Episode 10: OHIO IS PROUD OF BEING WEIRD
Host Kat Klockow is joined by cohorts Jen Koehler and Christina Wald for our supernatural 10th episode features James A Willis, the author of Weird Ohio, Haunted Ohio, and many others!
https://strangeandspookyworld.com/
https://www.ghostsofohio.org/
@jamesawillis on Twitter
A little about James A. Willis:
Fueled by a steady childhood diet of Boo Berry cereal, Creepy magazine, and late-night Vincent Price movies, Willis soon developed a taste for the unexplained and quickly began seeking out all things strange and spooky.
He is the co-author of Weird Ohio (2005) and Weird Indiana (2008) and was also a contributing author to Weird US (2004), Weird Hauntings (2006), Weird US II: The ODDyssey Continues (2008), and Weird Encounters (2010). Willis’ unique and offbeat writing style was officially recognized in 2006 with his induction into the Grand Order of Weird Writers. In addition, Willis has been a contributing author to several books in the Armchair Reader series, including Weird, Scary & Unusual (2008), Armchair Reader Goes Hollywood (2010), and Haunted America (2011). In 2012, Willis struck out on his own with the publication of Haunted Indiana. For 2013’s The Big Book Of Ohio Ghost Stories, Willis crisscrossed Ohio to bring readers over 75 of the Buckeye state’s most famous (and infamous) ghosts. Willis’ latest project, Ohio’s Historic Haunts: Investigating the Paranormal in the Buckeye State, was a joint effort with Kent State University Press. Released in late 2015, the book approached hauntings and ghost stories from a historical perspective and chronicled Willis’ personal experiences when locked inside of some of Ohio’s most haunted locations.
He also is the founder of the Ghosts of Ohio Paranormal Investigation and Research Team as well as a friend to the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comics anthology!
We talk about his scariest ghost hunting experience, why every state has its own version of various urban legends, and why Ohio is proud of its weirdness!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thanksgiving should be a time to remember the indigenous people of our country rather than the story woven around the origin of the holiday.
One way to give thanks is a ghost supper, which many native people are adopting.
“One major difference I was taught is that the barrier between the living and the spirit world is weaker during this season. We take advantage of this so the entire extended family can eat together.
The more I grew, the more families, we went to and we participated in more host ghost suppers. It would become a perpetual event that would be celebrated over the course of late October through early December.”
Read more:
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/contributors/viewpoints/2019/11/25/viewpoint-ghost-supper-like-thanksgiving-native-people/4236769002/
https://strangeandspookyworld.com/category/crybaby-bridges/
Weird Things Link:
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/we-are-not-alone-mysterious-object-found-during-sheep-count?fbclid=IwAR2dU2zatpafHNixikUV0pskdJnMoizg1qDKCBaLSMEjLaEghBeACcbd-1E
Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode!
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