Historic haunted places in Cleveland, 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.
Cleveland's oldest burial ground holds Joc-O-Sot, a Meskwaki man buried here in 1844 far from his homeland. Local folklore says he is restless and roams both the cemetery and the g…
Opened in 1865 by the Hungarian Aid Society, this is Cleveland's second-oldest Jewish cemetery. A woman who grew up beside it on Wakefield Avenue says her family heard a little gir…
Open for ticketed guided tours and overnight stays.
Ghost stories here date to the late 1960s, when a family living in the house told local press about rooms that stayed cold, a child crying in the carriage house and music from the …
Open to the public (free museum; tours and events).
The armory's best-known ghost is Lou, a caretaker said to have died of a heart attack on the job, who seems to keep making his rounds. People notice him through the smell of cherry…
Open to the public (free; Garfield Memorial open seasonally).
Visitors after dark have reported unexplained lights in and around the Garfield Memorial, where the assassinated president is entombed. A more fanciful local tale says Garfield and…
Open to the public (lobby free; observation deck ticketed on open dates).
In 1928 workers Patrick Toolis and Patrick Cleary were buried by concrete at the bottom of a deep foundation pit while the tower was going up. Reports since include a figure in 192…