Maud Hughes Road
It is said that many years ago, a young couple was driving across the bridge. Amid a heated argument, the girl became so angry that she opened the door and jumped out of the car. Falling to her death, it is said that she let out a primal scream. Allegedly, if one drives across the bridge, the girl may still be heard screaming.
I allready heard that same story in colorado but it was a baby why do you have to copy people?
Comment by nicole | 11.11.2005 | 12:04 pm
Uhh…wouldn’t she kind of see the edge of the bridge there BEFORE she jumped out of the car? It does vaguely interst me though. Too bad this is in Ohio.
Comment by Julia | 11.24.2005 | 5:08 pm
Why do the always scream! I mean (or is it meen) you do not have the time to scream whern you jump out from a moving car. It is just hop ans splat!
Comment by Max | 01.9.2006 | 11:19 am
(Sorry my lousy cramma or what ever it is. I can not write the words correctly. My appoligez or something like that..)
Comment by Max | 01.9.2006 | 11:20 am
OMG THIS IS SO TRUE, SHE WAS YELLING AND I WAS SO SCARED, I”M NEVER GOIN BACK THERE!!!!! I’M SO TRAMATIZED
Comment by johnny | 02.4.2006 | 2:55 pm
I would be freaking out. It would be so wierd to hear that sound.
Comment by Christina and mom | 03.26.2006 | 3:51 pm
where in west chester is this?
Comment by derrick | 05.13.2006 | 10:39 pm
I grew up in this area, the part of the road where this occurs is north on Maud Hughes off of Princeton Road, in Liberty Township. The bridge is called Screaming Bridge, located over train tracks. Supposedly if you stop on the bridge & turn off your vehicle she will appear & you can hear her screaming. We always got too freaked out to wait around for her, so we always left early, sometimes we were screaming ourselves in fear of her anticipated appearance. The story has been around a VERY LONG TIME, not copied from another state that I know of.
Comment by Jaci | 06.10.2006 | 6:20 am
Ok, I want to start off by saying that I am the world’s largest skeptic…or at least I used to be! In October 1994, my wife and I, along with a couple of our friends decided that it would be fun to explore some of the “local haunts”. Not being a native to the area, I had never heard anything about the Maud Hughes Bridge. After hearing all of the stories about the screams and sightings, we decided that we had to go explore it for ourselves. It was about 10pm on a Friday night, when we finally came upon the bridge. I didn’t feel comfortable parking the car and shutting the lights off on the bridge because of the blind curves that are on both sides. So, we parked our car at the bottom of the hill and walked up to the bridge. We were all a little nervous because of the No Trespassing signs posted all over the place, but neverless, we pursued on. I must admit that we never heard any screams on the bridge, nor did we see any apparitions. So, we decided to walk down underneath the bridge, on the tracks and see what we could find. As we were walking down the north side of the bridge, we were startled by a car getting ready to cross over the bridge. Being that we were clearly “trespassing”, we all decided to take cover and hunker down in the underbrush and wait until the car passed. The car finally made its way over the bridge, and we continued on toward the railroad tracks. Nathan, one of our friends, started through the thick underbrush first. I followed behind him, and my wife and other friend were close behind me. At this point, we had to stop because of the briars and we were looking around for another way down to the tracks. All of a sudden out of nowhere, I was hit! I don’t mean punched, but hit in the back with a force strong enough to lift me off my feet and throw me through the air into the area of my friends. The blow was so fierce that it literally knocked me out of my shoes! At first, I was not scared, but pissed off because I thought someone had tackled me from behind. But, when I landed in the middle of my friends and flashlights scanned the area, there was no one else there! Needless to say, I was terrified, and so was my colleagues. We ran back to the car, and drove back to Cin-Day Rd. in silence. We stopped at a Speedway to get a pack of cigarettes, and when I stepped out of the car, my wife panicked! There on the back of my black leather jacket were two HUGE hand prints in the center of my back.
