| Just the look of the massive, brooding structure on Franklin Boulevard reminds you of a haunted house.
The home was built in the 1860s by Hannes Tiedemann. He spared no expense. The 28-room, 80-window home has a ballroom, spiral staircases, marble fireplaces, secret passages and, some say, the ghost of Tiedemann's daughter, Emma. She was a diabetic who died in 1881.
Neighbors swear that they see her from time to time on the balcony, NewsChannel5's Kathy Davis reported.
Cleveland radio personality John Webster interviewed the former owners for a documentary.
"Delores Romano is a lady who lived here nine months and moved out, she said driven by spirits," Webster said. "She told me she saw a little girl walking the halls at night or floating the halls, and she was dressed in turn-of-the-century garb."
In the '70s, tours were given at the house.
"On the eve of tour six, people saw a faint green ball of light," former owner Tim Swope said. "It cast no shadow, and the green shone through fingers."
Webster says that once while he was in the house recording, spirits intervened.
"It was as if someone grabbed the recorder and pulled it off my shoulder," Webster said. "It rolled down a flight of stairs, and there was nobody behind me."
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