Comments on: Maud Hughes Road

By: poof

poof — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:07:24 +0000

Teenaged Joel Earl was murdered there in either 1984 or 1985. It’s a catch-22: people think the road and the place is haunted, so they get loaded and go there to do crazy ****, and crazy **** happens. This was a drunken gun-fight in pickup trucks that had started as a fight in a high schoo lunch line at Lakota High (before it was so big it was made into two school) — stupid, right? It ended in one group of Rambo-lovin’ boys chasing Joel Earl in their truck, brandishing guns. He was shot in the head by a 13 year old. No joke. Ohio is nasty, violent, and ignorant — always was, always will be, subdivisions or no.

By: James

James — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:25:35 +0000

I live right down the street from the bridge and drive across it atleast once every two weeks or so. I have never heard the scream of course but i have heard about it being haunted ever since i was very young.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:53:54 +0000

My wife and I were there last night! Check-out our video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ka4Thp3Wto

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:42:12 +0000

I’m not sure where this story came from but I’m from Cincinnati and the story around here is remembered: There is a railroad trestle were according to legend, a car stalled out on the tracks, and the man of the car left to go get help why his girlfriend stayed in the car. Upon returned he found his girlfriend hanging from the bridge above the tracks, and then he perished. At night, if you stop your car on the bridge, you hear the whole conversation take place, then hear the lady scream, and then the gentleman return only to be killed screaming. I’ve never heard that she jumped???

By: SUE

SUE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:24:35 +0000

I have lived in Liberty Toship for 15 years now and have first learned of the Screaming Bridge from my 15 year old daughter a couple of days ago. I am a believer in spirits and ghosts as I have friends and family tell of accounts of seeing lovedonce shortly after death and other accounts in which houses have spirits within the home. when i first moved inyo my home in Liberty Twp. I experiences several strange occurances in which I determined that a spirit was in my home, once my 2 week old baby was found laying quietly on the floor when she was in her crib! No one else was in the house and could have placed her there. I freaked, cussed out the spirit and told it to leave my home. I have not experienced any paranormarmal experiences since.If you open your eyes and get rid of the skeptisism you will see the paranormalif it is around you. You must be open to it. My husband, a non believer, my daughter and I went to the bridge last night around 10 pm. It was a little eerie as we were able to stop on the bridge, I was in a van and was able to look down onto the railroad tracks, my husband was shouting out silly words, like coe get us, as i peered down into the gully I could see a fog or some sort of lightour car lights were off, but this could possible be the moonlight on rocks. I defiinetly plan to return, without my husband, I cannot discount so many experiences from others. I have a strong feeling about this place.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:08:23 +0000

I went, with some friends, to investigate the screaming bridge. Upon completion of our investigation, I was sure there was nothing to the story. However, I am now convinced that there is some sort of energy connected to this place. I do not want to say “evil”, but it would appear that the energy connected to the area is surely less than good. I will return with a much more selective group to further investigate. BTW..the hatchet man is totally bogus. haha…

By: VeraJane

VeraJane — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:07:02 +0000

2days is my birthday and a few friends and I are going 2 maudhughes rd aka screaming bridge. I am a ver firm believer in ghost aspirations evp and all the ghostly stuff. Im watching Most terrifying places in america now adn it got me thinking. So we are going 2 take a lil road trip when I get off of work and go, Im excited. I have gotten full images of “other ppl” in pictures ive taken. I’m taking a digital camera tape recorder and video camera, if somethings there i wanna witness it! I will definatly be back with an update!!!!

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:25:25 +0000

So last night, 3 of my friends and I decided to go to the screaming bridge (again). I had been there a ton of times and never seen anything remotely paranormal and I was getting pretty frustrated. The last time we went before last night, my friend Joey said he saw a train coming around the bend when my friend Lauren drove off and she refused to go back. So last night I was with Joey, Hana, and Stephen. We drive up to the bridge and Joey parks the car in the middle of the bridge. I’m behind Stephen who’s sitting in the passenger seat and we look on the tracks. Then I saw it. Flickering lights coming around the bend. Joey rolled his windows down and we could hear what sounded like a train on the old tracks. However, there was no horn and the light was moving at an incredibly slow pace. I got sick of staring at it because it was so far out so I look closer on the tracks and then I saw what looked like a woman run across the tracks but she was all white and blurry. So I’m freaking out and I look over to the right and in the grass OFF the tracks is a black hooded figure just standing there. So I’m staring at it and then suddenly it starts running at us! So I scream at Joey to book it out of there and once we were safely away Stephen said “Did you see that too?” so I knew I wasn’t the only one. Needless to say, I TRULY believe The Screaming Bridge is haunted now.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:11:41 +0000

Well, some friends and I went to the screaming bridge. First we drove over the bridge, briefly stopping the car. We saw or heard nothing, but another car came from the other direction so we had to go. We parked in the subdavision off Princeton Rd. and walked all the way down Maud Hughes to the bridge. Along the way, we saw a dead snake. The bridge was all quiet. Standing at the edge looking over we could not see, hear, or feel anything. We decided it would be a good idea to climb down under the bridge. The way down is steep and full of loose rocks and moderate overgrowth. Under the bridge is a lot of grafiti. Nothing very fresh. Also a girls bicycle is near the tracks. the other bottom side of the bridge is more of the same. The tracks are dark, but not very spooky. We waited for quite some time. We never saw, heard, or felt anything. Not even a eerie presence. After what seemed like about an hour, we were about to give up. Just then a car full of teenagers stopped on the bridge. In complete darkness down by the tracks we could see them, but knew they couldnt see us. They had all the car windows down, but they were being very quiet. After a few moments I decided it would be a good idea to let out a loud blood curlding scream. I did. The girl in the passenger seat jumped over toward the driver screaming “OH MY GOD!” The people in the backseat just kept yelling “GO GO GO GO GO!” They spead away. Probably the last time they will ever cross that bridge. We had a good laugh and headed down the tracks and back to the car. We were off to see the Hatchet Man of the Wher Cemetery in Trenton. Long story short about that place. Nothing. Happy hunting, and good luck. If anyone knows any truely haunted places that are local, please leave a comment here…

By: jason

jason — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:18:50 +0000

I agree with Dave. That is one of the major lines in the area. It’s not quite as busy as a train every 30 minutes, but it is used several times a day..I’ve crossed this bridge many times Only once did I ever stop the car. We turned it off, flashed the lights, and waited a couple minutes My buddy’s girlfriend, in the backseat, freaked out and screamed. We left. Nobody saw or heard anything, but we were only there a couple minutes. 16 years later, and I’m planning to go back. This time, we intend to wait as long as it takes.. Perhaps later, I’ll be able to give an update. I’ve heard there have been 36 deaths on, or near, the screaming bridge. I can say this. I could have been 37. 15 years ago I wrecked my car on the ‘S’ curve about 100 yards past the bridge. My car was completely totaled, but I crawled out without a scratch. A woman that lived across the street saw the wreck on her way home. I was on my way to another house, to call for help, when I noticed her on the road. She was screaming. “It’s happened again. They’re dead! They’re all dead!” When I told her it was my car, and that I was alone, she didn’t believe me. She was frantic. After calming her down, it started to all sink in. I never did find out if what she said was true, but I know that on that night, it really freaked me out…