Now, Im not asking anyone to believe this. I would have never believed it, had I not been the one to experience it. However, I do have audio footage of everything that happened that night, and if anyone would like to hear it, please send me an email at: jack_p@teameps.com
Comment by Jack | 08.16.2006 | 2:39 pm
This is true, I live only a mile away, and my experience was that when I stopped the car to wait, we all heard a scream, and I couldn’t get my car to start. After I waited another minute or two it started. I’m a mechanic, and I know my battery was charged and the starter didn’t have any problems with sticking. Very scary! To comment on Jacks entry about the two hand prints on his back, maybe it was the girl falling from above? creepy!
Comment by Dean | 08.26.2006 | 1:36 pm
i so heard about this one
Comment by alyssa | 09.14.2006 | 5:05 pm
that is so scary i know this because i live 2 miles from there and when i drive over the bridge i always here her. she is also really pretty because i have seen her ghost. a lot of people say she is ugly but i bet they have never seen her. if you would be kind enough to let me give you advice here it is. DO NOT LOOK HER STRAIGHT IN THE EYES!!!!!!! WEL G2G LOVED THE STORY
Comment by Ellie | 09.15.2006 | 8:00 pm
well now ellie….
thats hard to believe.
Comment by Eddie | 09.21.2006 | 3:43 pm
OMG!! i really want to try this it sounds like alot of funn!!
Comment by katie | 09.24.2006 | 6:45 pm
This is an old story. My Mom is 58 yrs. old and she went there in high school. I haven’t been there yet but, I am gonna go one night. My Mom said her and some friends went there and they heard the scream and saw a figure wearing a white dress walking on the train tracks, back then they were all too scared to stay and see what else happens. So they went home. But, she says looking back she wishes she would of stayed. Maybe she will go with me sometime to check it out.
Comment by Angela | 09.26.2006 | 9:19 pm
I am from Parma and I remember hearing about this back when I was in grade school. I forgot all about that until now. I think I will go check it out one of these saturdays. It is Halloween time. Thanks,
Comment by Michelle | 09.28.2006 | 12:19 pm
Been there, done that. Wish I had a “T” shirt. In 1967 (senior year) we used it as a make out place. I heard many screams, grunts and young girls moaning stuff like “Oh God” and “Yes,yes, yes!”
Did have the light come to the car one night but it must have been a friendly ghost or maybe she wanted to watch and couldn’t see what was going on in the back seat because the windows were fogged up. Someday I’m going back and see if I can still hear those screams.
Comment by Danny | 09.29.2006 | 11:14 am
I grew up near this road and all the guys used to take us there on dates to scare us. It is a true story but a train hit the car and killed the boy after she jumped and you can hear the trin coming if you stip on the tracks. So this story is true. It is a pretty wild ride.
Comment by Deanna | 10.2.2006 | 4:20 am
The story i head was that a bus full of school kids were driving across the bridge while it was icy and they slide off while a train was going through the tunnle, and when you go there at night you can here the kids screaming(thats why they call it screaming bridge!) i live close by and guys would infact take girls there to scare them! lol i’ve been there myself and you can here them screaming!!!
Comment by jessica | 10.12.2006 | 2:07 pm
I was raised in w.Chester. This bridge was referred as “the screaming bridge” in the 90’s. The story that I recall was something like this, a young couple were driving across the bridge, when the car stopped for no reason. The boy was driving, and he couldn’t get the car started again. He told the girl to lock the doors he was going to get help. She did as he asked, then she heard a tapping sound on the window, she got out to find her boyfriend, was hanging from a tree, (it was his class ring tapping the window) she started to scream!! I think she then was killed as well, I really can’t recall the rest of the story. I think the best time to see or hear anything is somewhere between 10p and 12am. I know many friends who have had different experiences. Remember if you visit you must be willing to wait, there is an certain time in which these events take place.
