In mid-August of 1887, 29-year-old John Bensonhafer loaded his wagon with twenty bushels of wheat to deliver to the local mill in Logan, Ohio. He brought along his new wife, 19-year-old Clara. The newlyweds had been married just a little shy of six months. Once settled into the wagon, the two traveled along what is …
A phantom cat haunts the Moonville Rail Trail near the old ghost town by King Hollow where the residents are long deceased. Would you dare to call out to this wee little kitty and gently pat its lifeless head? For quite some time, I tried to rescue this elusive little beast, until I realized the …
People always ask me where it all began, where Moonville Tunnel got so haunted, and what let all those ghosts in. There are lots of made-up stories out there. But this one, it is true. With its deep roots in the history of southeastern Ohio, this ghost story has been long passed down by those …
What is out there in the darkness? Big Darby Creek runs 84 miles, and along its route, it passes through the town of Darbydale. Just outside this community is Little Pennsylvania Cemetery. It’s been there for quite some time; one of the earliest known burials was in 1811 for 20-year-old Rebecca Borland. Over the years, …
In the 1850s, David and Catherine Somerville, along with their eight children, owned a small family farm in the heart of the Big Bend of the Ohio River. Once remote, in 1849, the first salt mining began along the bend, including sections of West Columbia, Pomeroy, and Hartford City. Coal mines began to crop up …
