Tunnel Green ghost Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The Intelligencer (Oct. 24, 2026) reports eerie sounds, chills and shadows, and notes its own July 1869 edition called three ghost sightings confirmed. Source: The Intelligencer. The Ohio County Public Library reprints the 1869 account. Source: Ohio County Public Library.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The Hempfield Railroad built the tunnel in 1857; it is now on the Wheeling Heritage Trail (Weelunk).
Ghost stories
These are reported legends, not verified events. The creepiness score (1–5) is Spook Atlas's own editorial rating, not a measurement.
Alois Ulrich Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
Weelunk links the ghost to Alois Ulrich, killed with a hatchet in the tunnel on June 29, 1867. Source: Weelunk.
Weelunk links the ghost to Alois Ulrich, killed with a hatchet in the tunnel on June 29, 1867. Source: Weelunk.
Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public The City of Wheeling says repairs are complete and the tunnel has reopened for public use on the Heritage Trail (City of Wheeling); Lede News dated that notice to late March 2024 (Lede News). An undated "closed until further notice" post is also still on the city site; it appears to be the earlier 2023 closure, but that is inferred. Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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