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. Ohio Mysteries: http://www.ohiomysteries.com Akron Beacon Journal: http://www.beaconjournal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 28, 2022•28 min
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 ...
Apr 25, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 178
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 c...
Apr 21, 2022•15 min
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 yo...
Apr 18, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 177
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- ...
Apr 14, 2022•18 min
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 cho...
Apr 11, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 175
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...
Apr 07, 2022•12 min
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 Phosp...
Apr 04, 2022•17 min
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/O...
Mar 30, 2022•33 min
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/ohiomyster...
Mar 28, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 175
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...
Mar 24, 2022•19 min
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 ...
Mar 21, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 174
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. ...
Mar 17, 2022•17 min
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.co...
Mar 14, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 173
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....
Mar 10, 2022•19 min
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/my...
Mar 07, 2022•30 min•Ep. 172
Announcing YouTube channel and change in "featured musical artist" segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 05, 2022•5 min
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 ww...
Mar 03, 2022•11 min
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 Ni...
Feb 28, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 171
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 Phosphe...
Feb 24, 2022•12 min
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...
Feb 21, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 170
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.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twi...
Feb 17, 2022•25 min
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/adch...
Feb 14, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 169
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...
Feb 10, 2022•14 min
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- Dan...
Feb 07, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 168
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....
Jan 31, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 167
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 abou...
Jan 26, 2022•22 min
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/mysterie...
Jan 24, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 165
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:...
Jan 20, 2022•14 min
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.damnthe...
Jan 17, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 165
