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 Hawk...
Jun 07, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 135
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...
Jun 03, 2021•15 min
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/...
May 31, 2021•20 min
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.ohioattorney...
May 27, 2021•33 min
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...
May 24, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 134
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...
May 20, 2021•19 min
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 Mus...
May 17, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 133
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 ...
May 13, 2021•27 min
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: 'ti...
May 10, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 132
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...
May 06, 2021•19 min
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 A...
May 03, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 131
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...
Apr 29, 2021•18 min
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...
Apr 26, 2021•16 min
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.ohioattorneygenera...
Apr 22, 2021•25 min
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 htt...
Apr 19, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 130
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 T...
Apr 15, 2021•25 min
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 h...
Apr 12, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 129
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/ohiomys...
Apr 08, 2021•15 min
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 Midweste...
Apr 05, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 128
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 choic...
Apr 01, 2021•17 min
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 Bir...
Mar 29, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 127
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.c...
Mar 25, 2021•21 min
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 Reifsn...
Mar 22, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 126
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/mysterie...
Mar 18, 2021•13 min
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...
Mar 15, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 125
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...
Mar 11, 2021•15 min
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. ...
Mar 08, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 124
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: Aud...
Mar 04, 2021•12 min
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...
Mar 01, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 123
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/ad...
Feb 25, 2021•16 min
