APS Case File #096

Hill Grove Cemetery

Address
1002 E Central Ave
Miamisburg, OH 45342

Location
City: Miamisburg
County: Montgomery
State: Ohio

History
This cemetery has some very old gravestones that date back to the 1800's. One of the stories of a haunting is that there is a family grave site where many people have said to have seen a young girl sitting over a grave crying (believed to be her mother) When people have tried to give the girl assistance, she looks them and then disappears. Another story is said to be that of a 19 year old girl's grave form the late 1800's. She was said to be a preachers daughter, but betreyed him by not believing in the religion he taught, so her family disowned her an she killed herself. The bible on top of her grave is said to appear broken at times and then be perfectly normal at another time.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Manager.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #095

Mt. Eaton Road Cemetery

Location
City: Arrville
County:
State: Ohio

History
Down Mt. Eaton road, there is a haunted cemetery down a long driveway. When you go there at night there are large headstones that glow green. Supposedly, if you touch them and they turn blue, they are at your house murdering your family. If they turn pink, they re right behind you and they are very dangerous. If you run they will chase you until you urinate yourself.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Manager.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #094

Civil War Cemetery

Location
City: Moonville
County: Vinton
State: Ohio

History
A path to the graveyard can be seen to the right off of Lawrence road as you get into Moonville. If you walk through the graveyard at night, you can hear screams, drums playing, loud breathing and many other strange noises.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Manager.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #093

One Way Bridge

Location
City: Munroe Falls
County: Summit
State: Ohio

History
This one laned bridge on River Rd. is supposedly haunted by a man that likes to jump out in front of cars on certain nights and when you stop to talk to him he disappears into the trees.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Manager.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #092

Blacks Cemetery

Location
City: New Carlisle
County: Clark
State: Ohio

History
Its a cemetery that is abour 4 miles outside of the town. At night you can hear voices and see what looks like people walking around.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Manager.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #091

Heuston Woods

Location
City: Oxford
County: Butler
State: Ohio

History
Heuston woods campground- at the end of row B, and walk through a huge field. The Medina Indian Mound Is dated back in the BCs. There is a plaque before you get to it that tells you the dates. Witnesses have claimed to have taken photos from the top and had strange figures glowing figure, and mist.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #090

Milford Road

Location
City: Oxford
County: Butler
State: Ohio

History
The story of Milford Road is, that a couples love was forbidden and they would sneak out to meet each other. The girl was said to pull out and drive to the end of the road with her father's car, and flash her lights three times. Then, her boyfriend after seeing the signal, would come see her. As the story goes, one night he was signaled to come and as he did he wrecked into a young boy on a bike and they both died. After this the young girl hung herself in a barn in her yard.

Legend: It is said that if you drive down Milford Road to the end, if you take the curve and pullinto the first driveway on the right, pull back out onto the main road and flash your lights three times, that you should se small flashing red lights, then the motorcycle coming down the road. The yard in which to turn around is , is the same yard that the remains of the barn that the girl hung herself in is.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #089

Lawrence Chapel Cemetery

Location
City: Scottown
County: Lawrence
State: Ohio

History
Dead bodies have been found here as well as mutilated animals, and there has been a long belief of witchcraft rituals at the church. There are stories of a shadow that follows people at the cemetery in the night hours.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #088

Rocky Haunted Shore

Location
City: Point Place/Toledo
County: Lucas
State: Ohio

History
The legend of this rocky shore line if of a young female and her lover. He sailed out to the lake, and she went to look for him, but he never returned. Every night at dusk, it is said that you can see this young female appear. She dons a white evening dress and walks barefooted across the shoreline.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #087

Calvary Cemetery

Address
3469 Lincoln Way E
Massillon, OH 44646

Location
City: Massillon
County: Stark
State: Ohio

History
An EVP was recorded here, with a man saying what is believed as "This is Kirk". There is also a gravestone with the name "Kirk" on it here.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #086

Zoar Village

Location
City: Zoar
County: Tuscarawas
State: Ohio

History
There are several reports of hauntings in Zoar Village.

Ghost Field: A large field east of Route 212 and south of Peter Bimeler home. Balls of light are seen in the field and some appear to be very large in size and may chase you if you get close enough.

The Inn on the River: Alleged poltergeist activity is reported here, supposedly by a ghost named George, who was said to have died in the canal close by when his boat sank. Some of the activity that has ben reported is of George knocking things off of shelves and the mysterious sound of Patsy Cline music, even though there are no cd's of hers in the jukebox.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #085

Tontogany Cemetery

Location
City: Tontogany
County: Wood
State: Ohio

History
Lights have been seen blinking and reports of a blue light in the grave keepers shed.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
Sara Cope, Case Managaer.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #084

Ravine Park Cemetery

Location
City: Sylvania
County: Lucas
State: Ohio

History
Sylvania's Ravine Park Cemetery is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who is unhappy because her parents couldn't decide which of her three husbands to bury her with.

A frustrating trip to Sylvania turned up a big cemetery, but it isn't called Ravine Park. I've since gotten better directions and will spend a night in Ravine Park sometime soon. Maybe the girl will show up.
Apparently she has for other people. I received the following account from a ghost hunter in NW Ohio:

{Story from www.forgottenoh.com}
My friends and I are doing investigations in Lucas County in the Toledo area. Just this previous evening on October fifth around ten in the evening my friends and I decided to go to Ravine Park Cemetery. It is located across from Flower Hospital, almost near the Toledo Memorial Cemetery. We witnessed the haunting of the lady tonight. There were no signs that said no trespassing and there are no gates so I pulled my car into the road that leads the cemetery. We then got out and started walking around the cemetery. We walked around for about twenty minutes without hearing or seeing anything. Suddenly one of my friends and I turned and looked toward the front of the cemetery and there was the ghost. She had dark hair and a white dress and seemed to be gliding in the front part of the cemetery. We quickly got back to the car and turned on my headlights and began driving, and she was nowhere to be seen. You could tell she was gliding, as there was no up and down motion of someone walking, and she went by so quickly. The Ravine Cemetery is haunted, and we will be returning again soon to investigate more.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #083

Gibbs Bridge

Location
City: Sylvania
County: Lucas
State: Ohio

History
The victims of a nast car accident haunt this bridge. Aside from the noises of their final moments (squealing tires, breaking glass), laughter is heard here at night, and dark figures will sometimes pursue people who walk across.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #082

Darrow and Barrow

Location
City: Vermilion
County: Erie
State: Ohio

History
The intersection of Darrow and Barrows Road near Vermilion (though actually in Erie County) is haunted by the ghostly sound of a deadly car crash which once happened there. A baby's haunting cry can be heard in the silence following the smashing metal and breaking glass.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #081

Johnson's Island Cemetery

Location
City: Johnson's Island
County: Ottawa
State: Ohio

History
Very little remains of the Confederate POW camp that once occupied Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay. Today you can reach it by highway bridge and see the cemetery where so many rebel soldiers were buried, far from home.

