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Each week Paula and Stephen explore unsolved murders, lost shipwrecks, local legends and more! https://www.ohiomysteries.com. https://www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries https://www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries https://www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio In any given episode we feature fantastic music by the following music-https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0pcAGV4g67jCxGIPWv9iQ https://www.youtube.com/c/WhitesandComposer https://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix https://www.youtube.com/c/RossBugden https://soundcloud.com/andrei-burcea-20972653
Hello and Welcome to the first episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In this episode we discuss the skydiving tragedy of Huron, Ohio. On Sunday, August 28th, 1967, 18 skydivers accidentally parachuted into Lake Erie in an attempt at a high altitude (20,000') jump and 16 people were killed. A series of errors led to this tragedy including a deadly mistake by the FAA, a pilot who drifted off course and sky divers eager for the experience. This disaster was the deadliest accident in the history of skydiving and an investigation by the NTSB soon followed. We're your hosts Mike and Dan. Join us as we explore this tragedy and learn about a deadly plot twist at the end which claimed more victims. Check out the video that shows where it happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkiTDAFheQ
Mike hosts a Facebook page called "Too Late for Autographs" and explores people and their stories with Ohio ties that have passed away: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1469825446606552/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=3474200626169014 Dan hosts a Youtube Channel called: Ohio History and Haunts where he explores historical and dark places around Ohio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5x1eJjHhfyV8fomkaVzsA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, university students Mary Petry and Bill Sproat were murdered in Bill's Columbus apartment in such a brutal way, people wondered if Charles Manson copycats were at work. In a new 7-part podcast "Mary & Bill: An Ohio Cold Case," investigative reporter Justin Glanville revisits the crime and offers fresh interviews, new facts and hope for a conclusion.
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An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossoverIn 2002, Javan and Markus Rogers - brothers and rap record producers in Akron - were shot and killed three months apart. Akron police thought they could prove who pulled the trigger in one of the murders, but an evidence mixup in Youngstown resulted in the case being thrown out. More than 20 years later, police still don't even have a motive in the murders, though suspect drugs or debt were involved. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. 239 - The Marietta ax murderIn Marietta, legend has it that in the late 1800s, a son beheaded his adulterous father in front of his mistress at a riverfront hotel. The former La Belle Hotel where it is said to have happened is now nearly 200 years old, and modern-day tenants believe all three of their spirits are still repeating the crime. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: New Horizon - Aderin; Audionautix- The Great Unknown; The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1985, Mel Wiley, the police chief in Medina County's Hinckley Township, tells his girlfriend he's meeting an old friend for a dip in Lake Erie. Three days later, park rangers find his abandoned car at Edgewater Park with his clothes, money and police ID inside - but no chief. While townsfolk wonder if he met with foul play, was lost in a drowning accident or committed suicide, the lead investigator settles on a completely different theory: That Wiley, who loved writing mystery novels in his spare time, had simply walked away from his life to start anew somewhere else.
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In 1840, a merchant ship was built in Burma for trading throughout India. But over the next century, it would be reinvented many times - as an immigrant ship from Britain to Australia, as a jail for convicts in Melbourne, as a tourist attraction throughout the western world. Her last chapter was written in Ohio, where someone lit it on fire on the Fourth of July in 1946. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: New Horizon - Aderin; Audionautix- The Great Unknown; The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Five mysteries in Ohio that involve the gravesite of notable Ohioans. We explore the strange habits of the granite ball over the Charles Merchant Family plot, why Chief Joc-O-Sot might be haunting the Joining us is Michael Bonano, administrator of the Facebook page "Too Late For Autographs, Ohio," who has visited each of the featured sites. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ohio (That's All I Know), by Noah Smith. Find more at https://noahsmithmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cincinnati arrested and convicted Posteal Laskey Jr. for running over and stabbing to death a woman he picked up in a stolen cab. But was Laskey also responsible for the rape and choking deaths of six other women in 1966? Officials believe he was the "Cincinnati Strangler," though he was never convicted in those deaths. The story was made more complicated because Laskey was black, during a height of racial tensions in the country, and his conviction led to volatile unrest in the Queen City.
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In 1925-26, a man with a face painted red and a maniacal laugh stalked the west end of Toledo, randomly selecting women and clubbing them - many, to the death.
A serial killer still unidentified to this date had this city on the edge of hysteria, and with good reason.
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When Albert Sabin graduated from medical school in New York, his mentor encouraged him to focus his career on a killer that had terrorized a generation: Polio. So when Sabin accepted a job as a medical researcher at the University of Cincinnati, he did just that. After solving the mysteries of the virus, he made Cincinnati the first American city immune to the illness.
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Why does the Painesville, Ohio tombstone of Joseph Linhart proclaim him to be "Not Guilty." Why did thousands of people visit the McMorran family plot in a small St. Paris, Ohio cemetery in 1975? Why does Jessica Lyn Keen have markers in two different cemeteries in West Jefferson, Ohio? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1945, Jim Heckman of Akron, Ohio was knocked out of the sky over Germany by an enemy pilot. More than 40 years later, a German man who had been made an orphan by American bombers works to bring the two pilots together in a unique friendship.
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10-Minute Mystery: How old is Ohio? Ohio has been treated like a state since 1803, when Congress extended federal laws to the land. But in 1953, researchers preparing for Ohio's 150th birthday learned something stunning: Congress had never actually declared Ohio a state. So how old is Ohio, and what does it mean for the eight presidents Ohio gave the country in its first 150 years? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1968, Barbara Ann Butler, a 23-year-old schoolteacher, went to a store in Kettering in the middle of the afternoon. The next day, she was discovered dead on the floor of her car. Four years later, police named their top suspect as Jimmy Wayne Howard and closed her case, saying they were unable to pursue a conviction but were confident of his guilt.
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In the early 1960s, four American soldiers patrolling the DMZ between South Korea and North Korea separately made an incomprehensible decision - to seek asylum in the communist country. Larry Abshier, a private from Garfield Heights, Ohio, was one of the four, and never seen by anyone in the free world again. His life was a complete mystery until 2004, when one of the defectors was able to leave North Korea and finally share their story.
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In the 1942, in an Akron-built Goodyear blimp delivered to the Navy after the start of WWII, a two-man crew set out over the Pacific from San Francisco for a short four-hour patrol in search of Japanese subs. The blimp returned. The crew did not. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Get That Tree Up On The Roof, by Lisa Gain & the Rusty Silos. Find more at: https://www.facebook.com/rustysilos Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a weather event Ohio had never before experienced, a powerful "derecho" thunderstorm formed as Fourth of July revelers gathered along the Lake Erie shoreline for a fireworks show. The storm capsized 200 boats before making its way south to Wayne County and its neighbors, where flash floods devastated communities. In the end, 41 people were killed and an estimated 21,000 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. www.ohiomysteries.com
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A wild trip through Ohio's geologic past, from when it was a mountain, to when it was a warm tropical sea, to when it became buried beneath a mile of ice. We also share where Ohio allows you to walk on the bottom of the ocean, and how Ohio's unique location contributed to rich resources that range from oil and gas, to quarries of limestone, to one of the most amazing stretches of farmland in the country.
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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In the last of this 3-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon describes the trial of Gus Sapharas - from pre-trial hearings that threatened to throw out key evidence, to the nail-biting wait for the jury's verdict.
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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon learns the shocking truth of his prime suspect, Gus Sapharas, whose criminal assaults spanned 40 years.
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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In Part 1 of this three-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon discusses two unsolved homicides from the 1970s - Karen Bentz and Loretta Davis - and what compelled him to pull their files and try one more time to solve these old mysteries.
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This 2-part series shares recent successes of Othram Inc - a genetic genealogy lab that in the past 12 months has identified seven Ohioans, most of them lying in out-of-state unmarked grave. Tonight, the story of four of them: Brenda Sue Black of Vandalia; Colleen Rice of Portsmouth; Doreen Tiedman of Cleveland; and Douglas Streeter of Bryan.
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In the past 12 months, Othram Inc - a genetic genealogy lab that uses DNA to build family trees of unidentified homicide victims - has given three Ohioans their names back. Now the work can begin to find the killers of Florence Charleston of Cleveland, Robert Earl Sanders of Youngstown, and Maggie Sniegowski of Toledo - missing loved ones only known to authorities as Jane Doe or John Doe for decades.
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In 1975, 13-year-old David Evans never returned home after heading out to skate at a local park in Boardman, Ohio. He was found dead days later, killed by a diabetic coma because he wasn't home to take his insulin. But who kept him from home, and then tried to hide his body in some bushes? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2011, the owner of nearly 60 exotic animals released them in one final act before taking his own life, setting up a massacre as local law enforcement raced to stop lions, tigers, wolves and bears from fleeing into the wild. Why would a man who spent more than 30 years caring for the animals doom them to such a tragic end?
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A hometown mystery: The unique way Willoughby residents came up with their town name, and the century-long obsession the town has with trying to figure out the origin behind Lost Nation Road. We offer two popular theories, and a third that is long forgotten but might be closer to the truth.
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Betty Johnson from Ironton, Ohio had five husbands and an adult son die, most of them from gunshot. After North Carolina authorities charged her with trying to hire a hitman to take out husband No. 4, authorities in Ohio, Florida and Georgia began to wonder if they overlooked something. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAudionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Garrett Morgan's descendants hope a DNA test will prove what the family has believed for more than a century - that the inventor is the grandson of Confederate Col. John Morgan, of the Civil War's "Morgan Raiders." But even without that distinction, Garrett earned his place in history for designing the three-light traffic signal, and a gas mask he used to rescue men trapped in a Cleveland tunnel.
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In 2006, Sam Hughes was found beaten to death in his home in Akron's North Hill neighborhood. Hughes was a small-time drug dealer who mostly sold marijuana to friends, but his new addiction to cocaine might have let new and dangerous people into his life. He left behind family and friends who had been trying to help Sam get his life back in order. Our UNRESOLVED series is in partnership with the Akron Beacon Journal. Stories on this case are also available at beaconjournal.com. ohiomysteries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We take a look at six cases from NamUs, the national database of unidentified remains and missing persons, that come from the shoreline of the Ohio River. They include a car discovered that likely belongs to an Ohio murder victim, a Kentucky man missing from a damaged boat that was drifting in circles, and a partial skeleton buried in the muck at the river's edge.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAudionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Four mysteries on NamUs, the national database of unidentified remains and missing persons, come from the shoreline of Lake Erie. Two of the cases - a man found in 2014 by a downtown Cleveland break wall, and a woman in a disco dress who washed ashore at the Cedar Point causeway in 1980 - are currently undergoing fresh DNA testing. The other two are a man found in Lucas County in 2005, and the case of a Lorain fisherman presumed to have drowned in 1983, though his body was never found. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Summit County's "ancient metropolis" was New Portage, an early settlement that discovered one of the best possible crossroads in the state, and yet was abandoned twice by its population. The area later became the wildly successful factory town of Barberton, but what forces doomed its first two attempts at civilization? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The only place in Ohio where you can walk ground associated with the American Civil War is Johnson's Island, which served as a prisoner of war camp for Confederate officers. Through letters from prisoners, newspaper stories about escape attempts, and a couple of incidents that almost lead to a national crisis, we tell this unique chapter in Ohio history.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAudionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1986, the United Way of Cleveland launched nearly 1.5 million balloons to set a new world record and call attention to its annual fundraising campaign. It was beautiful for a few minutes, but then a stormfront caused the inflated balloons to fall, causing car accidents, closing an airport runway, spooking horses, and hindering the Coast Guard's effort to find two missing fishermen. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special seasonal edition, join us on our time-traveling stagecoach as we take a trip to the 19th century in hopes of spotting the headless ghost of Stumpy in Muskinghum County's village of Norwich; the spirit of Ross County's beloved hermit William Hewitt; the White Lady who haunts the riverboats passing Alexandria Point Park in Portsmouth; and the Miami Warriors buried beneath farmland in Butler County's West Chester Township. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A University of Delaware sociologist has been spent decades chasing down every allegation of a child harmed by razors in apples, needles in chocolate bars and drugs injected into candy. And he said he hasn't found a single one. Ever. Are tainted treats an urban legend?www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesFeatured Ohio music: All Hallows Steve, by Toby Danger. https://tobydanger.bandcamp.com/track/all-hallows-steve Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1966, people in the Ohio River communities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio saw a strange flying creature they couldn't identify. When the bridge connecting the two towns crashed into the river and killed 46 people, some wondered if the creature was connected. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Bad Advice, by tOd and the Bad Ideas. https://www.todandthebadideas.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Procter & Gamble, founded in Cincinnati 185 years ago, is one of Ohio's most venerable companies. But in 1995, it had to give up its beloved logo of the man in the moon when rumors persisted that it symbolized ties to satanism. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1912, Rollin Hudson was hoping to distance his new bride Anna from other persistant suitors she had in Canton, Ohio by moving her to Paola, Kansas. But seven weeks after settling in their new home, they were beaten to death in their bed. Did their killer follow them from Ohio to exact revenge, or was it a serial killer known for riding the railways and annihilating families? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In his lifetime, Revolutionary War veteran John Lamont became a punchline for his Ashtabula neighbors, who blamed him for everything that went wrong in their lives. They interpreted his eccentricity and anti-social behavior as a sign that he was a wizard. Modern historians don't know about that, but they do think he may have been a killer. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown
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In 1937, Wyandot County native Clifford Osbun survived the shocking crash of the Hindenburg, a football-sized dirigible from Germany making its debut trip to North America. When the airship caught fire and disintegrated in less than a minute, Osbun found himself on the ground with just a few burns on his hands. But when Osbun died suddenly four years later, had the Hindenburg claimed yet another victim?
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The legendary football rivalry between Ohio State and the University of Michigan arguably has its roots in a 19th century border dispute that saw both sides call up militia armies to gain control of Toledo and the Maumee River. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
201: Hatchet Man As a Logan County tailor named Andrew Hellman, he killed his first wife with an ax and poisoned two of his children. As a fugitive in Maryland named Adam Horn, he murdered his second wife and unborn baby with a hatchet. History has lost track of where he was buried after his 1844 execution, but some say his ghost haunts a cemetery in Huntsville, Ohio.
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In 1879, 23-year-old Stephen Richards was arrested in his hometown of Mount Pleasant, Ohio - to where he fled after murdering a mother and three children in Nebraska. In the days that followed, he revealed at least nine murders at his hand. Because of his handsome face, charming demeanor and friendly smile, modern psychologists call him "Ted Bundy of the Old West."
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199 - The eyes of Charles Breuer The Charles Breuer monument in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery has long been a destination for ghosthunters, but the urban legend attached to the 3D bust on his obelisk is nothing compared to the real story of a millionaire who destroyed his own life out of spite. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1833, 30-year-old Christian Bachtle was executed for murdering his wife as she nursed their baby. He left behind a detailed confession that is chilling even by 21st Century standards. His execution site is a stop on the Black Cat Tales and Tours walking tour this Halloween season in Canton, Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries https://www.facebook.com/black.cat.tales.tours/ Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton in a duel, former US vice president Aaron Burr was arrested for treason. President Jefferson suspected him of planning to take some US territories in the west, using boats he was building in Marietta, Ohio, and launching from Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River. A jury would find Burr "not guilty," leaving historians to wonder what the heck Burr was up to.
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In May of 2004, Richard Wright - a 53-year-old Akron mail carrier - returned home from a trip to Las Vegas, and stopped on his way home from the airport to have a drink in his neighborhood bar. Shortly after, someone followed him home from the bar and shot him dead in his driveway. But he wasn't robbed, so who killed Richard Wright, and why?
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Youngstown native Philip Taylor Kramer had success first as the bassist for the 1970s rock band Iron Butterfly, and then as a math and science prodigy working on government nuclear projects and then his own inventions. When he disappeared in 1995 from his California community, those who knew him were torn between whether he was a suicide risk, or had been abducted by people after his life's work.
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In 1947, masked gunmen in army fatigues and carrying submachine guns used flawless precision in storming the swanky Mounds Club in Lake County and robbing its nearly 300 patrons and staff. The gang was never arrested, though federal agents said they were told that the club's mob owners eventually got their vengeance. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ghosthunters say the old Ross County Archives building is haunted, and point to three possible candidates. We share the stories of the three men who were executed here when the site still housed the county jail. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Until recently, most residents of Akron had no idea that a west side park used for playing soccer, flying kites and walking dogs was once a cemetery for the city's poor and forgotten. Modern researchers have revealed the likelihood that the bodies buried there a century ago were never removed.
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For more than a century, it was presumed Louis Comfort Tiffany was the sole designer of his prized mosaic products. But in recent years, personal letters by the head of his women's department revealed his most famous lamps were the work of a woman from Tallmadge, Ohio.
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In 1888, the residents of Paulding County finally had enough with an abandoned canal and stagnant reservoir near Antwerp that was breeding mosquitoes and filling the countryside with the stench of dead fish. When the state refused to eliminate the problem, a mob took on the task - even as the Ohio National Guard moved in to stop them.
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In 1888, the residents of Paulding County finally had enough with an abandoned canal and stagnant reservoir near Antwerp that was breeding mosquitoes and filling the countryside with the stench of dead fish. When the state refused to eliminate the problem, a mob took on the task - even as the Ohio National Guard moved in to stop them.
