Maybe They Wanted to Celebrate

The fun thing about writing a book of ghost stories is that I am finding out about a bunch of hauntings that I had never heard of before. What's even better is when some new ghost stories occur while I'm in the process of collecting the other ones.

I was at a meeting last night at the Kelton House Museum and Garden. We had some time to kill before the meeting actually started, so I asked a friend of mine there to tell me a story about the haunted house that she grew up in. Halfway through her story, a bottle of champagne that we had on the table suddenly blew its cork with a very loud "POP"! I burst out laughing. It seems that the Kelton ghosts wanted to make sure that they weren't being ignored in favor of other spirits. I have to give them credit, too. Not one drop of champagne spilled in the process. The Keltons may expect the attention they think is due them, but they won't waste perfectly good champagne to get it.

BTW, before any of you decide to call up the Kelton House and ask to do an investigation there, please note that they have a policy against that. It doesn't matter how reputable or bonded your group is, there are no exceptions. They have good reasons for it, trust me. For a longer explanation about why museums have the policies they do, I have an article about that up at Haunted Voices Radio's website. If you are dying to see the place, you can always check out one of their tours. They are open for history tours every Sunday afternoon from 1-4 (get there by 3, since the tours are about an hour long). The place is very cool on the historic level, enough for me to fall in love with it even without the ghosts. They also are part of the Columbus Landmarks Foundation's yearly ghost tours in October.