Legend has it that the ghosts of the soldiers stand up from their graves and march south, in formation, across the bay and toward home. Workers at the stone quarry saw them one day in the early 1900s while taking shelter from a storm under the cemetery trees.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #080

Paradise Grove Cemetery

Location
City: Canfield
County: Mahoning
State: Ohio

History
The Paradise Grove Cemetery in Canfield is haunted. The sound of chains is sometimes heard here.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #079

North Benton Cemetery

Location
City: North Benton
County: Mahoning
State: Ohio

History
Chester Bedell was an aggressive and unrepentant atheist who challenged God to prove His existence. On his deathbed he asked that his grave be infested with snakes if God were real. As you may have guessed, gravediggers had trouble burying Chester because of the unusual number of snakes. Now they crawl in and out, around his tombstone and underneath it, a living demonstration of how wrong Chester apparently was. His cursed grave is in a small cemetery off SR 14.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #078

Lover's Lane Cemetery

Location
City: Leavittsburg
County: Trumbull
State: Ohio

History
This little graveyard on the river is located between Warren and Leavittsburg. It is said to be haunted by a mysterious "lady in white" who bothers the lovers who come here for the seclusion. Another legend says that spirits were riled up when erosion started pulling their coffins out of the ground and dropping them in the river.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #077

Harrison Cemetery

Location
City: Wakeman
County: Huron
State: Ohio

History
The Harrisons were one of the original families in Huron County. Grandfather Harrison immigrated to the United States from Ireland, married an Indian woman, and raised children on his vast estate, which included a farm and vineyard. Today his ghost travels from the family graveyard to the vineyard via Harrison Road, which is supposed to be off US 20 west of Wakeman. The closest Harrison Road I can find these days, however, is north of I-80/90 in Erie County. At any rate, he carries a red lantern, which is often seen bobbing alongside the road as old man Harrison checks on his old homestead.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #076

Spencer Cemetery

Location
City: Spencer
County: Medina
State: Ohio

History
This very small town in SW Medina County has one or two lantern-carrying ghosts in its local cemetery. Spencer Cemetery is just east of the town center. Strange things are reported there from time to time--chiefly the bizarre sight of an actual, metal, real-world lantern floating free in the air as if held by invisible hands. People have approached the lantern and passed their hands above, beneath, and around it, finding no strings or apparent trickery of any kind. Sometimes a smaller lantern is seen floating near the original.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #075

West Lawn Cemetery

Location
City: Canton
County: Stark
State: Ohio

History
This very creepy cemetery is said to contain a stone with the actual name FRANKENSTEIN. The story goes that a man was buried alive in this grave, and that you can still hear him on still nights, clawing and screaming to be let out.
It also happens to contain the earthly remains of our nation's third assasinated Chief Executive, William McKinley, but despite his sudden and violent death he appears to be at peace.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #074

The White Lady

Location
City: Alliance
County: Stark
State: Ohio

History
Haunting the countryside just northwest of Alliance is the White Lady. Supposedly affiliated with a local Underground Railroad stop, she is spotted roaming the back roads of Lexington Township on certain nights.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #073

The Witch's Pyramid

Location
City: Ridgeway
County: Hardin
State: Ohio

History
The large pyramid-shaped gravestone in a small cemetery on State Route 273 just outside tiny Ridgeway is said to be the burial site of a witch who lived in Hardin County in the 1800s. The poem carved on her marker isn't the only scary thing about this cemetery; her ghost is said to roam at night.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #072

Trebein Road

Location
City: Byron
County: Greene
State: Ohio

History
Trebein Road, near Byron in Greene County, is said to be haunted by the spirit of a woman who died when her carriage hit a rock and flung her onto the ground to break her neck on her wedding day. Her grieving father and fiancee dug the rock out and rolled it off the side of the road, where it still is today. Some say the lady in white is transparent, but most agree that she looks just like a normal woman. It's hard to say when she'll appear; some say it must be on her birthday, or the anniversary of her death, or her funeral. Drive up and down the road sometime and tell me if you see her.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #071

John Bryan State Park

Location
City: Yellow Springs
County: Greene
State: Ohio

History
Greene County's John Bryan State Park features a ghost which walks out the west gate at dusk, disappearing before he reaches Meredith Road. He wears denim overalls, a blue shirt, and a red handkerchief around his throat. He walks with his left hand in his pocket. It is thought that he might be one of the people who gave the land to the state for the park.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #070

Little Sugar Creek

Location
City: Bellbrook
County: Greene
State: Ohio

History
The banks of the Little Sugar Creek in Bellbrook are said to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who had the town's mayor's illegitimate child. She was abandoned by the mayor so she jumped into the creek with her baby. Now, on foggy nights in June (for some reason), she wanders the banks with her baby in her arms, singing to it.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #069

Batavia Cemetery
Lucy Run Road

Location
City: Batavia
County: Clermont
State: Ohio

History
A figure in white often startles travellers on Lucy Run Road, dashing across the road to evaporate before their eyes at the gate to Batavia Cemetery. This is the story of who she is and where she came from.

