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Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State has added a few new entries from Marietta, Ohio. Please check out Haunted Ohio to read about the Lafayette Hotel and the Anchorage (Putnam House).


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on wakefield mound road the two nurses homes that are no longer in use are haunted.


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there is a house in the village of piketon right across from the vfw its white and two story house there is a cellar in the basement and i've heard ppl has died in the cellar. now its haunted.


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The Our House Museum in Gallipolis is home to a couple of ghosties with the mosty.
A former proprietor, Henry Cushing, is said to still roam the premises.
I believe that opera singer Jenny Lind, aka the Swedish Nightengale, has alos been known to roam the halls.


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WitnessProtection wrote:The Our House Museum in Gallipolis is home to a couple of ghosties with the mosty.
A former proprietor, Henry Cushing, is said to still roam the premises.
I believe that opera singer Jenny Lind, aka the Swedish Nightengale, has alos been known to roam the halls.


I've got this one featured on my website, Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State:

The Our House Museum was built in 1819 as a tavern by Henry Cushing, and his sister Elizabeth. It is located in Gallipolis, OH. The apparition of Mr. Cushing, wearing short green breeches, has been seen in the kitchen, and also along the back pathway. Phantom footsteps are also often heard.

In the ballroom, which once hosted General Lafayette in May of 1825, has been the site of a woman singing, and chairs scraping, as if a large audience was being seated. The singing ghost is thought to be Jenny Lind, who stopped at Our House in the 1850s during her American tour.

The Cushing family owned and operated Our House until 1865. It was then purchased in 1933 by Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Holzer, who donated it to the state in 1944 as a memorial to the French families who founded Gallipolis.

The link above has a few pictures, and some further links on the building and Jenny Lind.


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Here's a couple more things that have happened here at the Main Gate at Sunoco in Haverhill in th past couple of months. By the way, we still hear the lockers slam at night when myself and the other guy work midnights.

I was setting at my computer late one night and I had the lights turned down low because if you have the lights on behind you they reflect of the window and you can't see out. There is a filing cabinet directly behind me that is about 3 feet high by 3 feet wide that seperates me from the back of the room. I looked up at the window in front of me and saw the reflection of someone standing behind me and leaning on the cabinet. This person had gray hair and was wearing a light colored shirt. I figured it was someone who had come in to get the key for the gas pumps and I just hadn't heard them come in so I turned around and there was no one there. Now I saw the reflection of this person standing there plain as day and there is no way they got out before I turned around since the door is about 10 feet away. It kind of freaked me out a little, but not near as bad as this next thing.

I always work the midnight shift here and it was about 2:30 or 3:00 am and I was on the computer looking at some sites about Indian artifacts when I heard a noise behind me and I turned and looked and I didn't see anyone. I thought maybe someone had come through the door, but there was no one there. About 15 minutes later I got up and walked back to the fridge to get something to drink and one of the drawers on a filing cabinet that we use to keep our personal items in was standing wide open. I had just been back there about a half hour or 45 minutes before that and this drawer was not open then and no one had been in there. The drawers on this cabinet have a latch that you have to push to open them so there's no way it came open on it's own, plus I tried to replicate it by leaving it open a little to see if maybe gravity had caused it and two hours later it it hadn't budged an inch and also the noise I had heard was the drawer being pulled open rather quickly and hitting the stop at the end because I opened it up rather quick to see if that was the noise and it was the exact same sound. Now that's eerie!
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you better ask for a raise


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fayetteville-perrys old high school was it used to be I think a church for nunez what ever it's called and 2 of them hung them self in the attic I go there now and I went in the attic and the only thing up there was a rope hanging fr the ceiling


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A couple of stories myself. I worked as a bartender at the Emmitt House from 99-01'. Busy Saturday and I was filling out a ticket facing the back of the bar, where all the liqour and odds and ends were kept. If you have been in the Emmitt House, you know about all of the knicknacks adorning the bar and walls. As I filled out the ticket, the poster of the 2 cats and the bottle of "Catsup" landed on my head and fell to the ground. No sonic boom, or anything that shook the bar. Everyone said, it looked like it jumped off of the top of the bar. We watched the security tape a little bit later, and sure enough, the thing literally jumped off and the bottom of the poster is what hit me!

