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0Dutch Mill Truck Stop - The Windmill
Carey, Ohio
16 miles from Hancock County, OHFormerly a restaurant and filling station, the building is supposedly haunted by a ghostly man carrying a leather briefcase. His association with the place is unknown. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Fostoria Area Historical Society and Museum
Fostoria, Ohio
17 miles from Hancock County, OHI am the founder of Fostoria Paranormal Investigations, we have investigated the location several times and taken Groups in to investigate as well, we have seen shadows inside, have heard a little girl laughing and talking, a light in the main exhibit room comes on by itself and the only ...
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Wyandot County Historical Society
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
23.4 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 1852 residence was owned by the Beery family for many years, until it was donated to the local historical society in 1962. Since then, visitors and staff have reported various strange occurrences, including ghostly voices, disembodied footsteps and strange whistling noises. The ghost of an elderly woman, suspected ...
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Wood County Historical Center
Bowling Green, Ohio
24.2 miles from Hancock County, OHThe Wood County Historical Center and Museum building used to house the Wood County Home/Infirmary, which opened in 1869 and operated until 1971. The museum opened in 1975. It is believed to be haunted by former patients of the infirmary. Reports have been made of an apparition of a lady ...
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Sam B's Restaurant
Bowling Green, Ohio
25.7 miles from Hancock County, OHThe third floor of this restaurant was once a theatre and was the site of a murder years ago. The theatre is now closed to the public, but employees have reported many strange occurrences. They also believe the kitchen is haunted. At least two employees have died in the ...
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Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
26.2 miles from Hancock County, OHBowling Green State University's ghosts include Alice, a deceased actress who haunts Brown and Saint Theaters and must have a formal invitation to every theater performance, and Amanda, who haunts the Chi Omega Sorority House. Amanda was killed accidentally in an initiation, and is a poltergeist. At one time, the ...
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Dixie Lee Restaurant
Cridersville, Ohio
34.3 miles from Hancock County, OHHector is the name the staff members have given to the ghost who haunts Dixie Lee Restaurant. His apparition has been spotted inside the restaurant, and he isn't rumored to be the quiet type--Hector has been known to make a lot of noise.
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Columbian House Hotel
Waterville, Ohio
34.5 miles from Hancock County, OHBack in 1828, when this historic hotel was constructed, it was merely a trading post and tavern with limited overnight accommodation. At various times throughout the century, the building also served as a prison and a town ballroom. The strange history of the building began back in the 1840's, after ...
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Miami Erie Antique-Collectible Mall
Delphos, Ohio
36.8 miles from Hancock County, OHFormerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel, this antiques mall is rumoured to be haunted by a phantom traveller who passed away in an upstairs room. Customers to the store have sworn they've heard footsteps coming from the second level, but upon investigation, there is no one around. There are also ...
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Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Maumee, Ohio
37.5 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers was the last battle of the Northwest Indian War. On the anniversary of the battle, August 20, ghostly soldiers are said to re-enact the battle.
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Dix - Fayerweather House
Maumee, Ohio
38.5 miles from Hancock County, OHThe Dix/Fayerweather House is said to be haunted by Aunt Phoebe, builder William Dix's sister. But be warened, Aunt Phoebe doesn't stand for disrespectful behavior. People who scoff at her may get a coffee shower or a door slammed nearby. A coat and chandelier crystals have gone missing, and an ...
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The Linck Inn
Maumee, Ohio
38.9 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historic building was built in 1836, and has served as both a general store and as a hotel, as it was a popular stopover point for stagecoach and canal travellers. The hotel is no longer in operation, but is believed to still have three ghostly tenants who stayed on. ...
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Hull-Wolcott House
Maumee, Ohio
39.5 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historic house, built in 1836 and now a museum complex, is home to some playful spirits who move objects and open doors. Witnesses also have heard unexplained footsteps and whispers.