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In 1977, 17-year-old Yvonne Regler disappeared from the Sunoco gas station in Fairview Park, leaving behind her purse and half-eaten lunch. Police recently have asked for help in solving this now-45-year-old mystery. ohiomysteries.com
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In 1978, the Rev. Jim Jones ordered the mass murder and suicide of 918 Americans who had followed him to a commune in Guyana, South America. Three Ohio women played key roles in the event. In Pt. 2, learn what happened to Patricia Cartmell (Columbus), Sharon Rose Cobb and Patty Parks (South Charleston, OH) after their move to Guyana. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Thanks to the research at https://jonestown.sdsu.edu
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In 1978, the Rev. Jim Jones ordered the mass murder and suicide of 918 Americans who had followed him to a commune in Guyana, South America. Three Ohio women played key roles in the event. In Pt. 1, meet Patricia Cartmell (Columbus), Sharon Rose Cobb and Patty Parks (South Charleston, OH) in the years leading up to Guyana .www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Thanks to the research at https://jonestown.sdsu.edu Audionautix- The Great Unknown Original music by Savfk (www.youtube.com/savfkmusic www.facebook.com/savfkmusic) https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley/snowfall-cc-by Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A historical marker at Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills State Park offers one theory on who the cave was named for. But a 1907 newspaper suggested a different origin, and a recent history book named yet a third. We lay out the legends and let you decide. ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1981, 20-year-old Cindy Anderson went to work at the Toledo, Ohio law office where she was a legal secretary. When co-workers arrived at the office, there were signs she had been there, but she was gone, with her locked car sitting in the parking lot. She was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10-Minute Mystery: Tammy Hill Fafard
In 1995, Tammy Hill Fafard stormed out of her home in the Toledo suburb of Holland after a fight with her husband about her drug use. She never returned. Because her family was used to her disappearing for stretches of time, the 24-year-old mother of four wasn't reported missing for half a summer. ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ghosts of two 19th century girls haunt the streets in western Belmont Count. We explore the legend of Lady Bend Hill, a tale of two lovers that ended in tragedy. And the murder of Louiza Fox, a 13-year-old courted by a coal miner who killed her when she rejected his marriage proposal.
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Sylvia Cabalic, a 24-year-old nurse and expectant mother, was raped and killed in her Cincinnati apartment building in 1974. Stacey Colbert, a 23-year-old marketing assistant, was kidnapped from her Columbus apartment in 1998 and found dead six years later. In each case, neighbors admitted to hearing the women being attacked, but chose to do nothing.
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In 1916, raging currents on the Ohio River broadsided and sunk the Kanawha. With a passenger list lost, we can only guess that up to 20 people lost their lives, a few of whom have never been found. We share the survivor's accounts of what happened that dark and terrible night at the mouth of the Little Hocking River.
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In October of 1969, one or more killers shot and stabbed a well-to-do Cincinnati couple and one of their mothers in their Mount Lookout neighborhood. Martin and Patricia Dumler were college sweethearts and doting parents of two children; Patricia's mom, Mary Wilson, was a loving grandma. Police say they don't even have a motive for the horrific crime.
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At the turn of the last century, Ohio-born Clarence Darrow rose to prominence as a criminal defense attorney, taking cases and making eloquent closing arguments that changed America. A look at his life, his cases, and his promise to send his ghost to a Chicago bridge if the afterlife made it possible.
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10-Minute Mystery: Lina Reyes-Geddes
In June of 2022, detectives in Ohio and Utah said they were closing the case of a woman who went missing from the Youngstown suburb of Austintown, and the case of a woman found dead along a western highway. The woman was one and the same - Lina Reyes-Geddes - and authorities say modern technology and a new collaborative culture worked together to identify her killer.
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Our Mob Mentality series continues with this tale of the historic Licking County Jail, a Newark facility said to be haunted by a young deputized temperance keeper named Carl Etherington, who was lynched by an angry mob in 1910. But there are other notable inmates whose spirits may be walking these halls as well.
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In 1976, 14-year-old Lori Jean Lloyd disappeared while walking to a store from her Kettering, Ohio home. After her family thought they spotted her in a documentary about runaways, they became convinced she might still be alive. But in recent years, they are more confident she's a Jane Doe buried in an unmarked grave in Kentucky.
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In May of 1964, 11-months after 15-year-old Tommy Sumerix of Green and 12-year-old Ruth Guthrie of Tallmadge disappeared from their community streets, their remains were found in different counties. We explore never-before-publicized theories about what may have happened.
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An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossoverIn 1963, 15-year-old Tommy Sumerix of Green and 12-year-old Ruth Guthrie of Tallmadge disappeared from their community streets within one week of each other. Widespread organized searches failed to turn up a shred of evidence as to what had happened. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com
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A myth started in Akron, Ohio led to Abner Doubleday getting credit for being baseball's inventor, and for the Baseball Hall of Fame being placed in Cooperstown, NY. How it happened - and why it took a century for anyone to know Ohio's role.
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What if you heard someone pelting your house with rocks, then investigated to find yourself face to face with a large hairy beast on two legs. In 1978, the Cayton family and several others living in and around Minerva reported seeing a manlike creature they couldn't identify lurking in the woods, something that has come to be known simply as "the Minerva Monster."
Akron Beacon Journal reporter Barb Galloway was the first journalist to document their stories, which - as it turned out - went back a generation. She accompanied local sheriff deputies as they found what appeared to be bedding pressed into tall grass, a tuft of fur snagged on a thorny bush, scratch marks on wood, and the strong odor of ammonia.
Hear what Galloway has to say about that unnerving summer.
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In 2000, someone bludgeoned Leiland "Buster" Cannon in his home in Muskingum County's hamlet of East Fultonham. But our research showed there was so much more to know about the endearing grandfather because highlights of his life had been documented by his hometown newspaper for 74 years.
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The Amish countryside of Holmes County includes an old hamlet called Saltillo, which hosts two of the area's most mysterious spots. At Salem Cemetery is a statue, said to be a harbinger of death for anyone who catches her gaze. And Panthers Hollow - where locals once reported seeing a huge black wildcat roaming the woods - has grown into a gruesome legend. ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1947, three months after Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play Major League Baseball, Larry Doby took the field with the Cleveland Indians as the first black man in the American League. Doby refused to talk at length about the worst of his experiences, but being in the spotlight, we still know much of his inspirational story. www.ohiomysteries.com
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Ghosthunters say they've encountered orbs, unexplained fog and a voice calling "Help Me" on Everett Road and its covered bridge, in Summit County's Boston Township. We explore the history of a canal-era crossroads here and find potential reasons for the paranormal activity, including the notable death of a farmer in the swollen creek, and the raiding of a nearly 2000-year-old Indian burial mound.
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In 1969, the Manson Family murdered seven people in a two-day California killing spree. But the night they killed actress Sharon Tate and her friends, they overlooked William Garretson, a 19-year-old Lancaster, Ohio youth who was dogsitting in the guest house 50 yards away. William's story of what he saw and heard that night changed several times over the years. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1893, a Columbiana County farmer was accused of being a wizard and using his occult powers to kill people and animals in the Salem area. When the farmer couldn't get a local attorney to represent him in a slander suit, he turned to the Methodist church where his accusers were members, and asked for justice.
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The Ohio-born Shawnee Chief Tecumseh spent a lifetime trying to stop American expansion into his homeland. But even his enemies revered him for his inherent nobility, his aversion to cruelty and his dedication to the native way of life. Where is he buried? And who pulled the trigger of the gun that killed him? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1989, 71-year-old Helen Stuart disappeared from her Newark, Ohio home. Her body was discovered the next day, nude and left in the back seat of her own car, which had been abandoned on the berm of a highway. Was the convicted sex offender living next door to blame?
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Eddie Rickenbacker defied death a handful of times growing up in Columbus, Ohio. He figured God was intervening. It was hard to argue the point after he survived accidents as a race car driver, being America's top combat air pilot of World War I, a civilian plane crash that killed half the passengers, and a World War II mission that left him adrift at sea for 24 days. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: An American Outlaw, by Anthony Cobb. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, Rock Creek Police Chief Robert Hamrick was pursuing a speeding car when his cruiser went off the isolated dirt road and struck a tree. Though it looked like a car accident, the fact that his revolver and night stick were missing and his skull was crushed when no car windows were broken had many thinking it was the murderous act of a local street gang.
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In 1923, a group called the Knights of the Flaming Circle formed to confront the Ku Klux Klan at their rallies and parades. They had an inaugural tussle in Steubenville, then met in 1924 - in Niles - for a deadly religious war. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The last of a three-part series exploring mysteries that involved NASA astronauts from Ohio. In this episode, a couple of debates that arose after Neil Armstrong (Wapakoneta, OH) uttered his famous small step/giant leap line. And was Apollo 13, commanded by Jim Lovell (Cleveland, OH) fated to be a near disaster because of its number. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1961, a pair of NASA scientists secretly tested a group of female pilots in the hopes of making them part of the Mercury astronaut program. Their final candidates' list included Jean Hixson - an Akron schoolteacher and World War II pilot. But when NASA leadership and Congress learned of the undercover effort, they shut the program down and sent the women home. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The first of a three-part series exploring mysteries that involved NASA astronauts from Ohio. In this episode, we discuss things seen or said during space trips that got the UFO community excited, including John Glenn (New Concord, OH) and his "Fireflies," and three intriguing moments aboard Apollo 11, commanded by Neil Armstrong (Wapakoneta, OH.) www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10-Minute Mystery: The electrifying debut of Ray Caldwell
In 1919, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox had both given up trying to tame the very talented but hard-drinking pitching phenom Ray Caldwell. The Cleveland Indians had a plan to revive his career with a bizarre contract, but never expected his first game would require him to survive a lightning strike to win the game. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2004, 29-year-old DeShawn Brown, a minor celebrity in Akron where he had once been the city's greatest high school football talent, was shot through the window of his North Hill apartment. Police struggled to find a motive, and soon learned it was possible Brown was never the intended target at all.
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In 1977, a fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky. killed 165 people. More than half were from Ohio. In the past decade, two new books on the subject argue that the cause wasn't an accident, but arson set by the Cleveland mafia against a business owner who wouldn't sell to them. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2000, someone lured Chico Ballard, an Ohio State University engineering student, to the basement of his apartment building and executed him. Columbus police have impressive circumstantial evidence against one suspect, but not enough to take the case to trial. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1782, an American militia force from Pennsylvania marched into an Ohio village filled with Christian Delaware Indians and gruesomely executed 96 of them - men, women and children. Even today, historians find it a mystery of human behavior that such an atrocity could occur. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1963, the 39-member crew of the Marine Sulphur Queen left the port at Beaumont, Texas, on a five-day journey to take molten Sulphur to Norfolk, Virginia. The ship vanished, along with two Merchant Marines from Akron, Ohio. In the years since, fans of the "Bermuda Triangle" theory say the Sulphur Queen was a victim of paranormal forces. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysterie www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1938, the first woman to die in Ohio's electric chair was Anna Marie Hahn, a 32-year-old wife and mother who romanced old men in Cincinnati's German district, rob them, and kill them. She was convicted of one death, confessed to three others, but authorities suspect her of at least eight murders. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1981, Robin Durrer - a 19-year-old woman with developmental disabilities - left her home in the Franklin County village of Lockbourne to ride her 10-speed to a local store. She never made it back. She was sexually assaulted and beaten to death in a wooded area 300 yards from her house. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We look at four robberies that ended in murder - cold cases where modern day detectives have recently asked for help. Windom Durham, 1962, Oberlin, Lorain County. Donald Grogan, 1973, Toledo, Lucas County. Roger Parent Jr., 1973, St. Mary's, Auglaize County. Justin Miller, 2007, Delaware, Franklin County. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1987, JoAnn Bartholomew - a wife, mother of two and businesswoman from Stow - failed to return home from evening church services. Her family spent three days searching for her, and found her body in a wooded area behind Chapel Hill Mall. Her husband, Charles Bartholomew, and Akron Detective Jim Pasheilich discuss the cold case. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Music- https://www.youtube.com/c/RossBugden https://www.youtube.com/c/OakStudiosNoCopyrightMusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At the dawn of the 20th century, the nine Warner siblings were growing up in one of the most thriving-yet-dangerous neighborhoods in the Midwest industrial belt. Four of the brothers tried to break out of poverty through a variety of entrepreneurial businesses before they hit their stride as filmmakers. They would eventually move to Hollywood to establish their Warner Bros. Studio, but Youngstown is where it all started. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch white sands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1969, an oil slick on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire. It was extinguished in 20 minutes. Nobody even got a picture of it. It wasn't even the first fire. The river had flamed up at least 13 times before that. So why did this unremarkable blaze lead to such a remarkable aftermath? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1.When Twinsburg police finally were able to identify remains of a man found 40 years ago, they discovered he was an early member of the O'Jays. 2) The story behind the legend of "The Scream" on the Ohio Players' hit Love Rollercoaster. 3) The murder/suicide of Roger and Larry Troutman, founders of the Dayton funk group Zapp, still have people asking "Why?" www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did a brutal hazing in his freshman year at Akron High School shorten the life of a bright and promising young businessman? Herbert B. Knowles didn't live to see his company, Burt Manufacturing, grow and evolve over the next 130 years. He was dead at 23. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2005, Ray Gricar, the sitting district attorney for Pennsylvania's Centre County, vanished. Gricar was born in Cleveland, earned his law degree at Case Western Reserve, and cut his teeth in the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office. Did he commit suicide like his older brother had in West Chester, Ohio? Was he killed by any of the enemies he'd made in his long career? Or did he walk away from his life? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1800s, three different experimental societies tried to establish a unique community in Clermont County, along the Ohio River. They failed. A road sign still marks where "Utopia" was meant to be, and where the specters of doomed and angry settlers are said to roam. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the late 1800s, Annie Oakley - a young sharpshooter from Ohio's Darke County - arguably became the most famous woman in America, maybe even the world. She toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show and entertained royalty and heads of state. But decades later, her brother cried while watching a Broadway musical about her life because they got her story so wrong. Let's separate fact from fiction. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Featured music: In The Sunshine, by Junkyard Todd. Cleveland, Ohio. Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In the 1940s, the scenic Hills and Dales MetroPark in Kettering, Ohio added an observation tower, built to look like the turret of a fortress. It became a lure for mischief makers who vandalized it and partied around it. But allegations that it's haunted come from the very real tragedy of a girl who was struck and killed by lightning after turning to the tower for shelter from a storm. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1890, Louis LePrince was reportedly on his way to America to demonstrate his invention of the moving picture camera. But on the train ride from his brother's home in France, he vanished. When Thomas Edison revealed his movie camera a few months later, LePrince's family became convinced Edison had their patriarch murdered. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Featured music: Countryside, by Nimbus Cloud. https://nimbuscloud.bandcamp.com Audionautix- The Great Unknownhe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2002, 14-year-old Cassandra "Cassie" Cole disappeared from the family home in Tiffin - sometime after falling asleep, but before it was time to wake for school. Her body was found four months later along a river shoreline, but with no evidence of murder, her case is still called "a suspicious death." www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1929, an affair between married Ohio State University professor Dr. James Snook and medical student Theora Hix came to a crashing end when he beat her with a hammer and slashed her throat. He laid out an elaborate story, trying to convince the jury it was self defense. But two days after he was sent to the electric chair, the prison warden said Snook told him it had always been premeditated. (Warning: Some graphic sexual descriptions included.) www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1851, at the second National Woman's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, a runaway slave named Sojourner Truth used her compelling life as an argument in favor of gender equality. Her speech electrified the crowd and her catch phrase "Ain't I a woman?" became a battle cry for feminists. But did Truth really say the words for which she is most famous? 20th-century historians launched an effort to find out. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1994, 18-year-old Shaylene Farrell told her sister she was running to a corner store near their Piqua, Ohio home. When her family went looking for her later, they found her car, but Shaylene was gone. In never-before published details, we reveal what detectives on the case think might have happened. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the late 1700s, men who had been held captive by the Shawnee told of how they were blindfolded, taken to a mysterious wood, then made to transport heavy ore. Later, pioneers found excavations that are believed to have been former silver mines. We explore the evidence of such mines in Greene County, Ohio and the historic Shawnee capital of Old Chillicothe. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1941, the USS Oklahoma sunk during the battle of Pearl Harbor, and the lost crew was buried together in Hawaii. This past decade, the military used DNA to return a majority of the remains to their families. We share the story of one Ohioan who is coming home for burial, and another who is still missing. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Chicago lawyer George Remus moved to Cincinnati in 1920, he was already famous for pioneering the temporary insanity defense. But he had another career in mind when he came to Ohio - building a criminal empire. Later, some would say F. Scott Fitzgerald modeled his legendary character Jay Gatsby after the multimillionaire who was so brilliant, he got away with shooting his wife in front of dozens of witnesses. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, 18-year-old Jeff Sauber, on leave after finishing Marine boot camp, went to the Summit Drive-In with his friend to watch a movie called The Exterminator. During the evening, a stranger fatally stabbed Jeff while calling himself the exterminator. For the first time, Summit County Sheriff detectives reveal a racially-charged motive, and the fact that they have long had a suspect. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.comAkron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1919, Marion became an all-white community overnight when a mob intimidated more than 200 black families into fleeing the city. The unrest began with the murder of a white woman and police insistence that the killer must have been black. Though the case went unsolved, Marion became one of six communities in Ohio known as "sundown" towns for efforts to stop black families from locating there. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, 25-year-old Nadine Madger was stabbed to death in the kitchen of her Willougby home while her infant slept in a crib nearby. The murder was never solved, though one detective attempted to tie it to father/son serial killers he'd put in jail for the stabbing murders of Philip and Dorothy Porter of Shaker Heights, and Karen LaSpina of Eastlake. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1801, a man from New England - barefoot and with a cooking pot on his head - arrived in Ohio, planting apple trees to give sustenance to settlers who were coming to this wild frontier. John Chapman became known as the legendary Johnny Appleseed, but what do we really know about him? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Paradise, by Damn the Witch Siren. Find more at https://www.damnthewitchsiren.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In December of 2021, Portage County Sheriff's and US Marshals arrested Robert Moore of Alliance for the murder of Glenna Jean White, a 17-year-old girl that has been missing since 2009. They also announced a reward for information that will lead to her body. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In April of 1865, more than 2100 Union soldiers were finally on their way home, having been released from southern prison camps at the conclusion of the Civil War. But as the grossly overloaded Sultana steamship chugged up the Mississippi, it exploded, killing most of those on board. The dead included nearly 800 soldiers from Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: How I'm Gonna Die, by tOd and the Bad Ideas. Find more at https://www.todandthebadideas.com Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2005, Andea Flenoury, an exotic dancer, and Donna Pittinger, a sex worker, were taken from Akron streets, killed and dumped in bodies of water. Their murders were never solved, and questions remain as to whether a serial killer was at work.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1920s, the Smithsonian Institute was faced with the question of who to credit with making America's first gasoline-powered car. And while two other auto pioneers insisted they were the first, the venerable museum cast its vote for John William Lambert and the creation he took for a spin in the Van Wert County village of Ohio City back in 1891. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Agape, by Benjamin Marshall. Find more at https://www.benjaminmarshallmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(This is our annual repeat of a seasonal favorite.) For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohioimmigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story from 1847 was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December. Then, a Wooster professor vowed to learn if he really was the first.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1880, citizens of Lexington in Richland County thought they saw the notorious outlaw Jesse James and his gang visiting a local horse thief and toiling around some hidden caves. For decades, treasure hunters tried following their footsteps. Modern day researchers say there's good reason to think the story is more than legend. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Mother's Acting Strange, by Casey Redmond. Find more at https://cmsr11.weebly.com Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1991, Manher and Jyoti Patel and their 6-year-old daughter Alka were executed in their home in Green. The Patels owned the notorious pay-by-the-hour Steve's Motel. Summit County detectives have come to believe it was a professional hit over a business deal - and for the first time name their suspected triggermen. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Ross Bugdon Music https://www.youtube.com/c/RossBugden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1904, the Cumminsville neighborhood of Cincinnati was rocked with the brutal murders of three women. Six years later, there were two more gruesome attacks within that one-mile radius. More than a century later, all five homicides - and whether they were the work of one or more villains - remains a mystery. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Back Real Soon, by Fuzz Aldrin. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/FuzzAldrinBand Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1846 Edward Roye, native son of Newark, Ohio, set sail for Liberia, a new independent country that was attracting thousands of black Americans who wanted to escape racial prejudice. He became the country's richest man, and then its fifth president. But he vanished during a political coup, and was never seen again.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1861, 9-year-old Johnny Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio to join Union soldiers leaving for the Civil War. His exploits were so legendary, movies have been made about him. We sort the fact from the fiction. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Kisses for Christmas Day, by Diana Tyler. Find more at https://www.dianatyler.com Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1936, Columbia Pictures unveiled its new logo, and for the next 40 years, the image of a toga-draped woman holding a bright torch would open every feature film. But who was that woman? Four have claimed to be the famous "torch lady," including two actresses from Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1974, Stark County Coroner Gus Shaheen ruled Carla Dellerba, a 45-year-old Canton woman, had committed suicide by stabbing herself in the chest three times. Sixteen years later, a mob hitman admitted he'd murdered her, a revelation that launched an investigation into whether others got away with murder during Shaheen's long career. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ghost Hymn, by A Basic Wagon. Find more at https://www.abasicwagon.com Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1992, 19-year-old Amy Hooper was found stabbed and beaten in her new apartment in western Franklin County, the killer posing her body with a medallion wrapped around her hands. Investigators have yet to find a killer, or motive, or the reason for the medallion. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1908, the worst school fire in American history killed 172 children, two teachers and a rescuer at Lake View Elementary in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood. But what - or who - was to blame? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Boy in a Churchyard, by Mark Zonakis. Find more at https://markzonakis.com/music Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1971, Phyllis Mosley, wife of a background singer with Ruby and the Romantics, was killed in her Akron home. Her four children talk about how her murder - which was never solved - caused their lives to spiral out of control. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Song: 'Scott Buckley - Filaments' is under a creative commons license https://youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb Song: 'Juan Sánchez - Luz de Luna' is under a Free for YouTube license.https://soundcloud.com/juansanchezcomposer🎶 Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:https://youtu.be/h7fSbXEadzIRoss Bugden Last DawnINSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, 65-year-old bachelor Clyde Dierkes disappeared from his home in Clarington, Ohio. A couple of days later, a suspect led them to his body in an abandoned well. But after a nephew and uncle offered different stories about what happened that day, the jury couldn't decide beyond a reasonable doubt who was responsible. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two unsolved homicides that still frustrate Jackson County officials: Mary Ann Lodatto - a wife, mother and secretary shot to death in her kitchen in 1991. And Wilma Simpson - a homegrown girl and wife of a local radio personality, abducted from her home and strangled in 1981.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesMusic:Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1896, three members of the Rose family - who operated a mill outside Mansfield - fell sick and died. Police suspected the only surviving member of the family - 24-year-old Ceely Rose - must have poisoned them. What they learned about Ceely led to her finishing her life in an asylum, and - some say - haunting her old farmhouse beside the ghosts of her parents and brother. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: What I Think of You, by Ash G. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1989, Marion County officials found the remains of a man they could never identify. Until this year. More than three decades later, they know the real name of the man they always called "Luther," but it will be much harder to find out who killed him. feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Living just outside Mansfield, Phoebe Wise became an unwitting celebrity. A series of violent acts against her put her in the news at the turn of the last century, and the town marveled at how she handled them all. Today, people wonder if the beloved regal lady who never married is the ghost that haunts a local road, and question whether she ever had the fortune that caused her to be such a target. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: One of a Kind, by Andrew McManus. Find more at http://www.amcmanusmusic.com. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1884 in Dayton. 18-year-old Anna Hochwalt was preparing for her brother's wedding ceremony when her mother discovered her unresponsive. After a doctor declared her dead, she was quickly buried. But when friends kept expressing concern that she looked very much alive in the coffin, she was exhumed for another look www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio has numerous haunted roads and bridges. Tonight, we share the stories behind six of them: 1) Ghormley Road in Fayette County. 2) The Faceless Hitchhiker of Deadman's Curve in Clermont County. 3) Schader Road Tunnel in Ross County. 4) Gibbs Bridge in Lucas County. 5) Egypt Road's Crybaby Bridge in Columbiana County. 6) Buckley Road in Butler County. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Not Just Yet, by Daniel Rylander. Find more at https://danielrylander.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1880 in Monroe County's Seneca Township, neighbors responding to a late-night alarm found a house filled with death. Two dead babies, two dead women, and a bludgeoned but breathing serving girl. She told authorities that her employer, Frank Biedenbach, had arrived home drunk and took an axe to everyone in the house. But Biedenbach killed himself before he told anyone why.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two news reports and two legends about encounters with mysterious beasts. 1) Champaign County's Cedar Bog Monster. 2) Logan and Union counties' visit from Bigfoot in 1980. 3 & 4) Richland and Ashland counties' Orange Eyes and the Charles Mill Lake Monster. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ridin' the Blinds, by Harold Stewart and the Blues Hounds. Find more at http://theblueshounds.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne masterminded the 1795 treaty that moved Ohio's Indian tribes to the northwest, a roving band of angry warriors stole the gold meant to pay his military. Thus began the legend of buried treasure in Henry County, and the ghost that guards it. Bonus story on the ghost of Girty's Island! www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reading four news reports about mysterious encounters with strangers. 1) Logan County's mischievous gnome, 1880. 2) Highland County's vanishing visitor, 1873. 3) Meigs County's Men in Black, 1967. 4) Washington County's alien liaison, 1966. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Guiedeline, by Zach Friedhof. Find more at https://zachmusic.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, Toledo Police Ofc. William Miscannon was sitting in a patrol wagon with another officer when a stranger walked up to the window side of the car and shot Miscannon in the head. Police laid siege to the local Black Panthers headquarters, believing they may be connected. But a jury deadlocked twice in the trial of the man they named as their top suspect. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1931. a crowd at the New Bremen Speedway became so enraged over a disputed prize, they tore down the grandstands, judge's platform and ticket booths and burned them. Our Mob Mentality series is a look at the mysterious and wild behavior of crowds in Ohio's past. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Plans, by Joe Joyce Band. Find more at https://joejoyce.bandcamp.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1974, John Robek - an undercover narcotics agent for the Youngstown Police Department - went hunting with his partner and childhood friend. The friend came home; John did not, and he was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1846, two men fighting over a beautiful ballet dancer ended in a backstage murder during a performance at a Cincinnati theater - and the killer slipped from the hands of hunters, never to be seen again. What happened to Aquilla Cook? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1981, clerk Tammy Osborne was abducted from her Mansfield Lawsons store and killed. A couple of days later, a Mansfield man named Sean Kearney was found dead in his apartment, a bullet wound in his head. Police guessed that the man had killed Tammy then committed suicide, but years later, an investigation into widespread police corruption found that conclusion unlikely. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Akron started the new century off with a bang when, in 1900, a mob intent on lynching a black man accused of rape went to city hall, exchanged gunfire with police, set the block on fire, and leveled the city building with dynamite. Two children were killed in the melee, dozens were jailed for rioting - and the accused was later pardoned for not receiving a fair trial. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Rust and Rubble; 6 Feet; and Ghost Hymn, by A Basic Wagon. Find more at: https://www.abasicwagon.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 2002, Akron police had a busy day when investigative teams were called to two different homicide scenes - an unidentified man shot dead on a West Akron street, and a mother of three girls executed in her West Akron bedroom. Before the day was done, detectives realized the murders of Jeannette Bartee and Roy Addison were connected. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.comAkron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.comSong: 'Scott Buckley - Filaments' is under a creative commons license https://youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb Song: 'Juan Sánchez - Luz de Luna' is under a Free for YouTube license.https://soundcloud.com/juansanchezcomposer🎶 Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:https://youtu.be/h7fSbXEadzIRoss Bugden Last DawnINSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a ghastly 1929 tragedy, a storage room full of x-rays at the Cleveland Clinic's first facility in Cleveland caught fire and exploded, sending deadly fumes up through ducts and killing 123 people - many of them dropping dead where they stood. Investigators debated two theories on what might have started the fire.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Run, by Lisa Gain and the Rusty Silos. Find more at https://m.facebook.com/rustysilos Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1923, Jack Trice, a talented black football player from Hiram, Ohio who was recruited to play for Iowa State University, died of injuries in his first major college game. Historians have since debated whether his injuries were accidental, or whether he was roughed up unfairly because of his race. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1898, a mysterious explosion sunk the USS Maine in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, killing 266 military personnel and sending America into war with Spain. The cause of the blast was never discovered. The ship and the aftermath of this tragedy has numerous ties to Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Go Out Tonight, by Theo Perry. Find more at www.theosloosehinges.com. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2003, a Cleveland neighborhood was rocked by the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl during a block party. When her skeletal remains were found a month later, Shakira Johnson became a citywide household name. But a jury disagreed with prosecutors and police on the top suspect. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1955, a restaurant full of anglers, vacationers, and local residents in Andover - Ashtabula County's gateway to Pymatuning Lake - suddenly blew up, killing 22 people inside. Three theories emerged as to what caused the blast, though investigators could never prove any of them. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Dance Champa, by Victor Samalot. Find more at www.victorsamalot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1986, 4-year-old Amanda Adams disappeared from her bedroom in a west side Columbus home. Before the month was out, Amanda and two more people would be dead. Detectives think they know what happened, even if they can't prove it. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1935, a couple of Akron gangsters were convicted of the robbery of a mail truck in Warren after a mail pouch and some of the stolen booty was found floating in the nearby Portage Lakes. But after FBI Public Enemy No. 1 Alvin Karpis robbed a train in Garrettsville - the last great train robbery in America - authorities began to think they might have jailed the wrong men. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Invincible (feat. MixedFeelings216), by Michael McFarland. Find more at https://michaelmcfarlandmusic.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1925, The US Navy's first zeppelin - the USS Shenandoah - was ripped apart by turbulence over Noble County. The 14 crew killed included her Ohio-born captain, Zachary Lansdowne. But after area residents stripped the crash site of its wreckage, investigators had little physical evidence to explain the spectacular disaster. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: The Wreck of the Shenandoah, by Vernon Dalhart. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1960, the Cleveland Indians traded one of the most popular players in the team's history - record-setting slugger Rocky Colavito. Since the team hasn't won a world series in 73 years, superstitious fans and sports writers blame that ill-conceived trade as a sign that the sports gods are were not happy with that decision. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
William Quantrill, a Dover, Ohio youth who turned into a Civil War guerilla for the south, is considered by many historians to have been a psychopath, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of civilians. He met his end at the age of 27, a month after the war had ended. But decades later, a man living in Canada announced he was the infamous killer - a brag that cost the old man his life. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Mourning Dove, by Cory Breth. Find more at corybrethofficial.com. Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1978, Akron school teacher Leslie Ann Barker attended a matchmaking event at the popular Reds discotheque in Akron, Ohio. But three hours after leaving the bar, she was found in her burning car, a few blocks from home. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Jaun Sanchez- luzdeluna Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1979, 11 concert-goers were crushed to death trying to get inside Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium to see British rockstars The Who. Investigations afterward pieced together the series of bad decisions and unfortunate circumstances that led to the tragedy, and inspired new law to prevent it from happening again. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, Circleville school teacher Vicki Koch was reported missing after she failed to show up for a weekend with her family back home in Sandusky. Police soon learned nobody had seen her for a few days, since she'd attended a play with friends. After her skeletal remains were found a month later, she became what remains as Circleville's only unsolved homicide. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elizabeth Stiles was asked by Abraham Lincoln himself to spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, and she served with distinction through many close calls. Could her spirit be among those that some say haunt the Madison Seminary where she died in old age? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Paul and Sharon, by David Zuder. https://www. davidzudermusic.com Island by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Island-MBB Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6by8zhaG04Y Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Carey, Ohio, a tiny white church built n 1875 was granted an opening day miracle, according to 1,000 people in attendance. As word spread, pilgrims from all over started coming to the town to pray. Today, the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation has collected nearly 150 years worth of testimonials from people who say their lives were changed after a visit. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Still one of the worst fires in U.S. history, a 1930 blaze at the Ohio Penitentiary in downtown Columbus killed 322 inmates. A century later, researchers and historians still debate the cause: Did prisoners start the fire as part of a planned jailbreak, or did prison officials frame them to divert attention from their own tragic missteps? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: "Float" by Mike Brown of New Franklin, Ohio Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1968, 17-year-old Michael Cassidy arrived at his Milan, Ohio home after work to find his parents shot to death in their beds, and his 12-year-old sister Patty bludgeoned in her bed. Authorities have always been stumped for a motive, since the only thing missing was a family shotgun that may have been used to commit the crime. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1872, a mob broke into the Mercer County jail and whisked away three men suspected of raping and killing 13-year-old Mary Arabelle Secaur. Two of the suspects were lynched, the third was spared. But a couple of years later, one of the mob's leaders made a deathbed confession that he had killed little Mary and led the hanging of two innocent men. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: "Runaway" by Cory Breth. Find more at corybrethofficial.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2010. brothers Thomas and Steven Coonrod, 3 and 4 years old, died in a house fire in Highland County's village of Greenfield. First responders found their father Wesley standing outside the burning house, drunk and unwilling to answer questions about where his sons were. Two juries would have to consider the prosecutor's question: Did the father's disturbing behavior equate to capital murder? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1966, Jerry and Linda Bricca and their 4-year-old daughter Debbie, were found stabbed to death in their suburban Cincinnati home. The motive for the gruesome crime is as much a mystery as who did it. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: "Dream on, Sisters," by Diana Tyler. Find more at http://www.dianatyler.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1991, 26-year-old Roderick Clemons wanted to ask for a transfer from the Church's Chicken restaurant in Akron, where he was assistant manager. There were too many shady characters in the Copley Road neighborhood, he told his mom. But Clemons would never get the chance to request a change. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.coAkron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is the first in an occasional series looking at the mystery of mob mentality. This episode: In 1904, thousands of Springfield citizens attacked the Clark County jail, murdered a black man who had killed a cop, then burned down a black neighborhood. A year later, sympathetic juries supported the mob leaders. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, 6 months after the infamous Charles Manson cult killings in California, southwest Ohio was rocked by its own gruesome crime scene. OSU grad student William Sproat and his girlfriend Mary Petry, who was visiting him in Columbus from her Cincinnati college, were found bound, gagged, stabbed with a butcher's knife and beaten with a bowling ball.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A century ago, Niagara Falls tourists enjoyed a winter attraction - ice forming a bridge over the river beneath the falls. When the ice broke free in 1912, a Cleveland youth turned from safety to help a struggling couple. Crowds were helpless to stop the ice floe from sailing them into crushing rapids. But where did the river hide their bodies? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Girl's Best Friend by Steel Ivory. Find more: https://www.steelivory.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Don Mellett became publisher of the Canton Daily News, he vowed to take on the city's underworld and corruption in the Canton Police Department. He was killed for it. In the second of this two-part episode: With local law enforcement among the suspects, a different kind of investigation had to take place. But the conspiracy uncovered left more questions. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Don Mellett was hired as editor, and then publisher, of the Canton Daily News, he vowed to take on the city's underworld and corruption in the Canton Police Department. He was killed for it. In the first of this two-part episode: The events leading up to his murder, and the sultry summer night in 1926 when he was gunned down at his home. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Good for Me, by Cheley Tackett. https://cheleytackett.com Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the second of this two-part episode, Floyd's ascension to "Public Enemy No. 1" and the multi-day manhunt in Northeast Ohio that led to his death in a cornfield near East Liverpool in Columbiana County. But did he die during a gunfight, or was he executed after he was handcuffed by the FBI? Lawmen who were present gave two versions of his death. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the first of this two-part episode, the story of three Ohio towns who had experience with Floyd's gang. Sylvania in Lucas County, and Floyd's very first bank robbery. Akron in Summit County, and his capture after an accomplice killed a cop. And Bowling Green in Wood County, where a shootout left a second officer dead. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Father's Lament, by Shiloh Hawkins. Find more: https://shilohhawkins.com Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1986, prominent Trumbull County physician Dr. Ellis List disappeared while attending a medical convention in Arizona, Ohio. An exhaustive search by air, foot and car could turn up no sign of an accident along the route he was supposed to be traveling to visit a friend. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1862, 18,000 Ohioans participated in one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. And the wounded who lay in the muddy Tennessee fields afterward found that their wounds began to glow. In 2001, a high school student won international acclaim for solving this mystery, only to be shot down by Shiloh experts who said "Angel's Glow" never happened. But... could it have? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1991, 17-year-old mom Melissa Collins and her 8-month old baby girl Jasmine vanished from their West Akron apartment. In the decades since, police have torn up a local park, searched abandoned houses and followed leads to other states in search of the pair. And now, 30 years later, women are calling Akron police to ask: Could I be the missing Jasmine? Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Ohio Attorney General: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Children/Collins Music: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1994, 79-year-old Lucy Loader went home to her Tuscarawas County farmhouse for the first time in weeks after having recovered from recent cancer surgery. And that's where she was found by two Newcomerstown men who made her the first of four victims in a cross-country murder rampage. But where is her body? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: TO COME Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, someone raped and murdered Asenath Dukat, an 8-year-old in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington, as she walked home from school. While more than one suspect has caught the attention of police, detectives have never been able to tie evidence to any of them. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1800s, Ohio was a hotbed for grave robbers, especially in the southwest where more than a dozen medical schools were in desperate need of cadavers for anatomy class. This episode features three stories: The infamous bodysnatcher William Cunningham; Ohio inventors who tried to thwart them; and men willing to kill a family just to sell their corpses. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: The Devil You Know, by Wheeling Jjin. More at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXWZXomSAnVCooJvU5LyCCQ Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
