Search Results for "Canton, Ohio"
Searching near: Canton, Ohio, United States of America within 50 miles
Found 87 haunted location(s)
Stark County
Hercules Engine Plant - In the old buildings of the Hercules Engine Plant visitors and workers have been grabbed or pushed in the stairwell that leads to what used to be an army training facility...
Hercules Engine Factory
A physical presence has been felt by many who enter the buildings that date to the 1800's. A hand on the shoulder or someone pulling at you from behind. Strange smoky apparitions have been seen in...
Massillion State Mental Institution
It is an old abandoned mental institution. Witness have heard a door slam open and have seen a shadow of a tall man came walking out.
Massillon
Regency Inn - people would go to the elevator they would get off the elevator and the ghost of Jody who was stabbed to death while on duties as desk clerk appears right in front of there eye's and...
Lock 4
Information is hard to find on this place but there is some out there and I have found it. Back when the canal started construction in 1857 many men worked on it complex structure. The man who was...
Zoar Historical Village
Several ghosts have been reported in this historic village, our hunt turned up a portal type haunting in an old Nursing Home where the elderly were abused by the matrons hired to look after them.
Warehouse on the Canal
This is a brick building that was built in 1906 and was the home of Finnefrock Furniture for many years. There have been reports of apparitions in period clothing, unexplained footsteps, lights...
The Old Orphanage
There is an old orphanage owned by a local family that sets right off a side street. Several of my friends were given a tour of the orphanage by it's past owners. They were told that many of the...
Suffield
Stairway to Heaven Cemetery - The cemetery off Waterloo rd is said to be haunted. If you walk up the long old stairway Right at the top something will surprise you. when you reach the top close...
Glamorgan castle
William Morgan built the Castle at Alliance Ohio in 1902 and 1903.Today The Glamorgan Castle is haunted the ghosts is William H. Morgan have been seen to this day.
Alliance
Fairmount Children's Home - On Route 183 heading towards Minerva, behind the Fairmount Greenhouse is an old beat down Orphanage. 3 stories off the ground and with a humongous basement that has...
Dalton Cemetery
A cemetery that people say is haunted by two men and a woman. One of the men is supposed to be the founder of Dalton and the women is his wife. Nobody knows who the other man is.
Mt. Eaton Road
When you go down mt. Eaton Road, there is a haunted cemetery hidden down a long driveway. When you go there at night, there are these huge gravestones that glow bright green. If you touch them and...
Rogues Hollow
Cry Baby Bridge - Same Bridge as above/different story - There is a little bridge near a vacant house called Cry Baby Bridge. Legend states that in the early 1900's, there was a supposed witch...
Norton
Cry Baby Bridge - There is a bride over in Norton That has been the talk of Akron for a haunting for years. The story is that a lady was pregnant and had her baby in the Lodge house next to the...
Archbishop Hoban High School
The new art rooms, tutoring center and admissions office and the school was built in the remodeled building were the old Brothers dormitories had been (The school is run by the Brothers Of Holy...
University of Akron
Sigma Nu House - The Sigma Nu House in Akron has been haunted for many years. The house was purchased by Sigma Nu from a sorority on the campus. Legend has it, one of the sorority members hung...
Hower House and TKE House
The Hower House, currently owned by the University of Akron, has a well-known female ghost purported to be one of the Howers. She apparently is angry due to husband's infidelity and likes to scare...
The Akron Civic Theatre
Well-known story still told by some of the theatre's tour guides is the story of Fred the janitor. Fred was a life-long employee of the Civic, back in the days when it was called the "Loews...
Norton
Loyal Oak Tavern - Tavern is an old Inn. A bartender hanged himself in the bar. He is buried in the church cemetery next door. A new bar was built.( the old one is downstairs an is now a wine...
Summit County Juvenile Detention Home
a ghost of a matron that worked and was killed here is seen.
Mahoning County
Located between Alliance and Sebring, is Lexington Rd. It is more commonly known as "Jewish Cemetery Road". An elderly caretaker was hit by a car and killed while walking to the cemetery with his...
Stone Quarry
The haunting of the local Stone Quarry also known as the lights of the Stone Quarry. Legend has it that when a settler had come to our town over 100 years ago, he had an affair with an Indian...
Stone Quarry
At night in three ghostly lights can be seen two of them red, and one white. In the late 1700's a Mingo Indian chief had a white wife, and another Indian whom he loved. The Indian pushed the chief...
University Plaza Theatre
The older part of the University Plaza Theatre off the campus of Kent State University, is home to haunting. After hours, the manager has seen what appears to be the back of a patron's head in the...
Litchfield Middle School
There is a ghost that haunts Litchfield, supposedly Mr. Litchfield himself. The janitor that works there told my teacher (who told me) that at night doors open and shut, lockers open and shut, and...
Kent University
Stuart Hall - This Vacant dorm located on Kent State's campus, not far from the student center has several rumors of hauntings. There are broken windows and bars against the doors urging you not...
Kent
Kent State University - One the first floor of Allyn hall, a small girl named Sarah walks the halls. She likes to tug on bed sheets and ask people to play with her.
Masonic Temple
Marvin Kent home- Masonic Temple former mansion of Marvin Kent. Bessie Kent was burned alive while working with fire in one of the rooms. (Either a kerosene lamp, candle, or lighting a stove)...
Rose Hill Burial Park
The back of this sprawling cemetery faces several acres of forest, and many people claim to have seen a "lady in white" back there. Sometimes a mist will cover the grounds at night, limiting visibility.
Leroy's bridge
is haunted by a man that was killed by falling of the side.
Beall Ave. School
Gault Learning Center - Witnesses report to hear their names being called at night and there is nobody there doors slam. It is an old building it was built in 1901
College of Wooster
Freedlander Theatre - People dressed in clothes from the early 20th century have been seen sitting in several rows of the theatre seemingly waiting for a show begin. They could not be heard, but...
Taco Bell
you will here loud music that only a few people can hear. It will either be a comical kind of music or sad music. it depends what mood the ghost is in. some times she will come up and grab you...
The Olde Jaol Restaurant
The fine dining area of the restaurant, in this former Wayne County Jail in Wooster, used to actually be the cell block. The area is located in the basement of the building. The restaurant is said...
Court House
On a trial day, a couple were getting a divorce. The man was sitting behind her in the court, and grabbed her head, then slit her throat, killing her in the courtroom. It happened in 1982. Later,...
Hinckley Library
a young woman in a old fashion dress has been seen on the stairs.
peninsula
Old Boston township - Reports of hearing a battle that starts at the road and work its way up the hill screaming yelling and shooting until thy reached the clearing about one hundred yards from...
Old Boston Township
This place is often called Mutane Town. The entire area is haunted. It's said if you look in the window of the old slaughterhouse you can see faces. The cemetery is haunted. The church is haunted....
Sam's Pizza Place
In the upstairs part of the pizza place or the attic employees say they hear voices and unexplained sounds when no one else is working. Also telephone constantly ringing and no one talks. It is...
County Jail
Often a ghost or a figure of a small person has been seen, and felt to be the presence of a very calm, sad, lonely, non-hostile woman, possibly a native. As a lot of Cherokee Indians Reside there.
Taco Bell
Several employees have spotted figures standing in the hallways and in the back area, but when investigated no one ever could find anyone. - Septembers 2004 additional information: 2 workers, 1...
The Medina Steakhouse & Saloon
There have been a number of people who have seen 2 women and a man walking around through the restaurant.
Lordstown Elementary
Inside of the school auditorium there seems to be a shadowy figure of a three or four year old girl. Witnesses report hearing a little girl cry and sometimes scream.
Lusk's Lock
Lusks lock is part of the beaver creek canal system that was the lifeline of the area in the 1800 & 1900's. Lusk's lock is said to be haunted by a worker of the lock who died there. You can see...
Austin Log Cabin
January 2004 correction and update: A local paranormal group Zerotime Paranormal - went to check this story out and found that there was no accident of this nature. You can check out the Ohio...
Johnny's Pub and Grill
Salt shakers will smash against the wall. The freezer door will open and close for no reason. Food left unattended will have things added to them upon return.
City Hall
The Council Chambers has been haunted for many years. Officers finishing paperwork late at night, have heard loud footsteps and banging above their heads usually very late at night when the...
North Royalton High School
At 4:25 every Friday in the hallway near the old gym, you can hear the sounds of a boy coming down the hall dribbling a basketball. Shortly following you can hear the screams of the boy and...
Little Beaver Creek
the bridge over Little Beaver Creek, in Lisbon is haunted. There is said to be strange sounds and ghosts seen. Not too far from there, On Church Hill Road there is another bridge, which is said to...
Beaver Creek State Park
Part of an 1830s canal system, known as Grethen's Lock, is named for the ghost of a young Dutch girl. She died of malaria on August 12, 1838, and on the anniversary of her death he ghost is said...
Hisey Road
A little boy is said to have committed suicide in the 1990's by hanging himself in what is now a burned down house on Hisey Road. His ghost has bee seen at the house. The house burned down a few...
the New Labrae High School
On the opening day of the new complex, a library helper was electrocuted while copying papers. And her ghost has been seen in the library reading. And in the girls restroom humming a melody.3...
East Liverpool
Beaver Creek Canal systemA reporter once took a picture and when it was developed there was some figures of Native Americans in it. And one particular ghost is that of Gretchen, who as a child...
Chagrin Valley Athletic Club
Library Guests complain of feeling somebody watching them, hearing a whip hitting someone and a little girl crying. The library was an old schoolhouse from the eighteen hundreds and a little girl...
City Hall
It has been reported several times in the local newspaper that Warren's City Hall building is haunted. A cleaning lady with in the last two years ran from the building after seeing a figure...
Mahoning River
The Underground Railroad" - All too many homes in the area that still stand from that time all have secret passages, hidden doors and any trick the Railroaders could think to build. One in...