Comment by Panda | 10.30.2006 | 10:46 pm
Back in the late 80’s early 90’s my husband and some friends of ours and myself decided to check out the screaming bridge.My husband and myself decided once we got there to stay in the car because of all the no trespass signs, but our friends went for it.Sitting in the car we could hear them say they were going down over the hill towards the tracks.All at once my husband and I saw head lights coming from a distancts,he got out of the car and ran towards our friends voices to let them know we saw head lights.They ran back to the car ,by then the head lights were very close…my best friend went to start her car,it wouldn’t start!!!!! A brand new car!!! The head lights belonged to a police car.He stopped to see what we were doing.We told him we were having car problems(at that moment we weren’t lieing).He told us we must have p^&*@d someone off, to give it a few minuets and try to start the car again!!! Then we all knew why the car wouldn’t start.Once the car started he followed us out to a main road….I’ll never go back!!!!!
Comment by icumeow | 10.31.2006 | 1:16 pm
wow thats crazy im only 11 and ive had a lot of theese encounters i love ghost but ive never been there cant wait till i get older im am so goin
Comment by seth | 11.11.2006 | 5:15 pm
when your dead you have no body nothing to scream with. The bridge has a “natural howl” due to the car / truck tires going over the specific road construction.
Comment by lazer | 11.20.2006 | 7:24 am
Hey I live about 20 min. away from the bridge. My great uncle told me this story when I was about 10. Im now 16.
A couple was driving along the road arguing. As they pulled up to the bridge a car was allready stopped on it and the man got out to ask them if they needed help. It was a gang. The gang murdered the man and the went for the girl. They took the girl and wrapped a nuse around her neck and threw her ove the bridge as a rain passed. So before the roped reached the end the train hit her. I have neve heard it called “The Screaming Bridge” bef ore I was allways told “Bloody Bridge”.
I am also filming a documentary on it for a school project. If anyone has extra Information for me or any advise I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Comment by Ethan | 11.28.2006 | 1:32 pm
Hey Lazer-
Yes, spirits do have the ability to make noise, it happens all the time! You shouldn’t be so skeptical of something that is way beyond your comprehension. To all of the other non-believers out there, do you really believe that this life is it? Come on now, that would be a little disapointing, don’t you think?
Maggie
Comment by Maggie | 11.30.2006 | 5:29 pm
hey im lookin up haunted places in ohio for me and my friend to travel to we have had many experiences in this and would if someone who knows of other place please email me at angiekttn513@aol.com weare going to this bridge soon to see if we can have that same experience others have thanx alot angie cincinnati ohio
Comment by angie lowe | 02.1.2007 | 11:38 am
who would be stupid enough to jump out of a moving car!!!!!!!
Comment by Katie | 02.18.2007 | 3:40 pm
I agree with Katie, why did she jump out of a moving car, this lady must be a real ******!!!
Comment by *.:tOtAlLy bRoOkE:.* | 02.19.2007 | 2:12 pm
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Comment by *.:tOtAlLy bRoOkE:.* | 02.19.2007 | 2:13 pm
kool…………………………….. but scary
Comment by unknown | 04.2.2007 | 3:32 pm
this stuff is real. i used to live off of carson and yankee rd. some friends of mine and i went out to check for some 4-wheeling places for my buddies ATV on maud hughes rd. there were a bunch of trees torn down due to a new subdivision being built. me and my buddy scott were walkin around lookin for places, while my other 3 buddies went muddin in his blazer, (which is now built over new houses) they came back and said they were having so much fun, so i hopped in and went with them. unfortunatly we were goin a little too fast and hydroplained and flipped the blazer. after we all got out and saw that we were fine, we go in my buddy scotts truck and he went to take us home. while going home, he asked if we wanted to stop at the bridge, (since we were already filled with adrenaline after flipping a blazer doin 70 MPH) we did the whole light thing and shut the car off. just the sound of cricketts in the background. then we heard brush rustling, thinkin it was a deer or raccoon, then something hit the front of the truck, it made it move about 4 inches from where the tires were, we were like WTF!!!!!! then the screams came. the truck wouldnt start for a few minutes…i mean, the truck wasnt even a year old! then it finally started and we headed home. (then had to get ahold of the liberty Township Sheriff for the blazer insodent) just a weird night.
