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0James A. Garfield National Historical Site
Mentor, Ohio
2.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
James A. Garfield National Historical Site, former residence of president James A. Garfield, is believed to be haunted by Garfield's wife Lucretia. Security personnel have heard Lucretia walking upstairs at night and she has been known to turn lights on after the guards turn them off. She also is said ...
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Homestead House Bed and Breakfast
Willoughby, Ohio
5.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic mansion is haunted by Sarah and Alonzo Gunn, who formerly owned the house when it was a private residence. Guests and owners have reportedly heard footsteps, and seen the apparitions of a woman in a shawl and a man in a top hat and old-fashioned cape. (Submitted by ...
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0Rider's Inn
Painesville, Ohio
5.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
A Civil War soldier's ghost is said to stand near the windows and wave. Also, the spirit of a former innkeeper's wife named Suzanne is said to reside here as well. Suzanne is said to have come to the door in her nightgown to let guests in when the owners ...
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Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse
Fairport Harbor, Ohio
5.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Legend has it that an 1870s lighthouse keeper, Captain Joseph Babcock, gave his wife many cats to keep her company when she was bedridden. Today, one of those cats remains behind, a ghostly gray cat that does that playful cat-skitter across the kitchen floor in the second-floor living quarters. The ...
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Lake County History Center
Painesville, Ohio
7.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Now housing the Lake County History Center, this imposing building was for many years, the Poor House. In the 1800s, and up until the 1970s, this was the place of last resort for the indigent, abandoned, and in many cases, insane. Both men and women were housed there, in separate ...
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Squire's Castle
Willoughby Hills, Ohio
9.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Squire's Castle is only a shell of a castle built in the 1890s by Feargus B. Squire. It was meant to be the gatekeeper's house for his future country estate, never built. Now Squire's Castle is open to the public, and it is said to be haunted by Squire's wife ...
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Squire's Castle
Willoughby Hills, Ohio
9.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Squire's Castle is actually a 3-story stone caretaker's cottage for a never-built mansion, and legend has it that it's home to an unhappy female ghost. Feargus B. Squire planned to built a mansion as well, but until then, his family took up residence in the cottage. His wife hated the ...
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Hamlin Hall
University Heights, Ohio
17.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Hamlin Hall has a haunt. Who is he? The apparition and cold spots that appear and disappear around a stairwell are said to belong to a young man who passed away inside the building.
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0Punderson Manor
Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
18.4 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Regal Vineyards and Mansion
Madison, Ohio
19.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic mansion and vineyard has now returned to its use after being boarded up for a long period of time. It was originally built by immigrants, but abandoned after a family tragedy. Staff immediately began to report a vortex in the building, and various cold spots. The tip of ...
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Agora Theatre and Ballroom
Cleveland, Ohio
20.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Elvis and the Beatles are among the acts who have performed at Agora Theatre and Ballroom, and the place is said to be home to some spirits who never left. Apparitions have been seen here, especially one of a man wearing a yellow raincoat. During an investigation, a psychic declared ...
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House of Wills
Cleveland, Ohio
21.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic funeral parlour appears to be one of the cities most haunted sites, as shown by the most recent street view image of the building. The photograph shows what appears to be a white apparition staring down into the street from a window on the second floor. This is ...
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Chagrin Valley Athletic Club
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
21.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Gray's Armoury Historical Museum
Cleveland, Ohio
21.9 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
The five story castle-like armory was built in 1893. People hear disembodied footsteps on the upper floors and on the grand staircase. Ghostly apparitions of men dressed in old-fashioned military uniform have been seen throughout the building, but vanish when approached. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Renaissance Hotel
Cleveland, Ohio
22.4 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic hotel was built over the site of many historic city landmarks including the cities first hotel, transferring the historical pasts of them into this building. Ghostly activity is mainly reported on the fourth floor, where lights turn on and off of their own accord and faucets switch on ...
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Aqua Club
Cleveland, Ohio
22.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Before this building became a night club and closed down, it was a celebrated local eatery. The owner became an alcoholic after his wife died, and both him and his legendary restaurant quickly fell apart until it went out of business. A night club built on the premises was closed ...
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4604 Turney Road
Garfield Heights, Ohio
23 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Johnny Mango
Cleveland, Ohio
23.7 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Franklin Castle
Cleveland, Ohio
23.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Franklin Castle was built in the mid 1800s by Hans Tiedemann, a wealthy German immigrant. Since then, it has been a clubhouse for a German singing society, headquarters for a German Socialist organization, a doctor's office, apartments, and a hideout for bootleggers. Many ghost stories surround the place, and here ...
