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Cincinnati Ghosts
The Cincinnati tri-state area (Ohio, Indiana, & Kentucky) offers many creepy and ghostly locations to explore! Take your place upon a throne in a haunted castle in Loveland, Ohio and get a glimpse of a hidden underground church in Utopia, Ohio. Check out the eerie abandoned Hayswood Hospital, where no human has checked in since 1983. Stop by a charming B & B, complete with a resident ghostly feline, or take a family hike in a haunted state park. Meet uninvited paranormal houseguests and take a drive along Dead Man's Curve, where a faceless hitchhiker waits for travelers in the wee hours of the morning. Let's get ghost hunting!
- GenresGhost StoriesNonfiction
256 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
February 24, 2020
Good information. I like that it wasn't set up like just a bunch ghost stories. Could have used a couple layers more of editing and proofing.
October 31, 2024
I loved learning some ghostly places where I live.
November 16, 2016
Cincinnati is home to some great sports teams, such as the Cyclones, Bengals, and Reds. Who'da thunk it would be home to all kinds of ghosts and goblins, too? Cincinnati and the tri-state area (Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky) are teeming with ghostly tales that the local residents are more than happy to share. These accounts should bring thrills and chills to even the most skeptical of readers.
In "Cincinnati Ghosts," author Karen Lavin brings us stories of disembodied voices, ghostly footsteps, and doors that open and close on their own. Be careful - you just might unexpectedly be locked in a dark basement. Ghostly apparitions abound, as it is not uncommon for former residents to remain living in their house long after they should have moved on. Historical locations are especially active. Be prepared for unseen hands that like to turn lights and water on and off, and pranksters who like to move things around. Ms. Laven even heard tell of a rare daytime haunting. And just how often can you expect a ghostly encounter yourself? They may choose to hide if you chase them, and they may pop out when you least expect them. You never know.
But why do ghosts stick around? There are many theories, yet many questions remain unanswered. "Attempting to understand what makes the paranormal world tick is a difficult and elusive task," Ms. Laven explains. So, she thinks the best course of action, after hearing about so many others' experiences, is to do some ghost hunting of her own. Enter PINK, Paranormal Investigators of Northern Kentucky, with whom she investigates how an actual professional paranormal investigation is carried out, and she is not is not disappointed. The team caught all manner of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena), such as "Hi" and "Who's come up here?" in response to one investigator's query. Orbs of light make an appearance, and another investigator experiences that invisible touch on the nape of the neck that most of us would rather not encounter. How much fun is that? Wish I were there.
I know from experience that ghosts are fickle things. They do what they darn well feel like doing when they darn well feel like doing it - or not. There is never any guarantee that a ghostly inhabitant will make an appearance when one goes ghost hunting. In "Cincinnati Ghosts," Ms. Laven has done an amazing job digging into every nook and cranny of the Cincinnati area to reveal some great ghost stories, as well as experiencing her own successful ghost hunt. Ms. Lavin's intelligent and respectful approach to investigating the unseen world is sure to deliver a fright to all who dare open this book.
(Review copy provided by publisher.)
In "Cincinnati Ghosts," author Karen Lavin brings us stories of disembodied voices, ghostly footsteps, and doors that open and close on their own. Be careful - you just might unexpectedly be locked in a dark basement. Ghostly apparitions abound, as it is not uncommon for former residents to remain living in their house long after they should have moved on. Historical locations are especially active. Be prepared for unseen hands that like to turn lights and water on and off, and pranksters who like to move things around. Ms. Laven even heard tell of a rare daytime haunting. And just how often can you expect a ghostly encounter yourself? They may choose to hide if you chase them, and they may pop out when you least expect them. You never know.
But why do ghosts stick around? There are many theories, yet many questions remain unanswered. "Attempting to understand what makes the paranormal world tick is a difficult and elusive task," Ms. Laven explains. So, she thinks the best course of action, after hearing about so many others' experiences, is to do some ghost hunting of her own. Enter PINK, Paranormal Investigators of Northern Kentucky, with whom she investigates how an actual professional paranormal investigation is carried out, and she is not is not disappointed. The team caught all manner of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena), such as "Hi" and "Who's come up here?" in response to one investigator's query. Orbs of light make an appearance, and another investigator experiences that invisible touch on the nape of the neck that most of us would rather not encounter. How much fun is that? Wish I were there.
I know from experience that ghosts are fickle things. They do what they darn well feel like doing when they darn well feel like doing it - or not. There is never any guarantee that a ghostly inhabitant will make an appearance when one goes ghost hunting. In "Cincinnati Ghosts," Ms. Laven has done an amazing job digging into every nook and cranny of the Cincinnati area to reveal some great ghost stories, as well as experiencing her own successful ghost hunt. Ms. Lavin's intelligent and respectful approach to investigating the unseen world is sure to deliver a fright to all who dare open this book.
(Review copy provided by publisher.)
October 19, 2013
In the spirit of the Halloween season, I recently discovered this book in my library. Ironically, the date I purchased the book was October 31! Little did I know that the tri-state around Cincinnati boosts of so many great ghost stories! From bars to lovely old houses to graveyards, you'll find all kinds of haunting stories from a local author. While many of the stories are filled with sorrow or great tragedy, there are several that indicated local ghosts can have fun, too! A quick read for Halloween!
January 19, 2016
2008, 256 pages.
The book covers a lot of haunted places in and around Cincinnati. There is a good description of what is going on at each place and the book even has a good number of photographs.
An interesting chapter is Don't Mess with Ouija. It notes something I believe strongly and that is that the Ouija board is something you don't mess with. It is comparatively easy for a lower-level spirit to enter through that means and only trouble can result.
This is one of the better-looking books on the subject. Worth getting.
The book covers a lot of haunted places in and around Cincinnati. There is a good description of what is going on at each place and the book even has a good number of photographs.
An interesting chapter is Don't Mess with Ouija. It notes something I believe strongly and that is that the Ouija board is something you don't mess with. It is comparatively easy for a lower-level spirit to enter through that means and only trouble can result.
This is one of the better-looking books on the subject. Worth getting.
February 19, 2016
Excellent record of local haunts. The book itself is in dire need of proofreading and editing!
February 21, 2009
Interesting local haunts, including the Westwood Hall
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