Programs

Haunted Programs with Sherri Brake

This page was last updated: January 26, 2012

Sherri Brake is an an author, lecturer, paranormal investigator and owner of Haunted Heartland Tours. She has consulted on various TV shows such as Sci Fi Channels popular "Ghosthunters" and A&Es "Paranormal State". On a funny note, ABCs "Wife Swap" approached her in 2006 but she said "Thanks...but no thanks!".

She has filmed with PBS, Travel Channel on "Americas Most Terrifying Places" and most recently in 2010 with Ghost Lab on the Travel Channel. Sherri has instructed Ghosthunting 101, Spirit Photography and EVP classes for over 5 years thru various community education centers. Sherri is the instructor of paranormal classes at the West Virginia Pen in Moundsville. She has presented various programs to 100s of organizations, libraries, colleges and clubs over the last 6 years.

Brake's first published work, Haunted Stark County Ohio, is part of the History Press series on Haunted America. It is available thru the Online Store at our wesbite here and at various book stores and thru Amazon.com. Her next haunted history book was published in June 2010 and is "The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory." (Mansfield Reformatory)

Sherri lives in Summersville West Virginia with husband Perry Queener, but does presentations in Ohio as well as the Mountain State area. You can find her haunting various locations in various states or perhaps hanging at the Summersville WV office researching for the next ghosthunt, haunted location or book!

Programs offered:

The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory

1.5 hours total

This program features selected photos and narration on the subject featured in Sherri's 2nd published book "The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory: which was published by The History Press in 2010.

"Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but eventually grew to house the most dangerous criminals. By the time the Mansfield institution closed, the prison was hosting one thousand more prisoners than it was designed to hold in "brutalizing and inhumane conditions." Within the dark corridors made famous as the backdrop for The Shawshank Redemption, ghostly presences linger, from the dungeons of solitary confinement to the West Wing showers, where a bent pipe marks the place where a prisoner hanged himself. Venture behind the walls of this notorious prison with ghost tour guide Sherri Brake to discover the history and spirits that forever haunt these halls if you dare. " Get the book at Amazon.com

Haunted Ohio: 1.5 hours total

Explore various locations across Ohio , each with their own haunted history. Over 40 photos presented with narration and time for questions after program. Powerpoint presentation features:

Mansfield Reformatory-Richland Co OH

Rogues Hollow and Cry Baby Bridge Wayne Co OH

Franklin Castle, Cleveland OH

Malabar Farm and the ghost of Ceely Rose

Wood County Lunatic Asylum OH

Zoar Ohio Ghosts

Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens OH

Hercules Engine Factory Canton OH

Schoenbrunn Village, New Philadelphia OH

Massillon Women's Club, Massillon OH

Gnadenhutten Massacre, Gnadenhutten OH

Levee House Cafe, Marietta OH

and much more!

"Gravestones and Legends" Stones and Bones : 1.5 hours total

This is a unique, spooky and sometimes funny look at headstones, gravestone symbolism and graveyard rituals. Features sideshow of haunted cemeteries, beautiful and sometimes scary headstones, Victorian customs and those dreaded "buried alive" stories! Over 40 photos presented with narration and time for questions after the program.

Locations/ Stories featured:

* Columbus Ohio's Greenlawn Cemetery

* Athens Lunatic Asylum Cemetery

* The Greenbriar Ghost of West Virginia

* Ohio Frontier Massacre site

* The West Virginia Pen Cemetery (Whitegate cemetery)

* Salem MA area stones

* Famous people and their final markers

Other ares featured: Haunted cemeteries in many states!

Sherri Brake

Photo by Dianne Blosser

Haunted West Virginia: 1.5 Hours

Travel via our spooky sideshow- to haunted and historical locations across the Mountain State. See the places you have heard about and hear of paranormal investigations across the state. From haunted prison cells in Moundsville to dark and forgotten bunkers where the Mothman was sighted in Point Pleasant. Over 40 photos presented with narration and time for questions after the program.

Locations/ Stories featured:

* Lowe Hotel, Point Pleasant WV

* Braxton County Green Monster

* The Greenbriar Ghost of West Virginia

* Trans Allegheny Library, Parkersburg WV

* Greenbriar Ghost

* Princeton WV Haunted Amusement Park

* Trans Allegheny Luntatic Asylum

And more!

Haunted Heartland Tours LLC

Owner/Director Sherri Brake

Haunted Heartland Tours is a registered business with the State of West Virginia