The family of Charles Robinson set out for the west in 1806, first spending time in Kentucky, then settling for good in the fields of Clermont County, Ohio, building his family a log cabin alongside a sizable creek. Charles had several daughters. One of them, Lucy, was especially attractive and promising, and when she promptly became engaged at the proper age no one was surprised.

Then disaster struck. The fiancee rode to the Robinson cabin in a thunderstorm to tell her the bad news: he had met someone else, was in love with another woman. The engagement was off.

He rode off too quickly for the stunned Lucy, who mounted her horse and rode out into the storm to follow him. The rain was coming down in thick sheets, making visibility almost impossible, and somehow she missed the bridge and rode into the swollen creek. Thrown from her horse, she was swept away immediately and drowned in the muddy water.

From that time onward, the creek was known as Lucy's Run, and the road that runs alongside it Lucy Run Road. And Lucy has always been seen, running without a horse, across the road from the place where her family's homestead was to the gates of the cemetery where she is buried.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #068

Smyrna Cemetery


Location
City: Felicity
County: Clermont
State: Ohio

History
Felicity's Smyrna Cemetery is haunted by an old Shawnee sorceress, who was killed by her tribe for betraying them.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #067

The Ridges Asylum Cemeteries

Location
City: Athens
County: Athens
State: Ohio

History
Depending on who you ask, there are either two or three asylum cemeteries at the Ridges. The lesser-known cemetery apparently stands "on a hill parallel to Dairy Lane." But the most famous one is at the rear corner of the asylum grounds. This is the only part of the Ridges still owned by the state Department of Mental Health.

Very few of the gravestones feature names. A couple have been replaced with better stones engraved with names and dates, but that only happens when someone's descendants bear the expense and have a stone put in. If you died on the state they gave you a small white stone with your patient number on it and nothing else. Hospital records tell who each number belonged to, which is why several of the unmarked stones are accompanied by metal veterans' plaques. There are a lot of Civil War veterans in the Ridges graveyard; when it was built there was an entire country full of shellshocked veterans. Due to missing records, the identities of the male patients with numbers 1 through 63 are lost to history. Male #64 and Female #1 were both interred in 1880.

In total there were roughly two thousand people interred in the Athens State Hospital burial grounds before 1972, when the burials ended with Female #847 and Male #1117. Since men and women were numbered separately, there are two gravestones for each number through 847. Apparently Ohio University also buried the cadavers used in its medical classes here, but whether or not they were assigned numbers I don't know. This is similar to the Columbus Mental Hospital cemeteries with their "SPECIMENS" stones.

The Ridges asylum cemetery is also definitely reputed to be haunted. Most of the stories center around the weird circle of graves which takes up one corner of an otherwise military-style tombstone layout. Maybe there was a center stone at one time, but now it's just a barely-distinguishable ring of graves. The legends say that witches use this as a circle of power (or something like that) to hold seances in. It turns out that the circle was probably created by pranksters years ago--at least that's OU's official opinion. There doesn't seem to be another feasable explanation.

Then there are the typical cemetery ghosts. There's even a really weird section with only a handful of graves on the other side of a little creek. There's a wooden bridge and, on the other side, three or four graves in the woods.

The Ridges' main asylum building is inaccessible now, but the cemetery is always there. It's a good and scary place to check out late at night. And if you feel adventurous you can always head right up the hill and across the driveway and take a look at the only abandoned building left on the property--the Tuberculosis Ward.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #066

Haines Cemetery

Location
City: New Marshfield
County: Athens
State: Ohio

History
Haines Cemetery in New Marshfield is haunted by the ghost of an insane Civil War soldier who killed his family with an axe. His homicidal spirit stalks the cemetery and anybody unlucky enough to stop there at night. The cemetery is located on Luhrig Road.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #065

West State Street Cemetery

Location
City: Athens
County: Athens
State: Ohio

History
One of Athens' many ghost stories belongs to the cemetery on West State Street. This graveyard covers several hundred feet and contains stones dating all the way back to the early 1800s. Near the front gate there is a stone angel statue which commemorates the many unknown soldiers buried here. Legend has it that the statue sometimes moves and, more frequently, sheds tears.

The statue looks very sad, with its eyes downcast and its shoulders slumped. It's easy to see how a legend like this could get started, especially since the angel stands so close to the front and can be see just by driving by. As for real tears, I can't say; I visited in the daytime, in September 2002, and wasn't lucky enough to see anything happen.

Although the angel is the focal point of the ghost stories, people do say that the cemetery as a whole is haunted. It's littered with broken and unidentifiable stones, but of the ones that can be read some have interesting life stories printed on them.

It's definitely an interesting and creepy cemetery; I'd expect no less from Athens. From what I hear it's open all night, so if you want to check it out sometime I don't think it would be very difficult.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
This location is open 24 hours.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #064

Athens Cemetery

Location
City: Athens
County: Athens
State: Ohio

History
Simms Cemetery in Athens has the distinction of being considered one of the most haunted places in the country. It is said to actually move, making it difficult to locate for the Ohio University students who search it out. My friend Dan, who goes to OU, says that the cemetery is just located behind another cemetery and is therefore harder to find.

Judge Simms, after whom the place is named, was--according to legend--once the judge and executioner for the area. After a sentence was given, it would be carried out at the Judge's home on Peach Ridge. Rope marks are still visible on the "hanging tree" in the cemetery.

Visitors to Simms Cemetery often report seeing strange shapes, especially the figure of Simms himself, who says two words to trespassers: "Get out!" Most people take his advice. Ghostly figures are also seen hanging from the tree on occasion.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
This place is very hard to find. Reports say that it moves.

