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  • Haunted39.3072° N, 82.3222° W

    Moonville Tunnel

    Brown Township, OH

    Moonville was a remote mining and railroad settlement whose last residents left in the twentieth century, leaving behind its cemetery, foundations and brick-lined railroad tunnel. Numerous deaths along the old rail line produced stories of a spectral brakeman carrying a lantern and other apparitions; the tunnel is reached on the public Moonville Rail Trail, which is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and remains rugged in places.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted40.7837° N, 82.5028° W

    Ohio State Reformatory

    Mansfield, OH

    The Ohio State Reformatory was built beginning in 1886 and operated as a prison until 1990 before becoming a museum and preservation site. Beyond its use as a filming location for The Shawshank Redemption, the enormous cellblocks have a major paranormal reputation and the reformatory offers both regular tours and structured ghost-hunting programs.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.5484° N, 84.3813° W

    Poasttown Elementary School

    Middletown, OH

    The former Poasttown Elementary School has been converted into a dedicated paranormal investigation destination rather than demolished or repurposed as a conventional museum. Visitors can enter during scheduled flashlight tours, public investigations and private bookings, but the building is not open for casual exploration.

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    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted41.4511° N, 81.2079° W

    Punderson Manor

    Newbury Township, OH

    The Tudor-style Punderson Manor operates as the lodge at Punderson State Park and has accumulated long-running stories of footsteps, children's laughter, moving objects and other unexplained activity. It remains a working state-park lodge and restaurant, so visitors can experience the building normally without entering restricted guest areas.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.3945° N, 84.4104° W

    Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road

    Liberty Township, OH

    The railroad overpass on Maud Hughes Road has accumulated decades of local stories involving screams, apparitions and a phantom train, alongside a documented history of serious accidents in the area. The old bridge was replaced and the roadway realigned in 2015, but the legend remains attached to the crossing; there is no pedestrian facility, so do not stop or park on the bridge or enter the railroad property.

    Access
    Roadside, no entry
  • Haunted41.6291° N, 82.8414° W

    South Bass Island Lighthouse

    Put-in-Bay Township, OH

    The South Bass Island Lighthouse was completed in 1897, and tragedy arrived almost immediately when assistant keeper Harry Anderson died during the island's 1898 smallpox outbreak. The lighthouse later developed stories of unexplained activity connected to its keepers; the grounds can be viewed publicly, while interior and tower access is limited to scheduled open houses or tours.

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    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted41.5799° N, 81.4193° W

    Squire's Castle

    Willoughby Hills, OH

    Squire's Castle is the stone gatehouse of an estate that Standard Oil executive Feargus B. Squire planned but never completed. Stories later developed about the ghost of Squire's wife haunting the building, although the tale does not match the documented family history; the castle itself remains freely accessible in Cleveland Metroparks during park hours.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.4144° N, 81.4633° W

    The Anchorage Mansion

    Marietta, OH

    The Anchorage, originally called Putnam Villa, was built in 1859 and survives as one of Marietta's imposing nineteenth-century houses. Hidden Marietta uses the property for guided haunted-history tours, flashlight tours and paranormal investigations, with entry limited to scheduled programs and reservations.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted40.0028° N, 80.7448° W

    The Bellaire House

    Bellaire, OH

    This Belmont Street house has become one of eastern Ohio's best-known dedicated paranormal investigation properties, with stories involving apparitions, voices and other unexplained activity. It operates as a ticketed paranormal attraction with tours and overnight investigations, so visitors need to book access and should not treat the residential property as an open walk-in site.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted39.4205° N, 81.4550° W

    The Castle Historic House Museum

    Marietta, OH

    This Gothic Revival mansion was completed in 1855 and is now preserved as a historic house museum in Marietta. The property also hosts ghost tours built around reported sightings, unexplained sounds and local stories associated with the house, while normal historical tours provide daytime access.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.3203° N, 82.1094° W

    The Ridges

    Athens, OH

    The Athens Lunatic Asylum opened in 1874 and eventually became the enormous complex now called The Ridges, which Ohio University acquired after the hospital era ended. The grounds and trails are public and parts of the complex now house university facilities and the Kennedy Museum, while abandoned or restricted buildings are off-limits; the site's institutional history has made it one of Athens' best-known paranormal locations.

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    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted39.9658° N, 82.9852° W

    Thurber House

    Columbus, OH

    Humorist James Thurber lived in this house as a child, and unexplained noises experienced by his family helped inspire his story "The Night the Ghost Got In." The restored house is now a literary museum with regular weekend hours, and it also permits scheduled private ghost investigations.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.6490° N, 81.8535° W

    Twin City Opera House

    McConnelsville, OH

    Twin City Opera House opened in 1892 and still operates as a theater and movie house in downtown McConnelsville. Decades of reports involving footsteps, voices and apparitions have made it a major Ohio paranormal site, and the theater offers scheduled public ghost hunts and private investigations rather than unrestricted after-hours access.

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    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Haunted39.7622° N, 84.1917° W

    Victoria Theatre

    Dayton, OH

    Victoria Theatre opened in 1866 and has accumulated several long-running ghost stories during more than a century and a half of performances. The best-known involves the legendary "Miss Vicki," whose presence is associated with rose perfume, footsteps and a face in a dressing-room mirror; the theater remains an active public performance venue.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Haunted39.7099° N, 84.1801° W

    Witch's Tower

    Kettering, OH

    The stone Lookout Tower at Hills & Dales MetroPark, commonly called the Witch's Tower or Frankenstein's Castle, was completed in 1941. A teenage girl was killed by lightning at the tower in 1967, after which stories of ghostly figures became attached to it; the tower's entrance is sealed, but hikers can reach and view the exterior from the park trail.

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    Seasonal or ticketed