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Wyandot County Historical Society
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
22.8 miles from Hardin 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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Dixie Lee Restaurant
Cridersville, Ohio
24.9 miles from Hardin 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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Dutch Mill Truck Stop - The Windmill
Carey, Ohio
25.1 miles from Hardin 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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Marion Cemetery - The Revolving Ball
Marion, Ohio
28.6 miles from Hardin 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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Harding Home
Marion, Ohio
28.7 miles from Hardin 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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Doc Henderson's Restaurant - The Castle Bed and Breakfast
Marysville, Ohio
33.2 miles from Hardin 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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Fostoria Area Historical Society and Museum
Fostoria, Ohio
36.6 miles from Hardin 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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Bonnyconnellan Castle
Sidney, Ohio
37 miles from Hardin 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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Miami Erie Antique-Collectible Mall
Delphos, Ohio
37.7 miles from Hardin 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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Brownella Cottage and Galion Historical Museum
Galion, Ohio
45.7 miles from Hardin 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
46.1 miles from Hardin 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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Fort Piqua Hotel
Piqua, Ohio
46.8 miles from Hardin 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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Wood County Historical Center
Bowling Green, Ohio
47.6 miles from Hardin 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
49.2 miles from Hardin 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
49.6 miles from Hardin 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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Red Brick Tavern
London, Ohio
51.7 miles from Hardin 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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The Worthington Inn
Worthington, Ohio
52.1 miles from Hardin County, OHSpooky happenings reported here include apparitions, unexplained handprints on mirrors, and the smell of phantom cigar smoke.
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George Rogers Clark Park
Springfield, Ohio
53.4 miles from Hardin 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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Historic Stoner House
Westerville, Ohio
53.5 miles from Hardin 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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Mirror Lake
Columbus, Ohio
57.1 miles from Hardin 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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Harrison House Bed and Breakfast
Columbus, Ohio
57.7 miles from Hardin 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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Columbian House Hotel
Waterville, Ohio
58 miles from Hardin 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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Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
58.3 miles from Hardin 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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Char Bar
Columbus, Ohio
58.9 miles from Hardin 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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Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus
Columbus, Ohio
59.3 miles from Hardin 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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Central Ohio Fire Museum
Columbus, Ohio
59.3 miles from Hardin 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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Ohio Statehouse
Columbus, Ohio
59.6 miles from Hardin 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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Oakhurst Golf Club
Grove City, Ohio
59.7 miles from Hardin County, OHA 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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Thurber House
Columbus, Ohio
59.8 miles from Hardin 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
59.8 miles from Hardin 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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Bear's Mill
Greenville, Ohio
60.2 miles from Hardin 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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Old Governor's Mansion
Columbus, Ohio
60.3 miles from Hardin 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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Ye Olde Trail Tavern
Yellow Springs, Ohio
60.3 miles from Hardin County, OHThe 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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Schmidt's German Restaurant
Columbus, Ohio
60.7 miles from Hardin 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
60.8 miles from Hardin 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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Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Maumee, Ohio
61 miles from Hardin 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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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
61.4 miles from Hardin County, OHWright-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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Capital University
Columbus, Ohio
61.9 miles from Hardin 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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Dix - Fayerweather House
Maumee, Ohio
62 miles from Hardin 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
62.4 miles from Hardin 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
63 miles from Hardin 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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St. Clair Memorial Hall
Greenville, Ohio
64.3 miles from Hardin 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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Stone House
Oak Harbor, Ohio
64.7 miles from Hardin 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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Fulton County Historical Museum
Wauseon, Ohio
66.4 miles from Hardin 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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Walnut Knolls Housing Estate
Columbus, Ohio
66.8 miles from Hardin 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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Oliver House
Toledo, Ohio
68.1 miles from Hardin 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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Victoria Theatre
Dayton, Ohio
68.2 miles from Hardin County, OHIt 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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Commodore Perry Building
Toledo, Ohio
68.6 miles from Hardin 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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Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
68.7 miles from Hardin County, OHSinclair 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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Woodland Cemetery
Dayton, Ohio
69 miles from Hardin County, OHWoodland 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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Patterson Homestead
Dayton, Ohio
69.7 miles from Hardin County, OHPatterson 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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Collingwood Arts Centre
Toledo, Ohio
69.8 miles from Hardin 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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Patterson Tower
Kettering, Ohio
71.3 miles from Hardin County, OHTwo 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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West Toledo Branch Library
Toledo, Ohio
71.4 miles from Hardin 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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Normandy United Methodist Church
Dayton, Ohio
75.2 miles from Hardin County, OHNormandy 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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Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio
75.5 miles from Hardin 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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Town Hall Theatre
Centerville, Ohio
76.1 miles from Hardin County, OHThe 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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Hotel Breakers
Sandusky, Ohio
76.2 miles from Hardin 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
78 miles from Hardin 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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Florentine Hotel and Restaurant
Germantown, Ohio
80.9 miles from Hardin County, OHThe 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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Park Hotel
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
81.3 miles from Hardin 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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Roundtown Players
Circleville, Ohio
82.5 miles from Hardin County, OHBuilt 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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Tammi Jo Jean's Cafe
Lancaster, Ohio
85.9 miles from Hardin County, OHThis 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
86.2 miles from Hardin County, OHThis 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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