I’ve had a lot of requests to do a post about The Ludlow Incinerator over the years, but I’ve never been able to find any stories of a supposed haunting or murder, or whatever, connected with it. That, and the fact that I’m lazy, are why it’s taken so long.
That being said, the place is legitimately creepy. Sitting abandoned in the woods at Devou Park, in ruins, graffiti on the walls, it’s the perfect place to have a few ghost and murder stories attached to it. I’ve heard from several people claiming it’s haunted, but none saying why or what it supposed to happen there. A few claim it was used to burn bodies, however, it was actually just a garbage incinerator. The body burner story is better, but not realistic.
So, while I don’t have much to say about the place, I do have some pictures, and that’s better than nothing. I believe there’s talk of selling or tearing down the property, so if you want to see it yourself, you may want to get on that. You’ll find it at Devou Park, By Sleepy Hollow Rd, along the bike path, basically under the overhead train track.
Creepy Cincinnati 
Pretty cool place. Just visited today. Thanks for the directions!
Sounds like there are a lot of supposedly haunted places around this area. My kind of place. Nice pics!
Can someone give me more exact directions? There are several bike paths that split off in different directions, but one nature trail near the overhead train tracks
Begin walking up the main bike trail.. you will run into. U can see the chimney sticking up above the trees
The incinerator is right next to where the Ludlow motordrome was located and eight people died in an accident there in 1913. Perhaps the ghosts are still in the general area and found this abandoned building sufficiently creepy to hang out in.
My wife’s uncle climbed to the top of the smoke stack and fell breaking his back…..while drunk.
The body of a Covington waitress was found near the incinerator on August 13, 1967 (not sure about the year). She was strangled with her own stocking. her name was Della Mae Miller. I found all this information from a Cincinnati Enquirer news clipping on their website.
This is true. This was my great aunt. She is believed to be killed by a serial killer.
how did they climb it
Well I have no idea…it was either in the late 70s early 80s his dumbass did it
i’ve always heard stories that people would climb the hill onto the tracks and jump off.. many of these stories are true. also everyone in ludlow knows the story that a group of guys drug another man up to the incinerator, beat him, and hung him there. i’ve been there many many times and i can definitely say that the place is beyond creepy.
It’s a BROWNFIELD contaminated with hazardous waste; EPA said candidate for cleanup, poses risk to human health and/or environment. 3 more Brownfields within 1 mile of this one. RealtyTrac home disclosure report 2021