Ghosts: Ohio’s Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts, and Forgotten Places, 2nd Edition

This book explores the Buckeye State’s folklore, towns, and people—a snapshot of Buckeye life, past and present. Subjects include frontier legend Gen. "Mad” Anthony Wayne; remnants of the Miami and Erie Canal, which ran into downtown Cincinnati; the disastrous Ohio River flood of 1937; nitro shooters, tattooed chickens, and moonshiners; the phenomenon of Eugene, Sabina’s cadaver-in-residence; the glory years of Indian Lake; and, of course, quintessential ghost towns named Sodom, Knockemstiff, Rural, Mudsock, San Toy, and Dull. This new edition includes a new two-page map, forty-five photos and illustrations, and two new chapters. Several other chapters have been updated and lengthened. Described as a love song to Ohio, this publication is a key to a time long past, when places like Whigville, Tunnel, and Toots Corner ruled the day.