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