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #063

Winchester Cemetery

Location
City: Winchester
County: Adams
State: Ohio

History
Winchester Cemetery contains a statue which cries real tears. Another interesting feature of the little graveyard is the place where children are buried, in a circle, with a baby's grave in the middle. Supposedly the children will call your name as you approach the statue.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #062

Mount Unger Cemetery

Location
City: Blue Creek
County: Adams
State: Ohio

History
Mt. Unger, a graveyard near Blue Creek, is haunted by the ghost of a man who murdered his wife (some say by decapitating her) and later committed suicide.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #061

Crybaby Bridge

Location
City: Chardon Township
County:
State: Ohio

History
This crybaby bridge is in the area of the melon heads. The bridge is on Wisner Rd. just north of Kirtland Chardon Rd. A large section of the road is permanently closed; the bridge lies just before the south end of the closed section.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.wikipedia.com

APS Case File #060

Crybaby Bridge

Location
City: Salem
County: Columbiana
State: Ohio

History
Although the bridge is off of Egypt Road, it is actually on what used to be West Pine Lake Rd., which now dead-ends to the east of the bridge. Legends attribute the crying baby to one that fell in and accidentally drowned. The closed road remains as an access way to high voltage utility lines.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.wikipedia.com

APS Case File #059

Maud Hughes Road

Location
City: Fairfield
County: Butler
State: Ohio

History
Maud Hughes Road is located in Liberty Township, Ohio. It has been the site of many terrible accidents and suicides. Railroad tracks lay 25 feet below the bridge, and at least 36 people have been reported dead on or around the Maud Hughes Road Bridge. Ghostly figures, mists, and lights have been seen, as well as black hooded figures and a phantom train. The legend says that a car once stalled on top of the bridge. The man got out to get help while the girl stayed. When the man returned, the girl was hanging on the bridge above the tracks. The man then perished with unexplained causes. To this day, many people have reported hearing the ghosts' conversations, then a woman's scream followed by a man's scream. Another story says that a woman once threw her baby off the bridge and then hanged herself afterwards.

This location is outside of Fairfield.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Case Open - Inconclusive

APS Case File #058

Crybaby Bridge

Location
City: Cable
County: Champaign
State: Ohio

History
The bridge was near Chatfield and Black roads. Reportedly, a baby was thrown from the bridge to the railroad tracks below. A baby's cry is supposed to be heard at night near the bridge.

The bridge is now gone.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.wikipedia.com

APS Case File #057

Beck's Knob

Location
City: Lancaster
County: Fairfield
State: Ohio

History
Beck's Knob at Schallenberger State Nature Preserve is haunted by a man known as "Hermit on the Knob." He was an old man who lived on the hill who read his Bible every day and did little else. Perhaps out of boredom, he decided to end it all. He dug his own grave, then shot himself in the heart while standing above the hole with a note pinned to his chest asking that he be buried there. The spot where this happened is located on a bald sandstone hill with a steep western side; it's visible from Route 22.

His ghost walks, carrying a lantern, from 22 to Beck Road toward the Hunter's Run Bridge, where it disappears.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #056

Swamp Road

Location
City: Pataskala
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
A mystery girl in white crosses the road at a particular spot in Licking County, near Pataskala. She is called Swamp Road Sally by locals, though no one knows whether her name is really Sally or something else. What they do know is that she appears quite often, crossing Swamp Road, usually around midnight, in a rural place where she may have died in a car accident, though her origins and motives remain unknown.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #055

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Location
City: Newark
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
If you put your ear up to the door of a particular mausoleum at Newark's Cedar Hill Cemetery, you will hear knocking sounds or, if you're lucky, screams. A baby's stone with a sleeping child on it will switch directions if you look away and then look at it again.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #054

Union Lake

Location
City: Johnstown
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
The apparition of a young boy appears sometimes at sunset, floating just above the surface of Union Lake near Johnstown. He was particularly active in the 1960s, when he could be relied on to float from one end of the lake to the other on a regular basis, but he may still appear.

The boy lost his life in the relatively shallow lake because a local farmer used it as a dumping site. He threw a lot of leftover sections of metal fencing into the water, where they rusted and became a nuisance for fishermen, who lose lures there all the time. The nameless little boy decided to go swimming in the lake, got caught in the rusty fence, and drowned before his father could reach him. The distraught father, according to rumor, then killed himself in his car rather than carry the news to his wife.

Ever since, mysterious fogs have covered the surface of the water regardless of time of day or temperature. The fog will part in a straight line across the water. If you fish there after dark you're likely to hear a child's giggle at the other end of the lake, followed by a frantic splashing.

A less reliable haunting rumor involves a teenager who died when he wrecked his three-wheeler on a tree stump in the 1980s.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #053

Alexandria Cemetery

Location
City: Alexandria
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
Weird stories are told about a cemetery in this small town in western Licking County--not necessarily the village cemetery, but name unknown. One of the original families from this area is buried here--last name Devilbliss or maybe Devilish, depending on the version you hear. They were famous as coldblooded Indian killers who practiced weird, Satanic rituals in the woods. They used Indians, who could be killed without much consequence, as human sacrifices.

Now their grave is a weird spot in the cemetery near the school; supposedly the Devilbliss clan is buried in the opposite direction from the rest of the cemetery's inhabitants.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #052

Alexandria Cemetery

Location
City: Alexandria
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
Weird stories are told about a cemetery in this small town in western Licking County--not necessarily the village cemetery, but name unknown. One of the original families from this area is buried here--last name Devilbliss or maybe Devilish, depending on the version you hear. They were famous as coldblooded Indian killers who practiced weird, Satanic rituals in the woods. They used Indians, who could be killed without much consequence, as human sacrifices.

Now their grave is a weird spot in the cemetery near the school; supposedly the Devilbliss clan is buried in the opposite direction from the rest of the cemetery's inhabitants.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #051

The Buxton Inn

Location
City: Granville
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
The Buxton Inn in Granville is one of Ohio's best-known haunted places. Built in 1812by Orin Granger as a post office and stagecoach stop on the Columbus-Newark route, it is one of the oldest continuously operating inns in the state.
The ghosts of the Buxton Inn are almost exclusively those of former owners. Orin Granger himself appears sometimes as a ghostly man in blue who eats pies from the pantry.

Major Buxton, who operated the inn between 1865 and 1905, is often seen in a chair beside the dining room fireplace. People warming their hands at the fire have seen disembodied hands next to theirs.

Ethel "Bonnie" Bounell operated the Buxton Inn from 1934 to 1960. Known as the "blue lady," she tends to haunt rooms seven and nine. Room nine is also haunted by the ghostly cat whose picture decorates the sign out front.

