COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Author R.L. Stine has been making children laugh and cry with his spooky and often funny children’s books for the last 33 years.

The Columbus-area native was back in his hometown Thursday, met by a crowd and a special honor.

The Leveque Tower looked like it was dripping with green slime, and Columbus City Hall was also bathed in green light in honor of Stine, back in his hometown to unveil the scariest street that now bears his name.

"Everything's a surprise to me,” he said. “I think no one's more amazed by all this than I am."

Grant Avenue in the Italian Village is now known as R.L. Stine Way. Robert Lawrence Stine grew up in a small house in Bexley.

“When I write these books, I think back to my time in Bexley and what it looked like, and so a lot of the setti

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