Warren Judicial Courthouse
Little known but to some employees, and those who have seen or heard the experience is the Courthouse's dark history. the courthouse is in itself old enough that at one time had it's own cells to...
Normandy High School
The cheerleaders were hazing the new recruits in the 80's when a tile from the gym ceiling fell and struck one of the girls in the head killing her. The cheerleaders didn't want to get in trouble...
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
In Mytrle Hill Cemetery there is a giant granite ball that is a gravestone. No matter how cold it is outside the ball is warm to the touch. The story as it goes is that a witch is buried under the...
Kent State University
Trumbull County Campus - A man who worked there as a custodian. At night they would hear all kind of knocks and tapping noises. After checking everything in the building several times to make sure...
Youngstown State University, Kilcawley House
Strange growling and whisperings have been heard in the back stairwell by Resident Assistants during the summer. Occupants in three person rooms at the end of the hall report hearing scratching on...
Pleasant Lake Nursing Home
Reported by residents and staff of a little girl in rooms and the hallways. Apparently in the lake behind the building a 7-year-old girl drowned.
State Route 170
A young man wrecked his car on the bend on this road. He supposedly still walks the road and can be seen wearing a flannel shirt and is around 6ft tall. His figure appears to cross the road, is...
Mahoning River – grave yard behind Red Cross Central Office
is not but half a mile and on the same street down travel from the tunnel is the now standing central office for the Red Cross of Warren, of which even behind contains it's own graveyard along the...
Locust Grove
Old summer picnic area/swimming hole. Children kept drowning so it was shut down in the late 70's. Swimmers can feel hands pulling at their legs while swimming.
Elementary School
students claim that there was a pool under the girls bathroom and 2 kids died in it there spirits still apparently haunt the school. Also 2 girls have been seen in the girls bathroom laughing and...
Garfield Park Bridge
On this bridge is the ghost of a man who fishes off the bridge. People have reported him whispering in their ears while fishing.
Punderson hotel
Reports of hauntings on the third floor blasting music from empty rooms, the second floor loud bangs on the door , an apparition of an old maid.
Punderson Manor House
Children heard running in hallways, spirits of children seen, one room got so violent that management had to close off room with a fake wall covering the door, man seen hanging by a rope in the...
Baldwin-Wallace
Kohler Hall - A current dormitory for Baldwin-Wallace College, this building was built in the mid 1800s, and used as a hospital during the civil war. It has been (among other things), a part of...
Brooklyn Acres
There is a ghost of a young boy that haunts the Brooklyn Acres at night. It is said that many people have spotted him drinking his root beer and eating his candy cigarettes. Shawn was picked on so...
Brooklyn High School
In the high school's auditorium there is a believed ghost named Clarence. Before concerts & plays someone must ask the ghost's permission to use the auditorium. If someone does not ask permission...
Brooklyn Middle School
This school is known to be haunted. Many students believe there is a ghost named Clarence haunting the halls and a ghost named John haunting the lower floors. John was a student at Brooklyn Middle...
Mound Elementary School
Believed to be built on an Indian Burial grcund and cursed.
Witches' Hill
There is a cemetery in Olmsted Falls that is said to be haunted every Halloween by people who were accused of being witches and put to death. supposedly they come out after dark.
Hamlin hall
This place is rumored to be haunted by a young man who died in the building. People have reported to have seen a young man around and have him disappear. Also cold spots round stairwell, where he died.
Mohican State Park
Haunted by Indian looking to kill his next victim. An asylum was here in the 1800's and a mysterious light has appeared over 20 years.
Hillsville Road
A ghost train can be seen on foggy nights off of Hillsville Road in New Castle. Also, there are ghost lights seen under a bridge that runs over the Mahoning River.
Franklin Castle
Cleveland's most haunted house. Built by Hannes Tiedemann, multiple family tragedies occurred here. Reports of children's voices, apparitions, and unexplained phenomena.
Beachwood
Highland View Hospital - Reports that the shades get pulled buy unseen hands, there are strange sounds and even doors locking and unlocking.
5 Points
5 roads, all of which have some kind of mysterious things happen. On one road there is a haunted farm house. On Another, people were hung and the ropes are still there. On another, there is an...
Harding Middle School
There is said to be A teacher of music who got killed back in 1983 by one of his students he walks around in the school at around midnight some students claim to see his face appear in the windows...
Old Salem Cemetery
Supposedly People were hung from the old oak in the Cemetery. The old oak still stands, and supposedly holds the souls of those hung there.
Debra Place
Many different hauntings happen here. Most notable are people who live here are awakened at night by feeling a presence in the room. Along with the feeling objects are said to move across the room...
Puratis Hill
In the 1960's, a roller coaster at Puritas Amusement Park derailed, killing everyone on the ride. At night, when driving up the hill, the screams of the dead can be heard. The local apartment...
Kelly Road
Kelly Road, better known to the locals as Mystery Mile, has been fraught with strange occurrences for decades. Docile animals would become violent and chase people away. Tempers flare. The forest...