From writer Charles Cassady

Although it is not a Cleveland subject matter, I have written another book containing many a creepy thing, PARANORMAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER. My longest work yet, more than 300 pages. So if one is buying ghost stories by weight, this makes the best deal yet.

You might want to at least feature the book trailer online because I feel it's quite amusing. And made entirely in a camera tower at Northfield Park harness track in between laps!

That's Life with Robin Swoboda

Did you miss the show? Robin Swoboda's "That's Life" Cleveland morning talk show on Halloween 2008 featured a number of haunted locations and creepy legends around Cleveland.


See all the segments here

Also see:
Creepy Tales on the Tube

Gore Orphanage Road on Fearnet

Links:
Dead Ohio
Charles Cassady Jr
Psychic Sonya
OHPRI

Ghost caught on security tape at gas station?

From Parma, Ohio:

Hail to the King, Baby.

I know this isn't Cleveland related, but I had to share.

Some friends of mine are traveling the New England states this week and are keeping in touch via email. Last night I got some photos of what they saw yesterday.

Stephen King's House. Awesome.

I'm a huge Stephen King fan and I'm amused to see that his house looks as normal as it does. Notice the front gate, however. The bats atop each fence post and the spiderweb designs in the grating. That's pretty cool.

I can't help thinking that Mr. King and his family have got to get pretty tired of tourists stopping outside his house and taking pictures all day long, but then I see the bats and I wonder if he doesn't think it's pretty cool being admired by so many.

Either way, I thought these pics were cool and I wanted to share. Thanks Terry!

The Dead Matter

A zombie movie filmed at Mansfield Reformatory! Music by Northern Ohio's own Midnight Syndicate!

Sweet!



The Dead Matter Home Page

Midnight Syndicate Soundtrack

UPDATE: 10/09/2009: Cleveland.com article about the Cleveland premier!!

West Life Article on Creepy Cleveland!

I nearly missed it! The article by Charles Cassady for which I was interviewed appeared in the West Life News on July 27, 2007. I finally got my hands a copy.

Wanna read it?

Click here - Creepy Cleveland Article.

You need a PDF reader to view it. Don't have one? Get one here.

P.S. OK, OK... if you don't have a PDF reader and don't want to install one - you can also see the original .jpg scan (1.4M) by clicking here.

Melon Head Meltdown

Creepy Cleveland,

I recently graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking. For my senior cinematography thesis I used the Melonheads as my subject. The thesis was on stop-motion effects. It is very reminiscent of the animated meltdown sequence from EVIL DEAD. Tom Sullivan, the make-up effects artist on EVIL DEAD 1 & 2 helped me out, giving me advice and encouragement over phone conversations and email.

I'm originally from Painesville, OH, a neighboring city of Mentor and Kirtland, all in Lake County. I'm working on a feature involving various Kirtland lore, which I think will stand out from the current Melonhead productions.

Feel free to check it out in my "work" section of my site: http://www.FarrisReelFilms.com


Michael J. Farris
Filmmaker in Residence
440.554.4733
mfarris1[at]pop.ncarts.edu
Mike[at]FarrisReelFilms.com
http://www.FarrisReelFilms.com

Another Melonheads Movie!

Melonhead Movie!

Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads
The day has come!!! For four generations North East Ohio has been tormented by the Melonheads. Now Ohio's creepiest legend comes to life in the newest installment of the Dark Ritual Series!!!

You asked for it, you got it! Our next project is in pre-production. 'What happens when the Cheerleaders decide to test their courage and go camping in Melonhead Country????' Booze, Babes and Carnage! We will bring to life North East Ohio's best known legend. Learn the story of Dr. Crow and how the melonheads came to be the force to terrify 4 generations!
Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads, is another installment of the Dark Ritual Series! From the Director of Aquarius Rising; Laugh-at-the-Law Productions & ShockStar Studios.
www.laugh-at-the-law.com

Laugh-at-the-Law Productions Ltd.
PO Box 763
Painesville, OH 44077
www.laugh-at-the-law.com

Melonheads Movie?

from: Josh Stone



We are shooting a movie about, and called The Melonheads. I was wondering if you could put a banner linking to themovie website. www.melonheadsthemovie.com. let me know.

Josh Stone
President and Chairman
J&A Films
(216) 559-2800
Josh@jafilmsltd.com
www.jafilmsltd.com

MUTANT MELON HEADS TERRORIZE KIRTLAND

Hey, Cleveland. I'm back.

While thumbing through a copy of the Free Times today at work I came across this article. Near the bottom of the article Creepy Cleveland was mentioned. I got sad.

I really, really loved running Creepy Cleveland a few years back and have decided to take the reins again.

Just in time for Halloween.

Besides a place for the page to live, the biggest problem I had back when Creepy Cleveland was in it's heyday was keeping it updated. I've got some ideas to remedy that problem.

In only the few years since I was actively running Creepy Cleveland the web has exploded with new services. I'm going to take advantage of some free advances in web technology to make it easier for everyone to find information they want and contribute (because - let's face it, the stories were probably the best part of old Creepy Cleveland).

There's gonna be a bunch of changes. I have a ton of back email to wade through. I've got a hundred links to validate and repost. There are many people I have to get back in touch with.

This might take a while.

But, God, it's gonna be fun.