{"id":216,"slug":"greely-chapel-bridge-lima-ohio","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The bridge is the flipped — the 'teenagers' that's the story's first, the 'baby' that's the tale's second. The 'stop sign' is the bled — the 'replaced' that's the sign's count, the 'still bleeds' that's the legend's proof. The 'Halloween' is the timed — the 'midnight' that's the hour's mark, the 'rattle' that's the sound's echo.","The 'Auglaize' is the crossed — the 'river' that's the water's name, the 'dead end' that's the road's fate. The 'three stories' is the layered — the 'Bloody Mary' that's the third's name, the 'migrated' that's the motif's path. The bridge is the kept — the 'Crybaby Project' that's the catalog's name, the 'Lantern Tours' that's the telling's stage.","The file keeps the bridge: the flipped legend, the bled sign, the timed midnight, and the kept story.","Greely Chapel is the archive's Ohio file — the bridge that changed its own ghost story."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Greely Chapel is the archive's Ohio file — the legend that upgraded itself.","A bridge keeps its cry — the file's suggestion being that Greely's hold is the mutable: the 'teenagers' that's the original's victims, the 'baby' that's the replacement's form, and the 'bleeding sign' that's the prop's persistence."]}],"name":"Greely Chapel Bridge","aliases":["Crybaby Bridge on Greely Chapel Road"],"type":"BRIDGE","type_label":"Bridge","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","roads"],"desc":"Bridge associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"Greely Chapel Bridge is a bridge in Lima, Ohio. Bridge associated with documented cultural history. The archive files it under haunting reports. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. Access details are unverified — research before visiting. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Lima","county":"Allen","state":"Ohio","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":40.740679,"lon":-84.112091,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Earliest attestation, primary history, precise location and current access require independent enrichment.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":166,"type":"CRYING","description":"One legend describes infant crying; other versions invoke murdered teenagers or Bloody Mary. Greely Chapel Bridge's legend rides the corridor itself: a stretch of Ohio ground where drivers have told the same story for years. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. Sources including 'Allen County Hauntings & Legends' keep the claim in circulation. The sound is the signature — visitors listen for it whether or not they believe.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.45,"conflict_notes":"Three distinct narratives preserved; no associated death established here.","source":{"name":"Allen County Hauntings & Legends","url":"https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/allencounty/","publisher":"Ohio Exploration Society","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"One legend describes infant crying; other versions invoke murdered teenagers or Bloody Mary. Roadside lore attaches to crossings, and Greely Chapel Bridge in Lima, Ohio is exactly the kind of crossing that collects it. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. The account appears in 'Allen County Hauntings & Legends'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Allen County Hauntings & Legends","url":"https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/allencounty/","publisher":"Ohio Exploration Society","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Allen County Hauntings & Legends","url":"https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/allencounty/","publisher":"Ohio Exploration Society","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},{"name":"Greely Chapel Road Added To Ohio Crybaby Bridge Project","url":"https://strangeandspookyworld.com/2015/08/28/greely-chapel-road-added-to-ohio-crybaby-bridge-project/","publisher":"James A. Willis / My Strange & Spooky World","type":"BLOG","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":2}}