The basement of the Buxton is another likely place to find some ghosts. It's where the team drivers slept when the building was first constructed, and today it's the site of numerous cold spots and strange noises. Footsteps are heard on the floorboards above, and doors open and close on their own.

From what I hear, the Buxton is fairly reasonable. You can view their official website at www.buxtoninn.com. And try to get room 7 or 9.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #050

Blood Hill

Location
City: Alexandria
County: Licking
State: Ohio

History
The hill near present-day Alexandria, Ohio, ran red with the blood of the combatants during the French and Indian War--or so they say. Now known as Blood Hill, it is the site of spectral reenactments of the battle, the sound of muskets, the smell of gunpowder. The ghosts of those killed there may still be present, if you can figure out which hill exactly was the site of the battle more than two hundred years ago.

Comments
Case needs to be researched thoroughly. An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #049

Nettle Lake

Location
City: Bridgewater Center
County: Williams
State: Ohio

History
The ghostly sound of an Indian drum can be heard at Nettle Lake just before a thunderstorm. According to legend, the drum belonged to Sam Coon, who used the big Indian drum to summon the spirits of dead chiefs, who would tell him where to find treasure. After he died of a fever his drum was found burst outward, as if something inside had gotten out.

I'd also like to note that spirit drumming is not the only thing to watch for at Nettle Lake. Depending on how much you've had to drink, you may or may not catch a sight of Nettie, Nettle Lake's resident sea monster. Descriptions of Nettie range from a tree stump or stone, all the way to an ox or a bear. She splashes the water close to the edge, or exposes more of herself further out.

Not especially aggressive or dangerous, but she does snag the occasional human being to take down to her lair for lunch. Philip Knight and his canoeing partner disappeared while crossing Nettle Lake together. So be careful, and be aware of what might live in the water beneath you.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #048

Goll's Woods

Location
City: Lockport
County: Williams
State: Ohio

History
Goll's Woods is a park area with a small cemetery near Lockport. The Golls were one of the first families in Williams County; legend says that they were eventually banished into the woods. The father was the last to die, and he is said to haunt the woods. In addition to this, the cemetery is haunted by balls of light, and a big black tombstone near the center is always warm to the touch.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #047

Wolfinger Cemetery

Location
City: Toledo
County: Lucas
State: Ohio

History
Toledo's Wolfinger Cemetery contains graves which date back to the 1800's. Along the wooded edge of the cemetery there are the graves of two parents and their three children, all of whom died withing days of each other. The children have been seen playing around the graves, particularly a girl of about ten or twelve.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #046

Gunn Road

Location
City: Holland
County: Lucas
State: Ohio

History
Gunn Road near Holland is haunted by the ghost of a young boy who was hit by a car and dragged to his death years ago. Supposedly, if you stop your car on the spot (which is marked by a sign), it won't start up again until you push it off the spot.

The ghost of Gunn Road is known locally as "Chalky," since the outline of his body--originally done in chalk--had been re-done in spraypaint many times on the surface of the road, though always in the same place. They even say that the outline redoes itself, emerging even after fresh pavement has been laid.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #045

Green Eyes Cemetery

Location
City: Shelby
County: Richland
State: Ohio

History
Here's the legend: This graveyard once belonged to St. Paul's Psychiatric Hospital, which was burned down not long ago by vandals. A large dog guards it, but he will only chase you so far. Even worse is the presence of a creature with glowing green eyes. If you see the green eyes, you will be able to hear the screams of the insane patients buried in the cemetery.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #044

Quarry and Manufacturing Plant

Location
City: Olivesburg
County: Richland
State: Ohio

History
This plant on Route 545 near Olivesburg has been closed down for years. When functional, they made cement blocks for use in railroad construction projects, and formed metal rods out of molten iron.

The ghost story here is a horrifying one. Sometime around World War Two, one of the chains on the large iron kettle broke and white-hot molten metal splashed onto five workers. They were so badly injured that they couldn't call for help and instead died slow deaths on the factory floor. When they were found, their bodies were immersed in solid iron.

Now, if you visit the old plant at night, you're likely to find yourself locked in. The spirits will talk to you and share some of the agony of their final moments with you.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #043

The Ghost Car of Canal Road

Location
City: Valley View
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
A phantom car supposedly haunts the stretch of Canal Road between Valley View Road and Rockside Road. While you're driving along the canal you might see a set of headlights appear behind you, only to disappear into thin air.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #042

Lockkeeper's Inn

Location
City: Valley View
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
Lockkeeper's Inn in Valley View was once called Sophie's Bar and is today the Ohio and Erie Canal Museum. On May 24, 1956, Sophie herself was found dead with a gun nearby. Three shots had been fired, but only one hit her. It was ruled suicide, but doubts still linger--especially because Sophie's ghost haunts the building. I hear that the building is empty today; might be worth checking out sometime.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #041

The Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath

Location
City: Valley View
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
The Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath
The towpath on either side of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Valley View is said to be haunted by two ghosts. One is a headless Union soldier, while the other is his lost lover. They walk on opposite sides of the canal, but sadly, never meet.

This haunting is said to occur most frequently near the canal visitor's center, which is haunted itself, between Pleasant Valley Road and Rockside Road.

The Ohio and Erie Canal Visitors Center
The Ohio and Erie Canal Visitors Center and Museum in Valley View is said by staff and some visitors to be haunted. The Center was built into a much older building on the canal, which is also haunted; read about its ghosts here.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #040

Lock Four

Location
City: Canal Fulton
County: Stark
State: Ohio

History
A vague story from the abandoned locks at Canal Fulton has the vengeful spirit of a canal official haunting Lock Four. Supposedly he became enraged at the prospect of seeing his operation shut down and went on an acid-murder spree, killing a number of the workers with acid and finally offing himself in this gruesome and impractical way. Now he and his victims roam the area around the lock with their scary acid-scarred faces.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Souce: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #039

Jewish Cemetery

Location
City: Alliance
County: Stark
State: Ohio

History
A small shack on the grounds of a Jewish Cemetery in Alliance is haunted by blue lights which show up there from time to time. According to one report, there have been murders in this shack.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
The blue light needs to be investigated.

