Cincinnati Haunted Handbook (America's Haunted Road Trip) by Jeff Morris

Cincinnati Haunted Handbook (America's Haunted Road Trip) Reviews

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  Shannon

  I have read several books that talk about "real-life" haunted places, but none so detailed as this one. Not only does it share the ghost stories that surround a [rather large] list of areas, but it also gives background/history and even directions and in some cases, hours of business.
  It's always enjoyable to read and realize how hard someone works to put together a book... One can tell when reading through these stories that, precisely, a LOT of work was put into it all.
  Both fun and informative! Sweet stuff!
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  Casi Hamilton

  Not a terrible guide to the local haunted locations, and I certainly appreciate that there are not only directions to all the places but tips about visiting such as visiting hours and particularities. But it was a bit light on content, overall. Most of the stories didn't have much meat to them, which is perhaps because there just aren't any really good Cincinnati ghost stories. Nevertheless, it was an interesting bit of local color.
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  Jennifer Daniel

  Mostly crap. The "ghost story" segment on each haunted location spoke of legend, rumor and the story goes....meaning it is all just a bunch of hooey. There were less than a handful of stories that had actual documented deaths occur at the haunted sights. And the entire chapter on cemetaries where they warned you every time that the cemetary was closed at night and trespassing was illegal. Then why bother to tell me about an alleged ghost that only came out after dark?
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  Jordan

  This had some potentially interesting local legends in it, but the writing turned what could have been spooky stories into bland little blurbs. Most of the legends felt rather hokey, perhaps because they lacked that dramatic embellishment that I've come to expect from horror stores. There were a few minor factual errors on the history of the sites that locals might catch, but most of them don't really detract from the haunting legends, just the historical accuracy. My qualms with the writing aside, it's an interesting guide to local haunting legends, none of which I'd heard before. Living in Cincinnati, it was entertaining to see the legends concerning places that I pass by on a regular basis talked about here. The handbook covers a nice variety of sites, so mostly anyone from the area should be able to recognize several of these spots. Overall, a mildly interesting book for locals.
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  James Crawford

  2010, 228 pages.
  
  This book covers stories about ghosts from different types of places including cemeteries, roads and bridges, parks and trails, museums and theaters, businesses, and schools and public buildings. There are also three appendices.
  
  Further, each sub-topic in a section is divided into sections: a technical description of where it is; how to get to it; a ghost story and finally a section on visiting. Most of the sections on visiting are basically composed of warnings about staying off private property, not messing with things, etc.
  The book also has photos for each sub-topic so it's a pretty complete book.