From its founding in 1856, Lorain County has been the scene of countless unexplained events and eerie sightings. What really happened down in Swift Hollow nearly a century ago? Just who is that man in the brown coat and hat lingering around the stage of the Lorain Palace Theatre? Who are the shadow people dancing in the light of the fire down in Smugglers Den? And what was the source of the screams that chased a North Ridgeville family from their home in the dead of night? Join local author Eric Defibaugh on a quest to answer these questions and more about Lorain County's ghostly history.

A collection of Ohio ghost stories and ghostlore from Native American tales to contemporary haunted houses.

Ghostly tales, true and traditional, from around Ohio.

Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.

A collection of 19th and early 20th century newspaper and journal articles about ghosts and hauntings in Ohio.

Theres Nothing Like Capital Crime! Murders, Mysteries and History is an entertaining, fast-paced, and unique mix of forgotten killings, investigations, and criminal trials culled from court records and mixed with the news of long ago. Get the scoop on hundreds of real crimes and unsolved murders. Follow the clues to identify the unknown found washed up on Lake Erie shores. Work your way along sometimes-twisted paths to imprisonment or freedom. Victims, suspects, perpetrators. Judges, lawyers, witnesses, juries. Time spent in the big house, executions, and simply getting away with murder. If you love true-crime or mysteries, or enjoy history, this book is for you! Never gory, but haunting, fascinating, and perhaps brutalall at the same time. Murders, Mysteries and History reminds us that the past is never perfect.

A noted folklorist spins a tapestry of spooky yarns involving haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and other chilling vignettes. Moody black-and-white drawings complement the stories, which range from humorous to eerie.

Located north of Cincinnati in the Mill Creek Valley, Lincoln Heights was the first African American self-governing community north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The development of Lincoln Heights began in 1923 when the Haley-Livingston Land Company of Chicago sold lots to black families in an unincorporated area called the Cincinnati Industrial Subdivision, now the southern section of Lincoln Heights. Water and sewerage were provided by special assessment through the Works Progress Administration, there were no building and zoning code services, fire and police protection were virtually nonexistent, and street maintenance and lighting were extremely inadequate. In 1939, residents of the area began efforts to incorporate so they could provide safety and necessary services for their growing community. Several of the original petitioners for incorporation lived in the Valley View subdivision, which later became the Wright Aeronautical plant, where many black migrants from the South came to help manufacture the famous B-29 bomber.

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