The next weird thing was a weekday night, at midnight had just closed up and locked the doors. Sat down at the far end of the bar where the tv was and turned it on to relax before leaving. A couple of minutes later the channel changed and the remote was lying on the backside of the bar. Next, I swear I felt a cold presence behind me and the tv started changing channels quickly. I jumped up, grabbed the deposit bag and split. The owner asked why the tv was still on the next day! That seat was supposedly the favorite seat of the original owner! lol

The one occurence that truely makes me believe in the afterlife, my first son was born on November 18th, the same day my father passed away 7 years earlier! My wife and I had trouble conceiving and her due date wasnt until November 26th. She went in for a regular checkup on November 17th at noon. There were some complications, so they induced her, however he didnt come until just after midnight on the 18th!


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I was playing music in an acoustic duo at the Shawnee State Lodge in Southern Ohio about 10 years ago. On the main floor, in the lower lounge area there is a room that has a bunch of couches and chairs and doors that lead out to the deck. If you have ever been there, it is to the left of the restaurant and has a big canoe on the wall. We set up right in front of the fireplace. Behind us and over top of the fireplace there was a giant painting (about 4 by 5 foot) of an Indian. I believe he was looking thru a bush, with bow and arrow in hand, at a deer. Our very last song that night was one I wrote about Tecumseh. There were about 50 people in the room, some big wigs from lodges all over the state and their families plus regular lodge guest. On the very last note of the song, I noticed everyone get this look of shock on their face and I thought, 'Man did I hit a bad note or what". Then there was a giant "CRASH" behind us. The picture, which had hung there since the lodge opened many years ago, had come loose, fell down about 6 inches to the top of the fire place mantle and then slowly fell forward and crashed flat on the floot behind us. The glass broke into a million pieces. It covered about every square inch of the floor. Everyone got the heeby jeebys and we packed up and went home. I don't know what happened to the painting, but I haven't seen it back up. I know one thing, I won't play that song out there again.


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There has been a lot of buzz around the South Webster area lately about an apparent haunted house not too far outside the village. It's the newly blue painted house located in the "fanny mines" right after Railroad Hollow Rd, 1st house on the right, if you are traveling up 140 into South Webster.

5 Families have tried to make this place their residence in the past 3 months, but have been forced out by the paranomal. Reports have it that a couple of the families slept in their vehicles at night, as they were too distraught an freaked out to even turn the lights off at night. Amongst the years, I've heard there have been several stillborn babies in the house, and a young boy once hung himself in the basement. WSAZ news even made a trip out to Webster to check out the place.

Rumors say there are 3 spirits residing in the home at the time. An evil man controls the downstairs, and will literally tell you to "get out, this is my home". There is supposed to be a pregnant woman and a young blonde haired boy who can often be seen at the top of the stairs. The evil man won't allow them to come downstairs. I've known a few people to actually go inside the house and check it out, and one of those people said she saw everything I afore mentioned, and another said she saw nothing, but poured the sweat the entire time she was in there for no reason.

All these stories have Webster talking, and I know of several people trying to find a way to get in and see it. My friend, who's terrified of everything but warm water, can't bare to even drive by the place without chills going down her spine. So, as a joke, I asked her to go to Burg with me, and on the way back into Webster we came upon the house. I stopped my truck right in the middle of 140 beside the house, reached over her and opened the door. I tried to push her out, but to no avail. Needless to say, I still have claw marks on my arm. :lol:

All in all, it sounds like a very intriguing place to check out. Just thought I'd share this with you all....


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my2cents wrote:I was playing music in an acoustic duo at the Shawnee State Lodge in Southern Ohio about 10 years ago. On the main floor, in the lower lounge area there is a room that has a bunch of couches and chairs and doors that lead out to the deck. If you have ever been there, it is to the left of the restaurant and has a big canoe on the wall. We set up right in front of the fireplace. Behind us and over top of the fireplace there was a giant painting (about 4 by 5 foot) of an Indian. I believe he was looking thru a bush, with bow and arrow in hand, at a deer. Our very last song that night was one I wrote about Tecumseh. There were about 50 people in the room, some big wigs from lodges all over the state and their families plus regular lodge guest. On the very last note of the song, I noticed everyone get this look of shock on their face and I thought, 'Man did I hit a bad note or what". Then there was a giant "CRASH" behind us. The picture, which had hung there since the lodge opened many years ago, had come loose, fell down about 6 inches to the top of the fire place mantle and then slowly fell forward and crashed flat on the floot behind us. The glass broke into a million pieces. It covered about every square inch of the floor. Everyone got the heeby jeebys and we packed up and went home. I don't know what happened to the painting, but I haven't seen it back up. I know one thing, I won't play that song out there again.

