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 Birc...
Jul 23, 2020•15 min
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-...
Jul 20, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 93
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 megapho...
Jul 16, 2020•19 min
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.ohiomys...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 92
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.fa...
Jul 09, 2020•16 min
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 ...
Jul 06, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 91
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.co...
Jul 02, 2020•22 min
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/ohiomy...
Jun 29, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 90
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 ...
Jun 25, 2020•21 min
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...
Jun 22, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 89
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...
Jun 18, 2020•16 min
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...
Jun 15, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 88
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...
Jun 11, 2020•24 min
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@ohi...
Jun 08, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 87
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...
Jun 04, 2020•11 min
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- T...
Jun 01, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 86
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...
May 28, 2020•17 min
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: ...
May 25, 2020•40 min
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. V...
May 21, 2020•16 min
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: Back...
May 18, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 84
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...
May 13, 2020•17 min
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 Tac...
May 11, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 83
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 ...
May 06, 2020•15 min
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 Additio...
May 04, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 82
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/ohio...
Apr 29, 2020•18 min
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....
Apr 27, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 81
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...
Apr 23, 2020•19 min
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 Bir...
Apr 20, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 80
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
Apr 16, 2020•20 min
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 mor...
Apr 13, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 79
