I used to live in Martins Ferry years ago, but never heard about this house. Betty Zane is my 5th greatgrand mother. Mary Staley is also a cousin of mine. I would really appreciate it if anyone would send me pics of this house please. thank you very much, Carol

Well, my husband and I are living in France, but I am from Ferry. We went to visit for a few weeks and ended up in the haunted house with my cousin and his wife.
We videotaped the whole experience. I did not feel any entities there…but something very strange did happen. When we were all about to go upstairs to follow my cousin who was already up the stairs, we noticed (all four of us) that we were covered with fleas! I mean COVERED! Did this happen to anyone else?? It was strange because how do the fleas live if there are no hosts in the house? We left in a hurry and discovered ourselves bit up everywhere. We found it hilarious, but then again it was strange to have so many fleas all over us so quickly.
I am not about to return because of the fleas – we thought maybe it was normal because there was one dead cat in the basement or maybe the ghosts didn’t want us there or to go upstairs. What do you guys think? Email me at nissadance@yahoo.com

Everyone and Anyone…….PLease send me your Pics Of The House Especially if the pics have faces in the windows..I am the person who submitted this true haunt too the website

here is my email address
lipstikk_n_Leather@hotmail.com

Thank You
Lynn

I am a local historian and there was never a cemetery at the site of the house mentioned and this place is not any where near a flood level.

Dear Travos,
my bf lived there and when he worked at Strambolis one of the workers there said he had a book that showed the house he lived in (the mansion) back in the early days. the book showed martins ferry when it was on the other side of rt 7 down by the river and the graveyard was on the hill in one photo, and then said how they moved the town on the hill after many years of flooding and having to rebuild. when they started to move the town the graveyard was moved across town, this is documented in other books as well. the next photo showed the mansion and one other home that would be on what is today south 3rd street. the mansion was built on the same site that it previously showed the graveyard being at.
Trust me when I say that there is “a book” out there that shows the original layout of the area. my bf lived in the mansion and when he was going through all of the haunt’s, just as the rest of the tenants who lived there then were.. his friend had a book about the history of Martins Ferry “Before and after” I Believe.. and it described the location.I am from New Jersey and I knew Nothing about the mansion or its History, I Only knew of what my bf told me about it (The haunting) and the first time I went there is an experience that I will never forget, I walked into that run down house with the idea that my BF was Full of **** but after awhile of being in there I can say & and admit that he wasn’t full of **** because I experienced a lot of evil there but yet I also felt the souls of the children in there as well and I felt them, I dreamt about them as well.
if you have any questions or comments then please feel free to send them me or comment on here, we have nothing to hide, we just want to show the dark truth & History of The Old Zane Mansion.

Hi Lynn,
I am the 4th great-grand daughter of Betty Zane. My relatives, the Prince, Condell, Coss and Staleys have given me alot of information about the Zane Family. When I saw this site about the Mansion I was so excited to have more info to add to my family tree, thank you for posting and all others about this house.
I used to live in Martins Ferry but now I live in Wheeling. Any photos and information I will gladly appreciate.
Carol (Prince) Myers

i would love to see pics of this place i live in Martins ferry and would like to visit it e- mail me pics and the address of it please my email okwarixbear@yahoo.com also looking for more haunted places locally email me if you know of any thanks.

Here is my email if anyone would send me pics of the Mansion, I really woulfd appreciate it. bumper1964@comcast.net.

Lynn thank you for your response. Could you please tell me what “other books” you are speaking of about the cemetery being moved? Thank you.

Travos

My BF believes that the name of the Book was “Martin’s Ferry Before and after” but he’s not positive about the title because it’s been so long ago I am going to try and do some more research about it and i will post back to you or send me your email address and i’l email you back if i find out anything
this is my email address below
lipstikk_n_leather@hotmail.com

Lynn