Haunted Places in Brooke County, West Virginia



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    J.C. Thompson Building

    East Liverpool, Ohio

    23.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    West Virginia State Penitentiary

    Moundsville, West Virginia

    26.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Once considered one of the most violent prisons in the US people believe that this prison's violent past has left an indelible mark on the building. People believe it is haunted by both active ghosts, possibly men who were murdered there, and also residual hauntings that take the form ...

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    Kelly Road

    Industry, Pennsylvania

    27.6 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This road, also called the Mystery Mile by residents, is said to be haunted. What else could the explanation be for strange white apparitions and the tendency for animals here to turn from tame to fierce and bloodthirsty? Strange sounds are also heard along this road and in the forest ...

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    Dixmont State Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    29.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The 1862 hospital was haunted by many entities, notably a male spirit who was said to guard the morgue area and frighten away intruders. The hospital building was closed in 1984 and was demolished in 2006.

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    Century Inn

    Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania

    29.7 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Reported to be the oldest inn along Route 40, this inn is said to have a mysterious presence. There is one unexplained very cold room, and an innkeeper there has described a mysterious figure that appeared near its door. As well, strange footsteps have appeared in the snow outside the ...

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    3406 Brownsville Road

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    32.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    3406 Brownsville Road is said to be haunted by a demon, known as "The Demon of Brownsville Road" in the book by Bob Cranmer. According to Cranmer, the demon manifested in many ways, including a black fog, a bad smell, or an unseen attacker. Cranmer also described blood-dripping walls, bent ...

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    Allegheny Center, Building #7

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    32.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The student housing here has a high turnover rate believed to be caused by the poltergeist activity. Students report loud noises throughout and have yet to disprove the source. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Omni William Penn Hotel

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    32.6 miles from Brooke County, WV

    At this famous 1915-16 hotel where among other luminaries JFK has stayed, and Bob Hope proposed marriage in 1934, there are said to be two haunted floors. Floors 22 and 23, both unused, are visited by strange sounds, cold wind gusts, and ghosts that hide and watch folks, giving them ...

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    Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    32.7 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Few people realize that, in paranormal aspects, living near a hospital is like living near a cemetery. Many who have died within this building are said to remain here; in the South Wing (where most of the activity occurs), voices and strange noises are heard. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Edward G. Acheson House

    Monongahela, Pennsylvania

    34.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The ghost of a little girl has been seen here. Two other ghosts, seen as orbs, also have been seen. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    34.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Four ghosts are said to haunt the University of Pittsburgh campus: a prima ballerina in the Tansky Family Lounge of the William Pitt Union; Harriet, who committed suicide in 1201 Bruce Hall; a grandmother who rumples the quilts and bakes phantom bread in the Early American Room of the Cathedral ...

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    The Mather Miners

    Mather, Pennsylvania

    35.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    In the center of the town there is a small church, the post office, an apartment building(which used to be a general store) and a baseball field. Up a small connecting road is the old schoolhouse ( now converted into a persons home). Right before dawn when walking ...

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    Old Homestead Police Department

    Homestead, Pennsylvania

    36.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The former Homestead Police Department building is said to be haunted by something that taps folks on the shoulder, slams doors, turns on appliances and created unexplained footsteps. Ghost investigators caught slams and screams and video of ghostly activity.

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    Carnegie Library of Homestead

    Munhall, Pennsylvania

    36.6 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, the library was built with a music hall and an athletic center with a heated swimming pool. It is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have reported apparitions of steel workers, books that fly off of shelves, shadowy figures and unexplained male and female voices.

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    Brush Creek Inn

    Warrendale, Pennsylvania

    37 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Keep watch for airborne bottles if you visit Brush Creek Inn! It is said that the spirits at the restaurant will shatter bottles at the bar or hurl them across the room. Witnesses also have reported that the windows open and close by themselves and furniture flips over.

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    Frick Mansion - Clayton

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    37.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The Frick Mansion was home to industrial magnate Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs, who began living there in 1883 and the family moved to New York in 1900. Their youngest daughter, Helen Clay Frick, kept up the mansion all those years and then moved back in ...

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    Summit Cut Bridge

    Darlington, Pennsylvania

    39 miles from Brooke County, WV

    On Shenango Road, just before it meets Ashwood Road, is Summit Cut Bridge (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Summer Cut Bridge). The bridge, locals say, has a ghostly white lady. Legend has it that she fell off the bridge onto the railroad tracks in 1894. Her spirit is said to ...

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    Depreciation Lands Museum

    Hampton Township, Pennsylvania

    39.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    A rather helpful man in a long coat and out-of-date boots has been responsible for catching a painter's ladder after the man lost his balance, catching a cleaning woman who fell, fixing a broken window, and saving a group of girl scouts when the ceiling collapsed over them. (Submitted by ...

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    Harmony Inn

    Harmony, Pennsylvania

    43.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Local legend has it that this restaurant is haunted by two spirits: a ghost named Louie and the apparition of a woman. Louie was allegedly killed right outside on the inn's front steps. The ghostly woman is seen near the entranceway, between the bar and the dining room.

