Witch's Tower -aka- Frankenstein's Castle. Kettering, Ohio
Down a long winding road in Hills and Dales Park in Kettering, Ohio, stands a castle-inspired stone tower, known to locals as Witch’s Tower, or Frankenstein's Castle. It was constructed of stone, salvaged from condemned buildings by the National Youth Administration as a project during the Great Depression. It was completed in 1941.
The structure has lost its wooden roof, now standing open to the weather. The metal door is now gone, having been filled in so no one can enter. This was done in part due to Bellbrook teen, Peggy Ann Harmeson dying and her companion being seriously burnt on May 17, 1967, when a bolt of lightning hit the tower while they were inside... But, do ghostly figures haunt the tower? Who is the lady in the black robe? And are there really ghostly silhouettes charred into those three foot thick stone walls? Well, here are documented facts on the structure hat we know as Witch's Tower aka Frankenstein's Castle: https://daytonunknown.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/hills-and-dales-lookout-tower-the-real-story/
The structure has lost its wooden roof, now standing open to the weather. The metal door is now gone, having been filled in so no one can enter. This was done in part due to Bellbrook teen, Peggy Ann Harmeson dying and her companion being seriously burnt on May 17, 1967, when a bolt of lightning hit the tower while they were inside... But, do ghostly figures haunt the tower? Who is the lady in the black robe? And are there really ghostly silhouettes charred into those three foot thick stone walls? Well, here are documented facts on the structure hat we know as Witch's Tower aka Frankenstein's Castle: https://daytonunknown.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/hills-and-dales-lookout-tower-the-real-story/
Wickerham Inn: The Wickerham Inn is the oldest brick building in Adams County, Ohio and was one of the earliest taverns to exist in the Northwest Territory.
In 1797, Peter Wickerham moved to the Northwest Territory. Like many veterans of the American Revolution, Wickerham hoped to improve his fortunes on the frontier. He eventually settled in Adams County, in modern-day Peebles, Ohio. He built a cabin along Zane's Trace, an important road during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1800, Wickerham decided to build a brick tavern, which he completed in 1801. Known as Wickerham Inn, the tavern remained in operation until the 1850s. In the years leading up to the American Civil War, the tavern served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
According to legend, the Wickerham Inn is haunted. Purportedly, a stagecoach driver was murdered and beheaded in the tavern. Supposedly his body was not found for approximately one hundred years. In 1922, the inn was remodeled, and construction workers found a headless skeleton buried in the limestone floor. The body was purportedly buried, but the inn remained haunted. Article found at: https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Wickerham_Inn?rec=3026
In 1797, Peter Wickerham moved to the Northwest Territory. Like many veterans of the American Revolution, Wickerham hoped to improve his fortunes on the frontier. He eventually settled in Adams County, in modern-day Peebles, Ohio. He built a cabin along Zane's Trace, an important road during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1800, Wickerham decided to build a brick tavern, which he completed in 1801. Known as Wickerham Inn, the tavern remained in operation until the 1850s. In the years leading up to the American Civil War, the tavern served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
According to legend, the Wickerham Inn is haunted. Purportedly, a stagecoach driver was murdered and beheaded in the tavern. Supposedly his body was not found for approximately one hundred years. In 1922, the inn was remodeled, and construction workers found a headless skeleton buried in the limestone floor. The body was purportedly buried, but the inn remained haunted. Article found at: https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Wickerham_Inn?rec=3026
Mansfield Reformatory located in Toledo, Ohio
Before the prison was built, the property was used as a training camp for Union Soldiers during the Civil War. Designed by acclaimed architect, Levi Scofield, this castle-like prison was built to reform and inspire its occupants... The inmates.
Formerly known as the Mansfield Reformatory, this historic prison is home to the state's most violent ghosts. Spirits of rioting inmates who often fought each other to the death in overcrowded isolation cells haunt the halls and cells of this former prison.
Mansfield Reformatory was the site of the filming of Shawshank Redemption, and it was featured on the hit TV show Ghost Hunters.
Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati Music Hall was built over a pauper's cemetery, which has helped fuel its reputation as one of the most haunted places in America.
History:
An 1838 map shows an orphan asylum where Music Hall currently sits.
An 1841 map shows a potter's field where Music Hall currently sits.On September 13, 1818, the City of Cincinnati purchased from Jesse Embree for $3,200 a plot of land on the west side of Elm Street, just north of 12th Street. On January 22, 1821, the Ohio State Legislature passed an act that established "a Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the state of Ohio." Thus, Ohio's first insane asylum was erected in Cincinnati on 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land bounded by the Miami and Erie Canal. The Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was the parent institution for the Orphan Asylum, the City Infirmary, the Cincinnati Hospital, and Longview Asylum. Cincinnati Hospital, the main facility, was located along the canal at 12th and Plum Streets, which is now 12th and Central Parkway.
