A Once Forgotten Ghost Town?
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Rouge's Hollow


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Contributed by Michael Corey

venomofgod666@hotmail.com

Well I lived around that area for a long time, and as you well know, stories are usually rampant when a town/area has ANY tpye of "scary" reputation.
Rouge's Hollow is no different, but there are many stories that remain untrue, and unexplainable.
There is the one of the supposed "Ghost Train." From what I have heard from many different channels, is that a long time ago, during the Rail Road era, a passenger train derailed along the fields that surround the hollow. Now, it has been said that there are many nights that the train makes a stop there, and lets the passengers off. I, myself was a regular visitor there, and I never once saw anything like that.
There is the story of the "Burning House of July," (at least that is how I've heard it. Supposedly an old "witch's" house was burned, and (you probably have the pattern here), the house shows up a night throughout the month of July. This too I have never seen.
Now there is Crybaby Bridge. I have been to this place, and although I have never heard the "sound of a baby cring," I have felt a very depressive/saddened atmosphere. Most folks, (as my father told me,) would park their cars or walk across the bridge and hear the sound of a baby crying. I myself have looked around this bridge, and on the underside, I found the remnants of an old PA system. (Not too much there, just rotted wires connected to splinters of wood that look as if they were once speakers.)
Ok, those were ones that I have heard that are supposed to be true. Now here are the ones you may not have heard...

I wish I knew the exact location of this area, as it is a very, I want to say "Powerful," area. I, and some of my friends were wandering the woods around the Hollow, and we came to a clearing. We were just wandering, and we felt the need to stop. As we were standing there, we heard the sound of something huge crashing through the trees and underbrush, only it was coming from in front AND behind us. We were standing in a rough circle and I was standing on what I took for discarded boards. Now, I am not the most "spiritually attuned" person in the world, but I will say this, as I noticed I was on these boards, I felt an overwhelming sense of limitless power, (that is the best way to describe the feeling.) As I felt this, we all noticed that the crashing was heading away from us, back the way it had been coming, (towards us from both sides.) I discussed this with many of my friends and some folks known for their knowledge of "The Mystical," and all have said the same. They asked me to describe what I felt in great detail, and from what I could express through words, they gathered I had stumbled upon the "Witches Well." Weather this is true or not, all I know is that area was full of something, and I felt it.
There is the story of the "Ghost Police Car." Now I haven't heard too much on this, but I will say that I have been chased out of the area by a car. I get to a bridge heading out of the whole "Hollow Area," and when I look back the car was gone. I've been told many things on this, but I have never heard anyone who stopped. (I'm crazy enough to do this, but I haven't been back there in a long time, as I live in Cleveland now.)
There are numerous places that have a very bad "vibe," and those places I have been near, and all over. Sometimes there is a good feeling, others, it feels like tragedy. I have looked up stories, news articles, and that is why I started this with the ones that I have come to believe are "Fable."
I will look and find more interesting items of information for you. I will also E-mail the other site. I looked at that site and I noticed that there isn't too much info, (at least not as much as I have come to know, and that isn't saying the other site isn't doing good, just that if you live long enough near an area reputed to be "haunted" you hear stories, and you check them out trying to be brave with friends.)
The more I find the more you will know.
Thanks for reading this long E-mail, but I felt you might want to have some info on Rouge's Hollow, as many of the local sites don't have this place anywhere, (except of course the one.)
I do want to say, that this place, during the day, is one of the most peacefull places I have ever been to. During the night, however, it has both a sad, and menacing feel.

I'll keep you posted, and thanks again for reading this.