George Saxton, the brother of First Lady Ida McKinley, was shot dead outside the Canton, Ohio home of his lover in 1898. Police immediately arrested another lover, who had long been threatening to kill him. But all police had was a motive. A jury, as it turned out, would need more. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1895, a Wood County wife named Olive Peaney was found dead from a bullet wound as she lay at the rear doorstep to her doctor's office, her clothes on fire. But after an unsuccessful attempt to convict the doctor, the townspeople of Tontogany were left with a real whodunnit - no killer, no motive, and not even an explanation for the crime scene. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: 'til I See You Again, by Weston Skaggs. Find more on http://www.westonskaggsmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two unsolved murders that cross the county line of Wayne and Holmes: The 1973 strangulation of 19-year-old Tim Case, and the 1996 shooting of 21-year-old Jason Marti. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch 10-Minute Mystery: Tim Case; Jason Marti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Scott Harrison is unique in American history, the only person who can say he was both son of and father to a U.S. president. But John Scott earned his own place in history after his death in 1878 - when grave robbers pulled his corpse from his North Bend, Ohio grave and sold it to a Cincinnati medical school that tried to hide the deed. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Time to Appreciate, by Molly Morgan. Find more on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwEwPqXagRxCKfyEmsZqxg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two unsolved murders out of Delaware County: The 2007 stabbing death of llama rancher Eve Ashbaugh in her Troy Township home, and the 2001 case from Genoa Township of Lisa Ann Gross, found submerged in an overflowing bathtub by her two daughters returned from school. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1991, 17-year-old Robin Stone - seven months pregnant - disappeared from her Cambridge, Ohio home, then was found dead four months later. In 2014, the TV show Cold Justice joined the effort to find her killer, and finally answered some questions. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1987, Janice Christensen of Cuyahoga Falls went for a run on the Summit County Bike and Hike Trail, where she was raped and killed by a man who has never been caught. Now, Hudson police hope a partnership with Ohio's new Cold Case Unit will identify her killer through DNA found at the crime scene. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Ohio Attorney General: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-Case/Homicides/Christensen Music: INSTAGRAM! : https://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) TWITTER! : https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)- Last Dawn ◉ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martynlaur ◉ Twitter: https://goo.gl/otEqJC ◉ Instagram: https://goo.gl/JN3LUb (@martynas_lau) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2006, Curtis Francis and Jenny Burgette were found dead, shot in the head while sleeping in their bed on Hopper Road in Pike County's Newton Township. No arrests have ever been made in this case, but an investigation by Fox19 in Cincinnati a few years ago found eyewitness statements in an unexpected source. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Family Time, by G-swerve. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/G.Swerve.Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1907, William Legg, owner of a meat market in the Shelby County seat of Sidney, was shot to death by two robbers who took his money and fled. Two railroad tramps arrested the next day pointed the finger at each other for the crime. One man was executed, the other not, in an outcome that had people debating fairness. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1982 - in the largest single-day loss-of-life for the FBI in its history - a Cessna carrying four agents and their handcuffed Chicago bank embezzler fell out of the sky over Montgomery, Ohio. The crash ended the life of the only man who knew where he'd buried $50,000 in cash in a remote area of Cincinnati. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Wash Me Away, by New Moons. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/newmoonsmusic Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1840s, Oliver Tompkins built a large farmhouse in Adams County, but neighbors soon began to wonder what was up with the occasional lantern flickering in the attic window. Years later, after Tompkins fled pursuing agents, they would learn the house's secrets - the hidden rooms, the trick locks, the strange passages, and the blood stain inside the front door. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Throughout the mid-1800s, Southeast Ohio newspapers followed the criminal exploits of their incorrigible and infamous horse thief and counterfeiter, Shep Tinker. The site of his grave is a mystery, but his colorful career, Robinhood reputation and undeniable charm is still the stuff of legend, and a reason to visit Tinker's Cave. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Henry, by The Midwestern. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/TheMidwesternBand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Cletus Reese's sister became worried when the Coshocton County farmer took a test drive in a new car and returned without the salesman, she called authorities. What searchers found on Reese's farm over the next week revealed the horror of "Murder Ridge."www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sandy, Billy, Jimmy and Joey Naples were some of Youngstown's most infamous racketeers. But like a plot line from a Godfather movie, three met untimely - and officially unsolved - ends. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Shake it Off, by Drew Joseph. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/drewjosephmusic Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Capt. Samuel Brady was often called the Daniel Boone of the Ohio Valley, and a hero who worked to protect settlers from Indian marauders in the late 1700s. But his legend, they say, was cemented by one desperate act he took while - naked, weaponless and scorched by a fire meant to kill him - he evaded hundreds of pursuing warriors in a flight through present-day Kent, Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1894, searchers in Paulding, Ohio found the gruesome charred and mutilated remains of two children that had gone missing the day before. Within two hours, the sheriff arrested a slow-witted boy who lived near the crime scene. More than a century after his conviction and hanging, some wonder, was he guilty? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Pining, by Gretchen Pleuss with Adam Reifsnyder. Find more at https://www.gretchenpleuss.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1969, a Cleveland teen who wanted to burn some trash rolled an abandoned barrel from a vacant lot to his yard to help do the deed. But when he opened the metal drum, he found a dismembered body inside. The man was never identified. Now, the nonprofit PorchLight Project is leading an effort to research the man's DNA to give him a name, and possibly lead to a killer or a motive for his death. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In September of 1974, Lori Nesson attended a football game at her Columbus, Ohio high school, then went to a few parties with celebrating students. She was found dead the next day. For decades, authorities weren't certain if her death was accidental or murder - until a Columbus TV viewer watched a cold case program and solved the mystery. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Wild Ride, by Cory Breth. Find more at https://www.corybrethofficial.com Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1982, the city of East Cleveland lost a school girl and a school teacher in two separate murders, one week apart. The bodies of Sonya Green, 14, and Annette Lawrence, 32, were both left behind Severance Center in Cleveland Heights - one the victim of rape, the other of robbery. Then 14 months later, Annette's husband, Howard, met his end at the hands of yet another killer. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2006, Joseph Kupchik, a college kid from Strongsville, was found dying in a downtown Cleveland alley, having plummeted from the ninth floor of a parking garage. Authorities think it was suicide. His family thinks it was murder. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Troll, by Mr. Carnivore. Find more at: https://www.mrcarnivoreeats.com Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1973, the Clark County sheriff got an anonymous call that the body of a man could be found off the road just outside Springfield, Ohio. It took four hours to find the body, but it wasn't a man. It was 12-year old Marvin "Beau" King, who had been taken from his home where he had been making cookies and waiting for his single mom to get off work. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1987, three bodies were found in an isolated cabin off Consolidated Road in Preble County, outside Eaton. Authorities figure two of the victims (Melinda Newcomb and Donnie Marker) were killed for stumbling across a murder in progress, but the motivation behind the death of the original target (David Smelser) is a mystery. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Rattlesnake Whiskey, by The Shootouts. Find more at: https://www.shootoutsmusic.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1960, 14-year-old Nancy Eagleson was kidnapped while walking just five houses from her home in Paulding, Ohio - the only witness her 4-yer-old sister, Sherrill. She was found six hours later having been raped and shot in the face. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Among the historical debates of Joseph Smith's 7-year residence in Ohio: What motivated a mob of men to pull Smith from his Portage County home and tar and feather him? And did Smith - who went on to have 40 wives - begin his polygamy with a serving girl in Kirtland? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Start Some Mystery, by Lisa Biales. Find more at: https://www.lisabiales.com Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch. Passages by Whitesand. (http://soundcloud.com/PaponeMusic) Horror by Ross Bugden. Last Dawn by Ross Bugden. ( https://soundcloud.com/rossbugden) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1993, Tricia Reitler, a freshman at Indiana Wesleyan University from Olmsted Falls, Ohio, disappeared while walking back to her dorm from a supermarket. Her bloody clothes turned up two days later, but she has never been seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was in her home in the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village when the phone rang. A man introduced himself as her mother's co-worker, and asked for her help in picking out a gift to celebrate her mother's promotion. Amy agreed. Friends who walked her to the shopping center on the appointed day were the last to see her alive as she calmly walked away with the stranger. Her body would be found three months later. Special guest: Investigative journalist James Renner, who wrote a book about his years following and researching Amy's story. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: No New Wilderness, by Drew Joseph. Follow him at http://www.nonewwilderness.com Rise Of the Phosper- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Auglaize County, a marker next to a span that crossed the old Miami and Erie Canal gives a brief account of a love triangle that resulted in three deaths. Tonight, we share the rest of the story that lent its name to the Bloody Bridge. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thomas Edison's long list of inventions touched every layer of our lives - from the lightbulb and electric industry, to movies, TV and music. In many cases, he was motivated by his own profound deafness - a condition that medical experts still debate. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Anything, by Tyrone Hornbuckle. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/tyrone.hornbuckle Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch. Also: Home, by Whitesand - https://youtu.be/ZEZDlyetasc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The unsolved murder of Nathan Axel and the growing reputation of the Youngstown neighborhood of "Sharonline" as a dumping ground for killers. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, 15-year-old Mark DiStefano was found shot to death a half mile from his Lucas County home. Since his murder took place just four days before Toledo brothers Anthony and Nathaniel Cook began their serial-killing rampage, some wonder if Mark could have been another victim. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries xxxxx For more, see Brian Dugger reporting on WTOL 11, Toledo: https://www.wtol.com/article/news/investigations/11-investigates/11-investigates-the-brown-road-murder/512-16cb2662-2714-495d-9e45-4db4de067c44 xxxxx Music: Down by the Bonfire, by Jessica Hannan. Find more: http://www.jessicahannan.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It has rained on the PGA's Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin, Ohio in 23 of the last 30 years. Could Wyandot Chief Leatherlips be cursing the event? After all, the event takes place next to his final resting place, and the same weekend as his gruesome death in 1810. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1984, David Bocks disappeared during a routine shift at the Fernald, Ohio plant where uranium was processed for U.S. nuclear weapons. With some of his belongings later found in a vat of liquified sludge, his gruesome fate was all but certain. But did he commit suicide, or was he silenced for vocalizing safety concerns? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Down by the Bonfire, by Jessica Hannan. Find more: http://www.jessicahannan.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1982, someone beat 17-year-old Sharon Ward on the head, then slashed her wrists and left her in a Toledo-area cornfield, challenging her to save herself. Nearly 40 years later, Oregon Police have released a name and photos of a "person of interest" as they try to close in on her killer. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Warren Commission concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963. But New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison was convinced Cleveland native David Ferrie played a role, and Ferrie died two days after Garrison announced his investigation. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Scrapbook, by Guy Randall. https://guyrandallartist.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown. The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch. Pirate Crew - Ross Bugden. Last Dawn - Ross Bugden. Fall - Ross Bugden. Follow Ross Bugden: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKG... Twitter: https://twitter.com/RossBugden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harriet Beecher Stowe spurred support for abolishing slavery when she published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1851. When she revealed her fictional characters were based on real ones, the hunt was on for Eliza, the heroine who escaped with her baby by running over chunks of ice floating on the Ohio River. Did that really happen? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1966, 20-year-old Anita Taylor was found raped and stomped to death in the bedroom of her Springfield home, with her 18-month baby beaten and left in his crib. Now Ohio's new BCI Cold Case Unit is taking another look. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Aaron Taylor's website on his mom: taylorcase.com Music: Stronger Than Yesterday, by Molly Morgan. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/mollyy.k.morgan Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and Ross Burgden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1851, a 24-year-old woman passing through Dayton died and was buried beneath a tombstone identified only as "The Stranger." Stories were handed out down through the years about the circumstances of her death. but no one can be sure. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jerrie Mock was a Columbus housewife and mother who also happened to have a pilot's license, and when she expressed boredom and her husband joked she should fly around the world, she took him up on it. She didn't know she would be the first to achieve what Amelia Earhart could not. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Super Funk Deluxe, by Summer School. Find more at https://summerschoolband.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1936, authorities descended on the Akron, Ohiohome where an aunt and uncle were raising 4-year-old Bobby Dolfen, the spitting image of the kidnapped baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh. While they would rule out Bobby was Charlie Jr., coincidences kept Dolfen wondering for the next 60 years. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch New Horizon-Aldiran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Dec. 27, 1974, Youngstown aspiring actress Joanne Coughlin left work and headed for a health spa with plans to then meet her boyfriend for a movie. But her boyfriend fell asleep waiting for her because she never made it. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Set Me Free, by Meghan Rachelle. Find more at https://www.meghanrachelle.com. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Song: Beyond Artist: Whitesand Video link: https://youtu.be/y84qVeSTBtU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Christmas Eve in 1933, a stranger walked through the streets of Willoughby, Ohio - a young woman dressed head to toe in blue, with 90 cents in her purse and hopes of getting home to Pennsylvania by Christmas. No one understood her intent as she sprinted for an approaching train, running into its side and glancing off with a fatally cracked skull. The town would bury the unidentified girl in a grave marked "The Girl in Blue," and although research would give her a name 60 years later, it will never be known if she had intended to kill herself, or simply catch a free ride home. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, the two cases where exhumations failed to advance a case: Marion Brubaker and Linda Komar. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)-Last Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOkLuDAP6E&list=PL44UysF4ZQ23B_ITIqM8Fqt1UXgsA9yD6&index=138 Track: Freedom Music by Oak Studios Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://youtu.be/2M2Gk68sfYw Music Info: Music by Aleksandr Shamaluev (AShamaluevMusic) Track name: Dramatic Cinematic Author is affiliated with the "United States BMI" P.R.O Composer: Aleksandr Shamaluev BMI IPI: 00853951605 Music Link: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com Track: Freedom Music recorded and composed by Oak Studios@oakstudiosok Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Whitesand Whitesand A cinematic, epic, beautiful arrangement. Got inspired by Sunshine soundtrack. More info on the description. Emotional Arrangement - Home. An original composition, composed by me - Whitesand (Martynas Lau). More info on the description.Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau) Year: 2017 Title: Eternity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, the two cases where exhumations solved a mystery: Margaret Purk and Linda Pagano. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)-Last Dawnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOkLuDAP6E&list=PL44UysF4ZQ23B_ITIqM8Fqt1UXgsA9yD6&index=138Track: FreedomMusic by Oak StudiosCreative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0https://youtu.be/2M2Gk68sfYwMusic Info: Music by Aleksandr Shamaluev (AShamaluevMusic) Track name: Dramatic CinematicAuthor is affiliated with the "United States BMI" P.R.O Stream, Buy & Download music tracks by AShamaluev on: Whitesand A cinematic, epic, beautiful arrangement. Got inspired by Sunshine soundtrack. More info on the description.Emotional Arrangement - Home. An original composition, composed by me - Whitesand (Martynas Lau). More info on the description.Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)Year: 2017Title: Eternity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, Exhumations 101 - a look at the process, the science, the surprises, the possibilities. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden https://twitter.com/RossBugden (@rossbugden)-Last Dawnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOkLuDAP6E&list=PL44UysF4ZQ23B_ITIqM8Fqt1UXgsA9yD&index=138Track: FreedomMusic by Oak StudiosCreative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0https://youtu.be/2M2Gk68sfYwMusic Info: Music by Aleksandr Shamaluev (AShamaluevMusic) Track name: Dramatic CinematicAuthor is affiliated with the "United States BMI" P.R.OComposer:Aleksandr Shamaluev BMI IPI: 00853951605 Music Link: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com Youtube: http://bit.ly/2jJUr93 - SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2u5Iz5k- Facebook: http://bit.ly/2jGYUJF - Twitter: http://bit.ly/2HYpuNf - Instagram: http://bit.ly/2IqiIz9 Stream, Buy & Download music tracks by AShamaluev on: iTunes/Apple: http://apple.co/2hbFVbL - Amazon: http://amzn.to/2w190go - Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2uIeg73 - Deezer: http://bit.ly/2hx915G WhitesandWhitesandA cinematic, epic, beautiful arrangement. Got inspired by Sunshine soundtrack. More info on the description.Emotional Arrangement - Home. An original composition, composed by me - Whitesand (Martynas Lau). More info on the description.Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)Year: 2017Title: Eternity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Oct. 9, 1973, authorities in Wadsworth, Ohio were called to the Wadsworth Foundry for a gruesome discovery. One of the employees had been burned alive in a blast furnace. The story of Bennie Mostiller, and a conversation with former Rittman Police Chief-turned-author Mike Burg. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Have You Ever Seen The Rain, by Niimbus Cloud. Find more at: https://www.facebook.com/NimbusCloud95 Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10-Minute MyIn 1955, Gallia County grandma Emma Gatewood told her children she was going for a walk. The walk lasted 5 months, and made her the first woman to hike the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. The mystery of why may be buried in a violent past. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does a woman buried in a Hamilton County, Ohio grave haunt the iconic Hollywood sign? And are the original streets in Hollywood named for people and places in Ohio? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Speak Softly, Love, by Victor Samalot. Find more at: https://www.victorsamalot.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1981, 20-year-old Cindy Anderson went to work at the Toledo, Ohio law office where she was a legal secretary. When co-workers arrived at the office, there were signs she had been there, but she was gone, with her locked car sitting in the parking lot. She was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the summer of 2020, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation announced a new cold case squad, with an initial 11 cased on its primary target list. We revisit three of them: The all-but-forgotten murders of Carol Zastudil, Cheryl Thompson and Joanne Hebert. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Bucknut, by SOHi. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/SOHiband Music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1977, 8-year-old Arthur Noske was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend, Dr. Stuart Kutler, who had failed at trying to burn his corpse. Kutler eventually agreed to a plea of manslaughter, but refused to tell authorities where the boy's remains were. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1975 and 1976, a rapist stalked the women of Akron's Highland Square neighborhood. This episode features an interview with one of the victims of that dark era. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Glow, by Embers of Arson. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/embersofarsonoh Music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1970, Charlotte Rexroad was a mother of four struggling to raise her family in a dilapidated hotel room in downtown Canton. She left with her boyfriend one night to wash clothes, and never returned. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1942, in an Akron-built Goodyear blimp delivered to the Navy after the start of WWII, a two-man crew set out over the Pacific from San Francisco for a short four-hour patrol in search of Japanese subs. The blimp returned. The crew did not. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Get That Tree Up On The Roof, by Lisa Gain & the Rusty Silos. Find more at: https://www.facebook.com/rustysilos Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In November of 1896, California residents reported seeing ships in the air sailing over the homes - a sight all the more puzzling since airships hadn't been invented yet, and the Wright Brothers wouldn't fly their first plane for another seven years. Those mysterious airships moved east, and arrived over Ohio in April the next year. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Continuing our story of the 1846 wagon train that met a tragic fate after attempting a shortcut on their way from the midwest to California. In this episode, meet two more Ohioans on this journey: A man portrayed as the Donner Party's biggest cannibal, and the companion he abandoned to a lonely death.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Blood on the Mountain, by A Basic Wagon. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/abasicwagon/community Additional music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1846, a wagon train of nearly 90 people headed from the midwest to California took a newly advertised cutoff that doomed them to a tragic fate. In this first part, we explore the role of two Ohioans in this event: The man who promoted that ill-fated shortcut, and a traveler murdered along the way. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix by The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher by Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1932 World Series, legendary slugger Babe Ruth reportedly pointed at the bleachers and predicted the homerun he hit a moment later. Or did he? Decades of debate have followed, and one man who says he most certainly did not point at the bleachers was the man who threw that pitch: Ohio's Charlie Root. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Summer Love, by Theo's Loose Hinges. https://www.theosloosehinges.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the early morning hours of a winter night in 1985, 18-year-old Denise Chance said goodnight to the woman she shared a Springfield, Ohio house with and went to bed. Within an hour, she had vanished from the house, leaving two doors wide open behind her. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1966, people in the Ohio River communities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio saw a strange flying creature they couldn't identify. When the bridge connecting the two towns crashed into the river and killed 46 people, some wondered if the creature was connected. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Bad Advice, by tOd and the Bad Ideas. https://www.todandthebadideas.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In August of 2011, Katelyn Markham vanished from her home in Fairfield, Ohio. The Art Institute of Cincinnati student was two days from her 22nd birthday and three weeks from graduating when she failed to respond to texts and phone calls from her fiance. It took nearly two years to find her remains in an Indiana dumping ground. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cincinnati's Music Hall was built over a pauper's cemetery, with victims from a ship explosion, a cholera epidemic, an insane asylum and a military hospital. Modern renovations continue to unearth new skeletons. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Out on the Water, by The Katawicks. https://www.facebook.com/thekatawicks Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the summer of 1980, 8-year-old Tiffany Papesh walked to a store half a block away to pick up hamburger buns for a camping trip. She was never seen again. Although a man was later convicted based on only his recanted confession, her body has never been found, and some investigators question whether they got the right man. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1961, New Hampshire couple Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been abducted by aliens, and revealed a star map showing the home of their abductors. After several years of searching star guides, Ohio amateur astronomer Marjorie Fish announced she'd found the site. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Megadeth is Absolutely My Favorite Band, by Picnic Day. https://picnicday.bandcamp.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Cleves Symmes Jr., who died in Hamilton, Ohio in 1829, spent his later years lecturing about his theory that the planet had a large habitable hole running the length of it. His efforts to mount an expedition to the Arctic to find the entrance may have even inspired the backstory of Santa living at the North Pole. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elizabeth Stiles was asked by Abraham Lincoln himself to spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, and she served with distinction through many close calls. Could her spirit be among those that some say haunt the Madison Seminary where she died in old age? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Paul and Sharon, by David Zuder. https://www. davidzudermusic.com Island by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Island-MBB Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6by8zhaG04Y Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In May of 2020, convicted killer Kenneth A. Roth died from the Covid 19 virus at the Marion County Correctional Institution, but authorities said he took secrets to his grave. He was sentenced for the 2009 murder of Linda Van Voorhis Smith in Stark County, but investigators are pretty confident he was a serial killer. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How could a freedom-loving country agree to a nationwide ban on alcohol? Historians say if you want to blame Prohibition on someone, look no further than Ohio's Wayne Wheeler. Who's Wayne Wheeler? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Lost Soul, by Luke Hurst. https://www.facebook.com/lukehurstmusic Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2020, an Oregon man asked an Ohio court for permission to exhume President Harding from his crypt in Marion, Ohio in order to obtain direct DNA evidence that he is the grandson of Harding and his lover, Nan Britton. The story of a White House love affair during the Roaring Twenties and the daughter it produced. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ashley Summers was going through a rebellious phase as many 14-year-olds do when she was sent to live with her grandma in Cleveland's Tremont area in the summer of 2007. When she failed to return home after a pool party, many wondered if she had run away. But as the years have passed without word from the girl who once cherished her big, extended family, questions about her absence have taken a dark turn. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Keep Your Distance, by Birdkatt. https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBirdKatt Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The year 1963 was a dark one for the stretch of Stark County from Massillon to Canton. Gangland murders and raids on underworld prostitution houses resulted in one bizarre headline after another. But nothing so chilling as the murder of 20-year-old Sandra Kay Young in Perry Township - beaten, slashed and shot in the living room of the home where she was babysitting three young children. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary Jane Vangilder was a mother of five and wife of an abusive husband when she walked away from her West Virginia home in 1945 and wound up at a wartime factory in Plymouth, Ohio. A few months later, mail from her children bounced back undeliverable, starting a 75-year-old search for the missing woman. Thanks to a police officer from Shelby, Ohio, there is renewed interest in finding an answer. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: You Create Your Own World, by Mitchel Madak. https://www.facebook.com/MitchelGMadak Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why does the Painesville, Ohio tombstone of Joseph Linhart proclaim him to be "Not Guilty." Why did thousands of people visit the McMorran family plot in a small St. Paris, Ohio cemetery in 1975? Why does Jessica Lyn Keen have markers in two different cemeteries in West Jefferson, Ohio? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio Mysteries celebrates its second anniversary. Updates on episodes that made news in 2020; listener questions answered; a year in review. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Get Out, by Honey Brother. https://www.facebook.com/honeybrotherband Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch, https://hypeddit.com-Declan Dp Wanderlust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the War of 1812 broke out, a young America had to prove it could defend its borders, this time from a British incursion across Lake Erie. Military documents say a shipyard was built in Akron, Ohio to make Army transport boats for the fight ahead. Witnesses remembered it a century later, but where exactly was it? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It took five years to identify one of the people who was with 9-year-old Erica Baker at the moment she took her last breath. But without a body, police only have only that witnesses' word about what happened - and the fact that he won't reveal the body's location suggests he might not be telling the whole story. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: More Than You Believe You Are, by Michael McFarland. http://michaelmcfarlandmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1985, 14-year-old Swanton, Ohio youth Lori Ann Hill got into a fight with her boyfriend at a Halloween party and walked away. She didn't make it home. Her nude and tortured body was found a few days later. More than two decades later, a trial against a former boyfriend ended up in a hung jury. And new revelations about a serial killer who lived in her neighborhood may be offering up yet another theory. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2006, Ohio State University medical student Brian Shaffer vanished into thin air. A grainy image captured on a camera at the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar showed him standing outside the bar chatting with a couple of women, then turning as if to return to the bar. He was never seen again, despite no camera capturing him ever leaving that bar. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Hard Road Comin' by Mark Zonakis. https://www.facebook.com/mark.dzonakis Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1851, at the second National Woman's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, a runaway slave named Sojourner Truth used her compelling life as an argument in favor of gender equality. Her speech electrified the crowd and her catch phrase "Ain't I a woman?" became a battle cry for feminists. But did Truth really say the words for which she is most famous? 20th-century historians launched an effort to find out. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1892, a man named John wrote a three-part series for the local Middletown, Ohio newspaper detailing two tragic events that led to at least 25 deaths in a cave leaking, presumably, natural gas. One event involved 21 escaping slaves, the other involved four geologists who went in but never came out. His tale led to a century of spelunkers trying to find the cave, but others have wondered if his prose was purely fiction. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Music in my Mind, by Third Class. http://www.thirdclass.net Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the patent for the telephone. But historical evidence suggests the design Bell used was actually the invention of Barnesville, Ohio inventor Elisha Gray - who, by the way, also beat Bell to the US Patent Office by two hours. Was the patent examiner bribed to award the patent to Bell instead of Gray? For the next century, historians would debate who deserved to be the answer to the trivia question of "Who invented the telephone?" www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the late 1800s, Captain Martin and Anna Bates - both approaching 8 feet tall - were the stars of PT Barnum's traveling show, visiting cities from the east coast to the west, and entertaining royalty in Europe. But both attempts by the couple to have a child ended in death. With no heirs, many have wondered what happened to the couple's fortune, their outsized gold and diamond jewelry, and gifts made to them by queens and presidents. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Riverrun (Reprise), by Nick Frank. https://www.facebook.com/nicholasfrankmusic Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1850, the passenger ship GP Griffith set sail with its new owner and more than 300 travelers hoping to start their new lives in America's growing midwest. But the three-day journey from Buffalo to Toledo stopped short of Cleveland when a fire of unknown origin burned the ship to the waterline, killing almost everyone. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Can't Move Fast Enough, by TJ George. http://www.tjgeorge.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1981, young mom Janice Beidleman and her 18-month old son Brandon were on their way home after visiting relatives when they disappeared. That night, residents in a Columbus subdivision heard a woman's screams and a baby crying. Janice and Brandon were found dead the next day, but their killers have never been caught. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2005, troopers responded to a call about a car that had driven off Greenwood Road near Rogers, Ohio in Columbiana County. The driver, 37-year-old Michael Williams, was dead. But the coroner would determine it wasn't the car accident that killed him. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Wither Away, by Cutler Station. https://www.cutlerstation.com/ Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1975, 13-year-old David Evans never returned home after heading out to skate at a local park in Boardman, Ohio. He was found dead days later, killed by a diabetic coma because he wasn't home to take his insulin. But who kept him from home, and then tried to hide his body in some bushes? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1972, 12-year-old Brad Bellino was walking from his buddy's home in Boardman, Ohio to his own home when he vanished. His brutalized body was found a few days later, but his killer has never been found. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Wrong Together, by Benjamin Marshall. https://www.benjaminmarshallmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1980, Lynn Vest and her 2-year-old nephew Jeremy Pickens left her Columbus home to run some errands - and never returned. They were found later that night, both having been strangled and left in the back seat of their car after a robbery. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Officers from five different law enforcement agencies in Trumbull County witnessed a UFO in 1994 that they couldn't explain, and that the local Air Force Reserve base denied. The sighting never made the news as officers preferred not to be associated with an evening in which hours were spent chasing the UFO down. But intrepid UFO researcher Kenny Young discovered the story by accident a couple of years later, which led to the release of old dispatch recordings and national attention. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Send Me, by Meghan Rachelle. https://www.meghanrachelle.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1982, Susan Wolff Cappel was walking to her car after work when a blue car cut her off. After a brief conversation with the driver, she slipped into the passenger side and drove off into oblivion. The young mother, in the midst of a bitter divorce, left behind her purse, her ID, her money, her clothes - and her 18-month old son. Did she go willingly, or did someone end her life? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There is an inherent danger to hunting, with an average of 75 people killed in the U.S. and Canada every year while in the act of hunting everything from deer to turkey. We discuss the 2013 unsolved case of Larry Bradley in Gallia County, the 1992 unsolved case of Ronald Pohl in Meigs County, and reflect on the case of 1990s serial killer Thomas Lee Dillon, who preyed on Ohio outdoorsmen. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Don't Get Me Wrong, by Time Cat. https://www.facebook.com/TimeCatMusic Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1983, Wyoming, Ohio businesswoman Dorothea Irwin was found dead in the home she was trying to sell. She had been slashed and stabbed repeatedly, and had even broken her arm trying to defend herself. No arrests have ever been made in the case, but Wyoming police said they spent a good deal of time looking at her son, John James Irwin, who had spent several years in prison for embezzlement and later stole millions from Dotty, her mother, and investors in fraudulent schemes. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In June of 2020, the national database NAMUS included 105 unidentified remains in the custody of various agencies across Ohio. We share the stories behind five cases where learning a victim's identity was the first order of business. The cases of Dorothy Madden in Lorain County, Deborah Morgan in Hamilton County, Dana Lowery in Marion County, Wayne Griffith in Ashtabula County, and a still unknown John Doe from Summit County. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Less Smitten, by Fred Whitacre Jr. https://www.facebook.com/fwjmusic Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1997, Clinton County prosecutors pulled off the nearly impossible. They won conviction of a man for a murder in which they could not produce a body. Vince Doan is now serving a life sentence for killing his girlfriend, Carrie Culberson, in Blanchester, Ohio. But more than 20 years later, Carrie's family says there will never be peace until they can bring Carrie's missing remains home. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few days after Christmas In 1981, Chillicothe police found Harriet Kaltenbach shot dead in a running car. As they pieced together the erratic timeline of her final days and hours, they learned she may have been trying to stay ahead of a killer that promised she wouldn't make it to the new year. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch
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In 1982, 21-year-old Leon Moncer started acting paranoid, especially after a letter arrived with glossy magazine letters pasted into a warning: "Leave it alone or you're dead." He grew overly protective of his 3-year-old daughter, refusing to let her out of his sight. Then one night he left his home in Bellaire, Ohio, never to return. Did the letter writer follow through on a threat, or did Leon run away to protect his little girl? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1903, Agatha Reichlin, the pretty and popular sister of a Lorain priest, was murdered in her own bed. A community anxious for a quick resolution to the local tragedy turned their sites on a visiting priest. An inquisition found that suspicion to be unfounded, leaving a now 117-year-old mystery with no obvious motive and no strong suspect. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: You Should Be Loved, by John Sailor. https://johnsailor.bandcamp.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At least half a dozen people died mysteriously when Dr. Michael Swango began his surgical internship at Ohio State University Medical Center. By the time authorities had enough evidence to arrest Swango, he'd accumulated a 16-year career that may have made him one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. The fact that he is serving time for four deaths, however, means there are dozens of victims who will never receive personal justice. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1957, Akron father and cookware salesman Lawrence Bader failed to return from a Lake Erie fishing trip, and after his damaged boat washed ashore, he was declared lost and legally dead. But four days later, he entered an Omaha, Nebraska bar calling himself Fritz Johnson, a man with a head full of false memories but a charming and flamboyant personality that turned him into a radio and TV personality. A conman, or a case of amnesia? Don't be too quick to judge. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Dandelion, by Oliver Hazard. https://www.olihazard.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1994, Brian Foguth offered to fill in for another employee where he worked as a clerk at the Duke and Duchess convenience store in Portage County's Brimfield Township. In the early morning hours, a robber took not only the cash register money, but Brian's life. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Three days after Christmas in 1964, Beverly Jarosz - a 16-year-old junior in Garfield Heights - would wake up for her last morning in the bedroom where someone would stab her to death that very afternoon. Fifty-six years later, her killer still walks free. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Daytrippin', by Hayden Brooke. https://haydenbrooke.bandcamp.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1986, the part-time town marshall of Belle Center took a call from someone who feared for the safety of another town resident. Murray Griffin responded to the call, driving the three blocks from his own home to that of Phyllis Griffin, but by the time the Logan County Sheriff arrived with back up for Griffin, it was too late. Both Griffin and the woman he went to protect were dead. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Between 1990 and 1992, three young women who had attended the Washington County Career Center together were murdered . A decade after the death of Ronda Manley, her killer was caught. Two decades after the murder of Patsy Sparks, her killer pleaded guilty. But it's now been three decades since the killing of Terri Roach, a case that is still unsolved. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: In Another Life, by Molly Morgan. https://www.facebook.com/molly.morgan.98229241 Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In this episode we discuss the exciting news about Barbara Blatnik's murder being solved with the help of the Porchlight Project. Then we discuss Porchlight Projects next mystery they are focusing on. Skeletal remains found in a New London Barn! www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Ohio State Reformatory is nationally famous for its role in movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Tango and Cash, and Air Force One. But the abandoned prison is also a popular ghosthunting site, where visitors say they can still feel the despair and violence that once dwelled here. A look at the history of the prison might explain those vibes. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Backroads, by Reckless Highway. https://www.facebook.com/Recklesshighwaycountry Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On July 30, 1973 in East Liverpool, an antique shopper came across a gruesome scene: Three bludgeoned bodies in a used furniture shop. Although witnesses saw a man running from the scene, nobody has been able to catch the man who killed store owner Earl Tweed, customer Linda Morris, or her 4-year-old daughter Angela. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1988, Bellevue wife and mother Isabel Cordle fell asleep on the living room couch watching television. She was found the next morning, a large gash in her head and a bloody hatchet abandoned in the front yard. Investigators would split on whether she was killed by someone in her own home, or by a neighbor seeking revenge. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: My Best Dress by Cheley Tackett. https://cheleytackett.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Permon Gilbert was a popular and respected husband, father and GE appliance repairman in Hamersville, Ohio when he disappeared after making house calls on May 22, 1982. He was found the next morning, beaten, shot and left naked in a roadside ditch. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Four strange events that either science has trouble explaining, or Ohioans have trouble believing: A town besieged by falling worms, another pelted with a rain of rocks, a pair of tidal waves in Lake Erie, and the phenomenon known as the Lake Erie Lights. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Don't Be A User, by Ashley Graham. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100026906073001 Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On February 6, 1991, Jill Holzbach was in the race of her life. With someone chasing her car, she made the decision to drive to the Stark County parking lot of the Jackson Township parking lot. It did no good. People inside the station heard the altercation, but responded too late to catch the killer who shot her to death as she blared the horn from her parking spot. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1952, a Wyandot County farmer taking his trash into the woods near his home came across a gruesome sight: Body parts blasted into the trees. Detectives quickly learned the victim was a small business owner from Maple Heights named Karl Kwinem, a.k.a. Karl Stone. They also had a pretty good working theory about how he died, and who killed him. Proving it, however, was another thing. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: When It's Over, by Drifting Thing. https://www.facebook.com/DriftingThingOhio Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Hundley and James McQueary were 9-year-old inseparable best friends in 1964 when they vanished from their neighborhood. No trace of them or evidence of what might have happened has ever been found. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1977, there was more than one serial killer stalking young women in the Hamilton County area. Police still hope to learn which one was responsible for killing University of Cincinnati freshman Nancy Theobald. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ceasar Knows, by Oliver Hazard. https://www.olihazard.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An old homicide out of Lawrence County that last year took a step closer to being solved when authorities were finally able to reveal the identity of a woman that locals call, "the Belle in the Well." www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1995, the five Markley children returned from school to find their parents, John and Shelly, missing from their Trumbull County home. The couple was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Here She Comes, by Stupid Beautiful Heaven. https://stupidbeautifulheaven.bandcamp.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was the first murder Oxford police had seen in a quarter century when they arrived at the apartment shared by Miami University grad Elizabeth Andes and her boyfriend, Bob Young, in 1978. Beth lay dead on the bedroom floor, naked, strangled, stabbed. And Bob stood accused. When two juries acquitted him, it raised the obvious question: Did police let a murderer go free in order to close the books quickly? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Memory, by Molly Morgan. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2G8iWyDM45itVH7FjtjiP4 Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's taken 150 years to build a frightening legend around an old, vandalized grave near New Philadelphia. But if we peel away the years, what will we find? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1999, Dayton police officer Kevin Brame dropped off his boys at his estranged wife's house, and then was shot in the back by a stalker hidden in the shadows as he returned to his car. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Love in Your Soul, by The Katawicks. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/thekatawicks Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The young woman - a new mother, by the coroner's estimation - was found dead in Muddy Creek in 1975. But police say it'll be hard to find her killer if they can't even identify who she is. See drawing of victim here: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Unidentified-Remains/Doe-2021 www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio attorney Edwin Stanton rose from a humble start in Steubenville, Ohio to become President Abraham Lincoln's war secretary. But was he also a conspirator in the president's assassination? Books have been written arguing both sides of this 150-year-old debate. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: When I Leave, by The Floorwalkers. Find more at https://www.thefloorwalkers.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio native Ambrose Bierce became one of the most famous literary stars of his day, as well as a renowned investigative journalist. Still, people raised an eyebrow in 1913 when the 71-year-old announced he was off to find Pancho Villa and join his army as a witness to the Mexican Revolution. Ambrose disappeared on his adventure, leaving behind different versions of the legend of what might have happened to him. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Patricia Adkins was a woman in love when she and her married boyfriend planned a romantic getaway to a Canadian cabin in 2001. They were supposed to leave together from where they worked at the Honda of America plant in Marysville, Ohio. But when Patti failed to return from that trip to pick up her young daughter, her family - and police - quickly suspected Patti was never coming home again. Even without a body, police don't classify her case as a missing person; they consider her a victim of homicide. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Don't Look Back, Mary, by Angela Perley. Find more at https://www.angelaperley.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Mother's Day in 2000, someone walked into the Barberton home of Michelli "Mickey" Wilson and Edward Rhodes and shot them in their bed. It turned out to be the second tragedy in the life of Mickey's children, who lost their father, Samson Rollins, 13 years earlier on Father's Day. The murder of Samson Rollins was solved in a day. But 20 years later, police say they are no closer to an answer in the execution-style hit of Wilson and Rhodes. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Angela Hicks was 14 years old when she disappeared from her Elyria home in 1990. Her stepfather, Samuel Legg III, told police they'd had an argument and she ran away, but her remains were found five weeks later. In 2019, police traced DNA from a series of truck stop murders to that stepfather, leading to the obvious question: Was Angie the first victim in the making of a serial killer? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: First to Shoot, by Megan Wren. Find more at https://www.meganwrenmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio has been treated like a state since 1803, when Congress extended federal laws to the land. But in 1953, researchers preparing for Ohio's 150th birthday learned something stunning: Congress had never actually declared Ohio a state. So how old is Ohio, and what does it mean for the eight presidents Ohio gave the country in its first 150 years? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Some called Cleveland-born Ed Delahanty baseball's 19th century Babe Ruth. The MLB Hall of Famer is the only slugger to have topped the batting field in both leagues, was the highest-paid player of his day, and remains No. 5 on the list of all-time highest batting averages. But he's even more famous for the way he died. When his body was found beneath Niagara Falls, it started a century-long debate as to whether his fall from a bridge over the river was suicide, or a tragic accident. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Two Years, by Rachel Maxann. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/rachelmaxannmusic. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1848, Alexander and Rachel McAdams were raising their six children on a farm outside Ashtabula when the first of their children died. Over the next two years, four more children would die, one at a time, unexpectedly and without explanation. Was someone poisoning the family? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peggy Andrews was just a dozen steps from the door of the boarding house where the Columbus Business School student was living when she was likely forced at gunpoint to put down her books and follow a killer to her death in a garage a few houses away. Police have DNA in this 1962 case and are hoping one day, they'll find a suspect to match it. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Go Back Home, by Hebdo. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/hebdomusic Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 16-year-old Hamilton, Ohio teen was sweet and kind, but she was also attracted to a rowdy crowd. It led her to the parking lot of a biker bar, where she willingly entered the car of a man her friends didn't know. Her body was found two weeks later. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Since the 1700s, Ohio settlers have been reporting sightings of an unusual aquatic species, describing it as 17- to 60-feet long with a sleek body. In the 90s, voters in a newspaper poll named the local legend South Bay Bessie and businessmen raised a reward fund to pay anyone who could catch it. But the Lake Erie Monster remains elusive, and speculation continues as to what the serpentine encounters may have been. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: One Foot in the Mud, by Larry Elefante. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/Larryelefante. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10-Minute Mystery: Sweetest DayIf you're outside of Ohio, good chance you've never heard of Sweetest Day. If you're in Ohio, good chance you're not doing it right. How Sweetest Day got started, and the mystery of how we came to be doing it wrong, as well as the debate over its origins. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A story out of Newburgh Heights in 1981, authorities have never been confident on how to classify the case of 17-year-old Kurt Sova. Did he die in an accident of his own making after a night of heavy drinking? Or was he murdered. But new interest has reopened this case as forensic students try to decipher the riddles, contradictions and coverups that have made this one almost impossible to solve. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Moon Man, by Whiskey Pilot. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/whiskeypilotband. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If Charlotte Nagi Pollis is alive, she'd be 54 years old today. But her family is convinced the mother of two died at the age of 28, when she was reported missing from her Girard home on March 12, 1994. Her husband, Paul Pollis, told police she was gone when he came home from an afternoon of running errands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A story of torment, Bill and Dorothy Wacker of Massillon, Ohio spent a decade fearing every knock on the door and every ring of their phone. From 1984 through 1993, they endured break-ins, banging in the middle of the night, letters left on their porch, strange phone calls, and twice a physical attack on Dorothy inside her home. Who stalked the Wackers? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Oh Boy, by Glass Alice. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/GlassAliceBand. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Margaret Dodd left Akron soon after marrying, and settled into a contented life with her husband in West Virginia. That is, until 1977, when witnesses saw her abducted. Soon after, her family back home in Ohio began receiving ransom demands. Did the caller really know where Margie was, or was he just hoping to take advantage of desperate parents? The case took more dramatic twists, including the death of a suspect, an unidentified skeleton, and finally an answer that only brought with it more questions. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Daughter of the Broader Skies, by Gretchen Pleuss. Find more at https://www.gretchenpleuss.com. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec. 10, 1977 began with a lot of promise for 23-year-old Alana Gwinner, who finished the last exam she needed for her associate's degree in business from the University of Cincinnati. But she disappeared after a night of celebrating, with her remains turning up in the Ohio River a month later. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Authorities never learned the identity of the man who was found dead of natural causes along a road outside Sabina, Ohio in 1929. But he would become the town's most famous resident over the next 35 years as his embalmed body went on display as a roadside attraction and is estimated to have been viewed in person by 1.5 million people. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Sorrow for Sorrow, by Palamara. Find more at https://palamara.bandcamp.com. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cincinnati police officer Donald Martin, a young husband and father-to-be, was cut down in the line of duty in 1961 by an unknown assailant. In 2005, two homicide detectives reopened the investigation and came to a conclusion, though their top suspect was already dead. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In one of the most famous criminal trials of the 20th century, Cleveland physician Sam Sheppard was accused in the brutal beating death of his wife, Marilyn Sheppard. The first trial returned a guilt verdict. A second trial found him innocent. The case so gripped the nation, it is said to have been the inspiration for the TV series and movie The Fugutive. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Honey Bee, by Shiloh Hawkins. Find more at https://shilohhawkins.com. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Ohio Farmers Insurance (the predecessor to Westfield Insurance Companies) was robbed of $60,000 in 1865, the famed detective Alan Pinkerton thought he had it all figured out. Then the man in jail for the crime began to insist he was an undercover detective on the case, getting some law enforcement friends to back him out. But was it all just a big con game? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We looked for recent news on previous episodes, and also received mail from people associated with podcasts we've done. This special edition will offer updates and new insights on: Ep 12 The Corpse of John Wilkes Booth; Ep 47 John Dillinger's loot; Ep 65 Who killed the Hoods?; Ep 23 Bank Heist - The Ted Conrad story; Ep 19 The Hicks Babies; Ep 40 The escape of Lester Eubanks; 10-Minute Mystery - Knockemstiff, Ohio; Ep 57 The hazing of Stuart Pierson; Ep 63 Mysterious Gravesites; Ep 54 The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run; 10-Minute Mystery - The Girl in Blue. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch-Audio Junction Youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohio immigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December. But was Imgard really the first? Ninety-nine years after he spruced up a fir and enchanted his neighbors, a Wooster professor would go looking for the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1991, Margaret and Howard Hood returned home late at night from a card party at their daughter's home. An hour later, a killer entered their New Franklin home and slit their throats. A man living with one of the Hood's daughters had previously been questioned in two other murders, though police could never find evidence connecting him to any of the crimes. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Midnight Mass, by Blossom Hall. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/blossomhallband Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1892, newspapers around the country printed the stunning account of a Portuguese sailor serving time in the Ohio Penitentiary for killing and drinking the blood of his shipmates. Modern researchers have sought to explain why 19th century Americans thought they had a living vampire. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Actress Agnes Moorehead was a two-time Oscar nominee perhaps best known for playing Endora on the television series Bewitched. When she died in 1974, she became one of 46 cast and crew who died of cancer following the filming of The Conqueror. Movie production included 13 weeks on location at a Utah site that was downwind of a dozen nuclear bomb tests the year before. Co-stars John Wayne and Susan Hayward and director Dick Powell also died of cancer within a few years of filming the movie. Was the location to blame? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: My Heart is in Ohio, by Twelve Minute Mile. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/twelveminutemile Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Five mysteries in Ohio that involve the gravesite of notable Ohioans. We explore the strange habits of the granite ball over the Charles Merchant Family plot, why Chief Joc-O-Sot might be haunting the Joining us is Michael Bonano, administrator of the Facebook page "Too Late For Autographs, Ohio," who has visited each of the featured sites. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ohio (That's All I Know), by Noah Smith. Find more at https://noahsmithmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The morning of Aug. 9, 1977, Paula Payne left her Dayton home and started her walk to where she worked, teaching nature classes to children at the local natural history museum. She didn't make it. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gus Sapharas, an Akron native with a long history of attacks against women and a "not guilty" verdict for killing one, is awaiting trial in the deaths of two more - Karen Bentz of Summit County and Loretta Jean Davis of Portage County. But there are more questions. Could he have been connected to even more attacks, and how could someone with a documented history of brutal assaults have remained free for so long? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Follow Dreams and Shooting Stars, by Andrew McManus. Find more at http://www.amcmanusmusic.com. Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The people who lived in the hamlet of Crosswick in southwest Ohio didn't want to question the strange tracks that crossed the dirt road through town, figuring if they didn't bother the unidentified creature, it wouldn't bother them. But an attack recorded in 1882 suggested they were wrong. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
History says President William Henry Harrison - one of eight presidents Ohio gave our country - died from a cold he caught while delivering his lengthy inaugural speech in a freezing winter rain. His term in the White House lasted just 30 days. But a modern medical analysis of his death suggests it wasn't pneumonia, but rather a killer lurking in a fetid marsh just a few blocks away. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Mexico, by The Midwestern. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/TheMidwesternBand Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Helen Vorhees Brach is the story of an Ohio farm girl who became an heiress to the Brach candy empire. But as a wealthy widow, her American dream ended in a nightmare of con artists, show horse racketeers, a greedy handyman and murder. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Nov. 4, 1985, Mary Yocono, the 79-year-old matriarch of a family that owned a popular Akron restaurant, was struck, killed and abandoned by a motorist on a dark, rainy night. The inspirational story of Mary's life, and the tragic story of the hit and run that ended it. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. 58 - The miracles of Rhoda Wise The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown has been on a mission to have the pope recognize a Stark County homemaker for a handful of miracles and personal visitations by Christ. Rhoda Wise has passed the first phase toward possible sainthood, having been deemed "a servant of God." We explore who she was and what she is said to have done and witnessed. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Esperanza, by Victor Samalot. Find more at https://www.victorsamalot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Franklin Castle, built in 1883 in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, was built by banker Hannes Tiedemann. His wife, his mother and four of his children died on the property from various causes, leading to rumors that helped put the building on many lists of America's most haunted locations. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown Alderin- New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1973, four Army Reservists in a helicopter on their way from Columbus to Cleveland had a close encounter with a cigar-shaped metallic object that they couldn't identify. What happened next has often placed this particular UFO incident on the list of the most credible sightings known to modern man. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Last Train Home, by The Modernes. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/themodernes Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch
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In 1972, two Loveland, Ohio police officers, on two separate weeks, spotted a large, strange lizard-like creature on the side of the road, near the banks of the Little Miami River. Paired with a similar sighting from 1955, the legend of the Loveland Frog was born. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown alderin- New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a rite of passage, young folks in and around Lake County often make pilgrimages down Wisner Road in Kirtland in search of the Melonheads, mythical humanoid creatures with bulbous heads. What is the story, and how did it get started? We explore this urban legend, as well as the lore of the Kenmore Grassman, a bigfoot type creature that has been reported by residents of an Akron neighborhood for several decades. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: I Don't Wanna Hear It, by Lisa Biales. Find more at https://www.lisabiales.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Mansfield, businessman Virgil Cates ended up in the news three times in 1983 - first as the victim of a burglary, then arrested as a member of a regional auto theft ring, and finally as a homicide in a still-unsolved murder case. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the first case to bring the fraternity tradition of hazing to national consciousness, 18-year-old Stuart Pierson is found decapitated next to train tracks where he was instructed to wait as part of his initiation ceremony at Kenyon College in 1905. Did he fall asleep on the rails, or had he been tied to the tracks? Due to controversial moves made in the aftermath by college officials and Pierson's father, the debate continues more than a century later. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Helpless Ways, by Drew Joseph. Find more at drewjosephmusic.bandcamp.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ohio became a state more than 100 years after all the witchcraft frenzy that made Salem, Mass. famous. And yet superstitions lingered into the 19th century. We recount three witch stories from Ohio: The state's only known witchcraft trial, the tale of a farmer who was convinced he'd killed a witch, and the story of how a brave Quaker stood up to Shawnee Indians intent on killing an alleged witch. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music:Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12-year-old Michael Klitch left home one summer day to go practice his tennis serve at the municipal courts in Grandview Heights. A single tennis ball was all he left behind when he vanished from the courts before his mom could pick him up. A couple of weeks later, his remains were found in a burned out shack miles from home. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Clarity, by New Moons. Find more at https://www.newmoons.net/home Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How did the hamlet of Knockemstiff, Ohio get it's name? It's a mystery, but the historical record suggests its a name that is well-earned. We explore the kinds of things that kept Knockemstiff in the news a century ago, and touch on strange names of other Ohio communities. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sharon Lynn Pretorius was 13 years old when she left her Dayton home in 1973 to collect from customers on her newspaper route. She never even made it to her first house. She vanished that day in a case that has never even come close to being solved. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Someone New, by Megan Wren. Find more at https://www.meganwrenmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1926, Rear Admiral Richard Byrd became a household name after being the first to fly over the North Pole. But after his diary from the trip was re-discovered in the 1990s, experts disputed his claim. If Byrd wasn't the the first man to fly to the pole, then that honor would belong to Lincoln Ellsworth of Hudson, Ohio and his expedition partners. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the 1930s, Cleveland had its own gruesome version of Jack the Ripper. The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run - also known as the Torso Murderer - targeted men and women living on the fringes of society during the Great Depression, beheading his victims and leaving their body parts strewn about the city. Famed lawman Eliot Ness was Cleveland's Safety Director, and while those who have studied the case in modern times believe Ness might have had his man, an arrest was never made and the identity of the Mad Butcher is left to speculation. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ohio Song, by Casey Redmond. Find more at https://cmsr11.weebly.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lake Erie has a reputation for swallowing ships whole in a storm, but what reason did it have for taking the tug Cornell? The boat left Cleveland for Buffalo four days before Christmas, under fair skies and little wind, but within hours, it had vanished. The frozen bodies of two of its 8-member crew would eventually be discovered, but the rest of the men, the location of the ship, and the cause of its fate are still unknown. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Some say Athens is one of the most haunted places in the world. If true, much of it is owed to an old asylum that spent a century using barbaric practices on its patients, and features the infamous concrete floor stain that shows the outline of a body that decomposed there for more than a month. Today, the old asylum is part of Ohio University and now called The Ridges, but the memories - and maybe the ghosts - still remain. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: With Without by Rachel Maxann and Fickle Hellcat. Find more at http://www.ficklehellcat.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elizabeth Hocking, a British mother who was relocating her entire family to Ohio from Cornwall, England, boarded the Titanic for the move. Six family members survived the sinking of the "unsinkable" ship; her son was lost. Two years to the date of that tragedy, death came looking for Eliza again. This time it won. Eliza was found dead on an Akron city street, officials uncertain of whether she had been hit by a car or clubbed by a robber. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tiffin Officer Patrick Sweeney was at Marshall August Shultz's side when a shooter cut Shultz down in 1895, an event that stunned the small town and made national news when a mob stormed the local jail in an attempt to lynch the killer. The story almost repeated itself 13 years later when another criminal killed Sweeney, but there was no chance of vigilante justice this time. The murderer escaped. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Verbal Pool Pass, by Hebdo. Find more at http://www.hebdomusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Great Serpent Mound in Adams County is the largest effigy mound on the face of the planet, a 1,348 earthen sculpture of a snake swallowing an egg. But who built it? When? And for what purpose? The debate has been going on for more than 150 years. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Aldrin-New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1950, Mansfield native Richard Cox was in his second year at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY when he was visited several times by an aquaintance with a violent and disturbing history. After his third off-campus trip with the man, Cox never returned. But those who suspected foul play were soon questioning their conviction when other evidence - including letters sent back home to Ohio - suggested Cox may have left of his own accord. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Today is Always Today, by Smug Brothers. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/smugbros Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been 40 years since Akron teens Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard vanished while on a date, and 34 year since their remains were found. Investigators don't know who killed the couple, or why, but there are plenty of ideas. We explore the top three theories: The motorcycle gang, the angry homeowner, and the serial killer. Find photos, maps, timelines, links, videos and more at www.ohiomysteries.com and www.ohio.com. Additional material available in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Aug. 24, 25 and 26, 2019. feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries * Archived audio clip from To Tell The Truth. * The Clearing Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clearing/id1471432747 Music (Licensed under Creative Commons.) Track: Wasteland Artist: Ross Bugden. https://youtu.be/5eAalHA1bAc Track: Woods Artist: Federico Fabbiano Music provided by Oak Studios https://youtu.be/eAiAlg22gqQ Track: Acoustic/Folk Instrumental Artist: Hyde Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8 Track: Cinematic piano Artist: AShamaluevMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sq5Y2HzF1c Track: Hitman Artist: Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74q4xXbVFBc Track: Acoustic Guitar 1 Artist: Audionautix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apLWP1uLuz8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Six years after Akron teens Ricky Beard and Mary Leonard vanished during a date in 1979, a utility crew digging a trench through the Merriman Valley discovers their weathered bones in a wooded area two miles from where their car had been abandoned. The police and families - and even psychics - hope the find will offer new clues as to what happened. Find photos, maps, timelines, links, videos and more at www.ohiomysteries.com and www.ohio.com. Additional material available in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Aug. 24, 25 and 26, 2019. feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audio clips from the archives of WEWS Ch 5, Cleveland: https://www.news5cleveland.com Music (Licensed under Creative Commons.) Track: Wasteland Track: No winners Artist: Ross Bugden. https://youtu.be/5eAalHA1bAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97mkEL6BGw Track: Woods Artist: Federico Fabbiano Music provided by Oak Studios https://youtu.be/eAiAlg22gqQ Track: Acoustic/Folk Instrumental Artist: Hyde Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8 Track: Romantic Music Artist: AShamaluevMusic. https://youtu.be/I7VjI3ccmus Track: Cinematic piano Artist: AShamaluevMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sq5Y2HzF1c Track: Acoustic Guitar 1 Artist: Audionautix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apLWP1uLuz8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com crossover In the summer of 1979, 19-year-old Ricky Beard and 17-year-old Mary Leonard, teen sweethearts from Akron's North HIll neighborhood went on a date to a drive-in movie. They left early, telling friends they needed to be home in time for curfew. But Ricky and Mary are never seen by their loved ones again. For six years, police, private investigators, friends and family search for the couple, chasing down leads and following tips that ranged from Ricky and Mary being alive and well and living in another state, to having been murdered and buried near the banks of a river. Find photos, maps, timelines, links, videos and more at ohiomysteries.com and ohio.com. feedback@ohiomysteries.com Additional material available in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Aug. 24, 25 and 26, 2019. www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music (Licensed under Creative Commons.) Track: Wasteland Artist: Ross Bugden. https://youtu.be/5eAalHA1bAc Track: Woods Artist: Federico Fabbiano Music provided by Oak Studios https://youtu.be/eAiAlg22gqQ Track: Acoustic/Folk Instrumental Artist: Hyde Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8 Track: Cinematic piano Artist: AShamaluevMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sq5Y2HzF1c Track: Acoustic Guitar 1 Artist: Audionautix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apLWP1uLuz8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 1946 case of Lola Celli, a pretty, dark-haired school teacher who left the front stoop of her parents home in broad daylight to walk to a bus stop a few blocks away, and vanished without a trace before she got there. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: 4:30 by Angela Perley. Find more at https://www.angelaperley.com The Great Unknown- Audionautix Rise of the Phosper- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The year 1929 was the start of the Great Depression - and the start of a would-be serial killer in Cleveland. Someone was shooting women on the streets of residential neighborhoods over the holiday season. Most survived the assault, but just after New Years, a high school girl named Janet Frater Blood became the "mad masher's" first homicide. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch alderin-New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More than 7,000 miles from Ohio, one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War cost the lives of 800 US servicemen. Among them were 12 men from Ohio whose fates have never been accounted for. In recent years, DNA tests have confirmed two of the missing 12 ended up in POW camp mass graves. Ten more Ohio families still hope the remains of their loved ones will be found and returned home. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Nothing to Lose, by The Floorwalkers. Find more at http://www.thefloorwalkers.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown Daniel Birch- Rise of the Phospher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In the mid 1800s, the mining town of Moonville sprouted along the route of a new Marietta to Cincinnati rail line. But the community was so far off the beaten path, tucked into a southern Ohio forest, that the only way people could reach it was to follow the train tracks - including the long single-track trestle and a dangerously narrow train tunnel. For more than a century, ghost stories have been told about victims of the train tracks who are trapped at the now-abandoned site. We check the records and sort fact from fiction. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1978, school teacher Leslie Barker went to a Akron nightclub to participate in what was that decades version of a computerized matchmaking program. She met a man and made plans for a date. But she never made it home. Her remains were found in a burned out car about five hours after the bartender last saw her at the club. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Catacombs, by Cutler Station. Find more at http://www.cutlerstation.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1920, owners of semi-pro football teams throughout the Midwest met to form what became the National Football League. And the first NFL champs set a record that stands today. The Akron Pros defense only gave away 7 points that entire season. Interestingly, the season all but faded from memory, with the NFL forgetting their first champs were Akron until records surfaced in the 1970s. Ending that mystery revealed another: Whatever happened to the national championship trophy that was supposed to be passed from winner to winner in those early years? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: John Dillinger's career as America's most famous bank robber lasted less than a year. He died in a hail of bullets outside a movie theater in Chicago in 1934. A few months later, after the last of his gang was dead or executed, the FBI turned their focus on a farm in Northwest Ohio. One of the gang's key hideouts, they would spend three months staking out the property, hoping a Dillinger associate would show up and reveal a hidden treasure. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Ghost on the Phone, by Venus Flytraps. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/thevenusflytraps The Great Unknown-Audionautix Rise of the Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1758, Delaware Indians kidnapped a Pennsylvania girl as a surrogate for a tribal chief's dead granddaughter, and brought her with them to live in the Ohio country. For nearly a century, books, paintings and commemorative plaques held that the girl, Mary Campbell, lived with her captors in a cave in what is now Gorge Metro Park in Cuyahoga Falls. We explore what parts of this story are true, and which are really only a mystery. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music:Audionautix- The Great Unknown Alderin- New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: A suspect in the 1981 murder of Rebecca Seaburn in a Mt. Gilead laundry would be put on trial three times, with three different outcomes: a guilty conviction that was thrown out, a hung jury, and finally, a not guilty verdict. Which jury got it right? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: She's With Me, by Deadbeat Poets. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/Deadbeat-Poets-430090940379849 audionautix- The Great Unknown Daniel Birch- Rise of the Phospher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: Harry Beasley won the Medal of Honor for bravery and a Purple Heart for a 1914 battle between the US and Mexico, then went on to serve in World War I. But it was the streets of his own hometown in Newark that proved to be the ultimate danger. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: New Horizon- Alderin The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
n 1951, Beverly Potts was a happy 10-year-old Cleveland girl when she went to a neighborhood live arts performance with her best friend. But on the way back home, Beverly vanished without a trace. For decades, police have followed up on thousands of false leads, digging up potential gravesites, shattering concrete floors, chasing authors of mysterious letters. Frustrated investigators said it was as if the very earth had simply opened up and swallowed her. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: When You Love A Traveler, by Shiloh Hawkins. Find more at https://www.shilohhawkins.com The Great Unknown Audionautix Daniel Birch Rise of the Phospher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: Raymond Ogle and Arthur Works were well-loved and highly-respected men who worked at a Dayton used-car dealership. So who would walk into the lobby and shoot them dead? Twenty years after the slaying, a new witness reveals a motivation. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix-Alderin The Great Unknown-Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Christmas Eve in 1959, a bullet shatters the kitchen window and the Norman Rockwell image of a family fixing dinner. Charles Roy Clark falls dead before his wife and daughter as they prepare a holiday pie. Lois Clark's affair-ridden marriage will come to light, and her most recent lover will stand accused. That is, until a retired police officer learns something shocking that the investigators and the prosecutor have failed to consider. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Gravity, by Glass Alice. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/GlassAliceBand Daniel Birch- rise of the phospher The Great Unknown Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1991, the day clerk at Steve's Motel in Green, Ohio wondered why the daughter of the motels owners didn't come out of their home to meet the school bus. As a matter of fact, the girl's father was also late in bringing over cash to start the business day. Curious, she walked to the brick home where the family lived at the entrance to the collection of rent-by-the-hour cottages to find the family had been coldly executed in the night. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown-Audionautix New Horizon - Alderin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1990, Lisa Pruett was a popular 16-year-old Shaker Heights High School student who snuck out of her house one late September evening to go visit her boyfriend. She was found in the early morning hours in his neighbor's lawn, stabbed to death before she'd made it to his house. Police would focus on a fellow student, Kevin Young, even bringing him to trial in a nationally televised Court TV case. But a jury found Kevin not guilty, leaving Lisa's murder one of northern Ohio's most frustrating cold cases. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Escape, by Unfair from Chardon, Ohio. Rise of The Phospher- Daniel Birch The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The new technology using genealogy with DNA recently identified a Geauga County mother as the parent of a newborn discarded in the woods 26 years ago. That story called to mind another case - an unidentified baby who still had his umbilical cord attached when he was found lying in the mud on the shore of Portage Lakes in Summit County in 2005. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown- Audionautix New Horizon- Alderin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1973, two families in the Dayton-area put classified ads in a local Trading Post. Is that how their killer found them? Gloria Buck and her two children lived 15 miles from 13-year-old Linda Sue Dearth, but they would forever be connected by the way they were slain in their homes. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Gray, by Whiskey Pilot. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/whiskeypilotband The Rise of the Phospher-Daniel Birch Audionautix- The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: Does Blue Limestone Park in Delaware, Ohio deserve its haunted reputation? For a century, people have believed the legend of a horrific train accident and the dozens of souls trapped by their sudden demise. Our research, however, turns, up a true mystery: A drowning that officials could never quite decide between suicide and homicide. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: One of the most confounding disappearances in Ohio history happened in May of 1978, when Judy Martins vanished on a late night walk between a friend's dorm room and her own room at Kent State Engleman Hall. With no evidence of foul play, the police eventually destroyed their file on her and there is no active investigation to find out what happened. But those who know her say she had no reason to walk away - and stay away for 41 years. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Too Much, by Larry Elefante. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/Larryelefante Audionautix the great Unknown Rise of the Pospher Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1959, Bertha was one day into her 13th birthday and just had her hair done at a beauty parlor when she was found dead alongside a Mansfield Road. Her extensive broken bones and wounds led the prosecutor to think she'd been hit by a driver who didn't stop. The sheriff thought she was targeted, assaulted, and dragged alongside the road to make it look like a hit and run. The coroner couldn't pick a side, saying both ideas were possible. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries audionautix great unknown Alderin New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: Lester Edward Eubanks was convicted of the 1965 murder of 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener in Mansfield Ohio. He took the witness stand and told the jury how he did it, and they put him on Death Row. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972, his sentence was commuted to life in prison. The very next year, his jailers decided he was a pretty good prisoner, so they let him go Christmas shopping. Alone. At a Columbus mall. Eubanks walked away, and hasn't been seen since. But last year, the US Marshalls decided he'd been free long enough, and promoted him to their Top 15 Most Wanted in an effort to find the now 75-year-old man they are confident is still living and enjoying his freedom. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Soft and Blue, by Damn the Witch Siren. Find more at https://www.damnthewitchsiren.com The Great Unknown Audionautix Rise of the Pospher Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
She was found dead, wrapped in worn blankets, lying alongside an East Liverpool road. But people who came from near and far couldn't identify her. Was it possible she was traveling with a carnival that had just come to town? The mysterious death and identity of a victim only known as Carnival Girl. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The great Unknown Aderin- New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Love triangle: The death of Rose Cable In 1937, Rose Cable was a wealthy society matron, the wife of prominent Canton contractor Deuber Cable, and days away from her 48th birthday. A shotgun blast through her mansion's breakfast room made sure she never saw that birthday. But who did it? A random prowler? A hitman? Her husband? Her husband's lover? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Tumblin' Down, by The Perfect Children. Find more at https://www.theperfectchildren.com audionautix the great. unknown rise of the pospher Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1991, 17-year-old Melissa Collins and her 8-month-old daughter, Jasmine, disappeared from their West Akron apartment. For the next two years, detectives assigned to the Akron police missing persons unit conducted a search for Melissa and Jasmine that reached into all 50 states. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown Alderan- New Horizon
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Meyers Lake in Stark County is best known for its former amusement park. But in the early 1800s - a century before that attraction was even conceived - Andrew Meyer was famed for being one of Ohio's wealthiest residents. Were neighbors right in saying he used to bury his treasure on his 3,000-acre property to avoid using banks? Special guest: Wendy Koile, author of Legends and Lost Treasure of Northern Ohio https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Lost-Treasure-Northern-American/dp/1626192405 www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: When I Fell Away, by Andrew McManus. Find more at http://www.amcmanusmusic.com The Great Unknown Audio Nautix The Rise of the Pospher Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just outside Vermilion is one of Ohio's most notoriously spooked locales, where tales of a horrific fire that killed a hundred orphans has attracted ghosthunters and visitors for more than a century. The event never happened - but join us as we explore how some disturbing factual events might be responsible for the birth of a legend. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown Audionautix New Horizon Aderin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 1908 trial of Guy Rasor for the murder of his pregnant fiance captivated Northeast Ohio and divided the town of Wadsworth on whether the guilty verdict was justified. Special guest: Linda Buesch, who authored two books on the case, reveals an alternative theory of who killed Ora Lee. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Devil Child, by Noah Smith. Find more at https://www.noahsmithmusic.com Rise of the Pospher- Daniel Birch The Great Unknown Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: It was 1957 when someone mentioned that buzzards seemed to be returning to the same spot in Medina County's Hinckley Township every year on the same day - an event that has been celebrated on March 15 for more than half a century. But why do they come to this same spot? Some say it's a perfect mix of field and stream and hills. But others say a great hunt in 1818 that killed off the township's wildlife attracted the carrion lovers - and the memory of that feast was written into their very DNA. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix The Great Unknown New Horizon- Aderin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: She was discovered on the side of the road in Miami County in 1981. She wore a purple-lined, tasseled buckskin coat - a garment that would become her name for the next 37 years as authorities tried everything to figure out who she was, where she was from, and what she was doing in Ohio. In time, technology would solve one big question, but another still remains: Who killed her? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Believe, by Twelve Minute Mile. Find more at https://www.facebook.com/twelveminutemile Audionautix- the great unknown Rise of the Pospher Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode NotesRoderick Clemons, 26, was working hard to make life better for he and his mom. He worked his way up to assistant manager of a Church's Fried Chicken in Akron, and was happy when he got transferred to a store near his home. But after a few months, he told his mom the neighborhood scared him and he was thinking of asking for a transfer out. He didn't ask fast enough. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown Audionautix New Horizon Alderin