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Harding Home
Marion, Ohio
40.4 miles from Hancock County, OHPresident 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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Marion Cemetery - The Revolving Ball
Marion, Ohio
40.8 miles from Hancock County, OHMarion 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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Stone House
Oak Harbor, Ohio
44.8 miles from Hancock County, OHThis house was built by a man named Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker was a renowned womanizer. His wife could have not have children. Eventually, Mr. Baker's wife hanged herself in the garage. The Mulligans bought the house in the early '70s. While the Mulligans lived in the Stone House, they ...
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Oliver House
Toledo, Ohio
44.8 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historic landmark building is notorious for the rumour of a presidential visit many years ago, and for the fact that the building and its grounds are steeped in history and mystery. The building now houses several brew pubs and a whole host of ghost stories. The building was supposedly ...
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Fulton County Historical Museum
Wauseon, Ohio
45.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historical society and museum was formerly a schoolhouse and a hospital, and staff believe the thirteenth oldest historic museum in the state is haunted. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, staff say the county museum has its fair share of history; and ghost stories. The first apparition seen is a ...
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Commodore Perry Building
Toledo, Ohio
45.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historic apartment block has a labyrinth of old studios and a disused restaurant on the upper floors of the building. It is rumoured that a piano in the bar area of the old restaurant plays of its own accord, and that the apparition of a little girl in a ...
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Collingwood Arts Centre
Toledo, Ohio
46.4 miles from Hancock County, OHThis gothic mansion has formerly a convent, and is now dormitories for art students and resident artists. The basement of the building houses a terrifying entity draped in black robes who walks through the building every day before vanishing in the same part of the building. She has been known ...
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West Toledo Branch Library
Toledo, Ohio
48 miles from Hancock County, OHWest Toledo Branch Library began in 1930 and is believed to be haunted by a man from around 1940. His apparition has been seen, and strange noises and bumping sounds have come from the area near the west wall fireplace.
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Brownella Cottage and Galion Historical Museum
Galion, Ohio
49.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis beautiful cottage houses the town historical society, and is well known for the ghost that reputedly haunts the old building. Although the identity of the apparition is currently unclear, witnesses describe a man dressed in black with white hair who wanders the hallways scaring visitors to the museum. Other ...
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Big Four Train Depot
Galion, Ohio
49.7 miles from Hancock County, OHThis historic depot is heritage-listed, and also believed by many to be one of the towns most haunted buildings. The old train depot has played host to many tragedies and notable events in the town history, so it is easy to see where the basis of these rumours lie. The ...
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Doc Henderson's Restaurant - The Castle Bed and Breakfast
Marysville, Ohio
55.2 miles from Hancock County, OHAlthough 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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Bonnyconnellan Castle
Sidney, Ohio
55.8 miles from Hancock County, OHThe apparition of a regal man in a blue military uniform has been seen on the landing, examining a display. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
59.6 miles from Hancock County, OHJohnson's Island Confederate Cemetery is home to phantom battles, complete with gunshots, soldiers' screams and marching sounds. It is said that during the Memorial Day parades held on Johnson Island, the deceased soldiers march along with the living soldiers.
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0Hotel Breakers
Sandusky, Ohio
61 miles from Hancock County, OHIt is said that in Room 169 during the 1900s, a guest named Mary hanged herself in her room. This is rumored to have led to at least some of the many haunting episodes here. Guests and employees alike have witnessed unexplained noises, electrical issues, and faceless apparitions. Some reports ...
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Old Stone House Bed and Breakfast
Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
61.6 miles from Hancock County, OHAt this circa 1800s bed-and-breakfast inn, strange things are afoot. A TV on the third floor turns itself down when the volume is turned up, and toilets flush by themselves. In Room 11, also on the third floor, a little girl fell to her death out the window, and her ...
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Trestle Bridge
Adrian, Michigan
61.7 miles from Hancock County, OHTrestle Bridge has a legend with a ghost. So the story goes, a farmhouse once stood nearby, and it burned down late one night. The owner went to the barn to try to save the horses, and the wife and son went to the train tracks under Trestle Bridge to ...
