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The former Empire Shop in Kent, Ohio, located at 135 E. Main St., is considered haunted by local paranormal experts and is featured on ghost tours.

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Empire Shop Kent

State OHIO

Category Apartment Buildings

Claims Logged 5 documented reports

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Our Haunted Travels Oct. 10, 2025

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The former Empire Shop in Kent, Ohio, located at 135 E. Main St., is considered haunted by local paranormal experts and is featured on ghost tours. Local paranormal experts believe the original owner, who died after a locomotive hit, and other spirits haunt the shop. Reports also suggest that a 9-year-old girl named "Alice" and a "caretaker spirit" named Charlie haunt the shop.

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Whispers have been heard.

Disembodied footsteps have been heard.

A medium detected two spirits in the building.

Items have become missing.

Strange voices and sounds have been heard in the building.

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