The entire army of the American Revolution died before John Gray. When Gray passed in March of 1868, he was the last soldier standing. In this episode, we learn a little about the life and times of this Noble County veteran with a unique distinction. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Additional music: New Horizon - Aderin; Audionautix- The Great Unknown; The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Lear...
Mar 17, 2025•22 min
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk about the world's very first commercial aviation flight from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio on November 7, 1910. The Wright Brothers found themselves involved in a number of lawsuits and the resulting negative publicity didnt help their attempts to sell their airplanes. Enter Max Morehouse. He conceived of an idea to fly some fabric from Dayton to Columbus as a public relations stunt. Find out what happens a...
Mar 13, 2025•20 min
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Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk about the miraculous high school basketball team, the Waterloo Warriors! Despite practicing on outdoor dirt courts and practicing with a ball made of rags wrapped with tape, this amazing team won back to back state titles. With only 26 boys in the entire school, coach Magellan Hairston lead this small group of boys on an epic journey overcoming obstacle after obstacle to bring glory to this little Sout...
Mar 06, 2025•26 min
In 1941, the US government fined a Dayton-area farmer for planting more wheat than was allowed per a new law hoping to stabilize a market that had wild fluctuations due to the war. Roscoe Filburn refused to pay the fine and filed a lawsuit instead, saying his wheat had nothing to do with the econmy - he grew it for his family and his livestock. The result of this battle had ramifications in all areas of American life for decades to come. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patre...
Mar 04, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 305
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk discuss the notorious Simon Girty. He was a frontiersman who lived a fascinating long life that took him through many travels and travails. Some call him a traitor, some called him a patriot. Jon us and listen to this fascinating story of one of the pioneers who helped shape the Ohio frontier. Our listener Bob joins us for this amazing tale. Check out Ohio Mysteries Backwoods Facebook page!: https://ww...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr
Ep 304 - Butler County: Teddy Franks, Eugene Sauer, Beverly Krause Three cold cases from Butler County. Teddy Franks leapt from a moving car to escape an unknown foe, and was never seen again. Eugene Sauer's bullet-ridden body was found next to his car along a state route. And a Jane Doe was given to the wrong family to bury until a detective in the future discovered her true identity. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio ww...
Feb 24, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 304
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk discuss the infamous ship, the Success. The Success would sail the world 'round being advertised as a prison ship museum with all the cruel torture devices that could be expected to be found within. Only the story wasnt true. The Success sailed for over 1oo years and made millions for its owners before ending its journey in Ohio. Hear all about the twists and turns and wild stories of this notorious sh...
Feb 20, 2025•19 min
Ghosts of two 19th century girls haunt the streets in western Belmont Count. We explore the legend of Lady Bend Hill, a tale of two lovers that ended in tragedy. And the murder of Louiza Fox, a 13-year-old courted by a coal miner who killed her when she rejected his marriage proposal. 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
Feb 17, 2025•21 min
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk discuss the shootout in Little Italy. On May 17, 1926. The sleepy Southern Ohio town of Wellsville, Ohio would be rocked by the shooting of Patrolman Jim Kenney in the midst of a police scandal involving the tight lipped Italian American neighborhood. Bribery, bootleggers, and bad guys would all play a part of this scandal that would expose corruption and greed. Join us and learn all about this murder ...
Feb 13, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Ep 303 - Mary Draper Ingles: A story of endurance Mary Draper Ingles and her two children were kidnapped by Shawnee warriors in a raid on their Virginia home. They were marched to a Shawnee town in Ohio, where her children were given to Shawnee families passing through. Eventually, Mary managed to escape. This is the story of her 42-day, 600-mile run for home. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteri...
Feb 10, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 303
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we talk with our friend Josh and discuss Ohio urban legends. Josh has a YouTube channel where he visits many locations around Ohio that have fascinating (and creepy) urban legends. He also does fantastic research about the origins of the legends and how they came to be. We discuss the Kirkland Melonheads, the witches tower near Cincinnati, the mysterious lights of Sandusky Bay, the Dean's Hollow bridge and mor...
Feb 06, 2025•42 min•Season 2Ep. 65
Ulysses S Grant, born and raised in Southwest Ohio's Georgetown, led the Union to victory in the Civil War and spent eight years as president. We combed his biographies and found a handful of fun and interesting things about his life - like the fact that his name wasn't really Ulysses S. Grant, and that the male side of his wedding party (including his best man) later had to surrender to him. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteries...
Feb 03, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 302
In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating and often overlooked history of how the Portsmouth Spartans, a small-town football team from Portsmouth, Ohio, became the iconic Detroit Lions. From their humble beginnings in the early days of professional football to their move north and eventual transformation into an NFL powerhouse, we explore the pivotal moments, key players, and visionary decisions that shaped the Spartans' rise. Discover how this underdog team defied the odds and made the...
Jan 30, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 64
From the mid 1980s into 1990, sex workers from truck stops throughout the state were being strangled or beaten to death, their bodies disposed of without clothing or shoes. Eventually, someone would recognize a pattern, and a task force concluded it likely that the women were the victim of one may - a truck driving serial killer who many have come to call the elusive Dr. No. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook....
Jan 27, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 301
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode author Wendy Koile joins Doug and Dan as they discuss the Cholera Cemetery of Sandusky, Ohio. In 1849, a brutal and vicious cholera epidemic swept through the nation and the growing town of Sandusky was greatly impacted. Over half the town fled in terror and the brave souls that remained were left to deal with the horrors that came with the epidemic. Why didnt the man burying the bodies ever seem to contract t...
