👻 11 Hair-Raising Urban Legends Around Ohio

Plus: 😍 Great Council State Park Is A Stunner

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Chelsea Wiley
October 03, 2025

Sponsored by the Greater Columbus Arts Center 🖼️
Explore Columbus through a new lens with the For Us by Us Public Art Tour curated by Lance Johnson. This self-guided tour highlights 11 inspiring works across the city, celebrating compassion, empathy, and connection through public art. Discover the pieces that bring our community together and experience art made authentically. For more info, head over to columbusmakesart.com 

Hello, Friday! Chelsea here.

Spooky season has officially arrived, my friends. Ohio might seem ordinary on the surface, but scratch a little deeper and you’ll find a treasure trove of spooky legends and haunted history. From ghostly watchmen pacing through forgotten furnaces to monsters lurking in Lake Erie, the Buckeye State has no shortage of eerie stories that blur the line between fact and folklore. Some places have vanished, some remain standing, and others still welcome brave visitors willing to step inside. Ready for a tour of Ohio’s creepiest corners?

Navigator Feature Story: 👻 11 Hair-Raising Urban Legends Around Ohio

🌅 History Meets Nature at Ohio’s Great Council State Park
Great Council State Park isn’t your average hiking spot. Built in partnership with the Shawnee tribes, it’s part history, part culture, and part prairie escape, all just outside Xenia.

📸 These Retro Photos Will Take You Straight Back to Your First COSI Visit
I loved old COSI as a kid and it’s so fun to see photos that look like that hopped straight out of my 90s memories. Ready to take a little stroll down Memory Lane?

Headlines 📰 

🐶 Lap of Love helps pets spend their final moments at home, surrounded by love. Columbus vet Dr. Nellie Wilbers says it’s hard work, but the most meaningful she’s ever done. (Columbus Monthly)

❤️ Ohio’s beloved “Skyrim Grandma” Shirley Curry is logging off for good at 89, ending her decade-long run of gameplay videos watched by more than a million fans. (Axios Columbus)

⚾️ The Cleveland Guardians fell to the Detroit Tigers in the deciding Game 3 of their American League Wild Card showdown, 6-3. Unfortunately, that means their playoff dreams are over. (WOSU)

☀️ Weather: 84 and sunny

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Columbus is full of surprises, and this fall, one of the spookiest takes on a classic story awaits. Step into In the Land of Oz, a 60-minute immersive horror experience where the Emerald City has fallen, witches and obsessed munchkins roam, and every shadow hides a secret. Will you escape or become part of the legend? For ages 13+, September 26–November 2 at 1165 Dublin Road. Follow the yellow brick road…if you dare. For more info, or to purchase tickets, head over to columbuschildrenstheatre.org

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- Chelsea