Supernatural Lore of Ohio

by Steven J. Rolfes

Supernatural Lore of Ohio offers a blood-curdling exploration of the witches, werewolves, wraiths and other dastardly beings of the Buckeye State. A rich vein of bizarre and uncanny tales snakes through Ohio's cornfields and cityscapes. In the earliest days of statehood, dark reports spoke of witches causing feathers to form a deadly ring in one's bed, magically strangling its sleeping victims. For years, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train rolled through Urbana, a small town in the center of the state, and caused clocks and watches to stop in its wake. A vampiric entity was said to haunt a strange cabin in the Black Swamp, and a werewolf reportedly roamed a Defiance train yard. Join Cincinnati historian Steven J. Rolfes on a tour of Ohio's strangest supernatural lore, from wailing banshees to the devil himself.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2020

Reviews

[Paula Schumm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ghosts, poltergeists, and other weird entities are rumored to be in Ohio. Recommended.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hadn't heard of any of these stories so it was a fun read.