Midwest Haunters Convention

Dates: July 14-15-16, 2006
Columbus, Ohio

"A weekend event planned for Haunted Attraction Producers, Actors, and Home Haunters. Our goal is to provide you with educational seminars and workshops with experienced presenters as well as a place to socialize with others in the industry during our fun social activities. "

as featured In HauntedHouseMagazine.com

A list of haunted spots in Ohio - Haunted Places - reputedly haunted houses, roads, bends, golf tournaments etc.  Golf tournamanents?  Dublin the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield is haunted by rain?  I think that's a stretch unless the golf course  is haunted by the spirit of a Central Ohio weatherman who was killed ....at the tournament.  Said weatherman's ghost  haunts the fairways with his golf umbrella which was struck by lightening....  which is silly as I just made that up.

This one I will buy... 

 "Columbus - Nationwide Arena - Site of the Ohio State Pen - built where the old pen used to be when the pen was there many people sighted & heard things that were not meant to be seen or heard examples:

 1. old cafeteria used to be place where hangings occurred before it was cafeteria, even though there were broken windows to let in traffic noise upon entering the building was dead silent

2. the electro shock therapy room has noises and is extremely cold now it seems as the nationwide arena area is cursed ....

goes on sensationalistic and morbid. 

The list of ghosts missed the Thurber House.  The Thurber House  is haunted isn't it?  They aren't that literary though if they didn't work O. Henry being a prisoner at the Ohio State Pen, into Natonwide Arena's haunting story. Even if O. Henry did not die there he could come back to haunt it.

The Night the Ghosts Got In  From the Thurber House Website:

"It all began with the night the Ohio Lunatic Asylum burned on November 17, 1868. The Asylum covered several blocks of downtown Columbus, including the area where Thurber House now stands. Seven people died in the fire, and their spirits are said to be many of our ghosts."

"The night of James Thurber's ghostly experience was exactly 47 years after the Ohio Lunatic Asylum burned. According to his story"The Night the Ghost Got In," Thurber was in the upstairs bathroom washing his face when he heard the heavy footsteps of a man pacing around the dining table downstairs. He thought a burglar had broken in and tiptoed to his brother William's room to wake him. Thurber and his brother approached the head of the stairs just as the footsteps ceased. Suddenly, they heard the footsteps launch up the steps two at a time, coming straight for them! When they glanced down, there was nobody there, though they heard the footsteps rapidly approaching. Thurber's brother ran to his bedroom, and Thurber ducked into the bathroom and slammed the door at the moment the invisible figure would have reached him."

Another RT Blogger is writing about ghosts this week...

Ghosts in the Twin Cities... or a ghost anyway and  More Ghosts in St. Paul

When you sell your home ...we do not have a place on our state disclosure form for ghosts.  I believe a  buyer can bring a ghost buster to inspect per the terms of the local purchase contract though.   

  Copyright 2006 Columbus Best Blog and Maureen McCabe