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For decades, there have been stories identifying Wright Patterson Air Force Base - and specifically, Hangar 18 - as the location where the government stores and tests alien debris, alien technology, and even alien corpses. Among those who have named it are high ranking military officers who say they witnessed it first hand. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com
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On April 15, 1995, Ronald and Elaine Wright are supposed to be enjoying their weekend off at their home in Mansfield. But come Monday, their employers will be asking police to find out why they haven't shown up for work. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries the great unknown audionautix New Horizon- Aderin
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Episode Notes: In March of 1920, 11-year-old Frances South is sent off to the village drug store in Adena, Ohio to get medicine for her sick mother. She'll never return home. Hours later, a search party will find her bound, gagged, raped and kicked to death, and citizens will become convinced that a flawed investigation let her killer get away. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Misunderstood, by Palamara. Find more at https://palamara.bandcamp.com The Great Unknown Audionautix Daniel Birch Rise of the Phospher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: For many months, we've just been a pair of voices whispering in your earbuds. Here's your chance to learn a little more about your Ohio Mysteries hosts, Steve Yoder and Paula Schleis. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix-The great Unknown New Horizon- Aderin
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Episode Notes: In 1997, everything was coming together for Renee Wise. The Portage County woman was newly engaged and pursuing an exciting new career change. The one shadow in her life was her apartment, where things started moving and disappearing. By the time Renee realized she'd been having a visitor, it was too late. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Bedridden, by The Midwestern. Find more at https://themidwesternband.com Rise of the Pospher- Daniel Birch Great Unknown Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: One of Planet Earth's biggest mysteries is the question of whether we are alone in the universe. The closest we have ever come to scientifically answering that question happened in Ohio in 1977. .www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown Audionautix New Horizon Aderin
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Episode Notes: In February of 1921, three students on their way to Parma Central school happened across a gruesome sight - two women bludgeoned beyond recognition, lying dead in the icy mud off a dirt road. The students raced to school to inform their teachers of the discovery, only to find the school building was still locked. That's because their teacher and principal - the two women who normally had the one-room schoolhouse opened and warmed up by now - hadn't arrived yet. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: American Love, by Hasting & Co. Find more at https://hastingco.com The Great Unknown Audionautix Rise of the Phospher Daniel birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1824, Sylvia Beach - left deaf and mute from scarlet fever - strolled away from the family's pioneer home in Medina County. Hundreds of area settlers would answer the call, spending weeks scouring field and forest in search of her. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown Audionautix New Horizon Aderin
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Episode Notes: Over several years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, someone in the small town of Circleville, Ohio was paying more than casual attention to what all the neighbors were up to.More than 1,000 letters would be mailed, composed of strange block-lettered handwriting that accused townsfolk of everything from capital crimes to naughty behavior. But one woman would bear the brunt of the phantom writer's obsession. Was the letter writer responsible for the death of her husband and the attempt on her own life? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: If You Saw Me Now, by Gretchen Pleuss. Find more at https://www.gretchenpleuss.com The Great Unknown- The Great Unknown Rise of Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In July of 1996, Herb Baumeister drove to a park outside Toronto, wrote a suicide note, then killed himself. In his final communication, the millionaire Indianapolis businessman penned pages about his failed thrift store chain and angst over his marriage. But he didn't say a thing about what authorities really wanted to know: Why were there skeletal remains of 11 men in his backyard, and what did he know about six men whose bodies were dumped in western Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Parasols, by Blossom Hall. Find more at https://blossomhall.bandcamp.com/album/parasols Audionautix- The great Unknown Until Morning Sad Cinematic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2002, a man co-workers and acquaintances had always known as Joseph Newton Chandler III killed himself in the bathroom of his Eastlake apartment. But a probate court's search for next of kin would find Chandler had been living under a stolen identity for 30 years. Their investigation would eventually reveal the mysterious suicide victim had been born Robert Ivan Nichols, a father of three sons from Indiana who abandoned his family in the 1960s with the cryptic message: "In due time, you'll know why." Today, we still don't know why. But authorities are just as determined as ever to find out what Chandler was hiding in his past. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Sink Away, by The Katawicks. Follow them at https://www.facebook.com/thekatawicks The Great Unknown- Audionautix Rise of the Phosper- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was in her home in the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village when the phone rang. A man introduced himself as her mother's co-worker, and asked for her help in picking out a gift to celebrate her mother's promotion. Amy agreed. Friends who walked her to the shopping center on the appointed day were the last to see her alive as she calmly walked away with the stranger. Her body would be found three months later. Special guest: Investigative journalist James Renner, who wrote a book about his years following and researching Amy's story. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: No New Wilderness, by Drew Joseph. Follow him at http://www.nonewwilderness.com Rise Of the Phosper- Daniel Birch The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1991, Rachael Johnson left a nightclub with a friend and headed home. She would never make it. After the friend's car got a flat tire and the interior filled with the smell of burning rubber, she insisted on finding her own way home. She got out of her friend's car - and was picked up by a killer. Her body was found the next day, raped, beaten, stabbed and set afire in the middle of an Akron street. Special guest: Katelin Puzakulics, who was two years old when her mother was murdered, and Lesli Rarick, the woman who is trying to help her shed new light on a cold case. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Lie in Wait, by Relaxer. Follow them at https://www.facebook.com/RelaxerSystem Rise of The Phospher- Daniel Birch The Great Unknown- Audonautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: The tragic end of Charles CollinsCharles Collins, a renowned railroad builder from Cleveland and the man for whom the city's Collinwood neighborhood was named, was found dead in his home in 1877. For a century, people believed he'd killed himself, profoundly disturbed by a train accident that took the lives of nearly 100 people. But in 1975, a man in Geauga County discovered records that showed a second secret autopsy revealed that was not the case at all.The story of an experimental bridge, a horrific rail disaster, and the mystery behind the death of a man who knew too much. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Smoke and Fire, by Cory Breth. Follow him at https://www.facebook.com/corybrethmusic The Great Unknown. Audionautix Rise of the Phospher. Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Berlin Reservoir murders Over a 12-month period in the early 1990s, a half-mile portion of the Berlin Reservoir became the killing grounds for at least two murderers, possibly three, with a crazy connection to even a fourth. Nearly three decades later, authorities have yet to solve the seemingly unconnected homicides of Andy Hussey and Lisa Watters, Kathryn Menendez and Sarah Rae Boehm. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Love My Mess, by Steel Ivory. Find more of their music at www.steelivory.com Audionautix- The Great Unknown Rise of the Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Georgia Rudolph was just 5 years old when she started dreaming about the life of another girl. Then dreams became waking visions that led her to an Ohio river town she never knew existed, but one whose streets she was able to navigate with ease. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Something to Lose, by Harold Stewart and the Blues Hounds. Find their music at http://www.theblueshounds.com Rise OF the Phosopher Daniel Birch The Great Unknown: Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: Bank Heist: The Ted Conrad story Ted Conrad was obsessed with the movie, The Thomas Crown Affair, when it was released in 1968. It inspired the 20-year-old bank teller to pull off his own bank heist. But where did he go with his fortune? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Trouble, by Lisa Biales. Find her music at www.lisabiales.com Audionautix The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Nebraska town named him Matthew - "gift from God" - when they found his frozen body in a snow-filled ditch. But as authorities spent the next two years trying to find the identity of the little dead boy in the blue pajamas, many simply began referring to him as Little Boy Blue. When they finally learned the child in that Nebraska grave was 9-year-old Danny Stutzman, their search would take them to an Ohio Amish community, where a whole new mystery awaited. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: That's the Way, by Tyrone Hornbuckle of Garrettsville, Ohio. The Great Unknown - Audionautix Sad cinematic by Until Morning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes The 1963 disappearance of Ruth Guthrie, Tommy Sumerix and Joe Kulesza Over a period of 10 days in June of 1963, three Summit County children disappeared. For months, three communities held their collective breath as investigators and families searched, then ultimately waited. The next year, one by one, their fates would be revealed. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Scared of Heights, by Micah Schnabel. Find his music at micahschnabel.bandcamp.com Audionautix The Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1985, Mel Wiley, the police chief in Medina County's Hinckley Township, tells his girlfriend he's meeting an old friend for a dip in Lake Erie. Three days later, park rangers find his abandoned car at Edgewater Park with his clothes, money and police ID inside - but no chief. While townsfolk wonder if he met with foul play, was lost in a drowning accident or committed suicide, the lead investigator settles on a completely different theory: That Wiley, who loved writing mystery novels in his spare time, had simply walked away from his life to start anew somewhere else. >www.ohiomysteries.com >feedback@ohiomysteries.com >www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries >www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio >www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries > >Music: Chasing Trains, by Joe Joyce Band. Find their music at joejoyce.bandcamp.com The Great Unknown Audioaunix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Imagine reading a Mother's Day story in your local newspaper, and finding clues that suggest you may have been sold as a baby out the back door of a small clinic in the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia. Now imagine dozens of Northeast Ohio residents waking that day to the same revelation. The amazing story of the black-market "Hicks babies" and the 20-year effort of one baby to understand the doctor who sold him, the saga of how he ended up in Akron, and how technology helped him find his biological family. Special guest Mark Cravens Eckenrode. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Gravity, by Taylor Lamborn. Find her music at http://www.taylorlamborn.com The Great Unknown- Audionautix Rise of the Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohio immigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December.
But was Imgard really the first? Ninety-nine years after he spruced up a fir and enchanted his neighbors, a Wooster professor would go looking for the answer.
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On March 15, 1971, sheep rancher Clifford Badger is returning from a morning business trip when he stops to pick up the mail outside his farmhouse in West Salem. He finds a box of homemade chocolates, and a simple handwritten message that reads "To Our Good Neighbor." A few minutes later, Clifford would be lying dead on his kitchen floor. His wife, who had sampled the candy as well, had time to call for help before falling unconscious. Who poisoned the couple? And why? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Western Dawn, by Victor Samalot. Find more at https://victorsamalot.com Audionautix-The Great Unknown Deep Thoughts Aderin- New Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1925-26, a man with a face painted red and a maniacal laugh stalked the west end of Toledo, randomly selecting women and clubbing them - many, to the death. A serial killer still unidentified to this date had this city on the edge of hysteria, and with good reason. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: On My Own, by Master TC & the Visitors. Find their videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFW2hj5qEFIIHU3kr4CvuA Audionautix- The Great Unknown Aderin-New Horizon Deep Thoughts Sad Cinematic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two days after Christmas in 1928, 4-year-old Melvin Horst is playing in a vacant lot with a friend when he realizes its dinner time. "Goodbye, Bobbie. I got to go home now," he says. An hour later, all his parents find is a little red wagon abandoned in the front yard. For the next year, local bootleggers and mobsters would use Melvin's disappearance to try and put each other out of business. Eight of them would see the inside of a jail before all of their tales were proved to be lies. So what, exactly, happened to little Melvin? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: With This Change, by Through It All. For more, visit www.throughitallband.com Audionautix-The Great Unknown Rise of the Phospher- Daniel Birch New Horizon Aderin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes On May 4, 1937, Ruth Baumgardner said goodnight to her sorority sisters, then went to her dorm room at Ohio Wesleyan to study for a test. But Ruth didn't make it to that class, or any other class, the next day. A national manhunt was launched. Two years later, her parents would privately ask police to close the case, with no public explanation of what they had learned or if Ruth had been discovered. Could it have had something to do with a human trafficking ring operating in the area? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Drive, by Jessica Hannan. For more, visit http://www.jessicahannan.com New Horizon Aderin The Great Unknown Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1953, Ron Tammen Jr. was a 19-year-old Maple Heights man nearing the end of his sophomore year at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. On April 19, a typical evening, Ron walked into his dorm room to study - and was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Shorts Season, by Tunnel Songs. For more, visit http://www.tunnelsongs.com The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes In 1977, a Barberton man made a remarkable claim: He was the legal owner of the corpse of John Wilkes Booth. How could an Ohio optometrist come to own the embalmed remains of arguably America's most infamous assassin? Follow the twists and turns of this bizarre mystery before you scoff. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Cello, by Mr. Carnivore. For more, visit http://www.mrcarnivoreeats.com Rise of the Phosphor-Daniel Birch The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beard and Leonard: Waiting for Justice, Part 2 In Part 1, 17-year-old Mary Leonard and 19-year-old Ricky Beard of Akron vanish after a date night to a drive-in movie theater. Their whereabouts are unknown for nearly six years, their families helpless but to follow every lead and tip, alternating between despair and hope. In this episode, learn about the discovery in 1985 that ended one mystery while launching another. Special guests: Mary's brother, Jerry Leonard, and Ricky's sister, Luanne Beard Eddy. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Waiting for the Lightning, by Ryan Humbert. For more on on Ryan, visit https://www.ryanhumbert.com www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Other Music The Great Unknown Audionautix Rise of the Philosopher Daniel Birch deep thoughts sad cinematic- Ender Gurney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1979, 17-year-old Mary Leonard and her boyfriend, 19-year-old Ricky Beard, disappeared after a date night to a drive-in movie theater. Years passed, both families clinging to hope that their loved ones were alive, especially after private investigators and police detectives suggested they may have run off together. In Part 1 of this 2-part story, we talk to Ricky's sister, Luanne Beard Eddy, and Mary's brother, Jerry Leonard, about the roller coaster of pain, despair and hope their families endured for six years. Be sure to listen to "Beard and Leonard: Waiting for Justice, Part 2" for the conclusion of our podcast. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: The Chain, by Ryan Humbert. For more on on Ryan, visit https://www.ryanhumbert.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: At 5 a.m. in the pre-dawn darkness of Portage County, a police chief in northern Portage County and two sheriff deputies in southern Portage County are calling in reports of a saucer-shaped object plowing through the sky. Two deputies will even give chase, soon joined by a patrolman in another county as they follow the object all the way into Pennsylvania - and into history. The event will ruin lives and careers after the U.S. military dismisses the encounter. We go straight to the transcript of interviews with Wright Patterson Air Force Base and law enforcement witnesses to find out exactly what happened that fateful night. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Never Look Back, by Guy Randall. For more on Guy Randall, visit www.guyrandallartist.com Aero Chord Feat DDark-Shooting Stars Audionautix- Great Unknown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What if you heard someone pelting your house with rocks, then investigated to find yourself face to face with a large hairy beast on two legs. In 1978, the Cayton family and several others living in and around Minerva reported seeing a manlike creature they couldn't identify lurking in the woods, something that has come to be known simply as "the Minerva Monster."
Akron Beacon Journal reporter Barb Galloway was the first journalist to document their stories, which - as it turned out - went back a generation. She accompanied local sheriff deputies as they found what appeared to be bedding pressed into tall grass, a tuft of fur snagged on a thorny bush, scratch marks on wood, and the strong odor of ammonia.
Hear what Galloway has to say about that unnerving summer.
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Episode Notes: Phil Trexler joins us to discuss the mystery of Raymond Timbrook! Raymond Timbrook of Mentor was a successful businessman, engineer and father of two teenage sons when someone coldly executed him as he sat in his car on the side of the road in a vacant development in Kirtland Hills. More than 25 years later, his unsolved murder still haunts Phil Trexler, who spent his career covering crime for print media before moving into an Emmy-award-winning broadcast role with WKYC in Cleveland. Trexler shares why this case still nags at him after all this time. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Featured Artist: Zach www.zachmusic.net twitter.com/Zachmusic facebook.com/Zachmusic Youtube Search Zachmusic The Great Unknown-Audionautix Ocean Burn -Sarin Darker Lakes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: On Dec. 8, 1909, the train ferry SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 sank during a winter storm on Lake Erie as it made its daily run between Conneaut, Ohio, and Port Stanley, Ontario. More than 30 lives were lost, and residents on both shores reported hearing the haunting wail of its horn as it desperately searched for a port before slipping beneath the waves. More than a century later, the location of its watery grave is still unknown. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music DustinH https://www.youtube.com/user/dustinhaj Music DustinH https://www.reverbnation.com/artist/1541765 Music by https://www.soundcloud.com/ikson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes: In 1974, 17-year-old Linda Pagano reportedly stormed out of the apartment she shared with her stepfather and was never seen again. Many presumed her to be a runaway. In 2015, a Cleveland woman became curious about a cemetery index that mentioned the interred bones of an unknown young woman with a bullet hole in her skull, buried in 1975. How Internet web sleuths turned Linda Pagano from a missing persons case into an unsolved murder. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries The Great Unknown Audionautix Music New Horizon Aderin Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes In 1758, the British took Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh from the French who had established it. But before their arrival, the French spared 10 men to whisk away their army's payroll. They loaded 16 packhorses with gold and silver and headed for Fort Detroit. They never made it. The British intercepted the small detail, killing eight of the 10 Frenchmen. But not before the French soldiers buried the treasure to keep it out of the hands of their enemy. Years later, a nephew of one of the surviving French soldiers found his uncle's journal about the special assignment, along with specific details on how to find the treasure near present-day Minerva in Stark County, Ohio. The nephew's attempt to locate the booty failed, as has every other attempt these past 200 years. The podcast also features a second tale - the legend of a Minerva-area treasure left behind by the Civil War's infamous Morgan's Raid. ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes The 1987 Holiday season was a tense one in the Akron area. Over an 18-week period, four area women, all doing absolutely average activities, were snatched from the streets, raped and murdered. While evidence suggests the timing was a coincidence and the homicides were work of at least three different men, fear of a serial killer kept residents on edge from August through Christmas and into the new year. More than 30 years later, all four murders remain unsolved. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: New Horizon-Aderin Music: The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes For a century, Northeast Ohio teens have made trips to Rogues Hollow in the dead of night to look for its ghost train, headless horse, and listen for weeping at Crybaby Bridge. We'll share the real history of this once-lawless frontier. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Notes Join us as we tell the story of Marion Brubaker, a 12-year-old Akron area girl whose life was suddenly snuffed out as se rode her bike home from the library in 1962. Fifty-Six years later, her killer has never been brought to justice. Who is Marion, and what do we know about the day her life ended? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: New Horizon-Aderin Music: The Great Unknown- Audionautix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices