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The record for Ohio opens with Prospect Place, Fairport Harbor Lighthouse and John Rankin House — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (22 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (16) and Reported Anomalies (10). Of its 126 sites, 105 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Golden Lamb, established 1803.

Mansion
High confidence

Prospect Place

Trinway, Ohio

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Lighthouse
High confidence

Fairport Harbor Lighthouse

Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

3 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→
Former Hospital
Medium

The Ridges (Athens Lunatic Asylum)

Athens, Ohio

Kirkbride asylum campus famous for the Margaret Schilling stain.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Institution
Medium

Madison Seminary

Madison, Ohio

Former institution associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Railroad Tunnel
Medium

Moonville Tunnel

Moonville, Ohio

Abandoned 1857 rail tunnel haunted by a lantern-swinging brakeman.

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→
Historic House
Low

Bellaire House

Bellaire, Ohio

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Franklin Castle

Cleveland, Ohio

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

2 claims→
Historic Site
Medium

John P. Parker House

Ripley, Ohio

The freedman’s house—the inventor who rowed hundreds to freedom.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Cincinnati Music Hall

Cincinnati, Ohio

Theater associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Columbian House

Waterville, Ohio

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
High confidence

Landoll's Mohican Castle

Loudonville, Ohio

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Fort Amanda Memorial Park

Wapakoneta, Ohio

Fort associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
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

Loveland Frog site

Loveland, Ohio

Riverside road where a four-foot frog man was reported in 1955.

1 claim · 1 legend→
State Park
Medium

Salt Fork State Park (Grassman)

Cambridge, Ohio

Ohio Bigfoot country—Salt Fork’s Grassman reports and hosted conferences.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Marblehead Lighthouse

Marblehead, Ohio

Ohio’s oldest lighthouse on Lake Erie—keeper Wolcott’s first light.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane

Lima, Ohio

The 1915 "criminally insane" hospital whose patients rioted—and whose tunnel system survives.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Columbus State Hospital

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio’s first state hospital—the 1877 asylum whose grounds are now a park.

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→
University
Medium

Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio

The 1833 college—first to admit women and Black students—dense with lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Marietta College

Marietta, Ohio

The 1835 college on the Muskingum—dense with river-town lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Temple
Medium

Kirtland Temple

Kirtland, Ohio

The first Mormon temple—1836, still standing.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Chippewa Lake Park

Chippewa Lake, Ohio

The 1878 park abandoned in 1978—nature took the midway.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Geauga Lake

Aurora, Ohio

The 1887 park that became SeaWorld’s neighbor—closed 2007.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Idora Park

Youngstown, Ohio

The 1899 park that burned with its carousel still inside—1984.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Euclid Beach Park

Cleveland, Ohio

The 1895 Cleveland park—the Humphrey popcorn and the rocket ship ride.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Col. William Hubbard House

Ashtabula, Ohio

The lake terminus—where fugitives boarded boats for Canada.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

James A. Garfield National Historic Site

Mentor, Ohio

Lawnfield—the president’s home, kept as he left it.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes’ Home at Spiegel Grove

Fremont, Ohio

Spiegel Grove—the 19th president’s wooded estate.

1 claim→
Lake
Low

Mirror Lake at Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Lake associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

Mount Unger Cemetery

Blue Creek, Ohio

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Church
Low

Dunkinville Church

Dunkinville, Ohio

Church associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Low

Greely Chapel Bridge

Lima, Ohio

Bridge associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Prison
Medium

Lima Correctional Institution

Lima, Ohio

Prison associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Park
Medium

Brookside West Park

Ashland, Ohio

Park associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

Chestnut Grove Cemetery

Ashtabula, Ohio

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Beach
Low

Walnut Beach

Ashtabula, Ohio

Beach associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Medium

Bloody Bridge

St. Marys, Ohio

Bridge associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Gore Orphanage site

Vermilion, Ohio

Orphanage-fire legend that outlived the institution itself.

1 claim→
Town Folklore Area
Medium

Boston Township ("Helltown")

Boston Township, Ohio

Township emptied by parkland acquisition and wrapped in apocalyptic legend.

