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.
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…
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…
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…
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…