| Tindall Bridge |
| Tindall Bridge |
| Terry on the job |
| A view from the parking area |
| We came across some stories online about a purported haunting at the Tindall Bridge, in Ohio. All the accounts that we found were pretty similar, so here are the basic details. It is said that this place is haunted by the ghost of a murder victim from the 1950s. Supposedly she roams the area under the bridge, crying and asking for help. Several years ago another murder victim was found in the field just across from the bridge. A slight variation claims that there was a child born out of wedlock, so it was thrown over bridge and left for dead. The crying spirit there is supposed to be that of the mother searching for the child. What stood out most to us was the complete lack of details. Quite typical with most urban legends there are no names known, no actual dates, nothing documented whatsoever. Are there any actual witness to these events? If so, our research didn't lead us to any. If anybody has information that might be useful to us, please visit our 'Contact Us' page to let us know. Tom and Terry arrived at the Tindall Bridge mid afternoon on a sunny, but cool, day in March 2010. Wanting to get a feel for the place during the daytime we gathered what equipment that we thought would be useful now and headed down under the bridge. It became obvious that there would be three noisy obstacles for us to overcome. The cars coming over the metal-grate bridge, the wind, and the water from river. As Tom anticipated, all were quite evident on our audio recordings, even more so when we were closer to the river. During the day there were just too many cars passing over the bridge. Barely a minute would pass without a car rumbling overhead. This was only intended to be a preliminary daylight visit, so we packed it up for now. Returning later that night we agreed that based on the location we would set up for a paranormal stakeout instead of a traditional investigation. Utilizing our cameras, voice recorder, night vision scope and parabolic dish our hope was to catch and record the cries for help that people report hearing at this spot. Even at night, and in a rather rural area, we couldn't believe how many vehicles were still passing by. This was a good location to employ the use of our night vision equipment and parabolic dish. Even though it was a little bit windy, we could still pick up a variety of sounds to make it useful. If there is a "cry for help", we would hear it. It was quite dark, making any photos as night just useless. Which is why you don't even see any night time photos posted here online. Unfortunately, it was even to dark for infrared photos. Realizing that with the fairly persistent traffic, and lack of being able to use any cameras or video cameras, that we might as well pack it in for the Tindall Bridge. If we can’t capture any viable evidence, there is no point in remaining here. In the time we spent here neither Terry or Tom had any personal experiences, came upon any anomalies that could even possibly be considered paranormal, or heard any cries for help. In short, we obtained no evidence. If there is any paranormal activity here at the Tindall Bridge, it was not apparent tonight. Overall, we were not able to confirm, or debunk, any part of the haunting that purportedly occurs here |
| Some of the local art work |
| Looking over at the river |
| CAUTION: Urban Legend |