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Built between 1896 and 1910, the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield served as a detention center for young, petty criminals. The first inmates were admitted in 1896, and they helped construct the Romanesque Revival building. The reformatory closed in 1990 and was used most famously in the filming of The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Today it…
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Beneath the glowing artificial night sky of the Akron Civic Theatre linger stories of restless spirits tied to the building’s long and colorful past. From a protective ghostly janitor named Fred to a grieving woman along the old canal and a mysterious man in the balcony, the Civic has earned a reputation as one of…
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Visitors to Cleveland’s Franklin Boulevard are likely to shudder when walking past this quintessential haunted house, even if they’ve never heard the stories. German immigrant Hannes Tiedemann built this High Victorian-style home between 1881-1883. After his wife passed away from liver disease in 1896, Tiedemann sold the home and since then no one has lived…
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A headless horse is among the phantoms said to haunt this formerly rough-and-tumble holler near Doylestown, Ohio. Rogues Hollow was a nineteenth century mining community known for its rambunctious residents. According to legend, a low-hanging branch decapitated a horse along the trail, and its spirit returns. The bridge over Silver Creek is one of Ohio’s…
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A fairy tale gatehouse has become a charming addition to a public park in suburban Cleveland, but some visitors claim otherworldly residents flicker through its empty halls. Standard Oil co-founder Feargus B. Squire began construction on the property in the 1890s. Squire’s wife, Louisa, tragically passed away from pneumonia in 1927, leaving behind a legacy…
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