Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again. John B. Kachuba

      Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again

      COPYRIGHT © 2011 by John Kachuba

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any fashion, print, facsimile, or electronic, or by any method yet to be developed, without express permission of the copyright holder.

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      Clerisy Press

      P.O. Box 8874

      Cincinnati, OH 45208-0874

       www.clerisypress.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kachuba, John B.

      Ghosthunting Ohio: on the road again/by John Kachuba.—1st ed.

      p. cm.—(America’s haunted road trip)

      ISBN-13: 978-1-57860-491-3

      ISBN-10: 1-57860-491-5

      1. Haunted places—Ohio. 2. Ghosts—Ohio. I. Title. II. Series.

      BF1472.U6K34 2011

      133.109771—dc23

      2011022285

      Distributed by Publishers Group West

      Printed in the United States of America

      First edition, first printing

      Editor: Andy Sloan

      Cover design: Scott McGrew

      Cover and interior photos provided by the author unless otherwise noted

      For Bree and Corrine

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      SOUTHWEST

      CHAPTER 1 Chateau Laroche Loveland

      Spotlight On: Spiritual H.O.P.E.

      What’s in a Name? Spooky Hollow Road Indian Hill

      CHAPTER 2 Cincinnati Observatory Cincinnati

      Spotlight On: Ascension Paranormal

      CHAPTER 3 Ross Gowdy House New Richmond

      Legendary Ghosts: Enos Kay

      Spotlight On: The Ghost of Englewood Dam

      CHAPTER 4 Snow Hill Country Club New Vienna

      Spotlight On: D.O.G.S.

      CHAPTER 5 Promont House Museum Milford

      Spotlight On: The Ghosts of Utopia

      NORTHWEST

      CHAPTER 6 Jenna’s Mediterranean Restaurant Sylvania

      What’s in a Name? Crybaby Bridge

      CHAPTER 7 Oliver House Toledo

      Spotlight On: Toledo Ghost Hunters Society

      Legendary Ghosts: The Elmore Rider

      Ohio’s Haunted Hotels

      CHAPTER 8 Wood County Historical Center & Museum Bowling Green

      CHAPTER 9 Thomas Edison Birthplace Milan

      CENTRAL

      CHAPTER 10 Kelton House Columbus

      Spotlight On: Ohio’s Confederate Ghosts

      CHAPTER 11 Thurber House Columbus

      Academic Ghosts

      CHAPTER 12 Central Ohio Fire Museum & Learning Center Columbus

      Legendary Ghosts: The Blue Flame Ghost

      Spotlight On: Ohio Exploration Society

      CHAPTER 13 Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield

      CHAPTER 14 Malabar Farm Lucas

      Legendary Ghosts: Phoebe Wise

      NORTHEAST

      CHAPTER 15 Franklin Castle Cleveland

      CHAPTER 16 Cuyahoga County Archives Building Cleveland

      Spotlight On: Holiday Inn Express Cleveland

      CHAPTER 17 Local Heroes Bar & Grill Cleveland

      Legendary Ghosts: Joc-O-Sot

      CHAPTER 18 Agora Theater Cleveland

      Spotlight On: Psychic Sonya’s Haunted Cleveland Tours

      CHAPTER 19 Lawnfield Mentor

      Spotlight On: Willoughby Ghost Walk

      CHAPTER 20 Punderson Manor Newbury

      Spotlight On: PRO

      Legendary Ghosts: Esther Hale

      CHAPTER 21 Stone Garden Farm & Museum Richfield

      Spotlight On: O.P.I.N.

      Spotlight On: The Haunted Housewife

      Spotlight On: The Real Ghost Whisperer

      CHAPTER 22 Ghosts of the Ashtabula Train Disaster Ashtabula

      SOUTHEAST

      CHAPTER 23 The Ridges Athens

      CHAPTER 24 Moonville Tunnel Vinton County

      Spotlight On: Hope Furnace

      CHAPTER 25 Mystery Farmhouse Somewhere in Southeast Ohio

      Spotlight On: Haunted Heartland Tours

      CHAPTER 26 Briggs-Lawrence County Public Library Ironton

      Ohio Haunted Road Trip Travel Guide

      Visiting Haunted Sites

      Further Reading

      About the Author

      Introduction

      HEY, GHOSTHUNTER, when are you going to tell us about more haunted places in Ohio? If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that question, I would be a rich man today. Almost immediately after Ghosthunting Ohio was published in 2004, people began asking me why I didn’t include this haunted place or that one in the book. It seemed that every time I was a guest on some paranormal radio show, or speaking at a library or university, I would be asked that question. Who knew that there were so many haunted locations in Ohio? I did eventually listen to what my fans and readers were telling me, and this is the result: Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again.

      As all the books in the America’s Haunted Road Trip series, this