Comment by kyle | 07.4.2007 | 9:50 am
i heard of this one and i went there and i never heard anything and about what nicole said i heard of that one in colorado too about the baby. But me and my friend macy and my boyfriend jake and her boyfriend devon went there and never heard a scream but we did hear yelling and a door open!so scary!
Comment by lexy | 07.21.2007 | 12:48 pm
The bridges referring to babies people keep speaking of are known as Cry Baby Bridge stories. These stories are numerous in their amount and contain the key points of every fabricated story. There are 19 reputed accounts in Ohio alone.
How many unwanted babies and mistresses decided to jump off of bridges in Victorian times(1800’s)? Any baby story regarding a bridge I myself ignore.
Screaming bridges are another similar story that is talked about in paranormal investigative circles across the world.
Supernatural car troubles are also a frequent of all of these stories and hand print representations on person or car windows are also quite frequent.
I’m sorry, but don’t get me going about the boyfriend leaving the car to find him hanging with appendages bumping the car then the girl being murdered. This is a lovers lane tale that has been told about escaped murderers from prisons with hooks for hands and all sorts of other strange killers.
I’m not denying anyones claims and I’m not denying the validity of this story. I think though the many “telephone” style morphed versions about this though show that there isn’t much support to it historically. Historical research is imperative in paranormal investigation. You have to know if there are death reports, police reports, news paper articles, or first person accounts before putting the whole story together.
I have not been there myself but live not far from there.
I have been to most every place south of Columbus, Ohio and north of Lexington, Kentucky with a few visits to Cleveland. I have experienced things myself.
I plan to visit this place and spend many hours if possible there to figure out just what is there.
Comment by Zach | 08.7.2007 | 3:47 am
hey me and my friend live about 1 mile away we hav heard the legends and visited it during the day about 10 times. We noticed a wierd presence their before we new about the legends and once we heard we were FREAKED out. we plan to go on October 24 2009 at night exactly 100 years from the first incident (boiler blew up and killed two engineers)
we plan on brinign a video camera to try to catch some footage of the myths
WISH US GOODLUCK PLEASE
Comment by Matt&Dave | 08.31.2007 | 5:21 pm
I personally think that all of this ghost story stuff is ridiculous but I want to investigate some claims for myself and some of my believing friends just to show that everything we experience in our lives is completely natural and has a logical explanation. Read a couple of books on evolutionary psychology and you can gain a slight understanding, or should I say idea, as to why people believe in things that when tested experimentally(read: objectively) don’t stand up to what people think and sometimes “know” what they saw(read:subjectively). Powers of persuasion is also at work in instances like this. Vague example: E: “John, did you hear that?” J: “No Eric I didn’t, what do you mean? What do you hear?” E: “It sounds like someone yelling or maybe screaming in the distance….can you hear it now?” J: “Yeah, you’re right. That is someone screaming!” That is how evp and and pictures of “ghosts” work. We convince each other more than anything. And to the comment posted by Maggie a LONG time ago. What if this life is all there is? I’m not claiming to have knowledge that it is but how can you prove that theres something more? And I dont think that us being disappointed by only having one life changes the fact or even gives support to the argument for an afterlife. It actually just sounds pretty self centered to think that of all the species that have ever existed that we have this “right” to not be disappointed by having only a physical life. Just because our brains evolved to the point that we have been able to ponder these questions and think about death doesnt mean that an afterlife all of a sudden comes into existence. Ridiculous. Cherish this life as if its the only one you’re going to have because it probably will be.
Comment by Ethan | 09.6.2007 | 3:03 pm
We drove out to this bridge last night… It is a one lane bridge. How do you stop in the middle of this when either side of the road is TWO LANES??? we did stop on it for a minute…not long because there was alot of traffic. it sounded like someone was walking up from underneath the bridge…you could hear what sounded like a twig break??? Could it have been an animal?
