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Aqua Night Club -
Formerly Old Jim's Steakhouse on Scranton Road, the club is said to
be haunted by Old Jim himself.
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Bourbon House -
Residents of this home, located down the street from the infamous
Franklin Castle, have experienced odd events over the years.
Particularly, a young child living in the home reportedly had
conversations with the ghost of the man who built the house.
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Collinwood School -
Now a state monument, this school was the site of a huge fire in the
early twentieth century. Over one hundred people perished because
the doors in the school opened inward rather than outward,
preventing escape. Residents who live near the school have reported
seeing a light come on in one room, go down the hall and back to
where it came. Police investigate, but no one is ever found in the
building.
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Davron Cemetery -
Tombstones appear to be broken during the night, but are normal in
daylight. Bright lights can be seen coming from the cemetery.
Strange sounds, such as water trickling, screams and howls can be
heard. The cemetery supposedly closed in 1886 due to poor
maintenance.
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Drury Mansion - This
fifty-two room mansion was built in 1912 and has been said to be
haunted since. Confusing hallways, huge stairways and a tunnel that
connects the mansion to the Drury Theater across the street are
notable. Originally built by Francis Drury for his family, the
mansion was later converted into a halfway house. The ghost of a
woman in old fashioned dress with her hair up in a bun has been seen
near the top of the house. Doors and windows close without
explanation and a presence can be felt when no one else is around.
Once, when the place was abandoned, two police officers were
stationed there to deter people from going in. They were reportedly
so terrified that they stood back-to-back the whole night with their
guns drawn.
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Erie Cemetery - The
cemetery is said to be haunted by the ghost of Sauk Chief Joc-O-Sot.
He died on his way back from Europe from an old bullet wound from an
earlier war. His wish was to be buried at his home in Wisconsin or
Minnesota, but he only made it to Cleveland. His ghost is said to
haunt the cemetery and the nearby stadium where the Cleveland
Indians play.
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Federal Reserve Bank
- Located at the corner of Superior Avenue and East Sixth Street,
this building is haunted by the ghost of an unknown woman.
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Franklin Castle -
Franklin Castle is rated the number one haunted house in Ohio in
many people's eyes. Originally built in the mid-1800s by Hans
Tiedemann, this 21-room castle has seen its share of tenants.
Ranging from families to a doctor's office to a party house to
bootleggers, none of them have stayed in the castle for long. The
secret passageways around the fourth floor ballroom are said to be
haunted by Karen, Tiedemann's illegitimate daughter. It is said that
he had hang her in one of those passageways. Tiedemann is said to
have shot his mistress Rachel because she wanted to marry another
man. The sound of her choking to death can be heard in certain
rooms. A servant girl was murdered on her wedding day in the
servant's quarters for not accepting Tiedemann's advances.
Tiedemann's wife died in the castle from a liver problem, his
fifteen-year-old daughter Emma died in the house from diabetes, and
three of his babies died there as well. The victim of an axe
murderer is said to haunt the front tower and the ghostly voices of
Nazis machine-gunned to death during a political dispute can be
heard throughout the castle. In a small room near the rear of the
castle, a pile of baby skeletons were found. Believed to be victims
of an inept doctor, the cries of babies can be heard throughout the
castle to this day. Families with children who have lived there
report their youngsters would regularly play with "imaginary"
friends and would find clothing from the early 1900s.
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Grays Armory - The
Grays Armory is said to be haunted by the sounds of ghostly
footsteps and apparitions have been seen. The Grays were one of
Cleveland's fighting forces in the Civil War, Spanish-American War
and World War One.
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Hamlin Hall - This
building is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a young man who
died there after falling down a staircase. People have reported
seeing a young man around who would mysteriously disappear. Cold
spots are felt around the staircase where he died.
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Johnny Mango's - This
Cleveland restaurant is haunted by several ghosts. One is known as
Margaret and it is believed she died when the trolley car she was
riding in crashed into the Cuyahoga River in 1895.
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Mason Court Apartments
- Frightening phenomena once occurred at the apartment building. On
one occasion, a witness reported seeing a trap door in his kitchen
open, with two gray fingers reaching out. the building was
demolished after standing abandoned for years.
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Mater Dolorosa Cemetery
- A ghostly white figure haunts this church cemetery. Michael
Raleigh's 1874 tombstone is said to show his face within the marble
design.
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Mound Elementary School
- This school is believed to be built atop an Indian burial ground,
causing it to be cursed.
