Ohio Mysteries

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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 The Great Unknown by Audionautix http://audionautix.com Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/the-great-unknown Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xUi9yHcMOLg

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Episode 9: The Great UFO Chase

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 th...

Oct 29, 2018•1 hr

Episode 8: The Minerva Monster

Episode Notes 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 ou...

Oct 22, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Episode 7: Who Killed Raymond Timbrook? Special Guest Phil Trexler

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 Clevela...

Oct 15, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Episode 6: The SS Marquette & Bessemer No.2

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....

Oct 07, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 5: What happened to Linda Pagano?

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.co...

Oct 01, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: The Lost French Gold

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 t...

Sep 24, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 3: Deadly Holidays

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.c...

Sep 17, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 2: The True Story of Rogues Hollow

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

Sep 10, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 1: The Unsolved Murder of Marion Brubaker

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 Unk...

Sep 02, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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