We want to go and find a good place to park and get out and walk around. Anyone have any ideas? I know it was after 10 when we went out there but I did not see any train tracks either?? We also heard a train, it sounded like it was on the right side of the road behind some houses. (We turned on Maud Hughs off of Princeton Rd)
Comment by Terri | 09.9.2007 | 11:35 am
I am intrigued by ghost stories and myself and a group of friends went to the “screaming bridge” about 20 yrs. ago in high school. Everyone was amped and ready for a ghostly experience. We got out of our cars and walked over the brigde and under and heard nothing until…..there was a very loud screech, or yell. We about wet ourselves! Much to our dismay it was only an owl. So….if you have never heard an owl screech you just might misinterpret this for a scream. BTW, the rumor back then was that there was some sort of demonic cult called the “Children of the Night” that had meetings under the bridge.
Comment by Amy | 09.10.2007 | 12:12 pm
Old story, but no one jumped….car stalled on the tracks. been there myself wayyyyyy back in ‘79 - grew up in mason and i’m 43 now. Very old legend.
Comment by OHIO | 10.23.2007 | 2:26 pm
Its true i bout had a heart attack
Comment by Mc Nugget | 10.26.2007 | 12:49 pm
I ran across this site about Maud-Hughes Road because I was actually looking for anything at all about the Mason Light phenomenon. Anyone ever heard of that one? It’s out in the same area, between Hamilton and Mason, near Maud-Hughes. And, by the way, the stories about the ghost train are true. I saw it myself, more than 30 years ago. I used to live in Hamilton years ago, but have been away a long time. I was just thinking about the Mason Light and went searching. Found nothing. The Mason light was incredible and way too scary. The last time we tried to go out there (more than 30 yrs. ago) a bulldozer had scooped up the pavement where you turned onto the road off Rte. 4 and there were barricades so you couldn’t drive around. Thought that was very strange.
Comment by Irma | 10.28.2007 | 4:27 pm
I have visited this bridge about 50 times. The only thing that is close to truth, is the bridge is very close to the train. Not much clearance. You can sit on the bridge, and the train looks like it’s going to hit the bridge when it passes. From what I remember, the train seemed to pass just before midnight. We typically sat on top of the bridge, and drank ourselves to a drunken stuper. We also used to light up fire-crackers. The funnest, was dropping glass beer bottles over the bridge onto the tracks. As the glass bottles shattered, they would release a glow (kinetic energy). The funnest we ever did…. my buddy was taking a leak near the edge of the woods by the bridge, he stumbled across a scare crow. We cut it down, and place it on top the bridge. We waited under the bridge to see what would happen when others came. A couple of cars came. I remember a Trans-Am with 2 girls in it, come across the scare crow. They stopped on the bridge, and literally freaked out. They were screaming as they were squealing the tires to get away. They backed up, and left. Another truck came just after. The truck stopped, all of sudden the driver started laughing, stomped the gas, and drove over the scarecrow. He kind of gave it a “yee-haw” as he drove over the thing. Finally, “Johnny Law” showed up. There we were, under the bridge, cop on top, literally we were 10 feet from his car. The cop shined his spot light on the scare crow figure. He then backed up, and left the seen. We quickly gathered up the scare crow, threw it into the trunk for another fiasco the following weekend. On our way out, we passed an ambulance heading in that direction. For whom the ambulance was heading too is not known, but we like to think it was all part of our gag. NOTE, I never saw a darn thing in my 10 year reign going to this place. Both on top the bridge, or below the bridge. However, I met a few other groups partying there, just hanging out. It was kind of a hang out. Lastly, we finally met our demise. Years after torturing those that lived around these parts. We were doing our typical drinking, busting bottles, and lighting off fire works. We were confronted by a near-by resident. Ole’ Mr Russel McClure…. We tried to out run him, my buddy made off in his Mustang 5.0. Me, I was saving gas driving my Dad’s VW Rabbit. Well we couldn’t out run Russell’s truck, he finally got the best of us, and ran us off the road. A little scuffle ensued, and the police came to the scene. That night, Russell was a mad man, the scariest thing I ever saw at Screaming Bridge. You could tell, he was at his wits end, to punks like us hanging out on this bridge making his life heck for years. Well Russell took my buddy and I to court. After lawyer fees, we got 40 hours of community service for our actions. I only went back a couple of times after that to show others this place. However, the bridge used to be much scarier, it was all painted up in graffiti at one time. Kind of set the mood/scene. Since, the good neighbor police renovated the area to clean it up, and removed the graffiti. It was much less appealing after the clean up. This bridge is a staple of fun, and good teenage frolic. Everyone should pay their right of passage to visit this place…. Have fun, GP
Comment by Greg P | 11.3.2007 | 10:39 pm
I lived in Hamilton all my teenage years, My friends and I went to the bridge often, We heard the stories also. But in the many years we went never heard or seen anything. I know this imagination takes you pretty far, and also everything else we did. Between the alcohol and whatever we could get our hands on we tried the experience maybe we was just to happy. But some have heard and some have seen. In that i guess its what you beleive.
