- A headless horseman is said to haunt a place called Cherry Hill or Ghost Hill in Fayette County. He was reportedly decapitated by thieves who found that his body was missing when they pretended to "discover" his death. He has been haunting the area ever since.
- Near Yellow Springs, another headless ghost is said to haunt. This ghost is Charlie Batdorf, a Civil War soldier who has been seen walking up the path to his house.
- A ghostly soldier and his wife have been seen walking and holding hands on the Eaton-Gettysburg Road. They have also been seen seated under a large oak tree on the road. The legends say the young woman was killed and a stake driven through her body by Indians. She is said to have died near the tree.
- The old train depot in Galion has a haunted room called the "coffin room" and it is haunted by the ghost of a man in a long coat and reported "inhuman things". It has also been said that ghostly trains have been heard and have shaken the building.
- At Miamiville, the ghost of a railroad man who was killed during the Civil War has been seen standing along the railroad tracks.
- The Village House Restaurant in Ashville is reportedly haunted by the late owner of the establishment. His ghost is known for pulling pranks and getting the attention of the staff members.
- The Ridge Street Bridge in Dayton is said to be haunted by the ghost of Bessie Little. She was killed by her lover and thrown into the river. It is reported that you can still hear her falling to her death.
- A place called the Old Stone Front Home in Piqua is said to be haunted by the ghost of a weeping child. He was abducted many years ago, on the evening before his mother's funeral. Twenty years later, workmen who were cleaning out a well found the bones of the child there.
- Fort Hayes in Columbus is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a young solider. He was killed in 1865 when he was firing a cannon salute for the assassinated President Lincoln. The cannon was overheated and exploded, killing them man. His ghost is still said to walk because of his love for the fort commander's daughter, who allegedly knew the cannon would explode.
- Library Park in Miamisburg is said to be haunted the ghost of a murdered girl wearing a white dress. In 1894, the apparition was seen almost every night by thousands of people, appearing among the tombstones in Miamisburg Cemetery. She has been seen as lately as the 1980's and may still appear today.
- The Wood County Historical Society Museum is said to be a very haunted place. From around 1900 to 1937, the building served as the Wood County Poor House and was later used a nursing home. Staff member have heard slamming doors, have felt as if they were watched and one reportedly saw and old lady shuffling down a hallway and then vanish. One part of the building was used as the Lunatic House and staff members have reported the sounds of people scratching on doors. One people saw the face of a crying, retarded boy looking out of a window.
- The Cornell place Apartments in Cincinnati are said to be haunted by several ghosts. It was a mansion at the beginning of the century and was the scene of a suicide and a murder. It gained it's ghostly reputation in the years that followed and was sold to the Ealy School for Girls in 1900 and became an apartment house after World War II. The house is the scene of unexplained footsteps and strange voices.
- The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton is reportedly haunted by ghosts who are attracted to the old Air Force relics that are on display here. Guards have reported moving objects, unexplainable voices and eerie sounds.
- The "Our House" Tavern, now a museum, in Gallipolis is said to be haunted. The structure was built in 1819 and volunteers and visitors here have reported disembodied footsteps in the front hall and the sound of a woman singing in the empty ballroom on the second floor.
- The Hinckley Library in Hinckley was built in 1845 and belonged to Vernon Stouffer of the Stouffer food company. It became a public library in 1973 and stories of the place being haunted became well-known. The ghosts of a man and woman were seen on the stairs, a workman encountered a figure in the basement and others have felt and seen strange things like objects moving about on their own and various apparitions. The ghosts are believed to be those of Dr. Nelson Wilcox and his sister Rebecca, who lived in a cabin at the site before the house was built.
- The McConnelsville Opera House is one of the state's most haunted theaters. The building was used a stop on the Underground Railroad, prior to the Civil War, and renovations in the early 1960's stirred us some ghostly activity. Workers reported the sound of a woman singing and piano playing. A man in a white suit appears in the auditorium, along with a white apparition who was once seen by more than forty witnesses.
- The camping area of the John Bryan State Park is said to be haunted at dusk by a man who walks out of the west gate and then disappears before reaching Meredith Road. He is dressed like a farmer and is believed to be the ghost of the man who donated the land to Greene County for the park.
- A ghost light is said to appear at Weidler's Passing track M.P. 1054 near Arcadia. Trains have been said to be stopped by a lantern swinging back and forth over the tracks. When the train was stopped for the brakeman to investigate, the light would disappear into the woods. At other times, the light is reported to stay just ahead of the train and they when it reaches Weidler's, the light shoots off into the sky. The light is believed to be the ghost of a railroad worker (not surprisingly) who was killed in an accident years ago.
The Bowling Green State University campus is home to more than one ghost, but it is the most famous one who haunts two of the college's theaters. These theaters, named after actors Joe E. Brown and Eva Marie Saint, are said to be haunted by the ghost of an actress named Alice. No one is sure just how the story of Alice got started, but it generally accepted that the spirit is genuine.
In one story, Alice was an actress who was killed by a falling object during a show and in another she was killed in a car crash, but regardless, the stories say that she must be invited to all of the performances that take place at the theater. Tradition holds that the stage manager must stand alone on the darkened stage and formally invite after the last dress rehearsal for the show.
If she is not invited, bad things can happen in the theater, especially during the shows. It has been said that sets fall apart, things fall over, lights go out, and sometimes much worse, if the tradition isn't followed.
For those who are skeptical that such things can happen by accident... Alice has even been seen in the theater on more than one occasion. She has been seen wearing clothing that appears to date from the 1920's and she is very pale and has long hair. She has been reportedly seen very recently and according to a recent update by author Chris Woodyard, Alice wreaked havoc at a production of Henry IV by knocking down props, injuring two actors and causing the box office computers to go off-line on opening night. A staff member believes that someone may have talked badly of Alice during rehearsals for the show.
If theater ghosts are most common on a college campus, they are closely challenged in popularity by ghosts of the local sorority houses. At Bowling Green State University, the famous sorority ghost is Amanda of the Chi Omega House. According to legend, Amanda rushed Chi Omega many years ago and was killed by a train on the very night she was to be made a sister. She was so desperate to join the sorority that she has returned to haunt the house. One of the rooms in the house is called "Amanda's Room" and it is here that she most often makes her presence known. Items fall from the walls, doors lock and unlock, lights turn on and off in the room. Things also disappear from the house and tend to reappear again in a small utility closet that apparently Amanda claims for her own. This closet, dubbed "Amanda's Closet", has a door that tends to lock by itself.
Every year, the sorority has a composite photo taken with portraits of all of the girls in the house. A blank spot is always left open and labeled "Amanda". In the 1986-87 composite, Amanda was accidentally left out of the portrait and that particular photo routinely falls off the wall!
Bowling Green University is located just north of Bowling Green, Ohio, which lies about twenty miles south of Toledo on Highway 25.
