This is the hauntings list for Shelby 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.

 Lockington

• Lockington Dam - This dam has been the site of hundreds of suicides over the years. Many of those who took their lives there haunt the dam to this day. Legend has it that you can see a suicide reenacted on its anniversary.

 Sidney

• Bonnyconnellan Castle - The castle is said to be haunted by a man in a blue uniform who examines a wedding dress that is displayed on the stair landing.

• Bridgeview Middle School - It is said that a custodian who was sent down to the basement to check the furnace never came back. Students have reported hearing keys jingling near the basement area. Three students who went into the basement to explore reported hearing the jingling keys. They also found tunnels that lead throughout the school, and even saw a shadowy figure darting around. The building has since been demolished. (Thanks to John Christman for submitting the additional information).

• Crybaby Bridge - It is said that a woman and her baby once fell from this bridge and drowned in the water below. Motorists now hear the sounds of a baby crying every night at midnight.

• Monumental Building - A ghostly Civil War figure by the name of Sergeant Fair woke a city manager and ordered him to save Ohio's oldest Civil War memorial, the Monumental Building. Being built in 1876, the building fell into disrepair by the 1990s. The city manager managed to receive a grant to have the building renovated from an opera hall into a city courtroom. A ghostly figure can sometimes be seen in the balcony there during court hearings.

• William A. Ross Historical Center - The headquarters of the Shelby County Historical Society is haunted from it's days served as a funeral home. Many ghosts are known to haunt the building causing objects to fall off of walls and are the source of mysterious footsteps.