1 claim→
Folklore Area
Medium

Melon Heads

Kirtland, Ohio

Woods-lurking "melon-headed" children—Ohio’s most durable cryptid legend.

1 claim→
Museum
Medium

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft

Cleveland, Ohio

Raymond Buckland’s 1966 collection—the first U.S. witchcraft museum.

1 claim→
Cemetery
Low

German Protestant Cemetery

New Bremen, Ohio

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim→
Cemetery
Medium

Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum

Cincinnati, Ohio

The arboretum—where the city’s founders rest among the trees.

4 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Hanby House

Westerville, Ohio

The songwriter’s house—where "Darling Nelly Gray" was written.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Nelson T. Gant House

Zanesville, Ohio

The freedman’s house—where Gant bought his wife’s freedom twice.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Mount Pleasant Historic District

Mount Pleasant, Ohio

The Quaker village—where Lundy published The Genius of Universal Emancipation.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Monument

Oberlin, Ohio

The 1858 rescue—when the town defied the Fugitive Slave Act.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Lake View Cemetery

Cleveland, Ohio

The 1869 garden cemetery—where Garfield and Rockefeller rest.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Office of the Philanthropist Newspaper

Cincinnati, Ohio

Birney’s abolitionist paper—the office the mob destroyed.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Salmon Portland Chase Historical Marker

Cincinnati, Ohio

The senator’s marker—where the anti-slavery politician lived.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Wesleyan Cemetery

Cincinnati, Ohio

The abolitionists’ cemetery—where the movement’s dead rest.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Union Baptist Cemetery

Cincinnati, Ohio

The Black cemetery—where the community’s dead rest.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Rush R. Sloane House

Sandusky, Ohio

The lawyer’s house—where Sloane defended the fugitives.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Spring Hill Historic House

Massillon, Ohio

The Wales family farm—where the hidden room sheltered fugitives.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Wilson Bruce Evan House

Oberlin, Ohio

The Black abolitionist’s house—where Evans helped rescue John Price.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Woodland Cemetery

Dayton, Ohio

The 1841 cemetery—where the Wright brothers and Dunbar rest.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Thomas Morris, U.S. Senator, Burial Site

Bethel, Ohio

The anti-slavery senator’s grave—where the Whig who fought the gag rule rests.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

John Brown House

Akron, Ohio

The abolitionist’s Akron home—where Brown lived before Harper’s Ferry.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Kirby Avenue Corridor (Escape of the 28)

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 1856 escape—the 28 freedom seekers who reached Cincinnati.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

New Richmond, Ohio, Waterfront

New Richmond, Ohio

The river village—where the fugitives crossed to the Ohio side.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Augustus West Site/Abolition Road

Jeffersonville, Ohio

Abolition Road—the Fayette County route named for the escapes.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Gist Settlement in Scott Township, Brown County Historical Marker

Decatur, Ohio

The free Black settlement—where the freed families farmed.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Gist Settlement, Eagle Township, Brown County Historical Marker

Decatur, Ohio

The second Gist settlement—the freed families’ other village.

3 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Henry and Louisa Picquet Burials at Samarian (Good Samaritan) Cemetery

Decatur, Ohio

The Picquets’ graves—where the freed family rests.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

James and Sophia Clemens Farm

Greenville, Ohio

The free Black farm—where the Clemenses farmed and sheltered.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Underground Railroad/Abolition Boats Provide an Escape to Freedom in Erie County Historic Marker

Sandusky, Ohio

The abolition boats—where the lake carried the fugitives to Canada.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Alexander Campbell House

Ripley, Ohio

The state senator’s house—a documented Ripley station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Haines House

Alliance, Ohio

The Quaker station—where the Haines family sheltered fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Oviatt House

Hudson, Ohio

The Western Reserve station—the Oviatt family’s documented station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery

Georgetown, Ohio

The Scotch-Irish church—where the congregation sheltered fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Zion Baptist Church

Cincinnati, Ohio

The Black church—where the congregation helped the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Clermont County Courthouse

Batavia, Ohio

The county seat—where the fugitives’ cases were heard.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church

Bloomingburg, Ohio

The church—where the congregation aided the escapes.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Charles B. Huber House