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Park Hotel
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
63 miles from Hancock County, OHGuests have reported apparitions in period clothing and ghostly ballroom music when there is no one around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Monroe, Michigan
64.6 miles from Hancock County, OHRiver Raisin Battlefield Battlefield Park is home to apparitions of soldiers, ghost orbs that show up in photos, and more paranormal activity such as voices that have been captured by ghost investigators.
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Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan
65 miles from Hancock County, OHSiena Heights University is rumored to have a haunted room in one of its dorms. At least, Room 211 is said to have been haunted in the 1970s. A witness reported that doors opened and closed, and glowing eyes came out of nowhere in the middle of a wall. A ...
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0Fort Piqua Hotel
Piqua, Ohio
66.2 miles from Hancock County, OHBuilt in 1891, the historic Fort Piqua Hotel was once a library, and then stood empty for years. Now it is said to be haunted by a handyman who died in 1910 after falling into a barrel of cleaning acid. His ghost is seen working on things or shoveling coal ...
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The Worthington Inn
Worthington, Ohio
71.8 miles from Hancock County, OHSpooky happenings reported here include apparitions, unexplained handprints on mirrors, and the smell of phantom cigar smoke.
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Historic Stoner House
Westerville, Ohio
72 miles from Hancock County, OHMystic 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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Red Brick Tavern
London, Ohio
74.8 miles from Hancock County, OHBuilt 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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George Rogers Clark Park
Springfield, Ohio
76.4 miles from Hancock County, OHGeorge Rogers Clark Park's Daniel Hertzler House is rumored to be haunted by Hertzler himself, killed October 16, 1867 by robbers. His killers escaped the jail and were never found.
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Bear's Mill
Greenville, Ohio
77.1 miles from Hancock County, OHBear’s Mill, an operating water-powered mill and historic landmark, was built in 1849 by Gabriel Baer. It is said to be haunted by a former owner, whose ghost can be heard walking on the creaking floorboards upstairs when no one is there.
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0Waltz Inn
Huron Charter Township, Michigan
77.2 miles from Hancock County, OHAt this restaurant, formerly an 1800s inn, a ghostly man has been seen by owners and staff. He turns lights on and off and moves objects.
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Mirror Lake
Columbus, Ohio
77.4 miles from Hancock County, OHMirror 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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0Harrison House Bed and Breakfast
Columbus, Ohio
78 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 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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Char Bar
Columbus, Ohio
79.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 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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Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
79.4 miles from Hancock County, OHAt 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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Central Ohio Fire Museum
Columbus, Ohio
79.6 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 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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Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus
Columbus, Ohio
79.7 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 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
80 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 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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Thurber House
Columbus, Ohio
80 miles from Hancock County, OHThurber 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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Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Columbus, Ohio
80.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 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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Old Governor's Mansion
Columbus, Ohio
80.4 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 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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St. Clair Memorial Hall
Greenville, Ohio
80.4 miles from Hancock County, OHSt. Clair Memorial Hall was built in 1910 and has an old man's spirit lingering inside, folks say. The hall, where plays and musicals are performed, is haunted by a man who fell to his death while changing a light bulb.
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Schmidt's German Restaurant
Columbus, Ohio
81.1 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 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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Greater Columbus Antiques Mall
Columbus, Ohio
81.3 miles from Hancock County, OHThis 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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Atlas Tube
Essex, Ontario
81.4 miles from Hancock County, OHAtlas Tube is a steel mill that is rumored to be haunted by a 1990 worker who died when he lost control of a batch of steel tubes and was crushed. Late-night employees have seen a ghostly man leaning on the racks in Warehouse 3. He disappears when anyone gets ...
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Capital University
Columbus, Ohio
81.8 miles from Hancock County, OHCapital 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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Walnut Knolls Housing Estate
Columbus, Ohio
86.5 miles from Hancock County, OHThe 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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