Riders Inn
People spending the night in this hotel have reportedly been accosted by a menagerie of apparitions. There have been reports of hearing loud voices in the next room when the next room is empty. Visitors have also said to hear someone walking within the walls of the building as well as the hallway. Inside the inn, there is also one door that will not stay shut, even after 2 by 4s and nails have been used.
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Jason says: |
October 30, 2006, 8:47 am |
I am the resident psychic medium for Rider’s Inn. The inn is very much haunted. If you would like to experience Susan all you have to do is drop by and say hi.
tori says: |
October 30, 2006, 6:20 pm |
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tori says: |
December 4, 2006, 6:51 pm |
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Quedo says: |
January 17, 2007, 6:17 am |
To Carlye 20/10/06…10-2-2-2 does not equal 5???? Or at least not here down under. Makes me think maybe the only other one missing may also have a logical explanation…I do believe in life after though…Had very personal experiences…
Lots of love from N.Z.
Quedo says: |
January 17, 2007, 6:19 am |
Oooops…apologises if you meant your daughters shared one.
Lots of love from N.Z.
PACMAN says: |
January 26, 2007, 7:19 am |
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!
Brent says: |
February 16, 2007, 12:07 pm |
The Rider’s Inn is right down the street from me and it is a wonderful establishment. Very old and unique. The house used to be owned by Susan who was wealthy but wasn’t very pretty at all. She married and soon mysteriously died. She never left. She’s friendly and I feel nothing but warmth and a sense of welcome when I visit. I never had an expierience with her and my family that stayed there when I got married hadn’t noticed anything either, but I believe the stories. You can feel it.
kevin says: |
February 23, 2007, 6:12 am |
I have a cousin who worked as a bartender there back in the 70’s or 80’s. Said they would hear her or sense her presence all the time after hours.
Catie says: |
March 15, 2007, 11:16 am |
ok,,,im gothic,,,i like this ****,,,but *** on ppl,,,u cant possiably believe this is a spirt can u??? how do u kno itz not just sum kid playena joke??? HELLO?!?!? talk about sum real hauntins all right? MMFWCL
terri says: |
June 27, 2007, 4:10 pm |
yes the riders inn is haunted everyone knows that it made tv once for haunted hotels it is a little resturant / hotel and it is a ladie who haunts it its not scary she has checked people in after hours but they didnt know it was a ghost til the owner asked how they got a room
RacerE7773 says: |
August 9, 2007, 11:12 pm |
I’ve read about it in Ohio haunts sort of books, and see it whenever we head to the mall on 20. Would like to stay there one night someday.
Barb says: |
September 7, 2007, 3:02 pm |
I live in Mentor, Ohio not far from Rider’s Inn on Route 20 by the Mentor/Painesville border. My daughter and I drove to it one night and drove through the parking lot at night. We took pictures in the parking lot of the place. When I had the pictures developed, there were a couple of orbs hanging around the windows of the building. We also broke into a cemetary at night and in three photos, I caught two orbs that were following us around. One was big and the other smaller. They were in different parts of the picture so they weren’t anomalies (defects). Take pictures and dont take them to CVS or Wallgreens cause they have machines that develop them. Make sure when you have them developed you leave specific instructions to DEVELOP ALL PICTURES, POSSIBLE GHOST PICTURES. I know its funny but some places wont develop dark pictures.
bsb says: |
September 11, 2007, 12:30 pm |
I know Rider’s Inn and the owner very well. The establishment is now almost 200 years old and has been an Inn on the original Oregon Trail for just about as many years. As for Suzanne, her story may or may not be true but the real importance of the Inn is its history as a stop on the underground railroad and the help that was given to many escaping slaves. Now Jason, the “resident psychic”, if he were really psychic, would know that the woman being refered to is called Suzanne not Susan. So, if you do believe in ghosts and plan to stop by to say HI, it would behoove you to call her by her proper name.
The Inn is a warm, wonderful, welcoming establishment and very much worth a visit! It’s located at 792 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, Ohio.
jamie says: |
September 15, 2007, 9:23 pm |
I live in LeRoy, about 12 minutes from Riders Inn. I have heard the stories and I know Riders Inn owners use these stories to their advantage. They offer Halloween dinners and tours. The Plain Dealer travel section in June has a link that talks about horrific visions seen at local hotels but usually they are harmless stories.
I dont believe in ghosts, all in the mind I think. If, and thats a big if, you actually encounter one I would suggest they are more likely demons. Read your Bible folks.
teebee says: |
September 27, 2007, 12:14 am |
Rider’s Inn was opened by Joseph Rider in 1812 to provide shelter to weary travelers en route to new ventures out west. Situated on the rough-and-tumble stagecoach route from Buffalo, New York to Cleveland, Ohio, Rider’s soon became an oasis of hospitality in the Western Reserve. Later, the Inn became a stop on the underground railroad and a retreat for returned Civil War soldiers. The Rider Family operated the hostelry until 1902 when it fell on hard times. After the discovery of a short-lived hot spring, George Randall, from New York, bought the Inn in 1922 and added a dining room and speakeasy, and enlarged the north wing. From 1940 to 1979, the Lutz Brothers operated the Inn and added the traditional Sunday Stagecoach Breakfast which is continued today. After their retirement, the Inn saw several difficult years until 1988 when owner Elaine Crane and her mother, Elizabeth Roemisch, completely refurbished the establishment into a beautiful country inn located in the college town of Painesville.
heather says: |
September 29, 2007, 12:36 am |
has anyone actually seen anyone or thing for sure???
layla whitney says: |
October 3, 2007, 4:58 pm |
Well my school ELDA ELEMENTARY they say is haunted i believe them because i went to my locker and opend it and lets just say i had to wash my hands cause there was blood all over my hands it was weird i totally fliped out ugh but it gave me the CHILLS AND THRILLS then my friend Crystal was walking to the restroom and someone
said her name and we had to take her to the hospital it was so bad she didnt come to school for 30 days she told me she heard something like right about 6 or 7 feet away from her then boom blood was everywhere so that could only mean one thing a…….GHOST
layla whitney says: |
October 3, 2007, 5:11 pm |
MY school ELDA ELEMENTARY is haunted at least people say it is i believe people cause i was at my locker and lets just say i had to wash my hands cause there was blood on my hands and + my friend Crystal was going to the bathroom and we had to take her to the hospital cause she heard someone saying her name she said she did hear someone saying her name but it sounded like it was only like 6 or 7 ft. away she says she heard it but she couldn’t see it it was so bad she didn’t come to school for like 30 days so before she knew it boom blood everywhere i am telling u go to my school if u go to the 5th grade hallway restroom u can here the ghost saying Crystal and hearing Crystal scream so don’t take to long going to the bathroom please don’t !!!!!!!!!!!
Mary Donnelly says: |
October 16, 2007, 3:38 am |
There is no way possible that you lived in Painesville Ohio and have never heard of the Rider’s Inn. Why would you lie about that?


tori says:
October 25, 2006, 7:24 pm
When i went to a haunted house on Geneva Strip.Me and my dad went and we were in a room on fake histroy of the house. A teenager wasn’t even able to handle the fake history haaaaaaa and im only 8 for real P.S. Me and my dad will always belive in tnis stuff TORI