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The Headless Horror

Strange and Ghostly Ohio Tales

Chris Woodyard Jessica Wiesel

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English
Kestrel Publications (OH)
05 April 2024
Chris Woodyard, author of the popular Haunted Ohio series, brings you the stories that would not die, with this collection of Victorian and Edwardian ghosts, mysteries, and tales of the strange. These chilling stories include reports of Women in White, haunted objects, and unexplained phenomena on earth and in the skies, including early UFOs, witches, and spook lights-all unearthed from original 19th-century sources. Features an entire chapter on the paranormal history of Pearl Bryan, who lost her head in 1896. Did she forgive her killers from beyond the grave?

The Headless Horror includes:
*The bloody hand of Findlay and other visions in the sky
*Hoodoo houses that drove their tenants insane
*A haunted telegraph worked by a dead man
*A phantom black dog haunting a Logan County cemetery
*The Ohio State Penitentiary's cursed Cell 13
*The Haunted coffin-maker of Lancaster
*Mysterious feather crowns that spelled death
*The headless horror of poor, pitiful Pearl Bryan
*and many more, all-new tales of Ohio ghosts and hauntings.

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Imprint:   Kestrel Publications (OH)
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   381g
ISBN:   9780988192508
ISBN 10:   0988192500
Pages:   284
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Chris Woodyard is an Ohio writer and historian. She took her degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from The Ohio State University, where her emphasis was on art history. In addition to nine books on Ohio ghost-lore, as well as three volumes of historical ghost stories, she is 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, a book on the basics of Victorian mourning and death.

Reviews for The Headless Horror: Strange and Ghostly Ohio Tales

As a paranormal researcher, investigator and blogger sometimes working in Ohio, I absolutely fell in love with the idea of this book. Written by my favorite paranormal Ohio author, Chris Woodyard, The Headless Horror was packed full of vintage newspaper articles from the 1800s and into the early 1900s on a variety of paranormal subjects. Tales of ghosts, hauntings, UFOs, Fortean phenomena, ghostly pranks, and much more came from all corners of the state and were presented in their original format. Where applicable, the author has added additional commentary and research to explain more fully the events discussed....I give this a solid two thumbs up! Theresa's Haunted History of The Tri-State https: //theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2014/01/book-review-for-headless-horror-strange.html


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