This is the hauntings list for Wood 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.
Bowling Green
Euler Road - The wooded north-south stretch of this road is said to be haunted by the ghost of a baby. It's mother hung it from a tree. The road is known to many locals as Crybaby Lane.
Holcomb Woods - These woods are located on Holcomb Road. As the legend goes, a bus full of children was traveling down the road when the driver grew incredibly angry, steering the bus into the woods. The bus bashed into many small trees until it came to rest at a large one. The driver was killed on impact. It is on this tree that the driver's face can be seen. The bus burst into flames, killing some of the children aboard. If you take Holcomb Road from 199, just past the edge of the woods, you'll need to turn your vehicle to face 199. Shortly after you turn off your headlights, radio stations will scramble and cell phones will lose signals. A headlight will come straight at you and suddenly disappear when it reaches the tree.
Potter House - In the 1970s, this now abandoned house was the site of a murder-suicide. It's walls inside are still splattered with blood stains. After the man killed his wife, children, and himself, no one has been able to live there. The ghostly activity here is often violent. Stairs creek like someone is coming down, and nobody is there. Various objects fly about the house, smashing against the walls. This is especially true for the kitchen, where cabinets fly open by themselves. Ghostly voices are heard late at night, and a dark figure is often seen heading from the field toward the house. UPDATE: This house was recently burned down for fire department training.
Sam B's - The third floor of this restaurant was once a theater, and was the site of a murder years ago. The theater is now closed off to the public, but employees have reported many strange occurrences. They also believe that the kitchen is haunted. At least two employees have died at the restaurant.
Wood County Historical Museum - Between 1900 and 1937, this building served as the county's Poorhouse and Lunatic Asylum. It is haunted by an old lady in pajamas, as well as inmates from the asylum, who claw at the barred windows and steel doors. Apparitions are commonly sighted by employees.
Bowling Green State University
Brown and Saint Theaters - Both of the theaters are haunted by a ghost named Alice, who is believed to be a former Bowling Green actress. A light must be left on in the theater at all times, and a formal invitation to every show must be given to her by the stage manager after the final dress rehearsal. If these are not followed, she will cause things to go wrong. Some students have actually witnessed Alice, but ran when they saw her. The Hat Room of the Joe E. Brown Theater is also haunted by a strange presence that has sent many students running from the room with no explainable explanation.
Chi Omega - The Chi Omega Sorority House is haunted by a girl known as Amanda. She is believed to be a pledge from the 1940s-50s who was accidentally killed in a railroad track initiation. One of the rooms, labeled "Amanda's Room" is the site of lots of poltergeist-like activity. Things regularly disappear from the room and reappear in the house utility room, and a closet locks by itself. The girls of the sorority always leave a spot for Amanda in their group photo. The class of 1986-87 accidentally forgot to leave a space, and their picture routinely falls off the wall.
Custar
North High Street House - A home in the 9000 block of North High Street is said to be haunted by an old man. He often appears as a shadow in the basement doorway, the basement, and the kitchen. He has been known to gently tap on the front porch door and likes watching neighborhood children play. The attic of the home is very cold, even in warm weather. (Thanks to Samantha Jordan for submitting this haunting).
Jerry City
Abandoned House - An abandoned house in this town is haunted by a little girl, who has been seen peering out of the bottom middle window. It is said that a man murdered his entire family in the home. (Thanks to Patrick Combs for submitting this haunting).
Perrysburg
Fort Meigs - The site is this old fort is home to many ghosts. The current fort is a reconstruction of a War of 1812 period encampment that saw two sieges during war. There are unmarked mass burials of American soldiers scattered around the site, including an isolated wooded mound known as "Kentucky Hill" where militiamen of that state who perished across the river at Dudley's Massacre are buried. A number of unexplained occurrences are noted in the eastern end of the fort, including phantom sentries and the ghostly visage of a small girl peering out the second story window of the reconstructed Blockhouse #3. The site predates the War of 1812 as there are prehistoric Indian mounds on the grounds. Some other paranormal activities witnessed at the fort include eerie blue lights, lights turning on and off, cold spots, and other apparitions.
Rossford
Helen Drive - A lady wearing all white appears in the right back corner in the rear bedroom of this house. It is believed that when an addition was being made to the house, a worker fell off the roof and was killed. During thunderstorms, the ghost appears in the doorway. If a child is present in the home, she will watch over them.
Tontogany
Tontogany Cemetery - Mysterious blinking lights and a blue light in the grave-keeper's shed are often seen here. Witnesses have claimed to see the shed door consistently open and close by itself, even though no wind is present.
