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8/29/2011: Would you like to see the new horror movie CREATURE
before it opens and for the low, low price of free? The Cleveland Movie Blog (check
it out) has given us a limited number of “admit two” passes to do just
that. The free screening takes place on Thursday September 8th ,
2011 at 7:30pm at the Regal Richmond Town Square movie theater located at
631 Richmond Road in Richmond Heights, OH. All you have to do is email us
with your name and mailing address (we will not share your information with
anyone else), and as long as we still have passes, we'll send one out to
you. Email us at: Webmistress@DeadOhio.com.
A few things to keep in mind:
1. If you've never been to
one of these free screenings before, you should know that seating is limited.
Usually more passes are given out than there are seats in the theater to
insure a full house. Sometimes the screening fills up well before the
feature starts, sometimes there are still empty seats when the movie rolls.
My advice is that if you really want to see the movie, get to the theater
at least 30 minutes before the scheduled start time.
2. This film has been rated “R” by the MPAA for bloody violence, grisly
images, some sexual content, and graphic nudity. So if you're squeamish
about such things, please take that into consideration before asking for a
pass. But if you ask me, these
elements are a bonus, not a detriment.
3. Dead Ohio makes absolutely no guarantees with regards to this screening.
Your humble webmistress thinks the trailer looks pretty cool, and she
sincerely hopes the movie is entertaining. I mean, Sid Haig is in it. SID HAIG! And the film includes your
classic rubber suit monster. No CGI
bullshit.
CREATURE
opens in Cleveland on Friday September 9th.
OH
ABOUT MY PROLONGED ABSENCE….
IRL matters hijacked my time and attention to this website. I have tons of material to add, but
issues like family deaths, moving, gaining a rescue dog and HAVING A BABY
kinda took over. Here’s a future
ghost hunter/debunker/researcher in training:
10/30/2008:
It's Halloween, and once again my website happily whores itself
out to the media that inevitably comes sniffing around this time of year
asking for a twelfth rehashing of Helltown or Crybaby Bridge.
This time, Gore
Orphanage is the Halloween media darling.
Right now, you can find me pontificating on Vermilion's most notorious site
on FearNet. Charles Cassady, who wrote the new ghostie book Cleveland Ghosts, and Ohio Paranormal
Research and Investigations ("OHPRI"), are also featured in this video. If you
get FearNet's on-demand digital cable channel, go to the
"Halloween" section of their menu, then go to "Scary
Streets." Click on "Gore Orphanage" and prepare to be
blown away.
Or if you can't wait, you can just click below to witness the cheesy
action immediately:
Chuck from
Creepy
Cleveland and Ken from
Moonspenders
will also be on the show to spin hair-raising tales about Franklin Castle
and Helltown. Hells yeah!
If you can't watch it or get the channel where you live, I'm pretty sure
you can catch a live stream of it on Fox 8's website by clicking here. The video should be up for a week
or so.
Happy Hauntings, kids!
10/1/2008: The
Gore Orphanage Road bridge has been added to the Crybaby Bridges
page--as if you haven't read about that legend a hundred times
already. Also, Dead Ohio just finished shooting a segment on Gore
Orphanage for a series being produced by FEARnet. Updates on the
release date, etc. will be posted sometime in the future.
7/7/07: New! To help
boost your Haunted Ohio Summer, check out South Bass
Island Lighthouse.
Ok, ok. I've been a little slow with the
updates. Rather than toss down excuses (and I've got a ton of 'em),
let me just say that I have a major backlog of photographs, notes,
half-complete articles and other materials on various haunted places and
cemeteries. Not to mention the assload of reader submissions.
Or the graphic overhauls in the works. I'm chugging along and plan to
bring more goodies your direction soon. Thanks again for all the
stories, photos and cool conversations.
Finally, on a serious note, I know that quite a few of you have
heard about what happened at Top 'O the World recently and the related
tragedy. I admit that there are some provocative circumstances (and
unanswered questions) connected to the site. However, it is too early
to jump to conclusions or say what the long-term ramifications will
be. Indeed, there may be no definitive conclusions at all. I
would strongly discourage treating this sad event as a freak show and trust
that ya'll will stay away from disturbing the park out of respect for the
family and law enforcement, at least for now.
10/30/06: For
the ultimate Halloween event, I am pleased to announce that Creepy Cleveland has
risen from the grave! Check it out by clicking here, fiends. Oh,
and new updates have been added to the link page, including a revised link
to my friend Flying Orb's
website. Check it out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a bit remiss in the updates
department. Crazy shit, including the deaths of close friends and
relatives (yes, they do come in threes) has left me less than enthusiastic
about sitting in front of the computer writing bad html codes. But,
fear not. I've got tons of new stuff to post, so stay tuned.
