Haunted Places in Jefferson County, Ohio



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    J.C. Thompson Building

    East Liverpool, Ohio

    18.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Kelly Road

    Industry, Pennsylvania

    25.5 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    West Virginia State Penitentiary

    Moundsville, West Virginia

    32.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Dixmont State Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    35.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Summit Cut Bridge

    Darlington, Pennsylvania

    36 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Egypt Road Bridge

    Salem, Ohio

    37.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Zoar Historic Hotel

    Zoar, Ohio

    38.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    38.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    38.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    38.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Allegheny Center, Building #7

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    39.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    40.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Brush Creek Inn

    Warrendale, Pennsylvania

    40.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Omni William Penn Hotel

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    40.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Glamorgan Castle

    Alliance, Ohio

    40.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    3406 Brownsville Road

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    41.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Century Inn

    Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania

    41.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    42.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Old Hercules Engine Factory

    Canton, Ohio

    42.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Harmony Inn

    Harmony, Pennsylvania

    44.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Old Homestead Police Department

    Homestead, Pennsylvania

    44.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Depreciation Lands Museum

    Hampton Township, Pennsylvania

    45.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Carnegie Library of Homestead

    Munhall, Pennsylvania

    45.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Edward G. Acheson House

    Monongahela, Pennsylvania

    45.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Frick Mansion - Clayton

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    45.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Hill View Manor

    New Castle, Pennsylvania

    46.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Austintown Log House

    Canfield, Ohio

    46.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    The Mather Miners

    Mather, Pennsylvania

    47.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Downtown New Castle

    New Castle, Pennsylvania

    47.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Cambridge Northwood Cemetery

    Cambridge, Ohio

    49.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    50.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Grapevine House Inn

    Dundee, Ohio

    51.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    The 1834 bed and breakfast inn is located in the pleasant township of Winesburg, which is often confused with a novel of the same name by Sherwood Anderson. The old building is one of the earliest in the borough, and is rumoured to be haunted by a young girl ...

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    Culmerville Hotel - Zottola's Pub and Eatery

    Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    51.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

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

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    Hell's Corners

    Hubbard, Ohio

    53.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Summit Hose Company

    Tarentum, Pennsylvania

    54.5 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    54.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Warehouse on the Canal

    Canal Fulton, Ohio

    56.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Snyder Cemetery

    Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

    56.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

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

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    Wells Inn

    Sistersville, West Virginia

    58.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Allen’s Haunted Hayrides

    Smock, Pennsylvania

    58.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Guggenheim Air Institute

    Akron, Ohio

    58.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Warren City Hall

    Warren, Ohio

    59.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    133 Kiester Road

    Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

    59.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Siesta Motel

    Norwich, Ohio

    61.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This motel is said to be haunted by the spirit of an angry man who had been staying at the night there after a fight with his mother. And as it so happened, that night he was the victim of a burglary. The still-enraged man attacked the burglar upon finding ...

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    Rogue's Hollow Bridge

    Doylestown, Ohio

    61.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    61.8 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Akron Civic Theatre

    Akron, Ohio

    62.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Grove City College

    Grove City, Pennsylvania

    64.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Loyal Oak Tavern

    Norton, Ohio

    65 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Kline Opera House

    Cortland, Ohio

    65.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Pauni Apartments

    Cortland, Ohio

    66 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Rose Hill Burial Park

    Fairlawn, Ohio

    69.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Market Square Building

    Kinsman, Ohio

    73.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This building features both an old-fashioned book store and a fascinating antiques market, which are both believed to be haunted. In the book store section of the building, staff report an entity that pushes books off shelves, and has been known to rearrange furniture while they are in the basement. ...

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    Kinsman General Store

    Kinsman, Ohio

    73.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This old-fashioned general store is believed to have a ghostly inhabitant in the basement, and is generally off limits to the public and visitors. Staff have reported seeing an old man smoking a pipe in the basement, and visitors have also smelt the overwhelming aroma of tobacco smoke on all ...

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    The Taverne of Richfield

    Richfield, Ohio

    75.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Chagrin Valley Athletic Club

    Chagrin Falls, Ohio

    75.7 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This historic building now houses the county athletic club, but was formerly a schoolhouse. During its history, a cruel schoolmistress punished a girl to the extent that she died, leading to the closure of the school and the basis of the haunting that occurs nowadays. People in the quiet library ...

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    Comfort Inn Marietta

    Marietta, Ohio

    76.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    The Castle

    Marietta, Ohio

    76.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Marietta College - Alpha Xi Delta

    Marietta, Ohio

    76.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre

    Marietta, Ohio

    76.3 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    76.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    76.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    Twin City Opera House

    McConnelsville, Ohio

    77 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    The 1890s Twin City Opera House is said to have been haunted since at least the 1960s, when a janitor wan out never to return. The apparition of a little girl named Elizabeth, age 10, has been seen peeking down from the catwalk and giggling. Another apparition of Everett Miller, ...

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    Punderson Manor

    Jefferson County, Ohio

    78 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    It is alleged that the original owner of Punderson manor committed suicide by drifting out on the lake in a bathtub, and then, when he reached the middle, he pulled the plug and drowned. Why precisely he would have chosen this method is not known, whether it actually occurred ...

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    Burnt Wood Tavern

    Brecksville, Ohio

    80 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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

    81 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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)

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    Kingwood Public Library

    Kingwood, West Virginia

    84.9 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    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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    4604 Turney Road

    Garfield Heights, Ohio

    85.2 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This historic apartment has a darker history, and has a terrifying haunting associated with the building. In the early 1940's, a mass brawl occurred on the upper floor, and several people were murdered. Staff in stores below the apartments claim to hear thumps, screams and the sound of a ...

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    Darrow Family Cemetery

    Seven Hills, Ohio

    85.4 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    Rumor has it that at night at the Darrow Family Cemetery, which only has 7 gravesites, tombstones that are whole in daylight appear broken, and strange things can be seen and heard: Unexplained bright lights, running water, screams and howls.

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    Baldwin-Wallace College

    Berea, Ohio

    88.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    Baldwin-Wallace College's Kohler Hall, built in the 1870s as a Methodist Children's Home, is said to be home to a spirit that manifests as a blue haze. Something reportedly presses down on students in bed and throws off their blankets. And Lang Hall is allegedly haunted by namesake Emma Lang, ...

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    Johnny Mango

    Cleveland, Ohio

    90.6 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    Johnny Mango World Cafe & Bar is reportedly haunted by several ghosts, the oldest being a woman named Margaret who died in 1895 when her trolley car ran into the Cuyahoga River.

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    Bourbon House Bed and Breakfast

    Cleveland, Ohio

    91.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    This historic mansion may still be in operation as an inn, but is more renowned for a recurring apparition reported here by former tenants and guests. The building is believed to be haunted by a former owner and the builder of the house, who has been known to communicate ...

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    Variety Theater

    Cleveland, Ohio

    91.1 miles from Jefferson County, OH

    1927 building The Variety Theater was a vaudeville house, then a movie theater until the early 1980s. After that, it was a rock concert venue until it closed in 1986. Now, locals say, it's haunted by a white figure who hangs out on first floor by the water fountain. A ...