Just outside of Cincinnati, the suburb of Loveland has nicknamed itself the “Sweetheart of Ohio.” Because of this you may expect to see a statue of Julia Roberts in the town square, a permanent tribute to ranch dressing or maybe…
Nowadays we take the ability to travel long distances in a relatively short period of time for granted. The hour long flight from Columbus to Chicago, D.C. or New York is seen as a cramped and necessary evil without thought…
This story is particularly dark. If you have a low tolerance for extremely disturbing subject matter it is not advised you read this! WARNING! At 10pm on August 28th, 1922 Ethel Geller Yeldem was preparing to step onto a streetcar…
School time is really a magical time of life for some of young people, and not just figuratively. From time to time one of them will become the target of a disappearing act so thorough and confounding that it will…
Every so often I’ll get homesick and break form to tell you a story about where I grew up. With the current possibility of a serial killer in the vicinity, my mind goes back to the horrifying and little known…
According to Ohio State University staff and students there is something that stalks the corridors of Oxley Hall at Christmas time and, to quote Shirley Jackson, “what ever walks there, walks alone.” Actually, what ever walks there probably walks alongside…
There are thousands of ghost stories that have their basis in tales of love gone wrong. Jealousy, cheating, disapproving families and unrequited love have led many a human to a bad end. In many of these cases the favored method…
Oh, Akron. You’ve given us tires, a slew of wonderful musicians, more tires, quaker oats and alcoholics anonymous. Despite the childhood adage that states one person is made of rubber and the other person is made of glue, “Rubber City”…
When it comes to ghost stories, the British Isles are a sort of motherland. Misty weather, drafty castles and mysterious ancient ruins combine with an often bloody history to produce some fabulous hauntings. In Ireland, the ghosts roam a countyside…
Lake Erie tends to be a favorite destination for those longing to actualize the water vapor that surrounds us during summer, and few places on the lake offer an atmosphere like Kelley’s Island. Here there is a sense of history,…
Out of respect to the surviving family members of this tragedy actual names and location were not used in this article. Any horror fan worth their weight in ectoplasm knows the story of 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York, where…
“Old, dated, haunted!” That’s what one reviewer had to say about the Hilton Netherland Plaza while giving it a two star review on Tripadvisor, accompanied by a photo that shows green orbs in the hallway outside their room. The whole…
If the rat race of festivals that fill Columbus each summer aren’t your thing, Columbus Ghost Tours give to you The Lafayette Hotel: a time machine to the steamboat era that sits at the convergence of the Ohio and Muskingum…
What is old and scary and haunted by the ghosts of people that it sent to an early grave? Dick Cheney, you say? Perhaps, but today Columbus Ghost Tours speaking about the Old Licking County Jail in Newark, Ohio. Built…
How about a happy ghost story for a change? Sure, you can’t have a ghost without some sort of tragedy and a loss of life is a necessity for such tales, but that doesn’t always mean the dead have to…
March 1st marks the 326th anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials, where two precocious little girls by the names of Abigail Williams and Betty Parris set off a firestorm of mass hysteria that resulted in the death of up to…
For as long as there have been humans there have been those who claim to be in communication with unknown forces. From the ancient Utanapishtim of the Epic of Gilgamesh to the seers and soothsayers of the Bible to John…