Michael

Contributed by Steve

bossk@peoplepc.com

I have been to Rouge's Hollow. My god, It was 17 years ago. My aunt and a friend of hers took us all when we were about 16 years old. This is a place they used to go to get spooked when they were our age. I remember the ride down there, It all seemed harmless and really.......... we were not expecting to see anything at all. Us kids were more interested in the road trip more than anything. We went in two car loads so you can imagine the fun we were having on the CB. It was near Halloween so we were telling ghost stories that we got out of a "Haunted Ohio" book but when we told them we made it sound as if we were there first hand! My aunt was telling us about the Rouges Hallow and some of the stories that happened. She was telling us about the "Ghost Train" and how it derailed some time ago. She did not believe the story about the train, she was more interested in taking us to a place where a man lost his head near the rail road tracks some where inside of Rouges Hallow. I guess there is a plaque of some sort along side of the tracks in his memory and to what happened there. She told us that some nights he wanders and you can actually see a man walking around with out his head. Now we were starting to get spooked our selves. When we finally got to the town we must of driven every where TWICE!! We could not find out destination and the we got a flat tire. It must have been between 1:30-2:00 a.m. in the middle of no where with no lights and nobody wanting to get out of the car to change the tire. Well we finally decided that we would ALL get out of the car together and change the tire. It must have looked real funny to see 11 people out changing one flat tire. After the tire change we all decide to hit the road and go home. All of us were upset that we did not get to see a man running around with out a head. When we turned back to go home my aunt was telling us that we were real close to our destination but could not remember the exact names of the streets. She also said that local authorities had taken down some street signs to confuse outsiders on how to get there. We were approaching a rail road crossing when all of a sudden we heard a loud roar to our right, we looked and there it was the "Ghost Train" rolling down the tracks. We were all shouting with excitement and really........we could not believe it. It was an a old steam train (the loudest I've ever heard) it had no front light and was not pulling a single car. The whistle had blown 2 or 3 times and then passed us shaking both cars!! Then it was gone like it vanished right in front of us. It was so unbelievable and not a soul believed us when we had told our stories to others, but it had happened all right in front of us. We said that someday we would all go back with a detailed map so we could find exactly where the hobo had lost his head but we had never found the time. Now when we hear of Rouge's Hollow...........we'll always have the train!!!

Contributed by Dave

dm359@aol.com

One story I have that happened to a friend and myself was that we we're driving on one of the roads in Rogue's Hollow (forgot the name) and we had the windows down and the car was idling down the road. We turned off the headlights and just left on the parking lights thought that would set the mood. When all of a sudden I heard some children laughing very softly and as I turned to my friend he turned to me and asked if I had heard something and I said yes and I know what I heard what did you hear and he said it sounded like children laughing softly so I stopped the car and shut it off and we sat for about 5 to 10 minutes but nothing more happened. Mind you this is about 11:00 P.M. at night on a Sunday and in the middle of no where the closest house was probably 3/4 to a mile away. We also can across some railroad tracks about a half mile from when we heard the strange noises (children). My friend had told another friend that we went to crybaby bridge (the one in Rogue's Hollow) and before he said anything else his friend asked if we heard the kids crying by the railroad tracks. Seems that years ago 2 kids running away from home were killed by a train in that area. We have been back several times but seen and heard nothing. Anyone else have any strange things like the kids happen????
Dave

Contributed by Nookiecub69@aol.com

Nookiecub69@aol.com

here is the"TRUE" story behind the whole crybaby bridge "myth" other than it being"fake" i myself believe it anyway here is the story

it was the winter of 1891 a woman by the name of Mellissa Anne LeBose had a child. a baby girl whose name was Amanda Lynn, born a bastard child to a married man.The man's name was Thomas Allan Moore.Everyone in the town of Barberton believed the Mellissa was a witch and we all know what problems that can cause.Anyway, Thomas tried to keep the fact of the child a secret, but his wife found out because the doctor that had delivered Amanda was the same doctor for their children and let it slip that Thomas had fathered the child. In a fit of rage the wife started a rumor that " the witch" had seduced her husband and was making all the towns children sick with an incurable disease ( possibly TB) . There was a lynch mob and a "bounty" set upon her head. The towns people found her walking one night, and decided to have a witchhunt. They chased her through the town and into the woods. She ran for miles and miles, child in hand. The baby was cold and starving and crying loudly. Thomas' wife had already gone to the bridge and was there when Mellissa came upon her . She told Mellissa to kill the child and she would call off the hunt. This horrified her to no end and she would be killed if she was caught. Amanda was screaming her little head off from being so hungry and cold. Mellissa took one last look at the child and tossed it over the side of the bridge. Thomas" wife was turning to leave when Mellissa placed a curse upon the her and the bridge" when the moon glows and the snow falls , my childs tears shall ring in your ears till your death, and her voice shall echo here for a thousand years to remind them of the pain you caused an innocent child" and with that she jumped in after, dying from hypothermia in the cold river water . The next day they pulled her body from under the bridge where it was caught up in the understructure but the baby's body was never found............Thomas' wife believed in the curse, thinking she heard a baby crying till the day she died in 1926, when she commited suicide . When they found her body in the bedroom she had cut her wrists and written "the baby is crying again! the baby is crying again! in her own blood on the floor .................................

now the names may have been changed to protect people but i have written it as it was told to me by my cousin hope you enjoy and i will be in touch again with more "STORIES" from Rouges Hollow......... just make sure that when you go to bed tonight if you have children thank whatever god or goddess you belive in that they are safe and that no harm like this will ever come their way