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Visit that altered state of consciousness--Haunted Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories from the following Ohio counties: Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fairfield, Franklin, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hardin, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Meigs, Miami, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Summit, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Wood, Wyandot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes general index and index by county, bibliography, source notes, and directory of haunted places open to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kestrel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43617010974943,"sku":"200763","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/1997\/9999\/files\/Media_44.jpg?v=1730996778"},{"product_id":"haunted-ohio-ii","title":"Haunted Ohio II","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaunted Ohio II \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Woodyard \u003cbr\u003eKestrel Publications, 1992, 214 pages, paperback \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780962847219 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey're baaaack..... Those Buckeye ghosts just won't stay buried. Over 100 more tales from around Ohio including the ghostly guests at the Buxton Inn, a real Jaycee Haunted House, and the many ghosts at Dayton's United States Air Force Museum. There are tales from haunted Native American graves to a haunted heliocopter at the US AF Museum. There are tales about ghostly music, mysterious animals, and spirit photographs. Bigfoots, time-warps, evil and dangerous haunted houses, and Ohio's Most Haunted Town each merit their own chapters. Apparitions comfort, warn, and terrorize their victims throughout these terrifying pages. Visit Ohio: the haunt of it all. Stories from the following Ohio counties: Adams, Allen, Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Erie, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hardin, Huron, Licking, Lorain, Montgomery, Muskingum, Ottawa, Preble, Richland, Ross, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Vinton, Warren, Wayne \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kestrel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43617011040479,"sku":"200766","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/1997\/9999\/files\/Media_42.jpg?v=1730996230"},{"product_id":"haunted-ohio-iii","title":"Haunted Ohio III","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaunted Ohio III \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Woodyard \u003cbr\u003eKestrel Publications, 1994, 213 pages, paperback \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780962847226 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey'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. 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