Around 1832, a cholera outbreak in Cincinnati killed 832 people and resulted in a large number of orphans. To house the orphans, the city constructed the "Cincinnati Orphan Asylum" near the corner of 12th and Elm Streets. The Orphan Asylum was a four-story building, 64 feet (20 m) by 54 feet (16 m), which stood for 30 years however, in 1837, it became known as "the Pest House" after the hospital began using it to isolate patients with infectious diseases, and the ground around the building became used as a Potter's Field. Here the hospital buried suicides, strangers, and the indigent and homeless of Cincinnati. It was once believed that instead of coffins, the deceased were merely bundled-up and dropped into the ground, further research, however, has evidenced that they were at one time buried in coffins, however the poor quality wood used quickly decayed leaving little trace of these coffins today. At the time, this land was still considered the outskirts of the city.
For the next 20 years, the land was used as a "pauper's cemetery" until 1857 when city encroachment on the neighborhood made it unsuitable for such uses. Serious complaints from abutting property owners forced the "Pest House" to be relocated outside of the city limits. On January 29, 1859, the city converted the property into a park known as Elm Street Park and the land and buildings were used for exposition purposes until 1876 when it was turned over to the Music Hall Association. Music Hall would be built on the original location of the "Pest House" which earlier served as the Orphan Asylum. Since the graves were not marked, Music Hall was simply built over them.
While digging a new elevator shaft in 1988, human bones were exhumed. On the first day workers discovered 88 pounds of bones, and on the following day 119 pounds of bones. There were a total of 19 skulls, at least 60 femurs, and while most of the remains were of adults there were also children. Also while renovating the Music Hall, they found human bones beneath the orchestra pit in 2016. Some say that they would come across 4-6 bodies in a singular coffin.
In 2017, a 16-month, $143-million renovation of Music Hall was completed, a project that reduced the seating capacity of Springer Auditorium from 3,417 to 2,263-2,2524, depending on the configuration.
An 1838 map shows an orphan asylum where Music Hall currently sits.
An 1841 map shows a potter's field where Music Hall currently sits.On September 13, 1818, the City of Cincinnati purchased from Jesse Embree for $3,200 a plot of land on the west side of Elm Street, just north of 12th Street. On January 22, 1821, the Ohio State Legislature passed an act that established "a Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the state of Ohio." Thus, Ohio's first insane asylum was erected in Cincinnati on 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land bounded by the Miami and Erie Canal. The Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was the parent institution for the Orphan Asylum, the City Infirmary, the Cincinnati Hospital, and Longview Asylum. Cincinnati Hospital, the main facility, was located along the canal at 12th and Plum Streets, which is now 12th and Central Parkway.
Around 1832, a cholera outbreak in Cincinnati killed 832 people and resulted in a large number of orphans. To house the orphans, the city constructed the "Cincinnati Orphan Asylum" near the corner of 12th and Elm Streets. The Orphan Asylum was a four-story building, 64 feet (20 m) by 54 feet (16 m), which stood for 30 years however, in 1837, it became known as "the Pest House" after the hospital began using it to isolate patients with infectious diseases, and the ground around the building became used as a Potter's Field. Here the hospital buried suicides, strangers, and the indigent and homeless of Cincinnati. It was once believed that instead of coffins, the deceased were merely bundled-up and dropped into the ground, further research, however, has evidenced that they were at one time buried in coffins, however the poor quality wood used quickly decayed leaving little trace of these coffins today. At the time, this land was still considered the outskirts of the city.
For the next 20 years, the land was used as a "pauper's cemetery" until 1857 when city encroachment on the neighborhood made it unsuitable for such uses. Serious complaints from abutting property owners forced the "Pest House" to be relocated outside of the city limits. On January 29, 1859, the city converted the property into a park known as Elm Street Park and the land and buildings were used for exposition purposes until 1876 when it was turned over to the Music Hall Association. Music Hall would be built on the original location of the "Pest House" which earlier served as the Orphan Asylum. Since the graves were not marked, Music Hall was simply built over them.
While digging a new elevator shaft in 1988, human bones were exhumed. On the first day workers discovered 88 pounds of bones, and on the following day 119 pounds of bones. There were a total of 19 skulls, at least 60 femurs, and while most of the remains were of adults there were also children. Also while renovating the Music Hall, they found human bones beneath the orchestra pit in 2016. Some say that they would come across 4-6 bodies in a singular coffin.
In 2017, a 16-month, $143-million renovation of Music Hall was completed, a project that reduced the seating capacity of Springer Auditorium from 3,417 to 2,263-2,2524, depending on the configuration.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Music_Hall
The Franklin Castle in Cleveland, Ohio
The creepy-loving crew from Paranormal Lockdown are the only TV ghost investigators to ever be invited inside the ominous Cleveland icon.
The Franklin Castle - AKA - Hannes Tiedemann House has a dark past. It was built in the late 1880s for German immigrant Hannes Tiedemann. The historic home stands 4 stories high, has more than 20 rooms, and 80 windows. The house is full of secret passageways and hidden rooms. It has seen its fair share of death and tragedies.
Sisters Century House Restaurant in Canal Fulton, Ohio The 1870 building has housed several businesses in historic Canal Fulton over the years. Currently, it houses a family style restaurant, but was also home to a crematorium in the past, which was in the basement of the building in the early 1900's. Sightings of shadow people, a poltergeist in the kitchen, and ghostly ladies have been reported to have been sighted in the basement which has an entrance to an old tunnel. The basement also has an unusual room that is said to make people dizzy.