And many "thank yous" for all of the cool submissions. You
guys rawk.
Of course, you can always find my on myspace.
Happy Halloween!
10/27/05: About
a dozen new reader submissions have been added to the Stories and Submissions,
including Egypt Road, Seven Barns, Edwin Shaw Hospital, Abbeyville, Kirtland
Witch's grave, Hiram College, Ridgelawn Cemetery, the Ashtabula Train
Disaster, and several entries on Mansfield Reformatory (including pictures
and a poem!). Also, new local and national paranormal links have been
added to the Links page.
In the shameless self-promotion department, yours truly was
interviewed by Action 19 News for its special Crybaby Bridge feature that
will air on Halloween night at 11:00 p.m. on channels 43 and 19. The
show should be a real hoot, so be sure to tune in.
Oh, if you are looking for some Halloween-themed live
entertainment this weekend, on Saturday, October 29th, 2005, Horror of 59,CD Truth (!),
The Shrill (horror rock band featuring members from Lords of the Highway
and The Slack Jawed Yokels), and The Driven High will be playing at the Lime
Spider in Akron. The show starts at 9:30pm. Admission is $2 (ignore the
five dollar price on the flyer).
10/25/05: On
Wednesday night (10/26) at 6:00 p.m., we will be on the radio to discuss
all things ghostly in Northeast Ohio. Dim the lights, light the
candles, and tune in to the State
of Decay show on WRUW
91.1 F.M.. Also, tons of new stories and submissions are coming
soon! Finally, the message board has been revamped and moved to a new
server.
10/21/05: Hot
Damn! Creepy
Cleveland has risen from the dead and is back on line! Welcome
back, Chuck, and just in time for Halloween. We missed you and your site
terribly.
9/24/05: New! Witch's Grave in
Kirtland. New link added to the links page. Also added a lot
of new Stories and
Submissions, including: phantom trucks and ghost lights at Hatchet Man
cemetery, more Rogue's Hollow adventures, eerie pictures from Fairmount
Children's Hospital and Lock Four, a chilling campfire tale about the ghost
of Chief Logan at Yellow Creek, and strange goings-on at Abbeyville (the
next Helltown?).
Finally opened up a MySpace account. You can check it out
by clicking here.
8/20/05: Now
for some shameless self-promotion. Dead Ohio has been published in
the new book, Encyclopedia of Haunted Places. This huge,
sturdy trade paperback edition contains hundreds of entries covering
ghostly locales from around the world. The book contains research
notes, strange photographs and first-hand accounts by paranormal
investigators themselves. Read our haunted Ohio articles (including
Franklin's castle, Johnson's Island and more), or check out the sections on
South Africa, Singapore, and even Pocatello, Idaho!
The book is available online now, and will be hitting your area
bookstores soon. To order online at Amazon or Barnes and Noble, click
the links below:
Finally, for anyone who missed the Horror of 59 show
last night at Annabell's, they have another gig coming up on September 17th
at Pat's in the Flats.
8/14/05: New!
Mansfield
Reformatory and Punderson
Manor. Also, several new Submissions have been
added, including: the "knocking game" at Abbott's Tomb,
more shenanigans at Egypt Road, in search of Spooky Hollow haunts, and a
creepy peek inside a haunted house in Jerry City (where's that????).
Finally did some minor housekeeping with the links page, including adding a
new link to a Michigan investigative website (infrared ghosties, anyone?).
For those of you looking to get your punk on this summer, check
out this show coming to Annabell's in Akron on Friday, August 19th, featuring
the primo horror punk band Horror of 59 (hey, they have songs about the Moonville
Tunnel and Helltown...tres cool).
6/14/05: Lots
of new Submissions
have been added, which include: the Top Ten List of Evil Things at
Woolyburger cemetery, weird childhood anecdotes in Helltown, beer and
ghosties at Chestnut Grove cemetery, eerie headlights at Egypt Road, a
freaky tour of the Ridges in Athens, the wrath of the ghost of Old Man
Tinker at Tinker's Hollow, and a lesson as to why you should always wear
clean underwear before exploring Gore Orphanage.
6/4/05: Whew,
baby! Over 3 months of slacking means a lot of catch up work to
do. For now, tons of new links have been added to the links page.
Enjoy!
5/28/05: It is
a black month for the Ohio ghost and legends websites. Sadly, one of
my favorite sites, Creepy
Cleveland, has folded for now. Chuck's website was the main
inspiration for Dead Ohio, and provided countless hours of interesting and
funny contributions. This sucks.
On the positive end, there are a ton of updates
forthcoming. So sit tight, kiddies. To everyone who submitted
their tales, thanks for writing in. Your submissions will be added to
the Submissions page shortly. Also, some new explorations have been
planned, including a trip to Mansfield Reformatory.
