Best Unsolved Mysteries Rewind Podcasts (2023)

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: Harry Andrews and Castle La Roche 12:57

22h ago12:57

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In Loveland, Ohio, a medieval castle rises above the Little Miami River. It was built by stones hauled up from the river by a World War I vet obsessed with the era of knights and chivalry. Harry Andrews was one-of-a-kind, and the Knights group he found still operates the castle as a museum. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patre…

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Ep. 228 - Tyrone Noling: Guilty or not? 20:56

1h ago20:56

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In 1990, Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig were brutally murdered in their Portage County home during a burglary. A few years later, four men were named as their assailants, with one sentenced to death. But with no physical evidence putting any of them at the site, and confessions determined by an expert as having been coerced, did the real killer get awa…

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10-Minute Mystery: The Delta Queen's Ghost Captain 15:15

14m ago15:15

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In 1897, Cincinnati's own Mary Becker Greene became the first woman to receive a steamboat pilot's license, and she and her husband spent the next 50 years plying the rivers of Ohio and the Mississippi. She later joined her son Tom aboard his Delta Queen. But after she died in her stateroom, some folks became convinced Captain Mary never left the s…

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EP. 227: Anti-hero Thomas Midgley Jr. 22:57

6d ago22:57

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Thomas Midgley Jr., a brilliant scientist working for Dayton, Ohio research companies in the 1920, invented two world-changing products. He discovered a lead additive could stop the destructing knocking noise prevalent in early auto engines. And he discovered a supergas that allowed average homes to safely have refrigerators and air conditioners. I…

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Update Rewind Ep. 112 - BCI Cold Cases: Zastudil, Thompson, Hebert 33:00

4d ago33:00

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So tonight we're doing a rewind of our 2020 episode about three cases that were getting new attention from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. In at least one of those cases, DNA technology came through. A few months ago, Hamilton County authorities announced they tied a serial killer to the death of Cheryl Thompson -- a 19-year-old Universi…

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Ep. 226 - The indefinable Victoria Claflin Woodhull 28:41

2d ago28:41

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Born in Licking County when it was America's western frontier, Victoria Claflin was born into poverty and grew up the daughter of a conman who groomed her to be a child preacher and spiritualist. She ran away just after turning 15, becoming a child bride and mother. Her "spirit guides" promised her she'd grow up to be wealthy and powerful, but nobo…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: The Golden Age Nursing Home fire 17:16

6d ago17:16

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In Nov. 22 1963, Ohioans went to bed mourning the assassination of President John F Kennedy, and woke to the news of a different kind of disaster. Overnight, a fire at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Huron County had claimed the lives of 63 residents. The fire would have been national news any other day, but although it was overshadowed by Kennedy's…

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Ep. 225 - How did Lt. Col. George Custer really die? 23:19

9d ago23:19

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In 1876, Ohio native Lt. Col. George Custer led the 7th Cavalry into a battle with the Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little Bighorn - and died alongside every soldier of the five companies that he commanded. But questions remain about "Custer's Last Stand," including more than a dozen eye-witness reports who said Custer and a great many of his men …

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10-Minute Mystery: Akron's stone-throwing ghost 16:40

14d ago16:40

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In 1919, William Clemens, nephew of celebrated author Mark Twain, wrote about one of the most "mysterious, uncanny and problematic" cases he'd ever witnesses. He then proceeded to relate the tale of his visit to Akron, and his experience with a local family haunted by a ghost who had been throwing stones at them. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohio…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Episode Rewind: The I-70 Strangler 24:31

17d ago24:31

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In July of 1996, Herb Baumeister drove to a park outside Toronto, wrote a suicide note, then killed himself. In his final communication, the millionaire Indianapolis businessman penned pages about his failed thrift store chain and angst over his marriage. But he didn't say a thing about what authorities really wanted to know: Why were there skeleta…

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10-Minute Mystery: The Great Hopewell Road 15:45

21d ago15:45

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Did the prehistoric culture known as the Hopewell build a 60-mile long prehistoric highway between two of southern Ohio's major cultural centers? Though weather and development destroyed the road long ago, technology - and old notes from 19th century explorers - suggest such a colossal monument did indeed exist. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiom…

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Ep. 224 - HH Holmes in the Queen City 37:13

24d ago37:13

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HH Holmes would become one of America's most notorious serial killers, but when he was arrested in Philadelphia in 1895, it was only for insurance fraud. Fidelity Mutual accused him of faking the death of his partner in order to collect on a $10k policy. But then detectives began to think maybe Holmes had killed his partner. And if he had, what had…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: Fizzleville 10:29

