Don’t miss the 2025 Haunted Ohio, Trick or Treat, and Statehouse Tours

The Haunted Ohio Statehouse Tours are back for 2025, and they’ve added new not-as-spooky experiences too!

Get spooked at the Ohio Statehouse this Halloween season. This fall tradition brings together history, hauntings, and Halloween at the peoples’ house. 

Haunted Ohio Statehouse Tours

Tour the darkened chambers and halls of the Ohio Statehouse for the Haunted Ohio Statehouse Tours! See Lincoln’s ghost among a host of historical exhibits on this spooky tour that is appropriate for kids ages 12 and up.

Conductors lead visitors through the dimly lit limestone corridors of the Ohio Statehouse by oil lantern light.

Visitors pass the ghost of President Lincoln in an unfinished dance with Kate Chase (former Ohio Governor Salmon P. Chase’s daughter), hear and see a weeping lady in gray and get a glimpse of a green and ghostly President felled by an assassin’s bullet.

The tours are Fridays and Saturday nights. Tours depart every half hour between 7 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets limited to 35 individuals per tour start time.

Friday, October 17, 2025
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for students, with a $2.50 processing fee per order. Enjoy special activities before each tour, and the Statehouse Museum Shop will be selling seasonal treats.

Tickets go on sale in September on the Ohio Statehouse website, or by visiting the Statehouse Museum Shop on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse. All tickets must be purchased ahead of event time – no ticket sales at the door. These sell out every year, so order quickly.

Trick-or-Treat Tours – NEW!

Date: Friday, October 31, 2025 (Halloween)
Time: Tours are between 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., and last 30-45 minutes. 

Bring the kids (and the kid in you) for a family-friendly Halloween adventure. Costumed guides lead tours through the Statehouse with history, decorations, and plenty of treats stops along the way. This experience is recommended for elementary-aged youth.

RSVP to tours@ohiostatehouse.org by Wednesday, October 29, 2025. There are limited spots available. More details here. 

Spooky Statehouse Tours – NEW!

Date: Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025 
Time: 1- 4 p.m.

In celebration of Halloween, the Ohio Statehouse is offering free guided tours filled with spooky stories! Learn more about the building while hearing about ghostly tales, strange happenings, and eerie experiences from the past. Geared towards teens and adults.

The tours are at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm, and last about 45-60 minutes. The tours will start in the Museum Gallery on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse. Please RSVP to tours@ohiostatehouse.org by Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Details here.

Event parking is available in the Statehouse Underground Garage for $5 during the tours.

Watch The Haunted Tales of the Ohio Statehouse

Want to watch some of the spooky tales at home? Staff members at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio tell spooky tales of skin canes, cat remains, and haunted stones during the “Haunted Tales of the Ohio Statehouse” video available on YouTube.

Join them on a journey to see these stories come alive! Click here to watch. 

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