Franklin Castle

Franklin Castle is a famous haunted house located in Cleveland, OH. Growing up in Cleveland, we would walk past the castle on tiptoes wondering if the legend of the story of Franklin Castle were true.

Franklin Castle is an eerie structure of dark and foreboding stone that has long been considered a spooky place by architects and the general public alike. There are over thirty rooms in the castle's four stories and the roof is designed in steep gables that give the place its gothic air. Secret passages honeycomb the house and sliding panels hide the doorways to these hidden corridors. It is said that a thirteen-year-old girl was once murdered in one of these hallways by her uncle because he believed her to be insane. In the front tower, it is told that a bloody ax murder once took place and it was here that one of the former owners found a secret cabinet that contained human bones. The Deputy coroner of Cleveland, Dr. Lester Adelson, who examined the bones shortly after they were found in January 1975, judged them to be of someone who had been dead for a very, very long time. Did they date back to the years of the original owners of the house?

Check out the More Info URL, as well as the following links for more information and close-up photos (both inside and outside).

http://www.franklincastle.com/

http://www.prairieghosts.com/oh-frank.html