1M ago10:29

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For more than 50 years, folks in eastern Brown County tried to get recognition that they lived in the imaginary hamlet of Fizzleville. Though you won't find Fizzleville on any map, they managed to organize a popular annual festival, sold bumper stickers and promoted the name even in their obituaries. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com…

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Ep. 223 - The murder of Amish farmer Paul Coblentz 34:55

1M ago34:55

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In 1957, a pair of young, heavily intoxicated felons invaded the home of Paul Coblentz, a 25-year-old Holmes County farmer, and terrorized him, his wife and their baby before shooting Paul in the head. But after the shooter was convicted and assigned a date with the executioner, the victim's family and greater Holmes County Amish launched a campaig…

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10-Minute Mystery: Cory Barron 14:19

1M ago14:19

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In 2014, Cory Barron left his seat at Progressive Field in Downtown Cleveland during a Jason Aldean country concert - and disappeared. His body was found a few days later in a garbage truck that had collected trash from the stadium - trash that had been put down a five-story chute with a compactor. Last year for the first time, authorities agreed w…

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Ep. 222 - Crazy or misunderstood? The life of Tina Resch 25:56

1M ago25:56

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Tina Resch got her first 15 minutes of fame as a teenager in Columbus when national news media showed up to report her account of a pesky poltergeist wreaking havoc in her home. The next time reporters caught up with her, she was a 22-year-old in jail, accused of playing a role in the violent death of her 3-year-old daughter, Amber. Some say she wa…

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UNRESOLVED Ep. 15: Mary Yocono 23:53

1M ago23:53

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In 1985, 79-year-old Mary Yocono left her family's restaurant - Yocono's Italian Eatery in Akron's Wallhaven neighborhood - and walked across the street to take an early Christmas gift to her friends. But night and rain descended during the visit, and during the return trip on the dark street, a car struck Mary, then sped away. Nearly 40 years late…

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Ep. 221 - The wives of Gerald "Bob" Hand 23:26

1M ago23:26

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For 20 years, Ohio has been waiting to execute Gerald "Bob" Hand for the murder of his wife, Jill, and for the death of the man he hired to kill her at their Delaware County home in 2002. But whether or not it ever happens, there will be no official closure for the murders of his first two wives, both suffocated by plastic bags in the basement of h…

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10-Minute Mystery: The paper towns of "goblu" and "beatosu" 12:41

2M ago12:41

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In 1978, a Michigan state official ordered a mapmaker to add two fake towns to the Ohio side of the state's southern border, introducing the hamlets of "goblu" and "beatosu" to Lucas and Fulton counties. This is the story of how a couple of University of Michigan rallying cries taunting Ohio State University fans slipped through the cracks. 10-Minu…

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Ep. 220 - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... 20:36

2M ago20:36

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In 1965, a fireball tore through the sky over Northeast Ohio, dropping fragments that started grass fires, sending explosive bits into Lake Erie, causing dispatch phones to ring off the hook as thousands of people tried to figure out what they were seeing. It ended with a fiery shock wave in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, leaving nothing behind. Or did i…

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10-Minute Mystery: Georg Ann Reiter 15:23

2M ago15:23

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In 1970, two women parked alongside a road in Butler County heard a knock on the car window and turned to find a man with a rifle who demanded their car, marched them into a wooded area, and shot them. One woman lived to tell the tale; the other woman, 21-year-old Georg Ann Reiter, did not. More than 50 years later, her family wants answers. www.oh…

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Ep. 219 - Operation "Inter" 41:59

2M ago41:59

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Youngstown-area native Mark Baker became a journalist in Europe, where he caught the attention of communist operatives in the 1980s who hoped to compel him to become a spy. We interview Baker from Prague, Czech Republic just months after he got to see a thick file and dozens of surveillance photos that he never knew existed, and his reaction to lea…

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Rewind: Inspiration of Thomas Edison 36:05

2M ago36:05

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Thomas Edison's long list of inventions touched every layer of our lives - from the lightbulb and electric industry, to movies, TV and music. In many cases, he was motivated by his own profound deafness - a condition that medical experts still debate. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/myst…

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Rewind: UNRESOLVED Ep. 7: The Patel Family 36:25

2M ago36:25

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An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1991, Manher and Jyoti Patel and their 6-year-old daughter Alka were executed in their home in Green. The Patels owned the notorious pay-by-the-hour Steve's Motel. Summit County detectives have come to believe it was a professional hit over a business deal - and for the first time name their suspe…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Episode Rewind Ep. 97 - The Cave: An Underground Railroad story 47:19

2M ago47:19

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In 1892, a man named John wrote a three-part series for the local Middletown, Ohio newspaper detailing two tragic events that led to at least 25 deaths in a cave leaking, presumably, natural gas. One event involved 21 escaping slaves, the other involved four geologists who went in but never came out. His tale led to a century of spelunkers trying t…

