The Face in the Window

Haunting Ohio Tales

Chris Woodyard, Joseph Citro

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Kestrel Publications (OH)
19 March 2024

History; Folklore, myths & legends; Unexplained phenomena & the paranormal; Ghosts & poltergeists

"Chris Woodyard, author of the popular Haunted Ohio series, brings you this scrapbook of Victorian hauntings and horrors. These ghostly and ghastly stories from Ohio's dark past include sightings of spook lights, hell-bound trains, cemetery wraiths, headless ghosts, and stone-throwing spooks, all unearthed from 19th-century sources.

The Face in the Window includes
*a snapshot of a ghostly skeleton
*the strange saga of the Hoffman family of Wooster, plagued by a clothes-slashing ghost
*the mystery of the ghostly faces see in windows all over Ohio
*the ghastly Woman in Black of Dayton
* the snake who swallowed the peddler
*a cat named ""Death"" who predicted the demise of Cincinnati hospital patients.
*true stories of cry-baby bridge ghosts
* terrifying fire-starter poltergeists
*and many more, all-new tales of Ohio ghosts and hauntings"

By: Chris Woodyard
Introduction by: Joseph Citro
Imprint: Kestrel Publications (OH)
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780962847295
ISBN 10: 0962847291
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Woodyard is an Ohio writer and historian, author of the Haunted Ohio series, the Ghosts of the Past series--featuring historical ghost stories. Woodyard is also the author of The Victorian Book of the Dead, on the popular and material culture of Victorian mourning and death and A is for Arsenic: The ABCs of Victorian Death, on the basics of Victorian death traditions, illustrated by Landis Blair. Co-host of Boggart and Banshee: A Supernatural Podcast.