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.co...
Sep 23, 2021•17 min
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/ohi...
Sep 20, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 149
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 ...
Sep 16, 2021•26 min
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...
Sep 13, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 148
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- D...
Sep 09, 2021•25 min
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- T...
Sep 06, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 147
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 m...
Sep 02, 2021•19 min
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 Lear...
Aug 30, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 146
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/adcho...
Aug 26, 2021•13 min
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.co...
Aug 23, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 145
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...
Aug 16, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 144
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 Unkn...
Aug 12, 2021•14 min
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 ww...
Aug 09, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 143
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
Aug 05, 2021•26 min
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 Phos...
Aug 02, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 142
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/ohiomyste...
Jul 29, 2021•12 min
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://sound...
Jul 26, 2021•48 min
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.facebo...
Jul 22, 2021•18 min
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 M...
Jul 19, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 141
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...
Jul 15, 2021•16 min
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: "R...
Jul 12, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 140
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/myster...
Jul 08, 2021•24 min
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 ...
Jul 05, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 139
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
Jul 01, 2021•20 min
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...
Jun 27, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 138
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: ...
Jun 24, 2021•17 min
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 ...
Jun 21, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 137
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...
Jun 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 136
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 ...
Jun 14, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 136
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 ...
Jun 10, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 135
