Haunted Ohio: Ghostly Tales from the Buckeye State

Chris Woodyard is the godmother of true ghost stories. Both her writing and her passion for these stories are straightforward, uncluttered, and immediate. The majority of the tales include eye witness accounts and commentary from people with firsthand experience of the haunting, and there is nothing better -- or scarier -- than hearing it straight from the "haunt-ee." All of Chris's Haunted Ohio books deserve a place in the permanent collection of any ghost enthusiast!

I avoided this book series for years simply because of the price, since most ghost story books tend to be formulaic I just assumed these were the same. Then one day I decided to give them a try, and I have been hooked ever since. It is well worth the price. This is without doubt one of the scariest compilations ever put together, I can't recommend it enough there a ton of stories in each volume to keep you busy for a while. More then likely it will leave you wanting more, so don't worry there are plenty of additional books in this series (haunted Ohio addiction is fairly common, Chris Woodyard is the supernatural equivalent of Patrick O'Brian, you can't help but want more.) I should warn you though, this book may give You a sleeping disorder. Actually this thing should come with a complementary night light.

Local stories that will keep the lights on....she brings them to life..a great story teller!

Really interesting reading, especially if you live in Ohio. Everyone loves a good ghost story, and the realism in Ms. Woodyards books makes them especially scary. It's fascinating to read about current "hauntings", not fiction or urban legends.

I am a huge fan of these books. My friends and I pass them around and have often visited many of these sites ourselves. The most appealing thing about these books are the realistic way in which they are portrayed. Some other books that deal with the same type of ghostly phenomenon tend to dwelve too much into what the author thinks the people in the past were thinking or saying, basically making the whole event into a stage play. Ms. Woodyard simply states the facts in a realistic, yet, entertaining way without too much mush getting into the way of the story. In short, she does not take away from the haunting by making most of the stories into a romance novel.