1/30/05: It
seems even we aren't immune to the holiday hangover and Cleveland winter
blues. To make up for the lack of updates, the following items have
been added: New! Pioneer Cemetery in
Kent. There are lots of new Submissions,
including: The results of a paranormal investigation of the Ashtabula
Train Disaster site on the anniversary of the accident, creepy
experiences (including a photograph) at the haunted Woolyburger
Cemetery, "the walking dude" at Leroy's Bridge, and ghostly
vacation pictures while touring the Haunted South. Finally, a link to
a new Ohio paranormal website has been added to the links page.
12/11/04: New Submission:
Pictures and info on the haunted Warlock's Grave in Tusc County.
11/18/04: If
you're reading this, that means you survived Halloween AND Election
Day. To ease your mind on these long, cold late-Autumn nights, we
have added these new Submissions:
A family's narrow escape from the clutches of strange shadow creatures at
Panther's Hollow, and a heart-felt confession from a Jaite prankster.
10/28/04: We
have more new Submissions:
Ghost dogs and other frightening tales of hauntings at "Euclid Forest,"
and hidden tunnels in Towner's Woods. The links page has been updated to
include a new link to a local haunted exploration website. Finally,
the Crybaby Bridges
page has been updated to include a link to the mysterious
"other" Abbeyville Road crybaby bridge.
10/25/04: Tinker's Creek.
This Halloween treat is the most requested addition to Dead Ohio's haunted
places. Enjoy!
10/18/04: Abbott's Tomb has been
updated with some stunning photographs and research shared by a local
photographer.
10/17/04: As
the Halloween season is upon us, enjoy some of these excellent new
submissions that have been added to the Submissions page,
including: one of the most fascinating, incredible accounts that we
have ever read regarding Franklin Castle, a chilling exploration of the
Wisner Road crybaby bridge in Kirtland, more spookiness at Edwin Shaw
Hospital, and yet another eerie tale out of Panther's Hollow in
Millersburg.
You think Helltown's mysterious satanic cults and Franklin Castle's secret
societies are a little too weird to be believed? Check out this
recent article in Scene on the Boyscouts' secret society, written by James
Renner. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction. FYI--James
is also the guy who bought Stephen King's screenplay for $1.00, and made it
into a short film called ‘All That You Love Will Be Carried Away’.
The thirty minute short stars Joe Bob Briggs, and features Clevelanders
Harvey Pekar, Michael Stanley and Rebecca Wilde in supporting roles.
The film makes its Cleveland premiere Thursday October 28th at The
Cedar Lee Theater. It will screen at 7pm and again at 8:30pm.
Check out this interview of Renner by Utter Trash by clicking here.
Finally, more links to Ohio paranormal websites have been added
to the Links page.
9/15/04: Potter's Field.
9/4/04: New
submissions added to the Submissions
page, including a great, informative write-up on Sunny Acres, an insane
exploration of inside the infamous Helltown house, and strange photos taken
at the River Styx Cemetery (sans the surly cows, of course!).
Finally, one reader, who goes by the name of Johnny Coffin, recently sent
us a link to an MP3 of his band's song, titled "Dead Ohio
Air." The band is called The
Autumn Dead and they are situated out of East Liverpool, Ohio.
This is a very cool, Misfits-esque tune that we could proudly adopt as our
theme song. The vocalist is a dead ringer for Glen circa
1978-1983. You can give it a listen by clicking here. My God...that one dude looks like he just
stepped off the movie set of Carnival of Souls. Yikes!
9/3/04: The haunted Cleveland Agora Theatre.
Also, Fast-Freight finally offers his expert opinion on that damned
"W" marker featured on the Return to Helltown
page. Hopefully, this ends the debate once and for all.
Otherwise, I think I'm going to have to start a whole new web page just to
cover that marker!
8/14/04: New submissions to the
Submissions page,
including: Cedar Point (beware of the haunted sponge!), Hotel
Breakers, an interesting variation of the Rogue's Hollow crybaby bridge
legend, and Panther's Hollow.
8/12/04: The Towner's Woods page has
been updated to include an explanation of that mysterious building.
The Return to
Helltown page has been updated to include yet another
explanation of that damned "W" marker. Finally, more new
links have been added to the Links
page. Check back soon for more updates, including our recent
exploration of the haunted Cleveland Agora.
7/18/04: Erie Street Cemetery and Towner's Woods.
Also, new links added to the Links
page. Finally, while at the Hi Fi Club in Lakewood a few days
ago, I caught Stephe DK of the band The New Lou Reeds sporting this
fabulous T-shirt:
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