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #038

Hidden Cemetery

Location
City: Valley View
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
On Tinker's Creek Road, there is a hidden cemetery located on top of a hill. It leads to a lake and fields. It's not possible to see from the road.

Feelings of being watched have been reported. Also, children laughing and branches ranches breaking happen frequently.

Also known as Old Indian Cemetery, Terra Vista Cemetery, Hillside Cemetery, and Pilgerruh Cemetery. There have been reports of shadowy figures, ghostly phenomenon, lights, and erie sounds.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
Most of the property is owned by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park system. No hours are posted, but law enforcement routinely patrol the area.

631 W / Valley View Rd / Canal Rd
At Tinker's Creek Rd, turn right.
Past the abandoned red barn, there is a parking area on the left.
Up the hill on the right is a grassy path which leads to the cemetery.

Status
Case Open
Source: TheShadowLands.net

APS Case File #037

Tunnel of Death

Location
City: Rocky River
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
There is a tunnel that begins behind Giant Eagle on Center Ridge Road. This tunnel goes under Center Ridge Road, under the city into Fairview. The tunnel is three miles long. People have reported seeing glowing eyes and then being chased.

Comments
An investigation is planned for April 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #036

Milan Cemetery

Location
City: Milan
County: Erie & Huron
State: Ohio

History
The cemetery is rumored to be the stomping grounds of many spirits. Lights have been reported to float around the grounds. There is a crucifix shaped tombstone which seems to glow at night.

Strange noises and mysterious music have been reported being heard. People claim to see angel like figures.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #035

Streeter Road Forest

Location
City: Mantua
County: Portage
State: Ohio

History
The woods of Streeter Road are haunted. You can hear screams inside all through the night, many different times. Things squeal and scream. Witnesses report being chased out by something they could not see. Red eyes have been seen in the woods but then to vanish.

Comments
An investigation is planned for April 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #034

G Street Park

Location
City: Lorain
County: Lorain
State: Ohio

History
A railroad spike was removed from a hole and ever since odd things have been occurring. A figure of a ghostly woman has been seen around midnight near the spot of the hole. Screams and yells have been heard since the removal of the spike and extremely severe storms have since swept the area.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Spring 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #033

Bozak Bridge

Location
City: Lakewood
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio

History
A young female with light hair is said to walk the bridge at night, jeering, and throwing things at passing pedestrians. If you anger her (Jessica), she will cut you in the night.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Spring 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #032

Cascade & Elywood Park

Location
City: Elyria
County: Lorain
State: Ohio

History
They say at night if you go up in the rocks you can see fire and people around it. You hear howling and screaming by the falls. Shadow figures have been reported by the swings.

Comments
More than likely, if there are people standing by a fire, they're probably homeless. However, an investigation is still planned for Spring 2008, nevertheless.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #031

Greenlawn Cemetery

Address
1000 Greenlawn Ave
Columbus, Ohio 44223

Location
City: Columbus
County: Franklin
State: Ohio

Contact Info & Website
614-444-1123‎
www.greenlawncolumbus.org

History
This site is said to have multiple hauntings.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #030

Lou Berliner Park Bike Path

Location
City: Columbus
County: Franklin
State: Ohio

History
This bike path is haunted by 6 kids that drowned in 2001.When you walk on the path at night, you can feel someone behind you. Down by the water, you can hear people talking. Also, strange flashes of light are seen here.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #029

Bloody Mary

Location
City: N/A
County: N/A
State: Ohio

History
Below the waters of Lake Erie around the Sandusky Bay lives an old, ugly hag by the name of Mary. Mary once fell in love with a young man from Huron. He, of course, was not attracted to her. Mary grew more obsessed with this man, and continued to pursue him despite his repeated rejections.

Mary soon turned to black witchcraft to win him over. First, she drew the figure of a pretty girl in the sand. She then stalked and kidnapped young women, taking them to her home where she killed them. To complete her grisly plan, Mary then selected the best body parts from each victim and sewed them together to form a perfect "doll".

Mary tried to use the life-like doll to attract the man. She was almost successful. After luring him on a pier, the man accidentally fell into the lake and drowned.

It is said that at night, Mary comes up from the bottom of her watery home and roams the shores of Lake Erie looking for new body parts to replace the rotting ones of her "doll." One variation of this legend states that when the night is stormy, she will creep around the houses along the lake, looking inside the windows for young women. When she finds a suitable candidate for the doll, she will knock three times on the girl's bedroom window. If the girl hears the noise and looks out the window into the face of "Bloody Mary," she will fall under the witch's spell and be taken away. Another version warns young women against going near the lake at night. If she happens upon Bloody Mary, the witch will drag her under the water.

As with crybaby bridge, the story of Bloody Mary is more urban legend than fact and has several variations. The most well-known versions overlap with that of Mary Worth and/or Candyman--her violent spirit will appear if you stand in front of a mirror and say "Bloody Mary" 13 times.

Still, this is the darkest, most unique version of the Bloody Mary legend and worth coverage as its own tale.

Comments
No investigations are planned.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #028

Moxahala Avenue



Address
Moxahala Avenue & Putnam Street
Zanesville, Ohio 43701

Location
City: Zanesville
County: Muskingum
State: Ohio

History
In Zanesville, on Moxahala Avenue and Putnam Street, ghosts from the civil war are said to roam the streets.

Experiments, Tests, & Debunking
Lead Investigator, John Albrecht Jr. may have debunked this location. He thinks that the soldiers seen are nothing more than statues. Three statues have been erected at the local VFW. Coincendently, the VFW sits between the two streets. While investigating the area, John found similar statues throughout the city of Zanesville.

Comments
On Hoover and Moxahala, there is a VFW that has statues of soldiers. I'm confident that people mistake these for ghosts.

