Haunted Ohio

Haunted Ohio: Ghost Stories from the Buckeye State

By Jannette Quackenbush

Step into the haunted heart of Ohio with Haunted Ohio, a collection of ghost stories and legends gathered from every corner of the Buckeye State. Folklorist and author Jannette Quackenbush leads readers through real haunted places-stories traced to their earliest tellings, backed by historical evidence, and explored firsthand.

From the mist-shrouded hollows of the Hocking Hills-where the Pale Lady of Ash Cave, the Baying Hound of Old Man's Cave, and the Devil's Tea Table linger-to the eerie Moonville Tunnel and King Hollow Tunnel, every site can still be visited today.

Across Ohio, you'll meet the ghosts of Zanesville, the Weeping Angel of Athens, the haunting of Bessie Little Bridge in Dayton, and the phantoms of Music Hall in Cincinnati. Explore the mysteries of Bloody Horseshoe Grave, the Witch's Grave at West Branch State Park, the Louisa Fox murder site, Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Goll Woods, and Beaver Creek State Park-each echoing with its own dark history.

For explorers and investigators, this guide includes GPS coordinates, directions to hard-to-find sites, and a primer on ghost hunting tools and field research techniques.

Like all of Quackenbush's works, Haunted Ohio blends authentic research with on-site investigation-not tourist legends, but the real stories rooted in history, tragedy, and the folklore that shaped Ohio's haunted landscape.