosts ...
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Town Hall Theatre
Centerville, Ohio
65.1 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Normandy United Methodist Church
Dayton, Ohio
66.2 miles from Bracken County, KYNormandy 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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Florentine Hotel and Restaurant
Germantown, Ohio
66.4 miles from Bracken County, KYThe 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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Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
69.8 miles from Bracken County, KYThe Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is said to be the country's largest restored Shaker village. Its 3,000 acres contain 34 original Shaker buildings and perhaps a few ghosts, as well. It is said that ghostly babies can be heard crying at night around the pond.
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Patterson Tower
Kettering, Ohio
70.7 miles from Bracken County, KYTwo 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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Patterson Homestead
Dayton, Ohio
72.4 miles from Bracken County, KYPatterson 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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Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
73 miles from Bracken County, KYWoodland 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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Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
74 miles from Bracken County, KYSinclair 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
74.4 miles from Bracken County, KYIt 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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Harrodsburg Spring - Young Park
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
76.4 miles from Bracken County, KYThe ghost story here begins with a beautiful young woman who checked in to the Harrodsburg Springs Hotel, which stood on the park grounds in the late 1800s, under a false name. She danced with several partners in the hotel ballroom, as the men all lined up for a chance ...
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Perryville Battlefield
Perryville, Kentucky
84.7 miles from Bracken County, KYThe largest Civil War battle in Kentucky was fought here on October 8, 1862; at least 7,600 were killed or wounded. The corpses of the Confederate soldiers were left to rot on the battlefield, and many suppose this is why the field has so much ghostly activity. Apparitions of soldiers, ...
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0Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast
Springfield, Kentucky
92.3 miles from Bracken County, KYBuilt in 1851 by slaves, this inn is said to be haunted either by the original owners or by soldiers who fought in the Battle of Perryville in 1962. Witnesses have reported knocks on doors when there was nobody there, footsteps from empty rooms, cold spots, phantom perfume scents, strange ...
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Saint Ivos Cemetery
Lebanon, Kentucky
94.1 miles from Bracken County, KYAt St. Ivos Cemetery, witnesses have reported video camera malfunctions and unexplained noises and voices.
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