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  2. Crybaby Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Crybaby Bridge is a term that refers to numerous bridges across the United States, associated with urban legends and ghost stories involving the sounds of a baby crying.. These tales typically involve tragic backstories of infanticide, accidents, or other sorrowful events that purportedly occurred at or near the bridges, for example, an urban legend relating to a baby or young child/children ...

  3. Local history: Ghost stories materialize at Greater Akron ...

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    The scent of fallen leaves and wet wood fills the autumn air over Cry-Baby Bridge in Wayne County's Chippewa Township. ... The River Styx railroad bridge off East Ohio Avenue in Rittman was the ...

  4. Gore Orphanage - Wikipedia

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    Gore Orphanage is the subject of a local legend in Northern Ohio, which refers to a supposedly haunted ruin near the city of Vermilion in Lorain County, Ohio.The ruin is a building that formerly housed the Swift Mansion and, later, the Light of Hope Orphanage, and is the subject of local urban legends, whereby the violent deaths of young adults and children are alleged to have occurred.

  5. The Spookiest Urban Legend in Every State - AOL

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    The tragic story of Cry Baby Bridge near Fremont, Oklahoma stems back to a story of a mother who threw her unwanted baby off the side of a bridge. It is said that late night visitors can hear a ...

  6. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    Cropsey is a folklore legend that describes a boogeyman-like figure, before segueing into the story of Andre Rand, a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island through the 1970s–80s. [30] Crybaby Bridge is a nickname given to some bridges in the United States. The name often reflects the belief that the sound of a baby can be, or has been ...

  7. From Crybaby Bridge to Gassaway Mansion, 9 haunted ... - AOL

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    This off-limits bridge to the public has drawn popular attention due to a legend involving a woman and her baby. Word of mouth has it there have been incidents of people hearing a baby scream and cry.

  8. Ashtabula River railroad disaster - Wikipedia

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    He had constructed only one all-iron Howe truss bridge before, a 5-foot (1.5 m) high, 30-foot (9 m) long railroad bridge over the Ohio and Erie Canal in Cleveland. [ 10 ] [ d ] Joseph Tomlinson , a well-known bridge builder and designer, was hired to flesh out Stone's design and create the fabrication drawings for all the bridge components. [ 17 ]

  9. History of Northeast Ohio bridge incidents after Francis ...

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    The sidewalk on the Grant Street bridge partially collapsed onto Interstate 76-77 in March 1979, killing two people. The Rev. John Barrickman Sr. and his wife, Patricia, died "when 140 feet of the ...