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Lake County History Center

Painesville, OH, United States

415 Riverside Dr, Painesville, OH 44077, United States

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Haunting Rating★★★

THE STORY

Reported Haunting

Visitors and staff have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps, and mysterious activity during tours of the historic museum.

A night time tour of the building yields things seen and unseen. On the main floor, footsteps are heard shuffling through empty halls. Disembodied voices are both heard and captured electronically, sharing names, sending messages and telling visitors to “get out”. In the dormitory floors, the ghost of the matron, a Mrs. White frequently appears. Her dour expression seen in a hallway photograph remains on her pale face during this afterlife. In the basement of the building there are locking cells, once used to hold the dangerous and insane inmates. The dank walls here echo with voices, and orbs of light can be seen flashing through the building. Over the years, there have been many deaths, burials on the grounds, suicides by hanging.

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