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Midwest — Named Ghost Legend filings

Named ghost legends filed in Ohio

Ohio files 16 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Mansion
High confidence

Prospect Place

Trinway, Ohio

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Site
Medium

John Rankin House

Ripley, Ohio

The Ripley hilltop house where the Reverend sheltered ~2,000 freedom seekers.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Erie Street Cemetery

Cleveland, Ohio

The 1826 cemetery—where Chief Joc-O-Sot waits to go home.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Prison
High confidence

Ohio State Reformatory

Mansfield, Ohio

The castle-like prison where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lodge
Medium

Punderson Manor

Newbury, Ohio

Tudor-style state-park lodge on a lake with a cold-spot legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Ohio University — Wilson Hall Room 428

Athens, Ohio

The sealed dorm room—"uninhabitable" per the university.

2 claims · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Kenyon College — Old Kenyon

Gambier, Ohio

The 1949 fire dorm—still haunted, still housing students.

2 claims · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Miami University

Oxford, Ohio

"The Cradle of Coaches"—and the campus’s layered ghost lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Collinwood school fire site

Cleveland, Ohio

March 4, 1908—the fire that killed 172 children.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Franklin Castle

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland’s most haunted house—a Victorian dark-history magnet.

2 claims→
Castle
Medium

Chateau Laroche (Loveland Castle)

Loveland, Ohio

Hand-built stone castle of a WWI veteran, haunted by its builder per lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Inn
Medium

Buxton Inn

Granville, Ohio

1812 stagecoach inn with a Lady in Blue and founder’s ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Inn
Medium

Golden Lamb

Lebanon, Ohio

1803 inn that hosted twelve presidents—and a small roster of ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Inn
Medium

Rider’s Inn

Painesville, Ohio

1812 stagecoach inn with a "Lady in Lavender" and Underground Railroad lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Medium

Crybaby Bridge (Egypt Road)

Salem, Ohio

The closed Salem bridge where a baby’s cry is said to echo.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Medium

Crybaby Bridge (Maud Hughes Road)

Liberty Township, Ohio

The Butler County bridge with Ohio’s best-known crybaby legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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