Williamsburg, Ohio

The conductor’s house—where Huber hid the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Charles B. Huber Farm

Williamsburg, Ohio

The conductor’s farm—where the barn hid the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Bunker Hill House

Georgetown, Ohio

The tavern—where the innkeeper sheltered the travelers.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Decatur Cemetery

Decatur, Ohio

The cemetery—where the conductors rest.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Lindale Baptist Church and Cemetery

Lindale, Ohio

The church and cemetery—where the community’s dead rest.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Williamsburg Cemetery

Williamsburg, Ohio

The cemetery—where the Hubers and the conductors rest.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Tate Township Cemetery

Bethel, Ohio

The township cemetery—where the abolitionists rest.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Sugar Tree Wesleyan Church Cemetery

Sardinia, Ohio

The Wesleyan cemetery—where the anti-slavery Methodists rest.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Macedonia Baptist Church

Felicity, Ohio

The Black church—where the congregation aided the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Felicity Wesleyan Church

Felicity, Ohio

The Wesleyan church—where the anti-slavery Methodists met.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Allen Chapel AME Church of Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth, Ohio

The AME church—where the river town’s congregation sheltered fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Putnam Presbyterian Church

Zanesville, Ohio

The Putnam church—where the abolitionist Presbyterians met.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Putnam Stone Academy

Zanesville, Ohio

The Putnam academy—where the abolitionist school stood.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Old Calvary Methodist Church

Putnam, Ohio

The Methodist church—where the congregation aided the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Wickerham Inn

Winchester, Ohio

The stagecoach inn—where the travelers hid the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Beecher Family House

Ripley, Ohio

The Beecher kin—where the family sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Lucas Beecher House

Ripley, Ohio

The Beecher cousin—another Ripley station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Chambers Baird House

Ripley, Ohio

The Baird house—another Ripley station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Albert Austin (A.A.) Guthrie House

Sardinia, Ohio

The Guthrie house—where the family sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

George and Sarah Guthrie House

Sardinia, Ohio

The Guthrie farm—where the couple sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

John King Farm

Sardinia, Ohio

The King farm—where the barn hid the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

John T. Wilson: Conductor of Hope in the Scott Township Underground Railroad Network

Decatur, Ohio

The conductor—where Wilson guided the fugitives through Scott Township.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

King Family Cemetery

Sardinia, Ohio

The family cemetery—where the Kings rest.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Howard Family Farm

Sardinia, Ohio

The Howard farm—where the family sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Marcus Sims-The Charles Huber Tannery

Williamsburg, Ohio

The tannery—where Huber’s shop hid the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

McCague House

Williamsburg, Ohio

The McCague house—another Williamsburg station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Major Horace and Lucinda Belknap Nye House (aka: Nye-Potts House)

Sardinia, Ohio

The Nye house—where the major sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Charles Cheney Home Site

Belpre, Ohio

The Cheney site—where the abolitionist’s home stood.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Dr. L. T. Pease House

Oberlin, Ohio

The doctor’s house—where Pease sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Dr. William E. Thompson House

Oberlin, Ohio

The doctor’s house—where Thompson sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

William E. Thompson, Dr., Boyhood House

Oberlin, Ohio

The doctor’s boyhood home—where the future conductor grew up.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Liberty Monument

Pomeroy, Ohio

The liberty monument—where the county marked its freedmen.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Path to Freedom Sculpture at Facer Park

Sandusky, Ohio

The Facer Park sculpture—where the city marked its freedom route.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

New Vienna, Ohio

The Quaker cemetery—where the abolitionists rest.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Robert E. Fee Burial Site

West Union, Ohio

The conductor’s grave—where Fee rests.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Robert Fee House

West Union, Ohio

The conductor’s house—where Fee sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Rankin-McNishe House

Ripley, Ohio

The McNishe house—the Rankin in-laws’ station.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Uri B. Seeley House

Waterville, Ohio

The Seeley house—where the family sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Westwood Cemetery

Oberlin, Ohio

The Oberlin cemetery—where the rescuers rest.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Will Sleet House

West Union, Ohio

The Sleet house—where the family sheltered the fugitives.

2 facts→