Jan 23, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Ep 300 - The Ohio origins of Play-Doh, Etch-a-Sketch and Uno Three of the most popular childhood activities in the world were born in Ohio. Join us for the story of how repurposing some putty saved a Cincinnati wallpaper cleaning company from bankruptcy, how a dentist in Bryan turned a French curiosity into every Baby Boomer's Christmas wish, and how an activity developed by a Reading barber became the No. 1 card game in the world. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com...
Jan 20, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 300
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode author Wendy Koile shares stories from her book: Legends and Lost Treasure of Northern Ohio. We learn about The Money House, whose destruction provided an entire neighborhood with cold, hard cash. Simon Girty is up next and we find out more about his lost treasure and if the infamous cannon from the Anthony Wayne is still buried at Girty Island. All these stories and more can be found in Wendy's fantastic book...
Jan 16, 2025•36 min•Season 2Ep. 62
In 1944, a fire at the Ringling Brothers circus in Hartford, Connecticut became one of the worst tragedies in American history, killing at least 168 people and injuring 700 more. Investigators blamed a carelessly thrown cigarette for igniting the flame that took down the big top. But six years later, all eyes turned to Ohio when a Circleville man confessed to setting the fire as a 15-year-old roustabout with the circus. Was he telling the truth? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com w...
Jan 13, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 299
For half a century, the Mirmans served an East Akron neighborhood as its local grocer, and everyone knew Robert Mirman, the third generation of the family to run the store. The Mirmans knew robberies were part of the business, and survived several of them. But in 1981, someone entered the store and stabbed Robert numerous times, killing him in a vicious act that was very uncharacteristic of a routine robbery. Forty-five years later, police still don't know who - or why. Unresolved is a collabora...
Jan 08, 2025•27 min
In the fall of 1984, the east side of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs were rocked by four chillingly-similar murders - all 14-year-old girls, strangled to death while going about their daily routine. But this was not the work of a serial killer. In time, police would catch and convict three killers in three cases, leaving one still-open homicide. The family of Leslie Cross, murdered on her way to deliver a birthday present and left in the hall of a Bedford Heights apartment building, is still ...
Jan 06, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 298
Hello and Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In tonight's we discuss the historic, haunted Buxton Inn in Granville, OH. Step back in time for a captivating podcast exploring the rich history, legendary hauntings, and hidden stories of one of Ohio's most beloved landmarks — The Buxton Inn. Nestled in the charming town of Granville, this historic inn has been a welcoming retreat since the early 19th century, with stories of travelers, settlers, and even spirits that have pass...
Jan 02, 2025•13 min•Season 2Ep. 61
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...
Dec 30, 2024•37 min
Hello and Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In tonight's we discussed famed Ohio inventor, Powel Crosley Jr. Once dubbed "The Henry Ford of Radio." Powel Crowley Jr. was a man with a thousand dreams and was often successful bringing these dreams to light. He championed many causes, and many of his innovations are still being used today. Join us as we discuss all this and more. Check out our Facebook page!: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558042082494¬if_id=171720...
Dec 26, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Mary Edwards Walker, the daughter of a New York farmer who became a doctor during the Civil War, is the only woman to have received a Medal of Honor. Her story includes many ties to Ohio, including her first attempt to begin a medical practice in Columbus, and how Col. Daniel McCook of Ohio's famous "Fighting McCooks" became the first officer willing to pay her for her services after hiring her to tend to his Ohio Infantry casualties. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon....
Dec 23, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 297
Hello and Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In tonight's episode we dive into Ohio's contributions to the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. In the heart of World War II, a handful of scientists and engineers from Ohio played a pivotal role in one of the most secretive and transformative projects in history—the development of the atomic bomb. In this gripping podcast, we dive deep into Ohio's critical contributions to the Manhattan Proj...
Dec 19, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Hello and Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In tonight's episode we dive into Ohio's contributions to the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. This is part 2 of a 2 part episode. In the heart of World War II, a handful of scientists and engineers from Ohio played a pivotal role in one of the most secretive and transformative projects in history—the development of the atomic bomb. In this gripping podcast, we dive deep into Ohio's critical contributions to the Manhattan Proj...
Dec 19, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 59
A double feature involving famous poets. First — In the late 1800s, Fremont native William Zeigler offered a theory that took England by storm, suggesting that the work of William Shakespeare was secretly the product of a contemporary, Christopher Marlowe. Second - The story of Garrettsville native Hart Crane, a beloved poet who became one of the literary greats of his generation, until personal struggles led him to jump from a ship into the ocean. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.co...
Dec 16, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 296
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In tonight's episode, we discuss the religious movement called the "Rowenites". They believed the world was coming to an end on February 7th, 1925. They gathered on rooftops and hills in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Find out what happens next! Check out our Facebook page!: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558042082494¬if_id=1717202186351620¬if_t=page_user_activity&ref=notif Please check other podcast episodes like this at...
Dec 12, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Meet Greg Hansberry, host of the new "The Empty Coffin" podcast, as we talk to him about his career as a Columbus radio personality and his love of the paranormal. Hansberry also discusses with us his most recent episode. On Dec 8, 2004, a rock fan stormed the stage at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus and shot to death the band's beloved guitarist, "Dimebag Darrell" Abbott, and three others who tried to intervene. Afterward, continue exploring this topic on "The Empty Coffin," where Hansbe...
Dec 09, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 295
