Historic haunted places in Akron, OH. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Open for ticketed shows; seasonal architectural tours.
The Civic's best-known ghost is Fred, remembered as a longtime custodian who died on the job and still seems to discourage vandalism and rowdy patrons. A young woman linked to the …
Local lore says Susan Hower, wife of the 1871 mansion's builder, made her husband promise never to remarry, and her spirit is described as angry because he did, a few years after h…
This bar sits in a building that local ghost-tour guides say once hid a Prohibition-era speakeasy. Unlike the quiet cold spots at other downtown stops, the presence here is describ…
Ghost reports at this historical-society house go back to 1955. The three most repeated: a chair in the Alexander Room that rocks on its own, female figures on the main staircase t…
Open to the public (house and gardens; admission charged).
The Seiberling estate's resident ghost is the Gray Lady, a woman in period dress seen near the master suite balcony. One theory holds that she came over from England along with the…