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Bourbon House Bed and Breakfast
Cleveland, Ohio
24.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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The Step Above Lounge and Wine Bar
Geneva, Ohio
25 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
The Step Above is a bar housed over a restaurant that closes earlier, and bar patrons have seen shadowy figures moving about inside the locked restaurant after closing.
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Tick Tock Tavern
Cleveland, Ohio
25.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic arcade building houses a haunted restaurant and tavern. A former delicatessen housed in the building closed down due to overwhelming paranormal activity, which stemmed from the rear of the building. The ladies restroom was haunted by a spectre that would rattle the doors and speak in strange voices, ...
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Darrow Family Cemetery
Seven Hills, Ohio
26.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Edmund Gleason Farmhouse
Valley View, Ohio
26.7 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Variety Theater
Cleveland, Ohio
27.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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 ...
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Burnt Wood Tavern
Brecksville, Ohio
28.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Claque Playhouse
Westlake, Ohio
31.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic playhouse is situated on an old farming property, as the theatre itself is a barn conversion. The former owner of the property, known to staff as 'Walter', has been seen and heard throughout the theatre. He often is heard sobbing in the theatre, and has been known to ...
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Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Ashtabula, Ohio
31.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Chestnut Grove Cemetery was once an Erie burial ground and, since its establishment in 1819, has seen the burial of over 18,000 folks. Twenty-five of them were victims of a local train disaster in 1876. The Pacific Express fell into the river when the bridge collapsed, killing between 80 and ...
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Huntington Playhouse
Bay Village, Ohio
33.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This quaint community theatre has been in operation for over half a century, but already seems to being developing a series of ghost stories associated with the theatre itself and the plot of land it was built upon. The first apparition is an man in an old-fashioned suit who appears ...
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0Candlewood Suites
North Olmsted, Ohio
34.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
According to reports, when the area was being cleared for building this hotel, the body of a woman was found. She had committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. Her ghost is said to remain at the hotel and may manifest as a shadowy form. She also turns the ...
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Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, Ohio
34.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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The Taverne of Richfield
Richfield, Ohio
35.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Kingsville Public Library
Kingsville, Ohio
37.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
In the older section of 1885 Kingsville Public Library, folks say the apparition of a man in a tall black hat wanders the stacks. Strange noises and events have been reported as well. Many believe the library is haunted by several spirits.
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Pauni Apartments
Cortland, Ohio
41.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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
41.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Kline Opera House
Cortland, Ohio
41.7 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Warren City Hall
Warren, Ohio
42.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Market Square Building
Kinsman, Ohio
43.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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
43.8 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Akron Civic Theatre
Akron, Ohio
43.9 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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University of Akron
Akron, Ohio
44.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Cleveland Hotel
Conneaut, Ohio
44.6 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This century-old building was purchased in 2012 and is slated to be renovated into condominiums. It was once a fashionable hotel, but fell into disrepair and was known as a hang-out for the homeless for several decades. There are rumors about a "ghost bride" that some believe to ...
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Guggenheim Air Institute
Akron, Ohio
46.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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0Spitzer House Bed and Breakfast
Medina, Ohio
47.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
At this 19th-century Victorian home-turned-inn, people have witnessed unexplained voices and music, and the piano in the parlor plays songs by itself. The ghost of a stern-looking man is said to appear in Ceilan's Room, and Anna's Room is haunted by a servant girl's spirit. The servant girl also has ...
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Loyal Oak Tavern
Norton, Ohio
47.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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0Knickerbocker Hotel
Linesville, Pennsylvania
48.5 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
This historic hotel is not your average lodging place. Yes, you can spend the night for a fee, but as they will tell you, you won't sleep. The paranormal activity is said to be rich here, because some guests checked in but did not check out.
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0Hotel Conneaut
Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania
54.2 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH
Several ghosts are said to haunt this hotel including a ghost bride who allegedly died in a fire, a young child who died after falling down the stairs, and even a mad butcher who was dismembered in the kitchen. If you are looking for a haunted room, the Elizabeth's ...
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Austintown Log House
Canfield, Ohio
55.1 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Rogue's Hollow Bridge
Doylestown, Ohio
55.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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Glamorgan Castle
Alliance, Ohio
56.3 miles from Mentor-on-the-Lake, 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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