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Mount Sinai Hospital
- The old school attached to the hospital is the scene of
poltergeist activity, ghostly footsteps, and flickering lights.
Figures are sometimes seen out of the corner of a witnesses' eye.
Sightings of ghostly children are also common there.
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Punderson Hotel - The
ghost of an old maid is said to haunt the hotel. Reports from the
third floor have loud music coming from empty rooms and loud banging
noises can be heard on the second floor.
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Puratis Hill - In the
1960s, a roller coaster (The Cyclone) at Puratis Springs Amusement
Park was said to have derailed and killed everyone on the ride. At
night, when driving up the hill, one can hear the screams of the
dead. Residents at the nearby apartment complex report hearing the
sounds of a roller coaster.
NOTE: After doing some investigation, the OES has determined The
Cyclone had never derailed. The park actually closed after a fire in
1958 and the Cyclone itself burned down several years later.
However, there were several accidents. In 1942 a man was ejected
from the coaster and survived the 40-foot fall. In 1946 three women
were injured within one month. Cleveland Police ordered the ride
closed, but it reopened a short time later. Perhaps the screams that
have been reported are those of thrill seekers who once rode what
was said to have been the best ravine coaster in the country.
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Renaissance Hotel -
Many ghosts are known to haunt this downtown hotel. Employees refuse
to go to the fourth floor alone at night. Toilets flush and sinks
turn on and off by themselves. Lights flicker for no reason. One
witness on the sixth floor reported seeing a black cloud-like
formation moving away from him rather quickly down the main hallway
before turning a corner. He tried to search for the odd formation,
but was unable to find anything.
(Credits: Joseph Irvin)
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Saint Joseph Academy
- This high school, founded in the 1890s, used to be a boarding
school for girls. Dorms on the third floor have been converted to
classrooms. Both teachers and students who have stayed late have
reported the ghost of a nun roaming the third floor. Some have felt
her presence while alone in third floor classrooms.
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Squire Castle - This
castle was built by Fergus B. Squire as a caretaker's home while he
built his real castle. His real castle was never completed, so he
lived in the caretaker's home. One night, his wife died at the
bottom of the basement stairs with a broken neck. Everyone suspected
that Squire had dome something, so he sold his land and left. The
Cleveland metro-parks purchased the land and castle sometime later.
They filled the basement with concrete and renovated some of the
interior. It is said that one can still hear screams coming from the
castle and a mysterious light can be seen passing the front windows.
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Tree Bridge Hotel -
The feeling of being watched has been reported at the hotel.
Witnesses have also seen a gray lady wandering the halls.
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Variety Theater - A
figure in white has been seen on the first floor by the old water
fountain. A man with red eyes has been seen in the upper balcony.
Noises have been heard on the stage. The noises are rumored to be
that of a man who fell off the scaffold and died on the stage.
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West 25th Street Alley
- This alley just off West 25th Street is said to be haunted by a
ghost known as Mary Ann. It is said that back in the 1930s or 1940s,
she was raped and murdered in the alley. It wasn't much later that
people began to see her ghost dressed in all black staring at them.
She has never spoken to anyone, but many feel that she is looking
for her killer.
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Canal Road
- A ghostly car is supposed to haunt the stretch of road between
Valley View and Rockside Road. While traveling down the road,
reports of headlights behind one's car mysteriously appearing and
disappearing are common.
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Edmund Gleason Farmhouse
- This home is said to be haunted by an eccentric woman who lived
there. She dressed like a man and raised pigs in the barn. Abandoned
since 1987, strange lights are often seen in the upstairs area. In
the summer of 2002, a young man killed himself inside the house.
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Lockkeeper's Inn -
Once called Sophie's Bar, Sophie herself was found dead there in May
of 1956. Three shots had been fired from a gun, but only one hit
her. The death was ruled a suicide, but many had their doubts.
Sophie is now said to haunt the place, which is now abandoned.
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Ohio-Erie Canal - The
towpath on either side of the canal is said to be haunted by a Union
soldier and his lover. Throughout the years, they've walked on
opposite sides of the canal, never to meet again. The sightings of
the lovers are most common near the Ohio-Erie Canal Museum, which is
also said to be haunted.
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Terra Vista Cemetery
- Also known as Tinker's Creek Cemetery, this cemetery is said to be
haunted and a hangout for the occult. Feelings of being watched,
hearing children laughing and hearing branches breaking when no one
is there are often reported.