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Encyclopedia > Andrew Henderson (writer)

Andrew Lawrence Henderson is a writer and webmaster of the popular Ohio history/folklore website Forgotten Ohio. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he was born on May 12, 1979. Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area    - City 550. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...


Forgotten Ohio

Since 1999 he has owned and operated the website Forgotten Ohio, which focuses on urban exploration, ghost stories, ghost towns, cemeteries, and local legends in his home state. Henderson has been interviewed in a number of prominent publications, including The Washington Post, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Dayton Daily News, The Ohio State University Alumni Magazine, Columbus's The Other Paper and Columbus Alive, and Cleveland Scene. He is a frequent interviewee on Ohio's local television news stations, is a regular in-studio guest for the Halloween edition of the Ohio News Network cable station, and has had work featured on National Public Radio. He also gives regular presentations at libraries, bookstores, community centers, and schools on topics related to his website and books. An urban explorer stands near the outfall of a muffin shaped brick and concrete storm drain, under Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... Ghost Stories (Japanese: 学校の怪談, Gakkō no Kaidan, School Ghost Stories) is a twenty-one-episode anime series created in 2000 by animation studio Aniplex for Fuji Television, based on a manga series by Yosuke Takahashi. ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. ... Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ... The Columbus Dispatch is a daily newspaper, based in Columbus, Ohio, that serves the central portion of the state. ... The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Dayton Daily News is a daily newspaper published at Dayton, Ohio. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Ohio. ... Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets, fruit, and other treats. ... Ohio News Network is a statewide news network in Ohio. ... NPR redirects here. ...


Publications

Forgotten Columbus (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002)


Weird Ohio (with James Willis & Loren Coleman) (New York: Sterling, 2005) Loren Coleman in a photograph featured in his profile on Cryptomundo. ...


Ohio Hauntings (expected 2007)



 
 

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