Evidently, there is an Army Reserve Center a block away. The Weekend Warriors could have made up this story.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Events
APSI-020 Investigation #1
03/10/08
Investigation with John Albrecht Jr., Sara Cope, Nick Lockard, & Sarah Steward

Status
Case Closed - Debunked

APS Case File #027

Maple Grove Cemetery


Courtesy of Google Maps

Address
Mason & Cemetery Roads (West of Route 60)
Vermilion, Ohio 44089

Location
City: Vermillion
County: Erie
State: Ohio

Contact Information
Riddle Funeral Home
5345 South Street
Vermilion, OH 44089
Phone: 440-967-3212

History
Known for the haunting of the "Death Angel", an angel statue that was said to be haunted or cursed. It was said that if you stared into the eyes, that they would glow and that you would end up dying thereafter. The head was stolen by vandals, and evenutually, because of all of the problems, the whole statue was removed.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Spring 2008.
-Sara Cope, Case Manager

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #026

Knox County Poorhouse
House of Nightmares


Courtesy of www.forgottenoh.com

Address
7520 Johnstown Road
Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050

Location
City: Mt. Vernon
County: Knox
State: Ohio

History
Three miles south of Mt. Vernon, this old abandoned TB hospital was, until recently the site of a haunted house attraction called the "House of Nightmares" during the fall seasons. This building is four stories tall, with more than 90 rooms, and is 40,000 square feet. It was in operation for over 75 years, and was shut down in 1953 due to being structurally unsound. In 1957, it was purchased and repared by the Mt. Vernon Bible College. In the 1980's the college relocated to Virginia, and in the late 1990's it became a haunted attraction for Halloween.

It is rumored that a fatal elevator crash is the cause of the lingering spirits.

Comments
An investigation is planned for April 2008.
-Sara Cope, Case Manager

Status
Case Open

Source: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #025

I 71 Hitchhiker

Location
City: Medina
County: Medina
State: Ohio

History
A ghostly hitchhiker walks I-71 in Medina County. He looks just like a normal hitchhiker with dark hair and a light tan raincoat, but when you approach him in your car he becomes transparent in the headlights. The police are supposedly aware of his existence, since they get so many reports.

Experiments, Tests, & Debunking
Founder, John Albrecht Jr. may have debunked these reports. He thinks that "the hitchhiker" that people are seeing very well could be a real person, indeed. On I71, at the I76 split, there are two major truck stop chains in the area. The T/A of Lodi, one of which has been voted the best truck stop in the U.S., is located here. More than likely, people are seeing real hitchhikers walking the highway at night.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Source: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #024

West Branch State Park

Address
5708 Esworthy Road
Ravenna, Ohio 44266

Location
City: Ravenna
County: Portage
State: Ohio

Website & Contact Information
330-296-3239
www.westbranchstatepark.com

History
The woods at this state park are haunted by a woman who was supposedly killed by fanatical townspeople outside Ravenna. She was accused of being a witch and was killed by being "pressed"--a method which involves laying a wooden slab on the accused and adding stones bit by bit until the body breaks and is crushed beneath the weight. Fittingly, her grave is marked by a mound of stones.

Now the accused witch roams the woods at West Branch. She is sighted from time to time, always clad in a flowing black gown and a black scarf. Over the years the stones on her grave have been scattered, but a layer still remains which cannot be disturbed.

A separate story is attached to the witch's grave, which once had the "As you are now so once was I," poem engraved on it. It used to be a rite of passage for local kids to drive out to the "Witch's Graveyard" at night and chip off a piece of the stone to take home as a souvenir. According to the story, a group went one night, and all but one of them took a piece of the stone. On their way home they died in a car accident at the intersection of 14 and 59--all but the one kid who protested and refused to take a piece of the stone. Ever since then, bad luck has followed anyone who dares to desecrate the witch's graveyard.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Source: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #023

Ghost Hollow

Address
Industry Road
Rootstown, Ohio 44272

Location
City: Rootstown
County: Portage
State: Ohio

History
"Ghost Hollow" is a name given by railroad workers, to a rural section near Rootstown. A boy drowned in a nearby pond. The pond has since been filled in, but the boy continues to haunt the area. The Hollow surrounds the railroad tracks, which run between Atwater and Rootstown. They cross at Industry Road.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Fall 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #022

Marion Cemetery


Courtesty of www.marionohiocemetery.com

Address
620 Delaware Avenue
Marion, Ohio 43302

Location
City: Marion
County: Marion
State: Ohio

Website & Contact Information
740-387-7050
www.marionohiocemetery.com

History
This cemetery is infamous for the famous "Merchant's Ball", a large granite sphere on top of a tombstone. The story, is actual. The ball revolves on its base. The movemnet of the ball can be tracked by the small rough patch on the ball that was originally at the bottom of the sphere, between the sphere and the base.

Some say that the revolution of the ball is a restless spirit, but some say that it has nothing to do with anything paranormal, in fact they say that it has to do with expansion and contraction due to the weather.

Ripley's Believe it or Not, wrote about the ball. So did Skeptic Magazine.

An old wooden cross maker was also burried in this cemetery. She was said to be a gypsy who died as she traveld through Marion. Reports of her spirit haunting the nearby houses to the cemetery have been made.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-Sara Cope, Case Manager

Status
Case Open

Source: www.graveaddiction.com

APS Case File #021

Litchfield Middle School



Address
1540 Fairfax Rd
Akron, OH 44313

Website & Contact Information
330-873-3330
www.akronschools.com

Location
City: Akron
County: Summit
State: Ohio

History
Contructed in 1959, Litchfield Middle School is said to be haunted. Paul W. Litchfield, after whom the school is named, supposedly haunts this junior high school. Reports say, that laughing, opening and closing of doors are a common occurrence.

Paul Weeks Litchfield 1875-1959
In 1900 Paul W. Litchfield came to Akron from Boston, assuming the role of superintendent of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. In 1926 he became president of the company, relinquishing this role in 1940 but remaining as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

Litchfield felt strongly about the value of education, regarding it as a primary force in the lives of individuals. He was one of the first technically-trained, college-graduated men to enter the rubber industry. He established the Goodyear Training Center and was an active, ardent supporter of Akron Public Schools and the University of Akron.

Experiments, Tests, & Debunking
Lead Investigator, John Albrecht Jr. believes that Mr. Litchfield does not haunt this school. From the research that he did, he determined that Paul W. Litchfield died in 1959. The school was built in 1959.