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    Allen’s Haunted Hayrides

    Smock, Pennsylvania

    46.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Psychics say that the energy here is high because there an Indian burial ground beneath the land. This may be the source of the glowing white figures that are reported, or the strange light manifestations. The hayrides are year-round so visit freely! (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Culmerville Hotel - Zottola's Pub and Eatery

    Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    46.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    A spirit is said to reside in the former Culmervilel Hotel, now Zottola's Pub and Eatery.

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    Egypt Road Bridge

    Salem, Ohio

    47.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The closed Egypt Road Bridge, or Crybaby Bridge, is haunted day and night by the sound of a crying baby. Legend has it that a baby went missing while its parents were fighting, and it fell over the side of the bridge. The scream of its mother and the crying ...

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    Summit Hose Company

    Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    48.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Voices and odd noises are heard, doors open by themselves, and shadows have been seen here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum

    Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    48.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    A former volunteer named Jack is commonly seen in the basement. He is said to be seen mostly around the old gardening tools. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Hill View Manor

    New Castle, Pennsylvania

    49.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The historic manor was once a nursing home, and folks claimed the spirit of a little boy would pay a visit now and then. It was said that those who saw him would pass away shortly. Witnesses also have reported full-body manifestations that float through walls.

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    Zoar Historic Hotel

    Zoar, Ohio

    50.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This historic hotel has been acquired by the state historical society and is due to be renovated to restore it to its former glory. The hotel is rumoured to be haunted, which has been testified by many former guests, patrons and staff, and is widely acclaimed to be the ...

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    The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast

    Dover, Ohio

    50.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast

    Dover, Ohio

    50.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Books N' Things

    Dover, Ohio

    50.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This old store was in operation for many years, but now appears to be a private residence. While it was in operation, customers would smell the aroma of coffee, even when there was none brewing. The ghost was kind to the owners, and would often tuck them into bed ...

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    Downtown New Castle

    New Castle, Pennsylvania

    51.7 miles from Brooke County, WV

    New Castle's downtown and Historical North Hill have several haunted locations including the old Stritmater Building, the Wallace House, the Historical Society's Greer-Clavelli Mansion, the old Temple Building, and the Joseph White House. Apparitions have been seen in some of the buildings and ghost hunters have recorded activity in others. ...

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    Glamorgan Castle

    Alliance, Ohio

    52.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Wells Inn

    Sistersville, West Virginia

    53.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

    At this 1890s inn, both the guests and the staff have heard the sounds of writing and footsteps, witnessed doors that open or close by themselves, and felt a chilly presence.

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    Austintown Log House

    Canfield, Ohio

    55 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Old Hercules Engine Factory

    Canton, Ohio

    55.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Cambridge Northwood Cemetery

    Cambridge, Ohio

    55.7 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Cambridge Northwood Cemetery, burial place of congressmen John Earl Henderson, James Joyce and Charles Ellis Moore, is said to be home to a ghostly woman in a white formal dress from circa 1920. She has been seen for a short time before fading away, usually on clear summer nights.

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    Colonel Taylor Inn Bed and Breakfast

    Cambridge, Ohio

    56.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The people here say that Colonel Taylor and his lady still haunt this 1878 Victorian mansion. Guests have seen both of their apparitions on the stairway, and they may shake the beds from time to time. The ghosts are said to be friendly and angelic, watching over the guests.

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    Snyder Cemetery

    Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

    57.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Numerous paranormal events are reported at this location, but few precise details are available.

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    Hell's Corners

    Hubbard, Ohio

    60 miles from Brooke County, WV

    In Hubbard, Ohio, the area where Pathour Wheeler Road and John White Road intersect is known to locals as "Hell's Corners." It is said that a young native American boy was shot on this spot many years ago, and that a jail once stood here where many hangings took ...

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    133 Kiester Road

    Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

    60.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The house at this address is apparently haunted by a malevolent spirit that many people believe to be Sam Mohawk a Native American mass murderer who was hanged for murdering a woman and her five children near the place this house stands.

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    Grove City College

    Grove City, Pennsylvania

    66.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Grove City College's Lily Room is the stuff of legend. Campus lore says it's a locked-up room in a girls' dorm in which a girl hanged herself. Rumor has it the room was locked for 15 years and when it was opened again, her lily perfume was still heavy in ...

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    Warren City Hall

    Warren, Ohio

    67.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This historic mansion was built in 1871, and was turned into the town hall sometime later. The grounds of the beautiful mansion are haunted by a woman responsible for the death of her beloved nephew, who has been seen wandering around after hours calling his name, Night staff also report ...

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    Warehouse on the Canal

    Canal Fulton, Ohio

    68.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This 1906 building previously housed the old Finnerock Furniture building and now houses an arcade of quaint shops and restaurants. There have been reported sightings of many ghosts, including numerous apparitions in period clothing wandering around the building. The ghost of a little girl has been seen near the old ...

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    Guggenheim Air Institute

    Akron, Ohio

    71 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This building has been abandoned for over fifty years, but people driving past still report seeing ghostly lights moving around the upper levels of the building, and hearing strange noises when no one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Kingwood Public Library

    Kingwood, West Virginia

    72.7 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The circa-1966 library is said to be haunted. Witnesses report noises and footsteps, objects that move on their own, doors that open and close by themselves, and books that jump off the shelves. A jail that once stood on the site is believed by some to be the source of ...

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    Kline Opera House

    Cortland, Ohio

    73.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This historic opera house was formerly the town church, built in the mid nineteenth century and the first in the surrounding county. The ghostly events surrounding the opera house began in the 1980's, when staff closing up the opera house for the night began to hear loud crashing noises and ...

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    Rogue's Hollow Bridge

    Doylestown, Ohio

    73.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    University of Akron

    Akron, Ohio

    74 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The University of Akron, founded in 1870 by the Universalist Church, has a few buildings rumored ot be haunted. One of them is the Sigma Nu House. Campus legend has it that a sorority girl hanged herself in the boiler room and her spirit lingers here to this day. Another ...

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    Pauni Apartments

    Cortland, Ohio

    74.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

    These recently constructed apartments were built over the top of an ancient burial ground, and residents have reported paranormal occurrences in the building ever since. Doors open and close by themselves, objects move around by themselves and the apparition of a man in a sombrero has been seen in the ...

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    Akron Civic Theatre

    Akron, Ohio

    74.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Comfort Inn Marietta

    Marietta, Ohio

    74.8 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Some surprising reports have come from people who have stayed at this Comfort Inn. Doors open when there is no one there, curtains are closed by unseen hands, and TVs turn on by themselves. Some even say they have felt the touch of an unseen presence on their shoulders.

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    Marietta College - Alpha Xi Delta

    Marietta, Ohio

    75.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    The Castle

    Marietta, Ohio

    75.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The Castle was built in 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Melvin C. Clarke, who died in the Civil War battle Antietam. In 1889, the Castle was owned by newspaper publisher E.W. Nye's daughter Lucy Nye Davis. She and her husband Theodore Davis had two daughters named Jessie and Grace. Jessie ...

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    Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre

    Marietta, Ohio

    75.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Levee House Café

    Marietta, Ohio

    75.5 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The Levee House, built around 1826 as a dry goods store for merchant Dudley Woodbridge, later became La Belle Hotel and was rumored to have been a brothel at some time in its history. Its legend says that a brothel employee and a man who was visiting her were both ...

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    Lafayette Hotel

    Marietta, Ohio

    75.6 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Loyal Oak Tavern

    Norton, Ohio

    77.3 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The old tavern building was built in the 1840s, and was a cabinet shop in its early years. There are remnants of its older days as a tavern, such as a half-log bar in the basement as well as a 1930s keg. But locals here say that's not all that ...

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    Rose Hill Burial Park

    Fairlawn, Ohio

    81.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Rose Hill Burial Park, founded in the 1920s, is haunted by a ghostly lady in white and ghost lights that witnesses say appear toward the back of the graveyard, possibly near the Jewish section.

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    Parkersburg Art Center

    Parkersburg, West Virginia

    86.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

    The ghosts here are transplants from the former haunted Camden Theater, which once stood on this site. The theater burned down in 1928, and its resident ghosts remained to haunt the land where the theater once stood. When the Parkersburg Art Center was built, the "homeless" ghosts moved right in. ...

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    U.S. Route 322

    Cranberry, Pennsylvania

    87 miles from Brooke County, WV

    General Anthony Wayne was buried, unearthed, then boiled so he could be transferred to his family grave. It is said that he lost some bones along the way and was reburied as an incomplete body. Some people still see him wandering along this road (used to transfer him); he is ...

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    Smoot Theater

    Parkersburg, West Virginia

    87.1 miles from Brooke County, WV

    Built in 1926, the now-restored Smoot Theater is believed to be the site of some strange goings-on. Witnesses have reported strange sounds and shadows at night, cold spots, and unexplained electrical issues.

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    Blennerhassett Hotel

    Parkersburg, West Virginia

    87.2 miles from Brooke County, WV

    A wide variety of ghosts and haunted activity is claimed about this hotel with the hard to pronounce name. Allegedly there is a man in grey who haunts the second floor and this floor is also where the elevator makes frequent, unplanned and unasked for stops. Is the ...

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    The Taverne of Richfield

    Richfield, Ohio

    87.4 miles from Brooke County, WV

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

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    Burnt Wood Tavern

    Brecksville, Ohio

    91.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

    This popular local eatery and restaurant is haunted by a former owner, who passed away several years ago and is still attempting to run his establishment. He has been known to welcome new staff members to the restaurant, and calls out peoples names. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Edmund Gleason Farmhouse

    Valley View, Ohio

    92.9 miles from Brooke County, WV

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