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08/23/2011    As you may have noticed by viewing our main page, the OES website is undergoing a facelift! Pages currently on the website will be updated as they are completed. We'll update you here in the News & Updates section once the entire conversion has been completed. We are also working on getting new photos online, including our recent exploration of Cooper Stadium in Franklin County. Stay tuned for the new content or like us on Facebook to stay up-to-date.

05/15/2011    The Ohio Exploration Society will be accepting new membership applications for urban exploration and historical research very soon. Membership to our paranormal team will remain closed. Check our Application page for details.

05/13/2011    B&T Metals and Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church have been added to the Structures Section. The B&T Metals page includes a nearly 40 minute long video of our exploration. Added new articles from Columbus Alive!, Wapakoneta Daily News, The Daily Standard, Newark Advocate, and Tribune Chronicle to the In The Media page. Added new hauntings to Auglaize, Fairfield, Mahoning, Medina, and Ross counties. Added Grandview Cemetery to the Contributed Stories page. We're also gradually converting all of our photo galleries and audio/video players to be backwards compatible with Adobe Flash and HTML5 for optimal browsing on various devices. If you enjoy the OES website and the work we do, please consider making a donation to help us cover our webhosting costs this year...even a dollar or two will help!

10/22/2010    Added Bowman Cemetery, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Pretty Boy Floyd, Sherwood Tracks, Stephen's Lounge, and Timken Senior High School to the Contributed Stories page, and a new story was added to the Morley Music Hall page. The Ohio National Bank has been added to the Structures section, including a 360º interactive panoramic photo of the breathtaking lobby. Added audio from an appearance on Q92's DeLuca Show and an article from the Wapakoneta Daily News about the hauntings of Fort Amanda to the In The Media page.

06/07/2010    The Ohio Exploration Society turned 10 years old this month! Check out the Ten Year Anniversary page and leave a comment about your experience on the OES website.

06/04/2010    Dell Ruse (Feasel) Cemetery has been added to the Cemeteries section. Brandywine Falls has been added to the Parks & Nature section. Added the Thorla-McKee Well to the Miscellaneous section. New hauntings have been added to the following counties: Athens, Brown, Delaware, Marion, Richland, and Warren. A new contributed story has been added to the Lick Road page. An article from the Aurora Advocate has been added to the In The Media page.

04/24/2010    Added Doctors Hospital of Stark County to the Structures section, the USS Shenandoah to the Miscellaneous section and Mound City to the Indian Mounds section. New hauntings have been added to the following counties: Holmes, Lucas, Meigs, Seneca, Scioto, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and Warren. Brubaker Bridge, Buffington Island, Screaming Mimi Bridge and Stivers Middle School have been added to the Contributed Stories page. Updated information on Loucks Bridge.

10/16/2009    Just in time for Halloween, new hauntings have been added to the following counties: Cuyahoga, Darke, Erie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lorain, Marion, Trumbull, Vinton, and Wood. Bell Cemetery, Clyde Railroad Tracks, Egypt Valley Creature, Holcomb Road, Nashville Elementary, Portage House, and Sand Hill have been added to the Contributed Stories page. Serpent Mound, Seip Earthworks, and Jeffers Mound have been added to the Indian Mounds section. A Donate link has been added to the navigation menu replacing the Online Stores link. Keep updated by becoming our fan on Facebook, a friend on MySpace, or by submitting your email address above.

08/13/2009    The Clifton School, Grandview Theatre, Palmer Road Crybaby Bridge, and Poindexter Tower have been added to the Structures section. The second page of the GE Peebles Test Operation has been updated with additional information that includes some detail on the 2007-2009 expansion plans and a video from the television show Sightings about a strange video shot by a resident of Chillicothe with a possible link to the GE Peebles facility, also known as Ohio's Area 51. New hauntings have been added to the following counties: Butler, Clark, Columbiana, Defiance, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Henry, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Noble, Perry, Portage, Scioto, Summit, Trumbull, and Wood. Bridgetown Road, Bussey Road Farmhouse, Forest Rose Cemetery, and nine EVPs recorded at Fields Cemetery have been added to the Contributed Stories page. Lastly, all of the 360º panoramic photos on the website have been converted to a Flash-based player!

03/02/2009    We have updated all video files on the site to play with a Flash-based player. We're also in the process of converting all of the 360º panoramic photos to play with Flash-based players as well and they should be complete soon. The Books & Reference page was updated to include An Incident At Moonville: The Conductor's Revenge, by William M. Cullen. The book is a fictional horror story based on Moonville's history. The OES and our experience at Moonville was cited in Chapter 20 of the book through one of the characters in his preservation report of Moonville. Thanks goes to William for including the OES in his book!

01/30/2009    You may have noticed the website is laid out a little differently. Welcome to the 5th version of the OES website! After months of retooling the underlying code of the website, we think you'll like some of the new features. All of the photo galleries have been converted to a Flash-based gallery for easier browsing. A share icon appears on all of the pages to allow you to share your favorite pages of the OES site with your friends. The navigation menu has been moved to the top and simplified. There will be a few more features rolled out in the near future, along with new content. Subscribe to our email updates list above to be notified when new stuff is online.