Id like to hear the song and lyrics.


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Beard Cemetary in DUNDAS is a freaky place at night! There is an OLD county road, which is only used for muddin now a days, that runs right past it. Its a crazy place to ride!


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dimedrop4 wrote:There has been a lot of buzz around the South Webster area lately about an apparent haunted house not too far outside the village. It's the newly blue painted house located in the "fanny mines" right after Railroad Hollow Rd, 1st house on the right, if you are traveling up 140 into South Webster.

5 Families have tried to make this place their residence in the past 3 months, but have been forced out by the paranomal. Reports have it that a couple of the families slept in their vehicles at night, as they were too distraught an freaked out to even turn the lights off at night. Amongst the years, I've heard there have been several stillborn babies in the house, and a young boy once hung himself in the basement. WSAZ news even made a trip out to Webster to check out the place.

Rumors say there are 3 spirits residing in the home at the time. An evil man controls the downstairs, and will literally tell you to "get out, this is my home". There is supposed to be a pregnant woman and a young blonde haired boy who can often be seen at the top of the stairs. The evil man won't allow them to come downstairs. I've known a few people to actually go inside the house and check it out, and one of those people said she saw everything I afore mentioned, and another said she saw nothing, but poured the sweat the entire time she was in there for no reason.

All these stories have Webster talking, and I know of several people trying to find a way to get in and see it. My friend, who's terrified of everything but warm water, can't bare to even drive by the place without chills going down her spine. So, as a joke, I asked her to go to Burg with me, and on the way back into Webster we came upon the house. I stopped my truck right in the middle of 140 beside the house, reached over her and opened the door. I tried to push her out, but to no avail. Needless to say, I still have claw marks on my arm. :lol:

All in all, it sounds like a very intriguing place to check out. Just thought I'd share this with you all....


a friend of mine and his family are moving into this house right now. they have spent the night there for the last couple of nights. i told him about the place being haunted, and a bunch of other people told him too. i am actualy going there this evening to visit. cant wait lol


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my2cents wrote:I was playing music in an acoustic duo at the Shawnee State Lodge in Southern Ohio about 10 years ago. On the main floor, in the lower lounge area there is a room that has a bunch of couches and chairs and doors that lead out to the deck. If you have ever been there, it is to the left of the restaurant and has a big canoe on the wall. We set up right in front of the fireplace. Behind us and over top of the fireplace there was a giant painting (about 4 by 5 foot) of an Indian. I believe he was looking thru a bush, with bow and arrow in hand, at a deer. Our very last song that night was one I wrote about Tecumseh. There were about 50 people in the room, some big wigs from lodges all over the state and their families plus regular lodge guest. On the very last note of the song, I noticed everyone get this look of shock on their face and I thought, 'Man did I hit a bad note or what". Then there was a giant "CRASH" behind us. The picture, which had hung there since the lodge opened many years ago, had come loose, fell down about 6 inches to the top of the fire place mantle and then slowly fell forward and crashed flat on the floot behind us. The glass broke into a million pieces. It covered about every square inch of the floor. Everyone got the heeby jeebys and we packed up and went home. I don't know what happened to the painting, but I haven't seen it back up. I know one thing, I won't play that song out there again.



You think that story's scary, you ought to hear him play music.






















Just kiddin bro. He's actually really good.


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Two good ones, only one is a truely good example. My first two years of College were spent @ Muskingum before spending my last three wonderful years in athens. We were sitting around one night my soph year @ Muskingum watching the most haunted places in American special. Athens was on the list but there was also another. Off of route 83 half way between New Concord and Coshocton you turned on a little gravel road an ran several miles out in to the woods where you would turn on to an old "hull" road (I can't remember the number off the top of my head now). According to the show you would come to a steep hill and you were supposed to dim your lights as you slowly decended and at a certain point you would see the faded image of a horse and rider walk slowly across the road and disappear in to the woods. It was supposed to be the ghost of an 1800's timber cutter who died when a tree fell on him. We tried it and plain as day you could see the rider and his horse. It was creepy at first but then just kinda cool cuz it happened each time you tried it. One of my buddies and I got out and stood where the image crossed the road while the rest of them got back in the car and tried it again. They claimed that the rider went right in between us but we couldn't see anything. There was a spring that ran 2/3 of the way out in to that road at the bottom of the hill, we were pretty sure it was an optical illusion from the lights hitting the water but it was still pretty cool. There were a lot of trips made by Muskingum students for a few weeks after that night to check it out.

The second one happened late one night to my high school gf and a few of her friends. They were traveling from Somerset to Glenford to pick us up from a truck pull, they cut across this old gravel road called Black Horse rd. It had started raining pretty hard at this point and as they were coming through a heavily wooded section of the road the lights shined on a woman in a nurses outfit walking in the middle of the road smoking a cigarette. She walked right up to the car an disappeared. When those girls got to Glenford they were all in tears and wanted to go home. The Henson family (there son Sam was a year older then us) lived on that road. Ten years earlier sams mom was on her way home from work at the hospital and was driving too fast in the rain and flipped her car, ejecting and killing herself about a hundered yards from where the girls saw the woman. For the three years I dated Molly after that she refused to drive down that road.

I love ghost stories.


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I thought I would throw out a couple stories to keep this thread alive. I read these on the net somewhere, but thought they were interesting.

Apparently, Mercy Hospital in Portsmouth is very haunted. I'm not sure if the story I read was about the current Mercy Hospital or the old one that closed years ago. From what I read there is a haunted stairwell were voices can be heard at night. There is also a story of a nurse seeing something evil in one of the mirrors in a patient's room.

My favorite story is of the Greenbriar Nursing Home in the Burg. The story is that a death angel appears to people there before they die. The staff report that whenever a resident asks about a little girl who came into their room then they know that this person is going to die. Creepy!


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SWbaseballFan wrote:
dimedrop4 wrote:There has been a lot of buzz around the South Webster area lately about an apparent haunted house not too far outside the village. It's the newly blue painted house located in the "fanny mines" right after Railroad Hollow Rd, 1st house on the right, if you are traveling up 140 into South Webster.

5 Families have tried to make this place their residence in the past 3 months, but have been forced out by the paranomal. Reports have it that a couple of the families slept in their vehicles at night, as they were too distraught an freaked out to even turn the lights off at night. Amongst the years, I've heard there have been several stillborn babies in the house, and a young boy once hung himself in the basement. WSAZ news even made a trip out to Webster to check out the place.

Rumors say there are 3 spirits residing in the home at the time. An evil man controls the downstairs, and will literally tell you to "get out, this is my home". There is supposed to be a pregnant woman and a young blonde haired boy who can often be seen at the top of the stairs. The evil man won't allow them to come downstairs. I've known a few people to actually go inside the house and check it out, and one of those people said she saw everything I afore mentioned, and another said she saw nothing, but poured the sweat the entire time she was in there for no reason.

All these stories have Webster talking, and I know of several people trying to find a way to get in and see it. My friend, who's terrified of everything but warm water, can't bare to even drive by the place without chills going down her spine. So, as a joke, I asked her to go to Burg with me, and on the way back into Webster we came upon the house. I stopped my truck right in the middle of 140 beside the house, reached over her and opened the door. I tried to push her out, but to no avail. Needless to say, I still have claw marks on my arm. :lol:

All in all, it sounds like a very intriguing place to check out. Just thought I'd share this with you all....
a friend of mine and his family are moving into this house right now. they have spent the night there for the last couple of nights. i told him about the place being haunted, and a bunch of other people told him too. i am actualy going there this evening to visit. cant wait lol

So what was the outcome with your friend and his family?


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IRONFALCON wrote:I've heard some stories of the old house across from giovanni's in Minford on the corner of 335 and 139. Has anyone else heard this?
Yes, I have heard some creepy stuff in that house. Growing up, one of my friends lived there and he said that there were a set of twins burned to death in the 3rd floor in the 50's (I think that was the decade) in a house fire. When the fire siren goes off, there is a lot of banging noises and crying heard from up there.


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moved in to a new house in Caldwell. My girlfriend came up to stay with me the first week I stayed there. She wakes me up in the middle of the night freaking out, swears there was an old man standing over the bed watching us sleep. I didn't see anything though haha. My roommate claims that he woke up a few weeks ago because he felt like someone was pushing his head down in to his pillow. Not sure I believe them but I will keep ya posted :evil:


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