True Ghost Stories from Ohio

Dark Figure's first DVD release is "True Ghost Stories from Ohio with Richard Crawford." This DVD covers such Ohio hauntings in south east ohio as The Faceless Hitchhiker, the Hookman of Pond Run Road, the Promont House, Utopia, and Smyrna Cemetary. Local Historian Richard Crawford gives up all the truth about Ohio's Haunted History. Mr. Crawford has released two books on the ghosts of clermont county ohio "Uneasy Spirits 13 Ghost Stories from Clermont County, Ohio" and "A Haunted History of Clermont County." He used to give haunted tours year round. The DVD has been featured in over 7 publications since it's release on sept. 25, 2006 and is available in Border's Books Eastgate, H&M Delia(Amelia), Border's Books (Springdale), Border's Books (Colerein), Joesph Beth Book Stores (Cincinnati), on filmbaby.com and in March at Chris Woodyard's site www.invink.com, and amazon.com. >
Produced by Andy Crosier and Richard Shane Reinert.

Reviews
Volume 1

Clermont Sun

"Deliciously creepy!"

Clermont Journal

"A good scare is closer to home than one might think"

HelloGhost.com

"Overall I give it an A."

Mike Weaver Myspace.com

"It really freaked me out."

Beyond the Reel TV

"It will have you reaching for a blanket (to hide)."

Dark Figure Productions had so much fun doing it the first time they came back for more. True Ghost Stories from Ohio volume 2 goes deeper and further into Ohio's hauntings. We traveled to Cincinnati, Columbus, Lancaster, Yellow Springs and once again to Clermont County in search of Ohio's true ghost stories. For those of you who asked for: reenactments you got it, first hand accounts.. done, more action less talk.. it's for real.
Available at Border's Books (Ohio), Joseph Beth Bookstores(Ohio), Barnes and Noble(Ohio)amazon.com,
invink.com and filmbaby.com
Produced by Andy Crosier and Richard Shane Reinert.

Reviews
Volume 2

"I loved the Cinematography and the lighting."

Director Bob host of My Awesome Talk Show

"True Ghost Stories from Ohio Volume 2" is a pleasure for friends and family to gather around the tv or campire and enjoy. Pick up this DVD statewide in Border's Books and Music locations.

Sean Paul Cincinnati Enquirer

I actually had the chance to meet Shane at an appearance here in Columbus on Tuesday and was able to watch all of Volume 2, this is some good stuff people, even if you do not live in Ohio you will enjoy this video.

Southern Ohio Paranormal Radio

SEE IT: LOCAL GHOST STORIES The truth is scarier than fiction. That's the premise behind "True Ghost Stories from Ohio, Volume 2," a 60-minute documentary that includes Cincinnati sites by Andy Crosier of East Walnut Hills and Richard Shane Reinert of Goshen.

Cincinnati Enquirer Life Section

Featured on The Today Show 10/30/08

The Bell Witch

As far as we can tell, a spirit, or what they called a witch back in the day, got really pissed off at a guy named John Bell. No one is really sure why this spirit hated John Bell so much. There's lot's of speculation on the subject, but one thing is certain, she detested him. So "he-she-it" (we'll call the witch a she from here on out) decided to terrorize his whole family. At first the witch just scratched the walls and bedposts, but then she started talking. Not a lot at first and not very well, but in time she found her voice.

I think that, at first, she was kinda a cool spirit. She would gossip about people and if they were doing hatefully things like cheating on their spouses, she would go and rat about it to other people in the town. So for a while, people liked her and were too scared to screw up and do anything wrong. Soon, she started hanging out in the local churches (Baptist and Methodist) and was renowned for reciting the preacher's sermons word for word. Sometimes she would even mimic the preacher's own voice! People started coming from all around to see if this "Witch" was actually real. She seemed to enjoy taunting, scaring and entertaining these visitors. General Andrew Jackson visited the Bell farm and got more than he bargained for in his encounter with the Bell Witch. In other words, she scared the crap out of him and his men!

Out of the blue, she suddenly renounced God and became a really pissy girl. She terrorized John Bell's family and kids with a renewed vengeance. But what's so amazing is that she took a liking to his wife Lucy, and even saved her live once by giving her some herbs from the orient. She always said that she would kill John Bell and sure enough she became the first spirit to kill a person. Even the State of Tennessee has a sign talking about it, and Tennessee is the only state to recognize a spirit killing a person. She sang at his funeral and hung around for a few days then said that she would be back in 7 years. She did come back to John Bell's family and predicted WW2, and a lot of other things including a really cool fan web site to start up in 2002 (that last part was a joke).

After the second visit, she said that she would be back in 107 years, but as far as we can tell she never came back. Some people say that she did come back and now hangs out in the Bell Witch cave (which we didn't get to see, dammit, cause Adams is a vortex of all the b films rolled up into one). Anyway there is a lot more to the story so check out some of the books written about it.