Haunted Cleveland

Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery, located just east of University Circle and Little Italy, was founded in 1869 by a group of prominent Cleveland businessmen, including Jeptha Wade, founder of the Western Union Telegraph Company and one of Cleveland early benefactors.

The 285-acre cemetery is the final resting place for many of Cleveland's most famous figures, including John D. Rockefeller, Eliot Ness, former Mayor Carl Stokes, and President James A. Garfield. Lake View is noted for its diverse and elaborate architecture, including the Art Deco-style Wade Chapel with its original Tiffany window and the Neo-Gothic Garfield Monument, and its many stone angels.

As with any cemetery with so many famous residents, rumors persist of hauntings. Tours of the gravestones and grounds are given regularly at Lake View, including several on and around Halloween.