Haunted Ohio III: Still More Ghostly Tales from the Buckeye State

by Chris Woodyard

They're baa-ack! Still more Buckeye ghosts have come swarming out of their graves to give you some sleepless nights in this collection of over 100 bone-chilling tales, including The Faceless Hitchhiker,the paranormal history of Cleveland's Franklin Castle, a haunted trunk that held the spirit of a murderer; a medical clinic haunted by a shuffling beast and the ghostly nuns of Collingwood Arts Center in Toledo. There are Men in Black, captured psychic images and sounds, theatre ghosts, haunted hospitals, roads, and cemeteries, as well as some of the most terrifying stories in the Haunted Ohio series. Stories from the following Ohio Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Butler, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Hocking, Holmes, Lawrence, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Mahoaning, Marion, Medina, Miami, Montgomery, Muskingum, Ottawa, Paulding, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Vinton, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Williams, Wood

Genres: Nonfiction, Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts, Ghost Stories, Folklore

213 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

Reviews

[Shaunesay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this back on a trip while visiting the Piatt castles in Ohio, they are not haunted as far as I know. my husband is from Ohio so it's been fun reading stories from some places he's familiar with.

[Asher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5
Heat level: 0/5 (imagine if there was 😳)

It was a nice and simple read! And kind of fun. It was cool to read stories about places around me/places I recognized. And it wasn’t that scary. I highly recommend this book!

[Lauren Wimmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to see more of Ohio’s Haunted history.

[CD Peshek · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am rating this book 4 stars and i like the series because they are interesting and fun to read.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing is poor and the tales are, at times, outrageous. Some don't even really seem like "ghost" stories. I'm not sure of the accuracy of the some the facts, either. In one soryry the author talks of the Clock Restaurant that owes it's haunted origin to an incident in 1909, but from what I've read elsewhere, the restaurant didn't open until 1925. The author also lists the restaurant is currently open to the public but it was shut down in 1979.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun ghostly stories about my state. :) Perfect for some light Halloween reading.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve had these books (the 1st 4 Haunted Ohio books) for many years and have read them bit by bit and they are a good read. This was the first time I read this book cover to cover.

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good installment in the series. Again, you have to accept the author's psychic beliefs, but the stories she tells about Ohio's ghosts are worth it. (B+)

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third book in the series starts out with the author talking about the use of the ouija board and how it is most definitely not a good thing to use, especially trying to use it as some kind of game not to be taken very seriously.

Otherwise, this is the same type of book as the earlier ones. The topics covered include house ghosts, psychic images and sounds, stairway stalkers, ghostly lights, workplace ghosts, ghost-infested objects, ghostly gentlemen, water-centered ghosts, theater ghosts, haunted hospitals and clinics, haunted roads and bridges, castles, cemeteries, ghosts that want to have fun and ghosts that want to cause trouble.

All the stories are interesting. It's also amazing just how many ghost stories there are about one single state. Why there seem to be some many ghost stories would be something to research and explain. Someone needs to do a type of database examining reports of ghosts in relation to weather conditions, exact places and anything geologically unusual about the ground or anything unusual about the surrounding places (like huge power lines) along with any EMFs checked or EVPs found. Maybe some kind of consensus could be developed to help determine why ghosts appear in certain places and if their appearances could be explained away by some sort of natural phenomena happening in those areas.

[Michelle Jarvis · Rating 3 out of 5]

You know how little kids sit around the campfire with flashlights under their chins, sharing ghost stories to entertain themselves? That's basically why I read this book. The first two were so ridiculously entertaining that I wanted to find out how many more "haunted spots" there are in Ohio.

The writing in this book is very poor quality, so if you're looking for a book to model your own after, don't read it. But if you want to take a "ghost tour" through my home state, go right ahead. Like I said, it's a pretty ridiculous book, but I'm nutso over ghost stories for some reason.

[Amy the book-bat · Rating 3 out of 5]

The hauntings continue...

I like these books because the chapters hold short segments and you can read as much or as little as you have time for. I consider these books to be good "bathroom books" because of the short segments. I found some of the stories to be kind of creepy and some seemed unfinished or even unrelated to being ghost stories.

[Kim Smiley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book about 14 yrs. ago. Just like the ones before and after it, pretty scary when you realize it's "for real."

[Davie]

It was SPOOK