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Haunted Places in Columbus, OH

Historic haunted places in Columbus, 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.

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An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery

Haunted place

2900 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43204

Open to the public (free, posted hours).

Soon after the Civil War, people described a veiled Lady in Gray tending graves at the old prison camp cemetery. Grounds workers and visitors still report fresh flowers left on hea…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Kelton House Museum & Garden

Haunted place

586 E Town St, Columbus, OH 43215

Temporarily closed after a November 2025 fire; exterior view only.

Staff over many years have reported Oscar Kelton standing in the garden as if pausing for a smoke, a habit he had in life. A young girl has also been seen in a second-floor hallway…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

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Ohio Statehouse

Haunted place

1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215

Open to the public (free self-guided tours; seasonal ghost programs).

Senate clerk Thomas Bateman kept the same route out of the building every day for 52 years, and lights along that path are said to flicker around 5 p.m. A Lady in Gray is heard wee…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

An imposing gothic mansion lit with dramatic amber lanterns and eerie fog under an autumn moonIllustrated dispatch art — not a photoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH // PARANORMAL SITE

OHIO / HAUNTED PLACE

Thurber House

Haunted place

77 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215

Open to the public (literary museum).

Humorist James Thurber wrote 'The Night the Ghost Got In' about a night in 1915 when he heard footsteps circling the dining-room table in this house. He insisted he truly heard a g…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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