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Scary, mysterious & just plain weird stories from Southern OhioThe southern portion of the Buckeye State has long attracted its fair share of colorful characters and odd occurrences. Infamous bootlegger George Remus rose to power shortly after moving to Cincinnati. Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys, was born and raised in southern Ohio. Some even say creatures not of this planet are drawn to the area, which has had numerous UFO sightings. In the same region, an unassuming university professor got away with murder, an eccentric built his version of a European castle using nearby river rocks, and a headless motorcycle ghost roams a rural roadway.
Ride along with author James A. Willis as he ventures into Southern Ohio in search of all things strange and spooky.
About the author
James A. Willis has been walking on the weird side of history for nearly forty years. He's authored more than a dozen books, including
Central Ohio Legends & Lore, Ohio's Historic Haunts and
Weird Ohio. He is the director of the Ghosts of Ohio, a paranormal research group that he founded in 1999, and is a sought-after public speaker. He has also appeared in hundreds of media sources, including CNN,
USA Today, Fox Sports and the
Astonishing Legends podcast. Willis resides in Galena, Ohio, with his wife and daughter and two narcoleptic cats. He can often be found lurking around his virtual abode, strangeandspookyworld.com.
