Kings Island on Ghost Hunters tonight

So with the announcement that at 9 p.m. Ghost Hunters will air a new episode featuring a weeks worth of filming at Kings Island, I thought I'd share a couple stories.

The tales of hauntings at KI are old and I won't go into detail on them here but here's a glance at the one's I've heard of most. Anything to them? Guess we'll see tonight at 9 on Syfy.

(Edit: I learned these stories from other employees and guests over the 10 years [9 seasons] I worked at the park.)

Tower Johnny - Ghost of a kid named John who died on the tower in 1983 on senior night. One story says he fell, another says he was decapitated or cut in half by elevator cables. He haunts international street mostly but allegedly haunts the Beast as well, since story goes the elevator cables were dumped in the woods out there.

Johnny is often credited for power surges or other mischievous events that cause problems but don't really do any harm. Kind of a prankster ghost. I've heard almost every ghost story at KI attributed to Johnny at one point or another.

The International Restaurant (above main entrance) is allegedly haunted, but I don't really know the stories well. Something about burners just turning on, weird voices etc. Creepy feelings.

Then there is Racer Boy, who mysteriously appears and disappears in Coney Mall.

Then there's the haunted White Water Canyon tower where a ghost allegedly throws rocks at the back of it. A similar story exists in the waterpark at the store just off the train but that is sometimes attributed to the "little girl in a blue dress" that is seen around there and in the parking lot. She's allegedly buried in the cemetery on property.

And yeah, so there's a cemetery on the property between KI and the Great Wolf Lodge. You can see it from the main road easily. See a photo at http://www.forgottenoh.com/Cemeteries/kicemetery.html

Then there was Black Sunday. I don't remember what year but in one day a drunk woman died on a ride called Flight Commander, and 3-4 people died in a bizarre electrical situation at the lake in Octoberfest (by the Viking Ship).

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So that's the history as I recall it. Feel free to add. I'll add my own stories to this later today if I have time.