'The most haunted village in Ohio' says ghosts are just part of the charm

Whitney Fordyce tended to the lunch rush that piled into the Hammel House Inn’s downstairs restaurant on a Wednesday in early October. Her ponytail bobbed as she darted from table to table topping off drinks and taking orders.

The inn was completely booked leading into the fall weekend.

It always gets this busy this time of year, said Fordyce, who manages the bed and breakfast. Part of that has to do with the guests that don’t check into the 200-year old inn. This is said to be one of the village’s most phantom-filled buildings. The historic bed and breakfast is embracing it.

“It's definitely something that we go to, that we think about, especially during the slow season,” Fordyce said. “It helps. Every little bit of the haunted type of thing helps, it really does.”