11/14/2010: Dan goes on a ghost photo safari hunt at Riverside Cemetery and captured more than what he bargained for: Continue reading
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Submission: Riverside Cemetery
Orig. Published 2/24/03: Here’s a particularly chilling submission by Russell, who has also offered two pictures he took of Riverside Cemetery’s chapel this past summer (see below).
I lived around Riverside Cemetery when I was a kid and used to play there before they built I-71. My brother and I have always witnessed strange sounds/sights there when we were younger. We have since moved away to Lorain county, but both my parents and my two brothers are buried there and I visit a few times a year. Continue reading
Seven Barns
(Orig. Published 3/2002)
Within the Cuyahoga Valley area, there were once seven barns owned by a rich farmer who had seven children. The farmer went mad and butchered his family and livestock. He buried his wife and children in six of the barns.
He then hung himself from the rafters of the seventh barn. Continue reading
Squire’s Castle
(Orig. Published 10/5/2002)
In the late 1890’s, Standard Oil co-founder Feargus B. Squire constructed this carriage house, on what is now the North Chagrin Reservation on River Road. The carriage house was part of a larger estate he had planned to build for himself, his wife and daughter. He was never to complete the project. Continue reading
Tinker’s Creek
(Orig. Published 10/25/2004)
Mostly hidden among a tree-covered, glacier-carved landscape, Tinker’s Creek remains largely untouched by human hands. Some of those who have attempted to settle this land barely left a trace of their own existence. Today, many visitors to this area have reported strange occurrences–eerie sounds, lights and shadows; the uncanny sense of being chased away…even followed.
Is Tinker’s Creek haunted or cursed, as some say? And if so, then why?
Understanding the mystery of Tinker’s Creek first requires a look back at its history. And its history is quite mysterious indeed. Continue reading
Garfield Monument
(Orig. Published 6/2003)
Cleveland’s Lake View Cemetery is home to the busiest ghost in Ohio–that of the 20th U.S. President James A. Garfield. Continue reading
Franklin Castle
(Orig. Published 12/2003)
Strange voices coming from empty rooms and behind the walls, sounds of crying children, faces that suddenly materialize in the woodwork, spinning chandeliers, cold spots, and mysterious ectoplasm…these are but a few of the bizarre occurrences witnessed by those who have entered Franklin Castle, one of Ohio’s most notorious haunted places. Continue reading
Collinwood School Fire
(Orig. Published 9/2003)
On Ash Wednesday, March 4, 1908, Collinwood’s Lake View Elementary School became the site of the country’s worst school tragedy. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., and while school was in session, overheated steam pipes ignited nearby wood joists. The fire spread quickly, and roughly half of the students were unable to escape. In the end, 172 children, 2 teachers and 1 rescuer perished in the fire. Continue reading
Cleveland Agora Theatre
(Orig. Published 9/3/2004)
Elvis and the Beatles once “haunted” the stage of this historic theatre, but some say real ghosts also haunt the Cleveland Agora Theatre. If you are patient, attentive and brave enough to venture the dark corridors, catwalks and hidden rooms, then you just may encounter one of the theatre’s mysterious inhabitants. Continue reading
Black Mary Ann
(Orig. Published 3/2003)
Sometime in the 1930’s in Cleveland, a young woman named Mary Ann was walking along West 25th Street near the old Farmer’s Market (now the West Side Market). She never made it home. Continue reading