Comments
Although I've debunked this location, an investigation is still planned.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
Rose Hill Cemetery is 3 miles West of this location. Go West on Fairfax Road to Wilshire Drive. Follow Wilshire Drive to Sand Run, and then go South on Sand Run to W. Market. Go West on W. Market to Rose Hill.

Status
Case Closed - Debunked

Source: www.akronschools.com

APS Case File #020

Mudhouse Mansion


Courtesy of www.forgottenoh.com

Address
4730 Mud House Road NE
Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Location
City: Lancaster
County: Fairfield
State: Ohio

Owner
Jeannie Mast

Directions
To reach Mudhouse Mansion, you should take Route 22 east out of Lancaster to Lake Road. Go left on Lake Road, which winds around for about a mile, and then turn left onto Mud House Road. You'll be able to see the place off to the right if the corn is low and it's daytime. Otherwise you'll have to find the gated-off driveway.

History
Mudhouse Mansion is an abandoned house located in Fairfield County, just east of Lancaster, at 4730 Mud House Road. It's a very imposing, impressive place built into a hill, with a number of outbuildings surrounding it. With its empty windows and isolated location, Mudhouse Mansion practically screams haunted house. And, appropriately enough, it is one.

So why is Mudhouse haunted? If you believe the local tales, you can take your pick. One legend tells of a government official who lived there after the Civil War and still kept slaves (in the North, even), locking them in one of the outbuildings at night. One night the slave dug his way out, entered the house, and slaughtered the entire family. Some say a more modern family was massacred there; their ghosts haunt the house. Others say it's home to the original "Bloody Mary," the ghost lady who's supposed to appear in your mirror if you say her name three or five or ten or a hundred times. Some kids in Lancaster grew up calling it the House of Mary. According to traditional American folklore, Bloody Mary's childred were killed, either by her husband or by her, and she's pissed about it. This one is tough to believe, since Bloody Mary is known all over the world, and it's pretty much a given that she never existed in the first place, much less in Fairfield County, Ohio. Then again, it's all just folklore, so you can believe just about anything you want to about Mudhouse.

Comments
No plans to investigate the Mudhouse Mansion is in the immediate future.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Notes
It has been said that Jeannie Mast, the owner, hired security guards to guard the property.

Status
Case Open

Source: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #019

Summit Lake



Address
380 W. Crosier St
Akron, Ohio 44311

Location
City: Akron / Kenmore
County: Summit
State: Ohio

History
Supposedly, spirits of children who drowned here, are said to roam the banks of the lake. A ghost of a clown is said to be present here as well. It has been said that he burned in a tent fire.

Experiments, Tests, & Debunking
"Spirits of Children"
There are a lot of children that live on the west side of the lake. Their voices can carry throughout the area. There are also numerous signs that warn you of their presence.

"Ghost of a Clown"
Many years ago, a carnival used to take place in this area.


Comments
Case closed.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Closed - Debunked

APS Case File #018

Akron Civic Theater



Address
182 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308

Location
City: Akron
County: Summit
State: Ohio

Website & Contact Information
330-535-3179
www.akroncivic.com

History
A janitor named "Fred" supposedly haunts this location. Other reports say that a weeping woman is seen behind the theater, near the canal.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2009.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #017

The Lima TB Hospital



Address
2001 Garden Blvd.
Lima, Ohio 45805

Location
City: Lima
County: Allen
State: Ohio

History
This hospital is rumored to be haunted by deseased patients. The legend says that the ghosts of the victims will follow you through the hospital, always staying at least a few steps behind you. It is said that you can sometimes see a glimpse of them, but you can always hear and sense them from the way you came.

On the third floor, reports say that a pounding noise is heard. The noise is very loud and steady. It's been said that quick moving shadows have been seen in the halls.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Spring 2008.
-Sara Cope, Case Manager

Events
APSI-028 Investigation #1
3/30/08
Investigation with John Albrecht Jr., Sara Cope, Nick Lockard, Sarah Steward, Justin Stuper, & Shana Stamm

Status
Case Open

Source: www.forgottenoh.com

APS Case File #016

Northwood Cemetery

Address
1131 Steubenville Avenue
Cambridge, Ohio 443725

Location
City: Cambridge
County: Guernsey
State: Ohio

History
A woman in a white formal gown haunts the cemetery on clear summer nights. She will appear and then dissolve in a short time.

Comments
An investigation is planned for 2008
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

APS Case File #015

Waverly Hills Sanitorium


Courtesy of Kris Arnold

Address
4301 East Pages Lane
Louisville, KY 40272

Location
City: Louisville
County: Jefferson
State: Kentucky

Owners
Tina and Charlie Mattingly

Website & Contact Information
502-933-2142

http://www.waverlyhillstbsanatorium.com

History
Waverly Hills Sanatorium, located in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1910. It has 506 rooms. In room 502, it is known for suicides. A nurse supposedly hung herself in that room.

Shadow People / Shadow Folk
Apparitions
Disembodied Voices

Floor 1 - An old woman that lurks around front door with bleeding wrists & hands
Floor 2 - N/A
Floor 3 - A little girl known as "Mary" on the third floor - Children peer out windows - Little boy playing with ball
Floor 4 - Most active - Doors slam - Shadow People
Floor 5 / Roof - Children singing on the roof - Shadow People
Cafeteria - A man in a white coat in the kitchen

Room 502 - Two suicides have occured in this room. The first death is that of Mary Hillenburg, who is said to have hanged herself from a fixture in 1928 after becoming pregnant out of wedlock; the second, that of a nurse who is said to have gone out the window.

Comments
An Investigation is planned for 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open

Source: Wikipedia

APS Case File #014

Springfield Lake



Location
City: Akron / Springfield Township / Lakemore
County: Summit
State: Ohio

History
Springfield Lake is the site of strange occurrences. Unexplained floating lights have been reported by local fishermen.

Comments
An investigation is planned for Summer 2008.
-John Albrecht Jr., Lead Investigator

Status
Case Open