A Homemade Roller Coaster & Signed Hot Dogs: ‘Weird Ohio’ James A. Willis searches for the strange

James A. Willis — author of Weird Ohio, Ohio’s Historic Haunts, and more tomes highlighting the strange nearby — shares some of his favorite Ohio oddities including:

• a homemade roller coaster in Pataskala, Ohio
• gum-encrusted restaurant in Greenville
• hot dog buns signed celebrities in Toledo

He also discusses what being a Paranormal Researcher entails, and why ghost-hunting shows sometimes frustrate him.

For more of the strange, local, and locally strange:

• William G Krejci discusses Ghosts & Legends of Northern Ohio
• D.M. Pulley on her favorite literary haunted houses
• Dan Chaon talks about what haunts him