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Moonville Tunnel - Lavender Lady

Near Zaleski, Ohio

39.307273,-82.322445

Legend:

 

A woman walks the far end of the tunnel and the scent of lavender follows.

 

Haunted Ohio-Moonville Tunnel

moonville tunnelMoonville Tunnel: Moonville was a small mining and railway town that cropped up during the 1800's iron boom and eventually disappeared just a little over 150 years later.

Like many of Vinton and Hocking County iron boom towns that waned to nothing more than grassy fields over the last century, little is left to show humans ever dwelled here at all. Moonville is no exception- aside from an old well, a few shards of old  teacups found in Raccoon Creek once in a while and three well-hidden foundations, nothing more remains.

It has long been said that the tunnel is haunted by a railway brakeman, but few ever hear of the Lavender Lady of Moonville Tunnel. However, many have crossed through the tunnel to the other side, taken the short trail off the old gravel path and caught the scent of stale lavender. Where does this smell come from even in the middle of winter when the snow is nearly knee deep?

Local Stories pertaining to Lavender Lady:

It is said that a woman from Mineral  was crossing the train trestle, she was struck and killed by a train. Rumor has it that her ghost still walks the area where her broken body had plunged after being hit from the train-directly where the scent of lavender still lingers in the air.


Moonville Ghosts-The Background Research

 

So were there actually any deaths of women near the tunnel which would add any credence to the ghost of Lavender Lady?  Two substantiated deaths have occurred near the tunnel. One was in 1873 and the other was an elderly woman in 1905. Actually, there was even a short reference in the Athens Messenger in 1873. Below is a short excerpt from the newspaper:


 

Reference: Athens Messenger, 10/16/1873

Death occurred on October 12, 1873

More information on Moonville and Moonville Tunnel: Moonvilletunnel.net


 

 


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