Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Northwest Ohio
Trouble at Weidler's Passing 5
The Theater Ghosts of Bowling Green State University 6
Euler Road's Crybaby Lane 8
Holcomb Road's Ghostly School Bus 9
Murder at the Old Potter House 11
The Legendary Elmore Rider 12
Hanging with the Bishop at Brownella Cottage 16
Beware the Hatchet Man! 19
The Confederate Ghosts of Johnson's Island Cemetery 24
The Ghosts of Kelley's Island 26
Lima's Crybaby Bridge 29
Still Fighting the Battle of Fallen Timbers 30
Don't Come A-Knockin' on Abbott's Tomb 32
Simon Girty: Ohio's Most Misunderstood Ghost 34
Defending the Troops at Fort Meigs 37
The Bloody Bridge 41
The Fatal Car Crash on Gibbs Bridge 43
Northeast Ohio
The Ghosts of the Akron Civic Theatre 47
Getting a Ghostly Push through the Haunted Tunnel 50
The Ashtabula Train Disaster 51
Welcome to Hell Town 57
Bring an Extra Set of Keys to This Crybaby Bridge 62
The Witch's Ball of Myrtle Hill Cemetery 63
The Sad Tale of Black Mary Ann 66
Guns Drawn at the Drury Mansion 68
Chief Joc-O-Sot Is Not Very Happy 71
Franklin Castle: Ohio's Most Haunted House 74
Strange Doings at Squire's Castle 84
Where Did Silas Tinker Hide His Gold? 88
Rogues' Hollow: The Roughest Place on Earth 89
Esther Hale: The Bride of the Bridge 93
Gunning for Pretty Boy Floyd 94
Who Was Mary Jane and Why Does She Haunt Mount Olive Cemetery? 99
Are Some Inmates Still Doing Time at the Ohio State Reformatory? 103
Never Let Ceely Rose Serve You Breakfast 108
The Reclusive Ghost of Phoebe Wise 112
A Night with the Ghosts of Punderson Manor Lodge 117
Snakes Alive! It's Chester Bedell's Grave! 121
Suzanne's Still Watching Over the Rider's Inn 124
What's Hanging up There on Dean's Hollow Bridge? 126
The Legend of Gore Orphanage 128
The Dark Angel of Maple Grove Cemetery 133
Central Ohio
Beware the Woolybooger! 139
The Many Ghost Stories of Kenyon College 141
All That and a Ghost Cat Too 145
Round and Round at the Stonewall Cemetery 148
The Legend of the Blue Flame Ghost 149
Spinning Tiles of the Merchant Ball 151
Ghostly Eyes That Follow You 154
Columbus
The Lady in Gray 159
Not on Captain D's Watch 161
Last Call for Colonel Pritchard 162
The Ghosts of Fort Hayes 164
Entering the Gates of Hell 166
All in the Family at the Kelton House 168
Legend Tripping at Mooney's Mansion 170
The Ohio State University: Where Buckeye (Ghost) Legends Are Born 172
The Lady in Blue at the Old Governor's Mansion 174
Losing Your Head on Watkins Road Bridge 176
Southwest Ohio
Steer Clear of Dead Man's Curve after Dark 181
Hell's Church 184
Creeping Around in Satan's Hollow 185
The Boy on the Bike 187
Never Double-Cross George Remus 189
Fun and Fright at Kings Island Theme Park 193
Searching for Amy on Lick Road 196
Something's Cooking at the Patterson Homestead 199
Albert and Bessie, the Doomed Lovers 201
The Ghosts of Woodland Cemetery 204
The Witches' Tower 206
Out for a Jog on New London Road 208
The Hitchhiking Ghost of Princeton Road 209
The Castle That Harry Built 210
Signaling the Phantom Motorcyclist 214
Southeast Ohio
Simms Cemetery and the Athens Pentagram 219
Ghostly Jam Sessions on Mount Nebo 221
The Stain 224
Strouds Run State Park 228
The Weeping Angel of West State Street Cemetery 230
Elizabeth's Grave 231
Egypt Valley Wildlife Area 233
The Haunted Tunnel 237
Woodland Cemetery: The City of the Dead 238
The Haunted Moonville Tunnel 242
Hope Furnace 246
No Way Out for Morgan's Raiders 248
The Bloody Horseshoe Grave 251
Down in Dead Man's Hollow 252
Bibliography 255
About the Author 261