Comment by Jenny | 12.17.2007 | 8:44 am
I grew up about 2 miles (away graduated in ‘96). The ’scream’ is the tires going over the bridge…the road has ridges. Been there, done that. As for the guy who was pushed in the bushes…don’t forget that area is near gregory creek which was once used by Native Americans…follow it up past the trailor park and you’ll come to where they uncovered some burial mounds in the 1990’s.
Comment by KEG | 12.28.2007 | 3:51 pm
This used to be a fun one to go to about 10 years ago but thanks to the many new keep up with the jonses subdivisions it just is’nt the same when the whole ride out there is lit up with porch lights and entrances to new neighborhoods. The ride out there used to be half the fun.
Comment by D. | 01.21.2008 | 8:17 pm
omg that is so scary i feel bad for that girl who jumped off the bridge
Comment by sasha | 01.27.2008 | 3:20 pm
I HAVEN’T BEEN THERE BUT I HAVE BEEN TO OTHER PLACES LIKE THE POWDER FACTORY IN MASON,OHIO & ”AMY” ON LICK ROAD IN FAIRFIELD OHIO.IF ANYONE GOES TO THESE PLACES PLEASE BE CAREFUL TRUST ME I KNOW FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE.
Comment by patrick | 02.6.2008 | 2:02 pm
IF YOULIKE HAUNTED PLACES TRY THE POWDER FACTORYIN MASON OHIO & ”AMY” ON LICK ROAD IN FAIRFIELD OHIO. IF YOU GO PLEASE BE CAREFUL TRUST ME I KNOW FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE.
Comment by patrick | 02.6.2008 | 2:04 pm
please try the powder factory in mason ohio. ALSO THE ”AMY” ON LICK ROAD IN FAIRFIELD OHIO.
Comment by patrick | 02.6.2008 | 2:06 pm
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER PLACES IN OHIO PLEASE EMAIL ME AT SCOOBY2506@YAHOO.COM
Comment by patrick | 02.6.2008 | 2:08 pm
ok, how can you jump out of a car/truck then fall to your death? just wondering but it is scary.
Comment by rebecca | 03.6.2008 | 7:03 pm
WOW…thats so scary where was that???
Comment by joanna | 03.6.2008 | 8:26 pm
i LOve the bridge
it has this wierd presence
i have been their many times
and have seen that ghost figure but it was too far away to see anything good
this might not be tru but
i have been on top of the bridge and u can kinda feel a little push towards the edge like someone is nudging u off the bridge
Comment by Matt Z | 03.29.2008 | 2:37 pm
also one more thing
me and my friends were down by the tracks
when out of no where
the train comes
we didnt hear it until it reached that turn
reply
-Matt
Comment by Matt Z | 03.29.2008 | 2:39 pm
fucksalt
Comment by tim | 05.7.2008 | 11:37 am