The Haunted Moonville Tunnel - Ohio's Ghost That Still Stops

Deep in the most heavily forested county in Ohio, a brick tunnel stands alone in the woods with a dead town's name still carved above it — and a lantern that swings in the dark for trains that stopped running decades ago. This is the true history of the Moonville Tunnel, the ghosts of the vanished coal town that surround it, and the operating order a real railroad reportedly issued in 1981 telling engineers to look right at the phantom light and pretend it wasn't there.

 

Then stay for an original horror story set inside the tunnel — because the legend has one thing backwards about what that lantern is really trying to do.

 

🚂 Featured location: Moonville Tunnel, Vinton County, Ohio (Zaleski State Forest)

👻 The Brakeman • The Engineer • The Lavender Lady • The Bully

 

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⚠️ The story in this episode is a work of fiction. The location, and its history, are entirely real.

 

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