tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post8252543129836962565..comments2023-11-05T01:25:26.225-06:00Comments on Keith Phipps Also Has A Blog: Keith Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715255403261893603noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-28776457686119103722015-07-06T18:54:14.114-05:002015-07-06T18:54:14.114-05:00You'll find my version of the story in Haunted...You'll find my version of the story in Haunted Ohio IV, starting on page 15. And on this blog post giving some of the contemporary news accounts here:<br />http://wp.me/p3gOGE-2fJChris Woodyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428651554202989448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-83811866611159225312006-12-20T04:42:00.000-06:002006-12-20T04:42:00.000-06:00I have collected a huge amount on the Phantom of R...I have collected a huge amount on the Phantom of Route 40 and am planning to write an article about it.<br /><br />You can find my blogs here:http://dieschwarzesonne.blogspot.com/, http://hyborea.blogspot.com and http://subterraneus.blogspot.com/<br /><br />kind regards,<br /><br />Theo Paijmanstheo paijmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890509406570628152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-10984868321311601752006-11-04T20:38:00.000-06:002006-11-04T20:38:00.000-06:00This is Andy from Forgotten Ohio. Keith, I'm mort...This is Andy from Forgotten Ohio. Keith, I'm mortified that I missed your e-mail since I'm a big fan of yours and a very regular AV Club reader. I get so many e-mails I just don't open them all, and I feel terrible about it, but I just can't keep up with them. How do you handle it, since I'm sure you get a hundred times what I get?<br /><br />The Phantom of Route 40 lyrics are absolutely fascinating; I'm going to have to find a way to post them on my website. Unfortunately I never heard of the Englewood Dam's ghost being associated with the old National Road; it's a very local haunting. It does happen to be tangled up with the Pattys House nearby, and the supposed "hanging tree" (but there are hanging trees all over the placee). In the other direction, there are a couple of ghosts said to haunt Route 40 itself. One is the woman who floats above Lady Bend Hill in Belmont County; another haunts a dip in the road called Deep Cut in Muskingum County. I've been to both locations but never saw anything (not that I've ever seen a ghost).<br /><br />I wonder if those lyrics are based on anything more than the songwriter's imagination. If that's a "real" legend from the Dayton area, I'm ashamed that I've missed it after all these years. And I just sent my "Ohio Hauntings" book in to the publisher.<br /><br />Anyway, write me anytime and I'll be sure to get it. I'm doing better these days. I think.andyh027https://www.blogger.com/profile/12578597161297739253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-50763932554918761512006-09-05T13:07:00.000-05:002006-09-05T13:07:00.000-05:00The Phantom is a mystery that wasn't solved. Some...The Phantom is a mystery that wasn't solved. Sometime around 1952, truckers traveling on Rt. 40, usually in the vacinity of the Dam, experienced an approaching auto that would flash its bright lights at them and head straight for them. As the car then got closer to the truck, the car's lights would go off. As the car passed the trucker, it was reported, the trucker saw a glowing skeleton behind the wheel. There were numerous sightings. This mysterious driver sent a letter to the county sheriff, and challenged him to catch him if he could. The lyrics in the final verse of the song I wrote (Phantom of Rt. 40) are direct quotes from the Phantom's letter. Alas, he did dissapear without a trace.<br /><br />I have spoken with a journalist, Martha Hardcastle, from the Englewood area about the Phantom. She thought that the Phantom might be included in a future edition of Haunted Ohio. She even did an article on me and the Phantom song but it was not published as far as I know.<br /><br />The Phantom of Rt. 40 is on a CD titled "Down On The Borderline" by my group Lost Country (R). It is available at Amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com/Down-On-Borderline-Lost-Country/dp/B00006B5WL/sr=1-3/qid=1157479478/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-4481790-7006300?ie=UTF8&s=music.<br /><br />I can be reached at coolg@thecoolgroove.com - http://www.lostcountry.comJim Colegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659244509555956961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-30700082529289435692006-09-02T10:31:00.000-05:002006-09-02T10:31:00.000-05:00I checked for it in all volumes of Haunted Ohio (f...I checked for it in all volumes of <i>Haunted Ohio</i> (five now, believe it or not) and found nothing. The author of <i>Forgotten Ohio</i> has yet to get back to me.Keith Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715255403261893603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21055547.post-79769555576534895302006-08-29T20:28:00.000-05:002006-08-29T20:28:00.000-05:00I don't remember it from the first three volumes o...I don't remember it from the first three volumes of Haunted Ohio, but apparently there have been additions to the series since I stopped purchasing. I can say that if that Dam was haunted, I certainly would have seen the ghost given the number of times I drove across it in the middle of the night.Nanker Phelgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139097640725685850noreply@blogger.com