10 Creepy Short Stories Behind Haunted Artifacts At Covington's Paranormal Museum | Cincinnati Refined

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Dana and Greg Newkirk in front of the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and the Occult / Image courtesy of the museum // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#10 - "Ruby," the over-80-year-old doll that was believed to have caused sickness in children for generations because a family member who owned the doll died of tuberculosis. Read more about Ruby in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#10 - "Ruby," the over-80-year-old doll that was believed to have caused sickness in children for generations because a family member who owned the doll died of tuberculosis. Read more about Ruby in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#9 - "The Restless Painting," a framed picture of a mysterious girl that causes other pictures around it to fall off the wall. Read more about The Restless Painting in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.1<p></p>

#9 - "The Restless Painting," a framed picture of a mysterious girl that causes other pictures around it to fall off the wall. Read more about The Restless Painting in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.1<p></p>

#8 - "The Gazing Glass," an ominous crystal ball owned by a mystic in the 1970s that caused poltergeist-like activity in a man's home when he tried peering into it years later. Read more about The Gazing Glass in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#8 - "The Gazing Glass," an ominous crystal ball owned by a mystic in the 1970s that caused poltergeist-like activity in a man's home when he tried peering into it years later. Read more about The Gazing Glass in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#7 - "Ghost Mine Drill," the century-old tool of a miner who was crushed to death in Oregon that may still be haunted by his ghost. Read more about Ghost Mine Drill in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#7 - "Ghost Mine Drill," the century-old tool of a miner who was crushed to death in Oregon that may still be haunted by his ghost. Read more about Ghost Mine Drill in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#6 - "The Cracking Man," a clown doll that is believed to have manifested a twisted, broken man who appears at people's bedsides at night. Read more about The Cracking Man in the story. / Image courtesy of Greg Newkirk // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#6 - "The Cracking Man," a clown doll that is believed to have manifested a twisted, broken man who appears at people's bedsides at night. Read more about The Cracking Man in the story. / Image courtesy of Greg Newkirk // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#5 - "The Conjuring Drum," the tool of a prolific voodoo family who accidentally summoned a spirit that hurt other people to help their family. Read more about The Conjuring Drum in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#5 - "The Conjuring Drum," the tool of a prolific voodoo family who accidentally summoned a spirit that hurt other people to help their family. Read more about The Conjuring Drum in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#4 - "The Fetid Face," a mysterious mask believed to have originated in Indonesia that creates{ }psychological turmoil to those who wear it. Read more about The Fetid Face in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#4 - "The Fetid Face," a mysterious mask believed to have originated in Indonesia that creates psychological turmoil to those who wear it. Read more about The Fetid Face in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#3 - "Billy," an extremely active, 200-year-old idol found wrapped in a burlap sack in a crawl space that convinces people to{ }bring it material objects. Read more about Billy in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#3 - "Billy," an extremely active, 200-year-old idol found wrapped in a burlap sack in a crawl space that convinces people to bring it material objects. Read more about Billy in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#2 - "The Begging Bowl," a Tibetan monkey skull brought to the US in the 1950s that requires sustenance to appease the poltergeist lurking within it. Read more about The Begging Bowl in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#2 - "The Begging Bowl," a Tibetan monkey skull brought to the US in the 1950s that requires sustenance to appease the poltergeist lurking within it. Read more about The Begging Bowl in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

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#1 - "The Crone," a haunting wooden figure of a person with nails in its eyes and a noose around its neck that was discovered in a cave in the Catskill Mountains by hikers. The power it wields is enough to make even Greg and Dana reconsider keeping it in the museum... Read more about The Crone in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

#1 - "The Crone," a haunting wooden figure of a person with nails in its eyes and a noose around its neck that was discovered in a cave in the Catskill Mountains by hikers. The power it wields is enough to make even Greg and Dana reconsider keeping it in the museum... Read more about The Crone in the story. / Image: Phil Armstrong, Cincinnati Refined // Published: 10.20.17<p></p>

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