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35 West 5th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio (513) 421-9100
If you ever happen upon the sweet little town, er, city of Cincinnati (aka: Porkopolis), please do stay at its Hilton Netherland Plaza and you might catch a glimpse of The Lady in Green - not to be mistaken for a flying pink pig - the cherished symbol of the city of Cincinnati.
Legend has it that a ghost they call The Lady in Green haunts the halls at the Netherland Plaza. The Lady in Green is a sad, story of a wife’s eternal allegiance to her husband prematurely killed in an accident. She is said to walk the Hall of Mirrors (below) and the Mezzanine level of the Netherland Plaza. Several construction workers have reported seeing her during the hotel's 1983 renovation. But, her story really dates all the way back to 1930, when her husband, a hotel laborer, was killed in the construction of the hotel that year. His body was never found and his wife, The Lady in Green continues to search for him in the afterlife.
Please use the following link for the Hilton Netherland Plaza to learn more about the home of the Lady in Green:
Flying Pig & Cincinnati - Why?
The Golden Lamb Inn
The following about Sarah’s Room appears on the Golden Lamb’s website:
“Sarah's room is located on the fourth floor of Ohio's Oldest Inn. Sarah Stubbs was the daughter of Albert and Eunice Stubbs. When Albert died, Eunice and her children moved to The Golden Lamb where Isaac Stubbs Jr. (Sarah's uncle) was the manager. Sarah grew to be an adult, but some say her ghost remains in the building.
This recreation of a little girl's bedroom has been named in her honor. The rocking chair was given to Sarah by her aunt and bedside table was family treasure given to her grandmother as wedding present in 1834.”
Please use the following link for The Golden Lamb to learn more about this charming haunted inn: http://www.goldenlamb.com
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And for those curious, to answer the burning question why Cincinnati is
even associated with a flying pig, go to this link: 
The
historic and charming Golden Lamb Inn, located in Lebanon (NE of
Cincinnati) was founded in 1803 which makes it Ohio’s oldest inn. It has
been visited by many famous people such as Charles Dickens, Mark Twain,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Clay and twelve presidents! Each one of
their rooms is named after one of its famous guests. You will also find
there is one room named Sarah, who happens to be one of The Golden
Lamb’s resident ghosts.
There
is rumored to be two ghosts at The Golden Lamb.
One of them is the aforementioned Sarah, who was the young niece
of the Inn’s manager at the time, Isaac Stubbs. Oddly, since the ghost
seems to be of a young girl, the real Sarah actually grew up to a ripe
old age. We are not sure why it is thought to be Sarah’s ghost. Some
think it can be another child, while speculate that it is the ghost of a
girl named Eliza Clay, daughter of Henry Clay. Eliza had died in the
hotel from a high fever in 1825. Perhaps we will never know for certain
whom the ghost really is. However, the ghostly activity is mainly
located in Sarah’s Room. The ghost appears as a young girl in a
white nightgown and has been known to knock pictures off the walls and
make noise and feet stomping. 
The second
ghost of the Golden Lamb is believed to be Charles R. Sherman, an
Ohio Supreme Court Justice who died at the inn in 1829. The ghost is
described as a "gaunt, gray man" who appears in the hallways. You can
even smell his cigar smoke, although the Golden Lamb is a non-smoking
establishment. 
