This is the hauntings list for Greene County. Remember that some of the places listed are merely legend or hearsay, but many are genuine and documented haunts. If you know of any more hauntings or legends for this county, please submit them to our Hauntings Submission Page.
Beavercreek
Beavercreek High School - A former teacher who was brutally murdered haunts the high school. Many people have reported hearing footsteps and objects move when no one else is around. There have been some witnesses who have seen the teacher's ghost walking through the hallways and cafeteria. She is especially cruel to female students, as it is believed it was one of her female students who killed her.
Carpenter Road - In the mid-1970s, a man hung himself from one of the trees near the bend. On foggy nights, you can see his shadow walking and hear moaning.
Stoner Park - It is said that over thirty occupants of the old folks center was killed in a mass suicide. They locked themselves in the home with no escape, and set fire to their clothing. The center burned down along with the bodies. Around the Fall season, if you walk the path of the woods, you can supposedly see glowing forms of humans running very fast in the distance. Mysterious sounds can also be heard.
Bellbrook
Little Sugar Creek - The ghost of a girl who had Bellbrook's mayor's illegitimate child is said to haunt the banks of the creek. She jumped into the creek with her child after she was abandoned my the mayor. Witnesses have reported seeing her walking the banks, singing to her child. The activity is said to increase in June.
Byron
Trebein Road - The road is haunted by the ghost of a woman who was
flung from her carriage, after it hit a rock, and died (on her wedding day). Her
father and fiancee dug up the rock and tossed it to the side of the road, where
it remains today. She is seen in her white wedding dress, often near the time of
her anniversary or birthday. Some believe that if you stop and she touches you,
that you will become old and she will be young and beautiful again.
John Bryan State Park
Twilight Man - A ghost of a man is seen walking out the west gate at dusk. He is usually seen wearing a blue shirt with overalls and a red handkerchief around his neck. He is believed to be one of the people who gave the land to the park.
Xenia
Blue Jacket Amphitheater - The woods around the amphitheater is said to be haunted by the ghosts of Indians, who occasionally show up during performances.
Eden Hall - This is one of the most historical buildings in Xenia, with over 750 paintings, and thirteen-foot ceilings. Mysterious lights are seen inside the house and doors open and close by themselves. Children's footsteps are seen in dust and mysterious music and voices commonly wake guests. Many of the family members who lived here haunt the place, as well as an ill-tempered woman who haunts the third floor.
Old Veterans Children Home - Reports of little children laughing and playing are common in some of the buildings.
Spring Hill Elementary - The ghost of a teacher brutally murdered there over 100 years ago is said to haunt the school, searching for the person who killed her.
Yellow Springs
Antioch - In the last room on the left of Dodd Hall is said to be haunted by a little boy that sometimes pounces on students in the middle of the night. Some witnesses feel as though they are being pushed down in their beds. The boy is said to be looking for a friend and has been known to reach out for someone's hand.
G. Stanley Hall - This 1860s mansion is haunted by ghosts who take form of floating mists and optical distortions. They drift through the halls of the building, frightening students. The building has sat abandoned for a few years now and the ghosts are still said to roam the halls.
Glen Helen Nature Preserve - There have been many sightings of ghostly Indians and a woman named Helen, whose father named the park after she died.
Hyde Road Crybaby Bridge - It is said that at midnight, one can hear a baby crying and a mother running around at this bridge on Hyde Road. Footprints appear on cars, like something was trying to get in. The myth says that the mother killed her baby around midnight, then took her own life.
Olde Trail Tavern - The old tavern built in 1827 is said to be haunted by a sinister woman in blue. She has never been seen by a woman and creates a dark atmosphere whenever she is present. She has been known to knock things off the walls and make strange noises.
