The town of Portsmouth in southern Ohio is located near a river. You’ve never heard of the town before, but after reading about the crowds there, it will be hard to forget.
The Hallmark Care Center is based on children’s masks. Patients on the second floor sometimes hear the sound of children laughing, while many are awakened in the middle of the night by children sitting in bed. There are also children’s stories that are heard in the Attica region. These masks play with doors and water faucets.
The location at 830 Moravia in Portsmouth is also haunted. The building was originally owned by two brothers who used it as a shoe company. When the business went bankrupt, one of them jumped from the fifth floor. Another version of the story states that the man waited until the elevator was on the first floor, and then threw himself down the elevator shaft. The other brother then followed suit, and surrendered before the train passed. Of course, this also has a variation, with which the second brother jumped from the roof. The residents now hear a man screaming on the fifth floor and feel someone watching them. Others have problems with the third table, which seems to make natural sense.
Portsmouth also has a trailhead on Arent Run Pond Creek Road. There was once a house that sat on this road, but the house on the point and a little was burned down. the girl died in the fire. The girl is described as having very long brown hair in a tail. Many people want to see the girl in the area, but she always runs into the woods when a car approaches. There are also stories of people hearing her laugh in forested areas after dark. Whether this is a real ghost or just a dumb place, no one knows.
To find the real ghosts in Portsmouth though, you have to travel to Shawnee State University. The area where the school now sits was once a neighborhood of large houses, and many ghosts of the school go back to the old neighborhood. At the Advance Technology Center, students see doors and elevators open and close when no one is around. There are also rumors of cold places and many students are complaining that someone is watching them in the halls.
Hall Massie is also troubled with cold spots, and also with new shadows. Those who were in the building late night claim to hear footsteps and people whispering. There are also stories of the darkness moving through the building when no one is around. Many ghost experiences take place on the third floor, second floor and in the basement.
You will also find ghosts in the University Library where some buildings once stood. Several of the haunted houses were published, and some of the same activity is told in a recent library.
The busiest place on Shawnee State University’s campus is the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. lobby and hallucinate with tales of shadow people and hearing someone walking in the hall when the living room is empty. There are also stories of strange noises heard in the same area. Sometimes a boy is heard laughing in the hall, while some hear the voice of a woman finishing in the hall, long after everyone has left for the night.
For such a small-town, Portsmouth has a lot of loyal ghosts!
Sources:
http://www.forgottenoh.com/haunted.html
http://theshadowlands.net/places/ohio.htm