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Update & Rewind Katelyn Markham 17:03

2M ago17:03

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In August of 2011, Katelyn Markham vanished from her home in Fairfield, Ohio. The Art Institute of Cincinnati student was two days from her 22nd birthday and three weeks from graduating when she failed to respond to texts and phone calls from her fiance. It took nearly two years to find her remains in an Indiana dumping ground. www.ohiomysteries.co…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: Big Four Bridge, Sidney 15:02

3M ago15:02

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In 1923 and 1924, the construction of the Big Four railroad bridge in Sidney, Ohio took the lives of at least four construction workers - and possibly a fifth? Is there really a migrant worker encased in the cement, a man whose death meant so little it didn't even stop the pouring of the concrete? A local witness said he saw it happen.www.ohiomyste…

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Ep. 218 - The life and death of Thurman Munson 24:02

3M ago24:02

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\New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, captain of the most storied team in baseball history, learned to fly so he could go home to his family in Canton, Ohio between games. He died in a fiery crash at Akron-Canton Airport while practicing his landings in a brand new twin-engine Cessna that his wife believed he was high-pressured into buying. www…

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10-Minute Mystery: Melanie Doyle 10:45

3M ago10:45

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In 1999, Ashtabula native Melanie Doyle died of uterine cancer. Her family calls it murder. Melanie was viciously assaulted three years earlier and never woke from the coma caused by blunt force trauma. Because Melanie was unconscious and unable to fight the cancer that invaded her body, some say she was as much a homicide victim as if she died tha…

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Ep. 217 - Arthur Ford's seance of Martin Jones 26:53

3M ago26:53

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In 1964, a Canton, Ohio couple asked the nationally renowned spiritualist Arthur Ford to help them contact their son, Martin Jones, who was killed in a US Air Force accident. This is the story of Arthur Ford, Martin Jones, and what skeptics have had to say about the whole affair. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohio…

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10-Minute Mystery: Beth Franks 12:44

3M ago12:44

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In 1965, Beth Franks vanished after a fight with her husband, who told Toledo police she stormed out of their home and never returned. Decades passed, and even the Toledo detectives forgot about the case. Until Beth's sister reminded them.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.fa…

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Unsolved Mysteries Rewind

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Unsolved Mysteries Rewind 70: Annie Laurie Hearin and Rogest Cain 53:34

4M ago53:34

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Many of you may have heard but if you have not, late December we lost my cohost, Laura Crook. She was a wonderful young woman and I am truly crushed by the loss. With the guidance of her father, Graeme I am releasing her final episode which was recorded 2 weeks before she would pass away. RIP Laura.... In 1988, Annie Laurie Hearin was a 73-year-old…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Now Solved! Rewind episode Ep. 93 - The unsolved murder of Brad Bellino 37:56

3M ago37:56

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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:…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Special: Podcast host Carol Costello discusses the Phyllis Cottle case 16:55

4M ago16:55

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Special: Podcast host Carol Costello discusses the Phyllis Cottle caseFormer CNN anchor and Akron, Ohio TV journalist Carol Costello discusses her new podcast, Blind Rage, about Phyllis Cottle. In 1984, Cottle was abducted, raped and tortured, then left blinded inside a burning car, yet she survived to help detectives catch her assailant and become…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Ep. 216 - Codebreakers Pt 3: Agnes Meyer Driscoll, First Lady of Naval Cryptology 23:25

3M ago23:25

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The last of a 3-part series on Ohio's famous WWII codebreakers: Agnes Meyer Driscoll spent 20 years breaking every Japanese code the Imperial Navy tried to use, helped form the US Navy's codebreaking office OP-20-G, and trained countless cryptologists. But it took years for this woman in a man's world to gain any recognition for her achievements. w…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Ep. 215 - Codebreakers Pt 2: Joe Rochefort and the Battle of Midway 29:01

3M ago29:01

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Part 2 of a 3-part series on Ohio's famous WWII codebreakers: Dayton native Joseph Rochefort was the naval officer most responsible for America's tide-turning victory against the Japanese at the Battle of Midway, having decrypted the code that allowed for an ambush. But superior officers who didn't like that this high school dropout who never atten…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Ep. 214 - Codebreakers Pt 1: Joe Desch and the NCR 32:47

4M ago32:47

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Much of America's success in breaking the Enigma, the message encrypting machine used by Germany during World War II, can largely be traced to two different men from Dayton, Ohio. In this episode, the story of Joe Desch, a brilliant engineer at National Cash Register who designed a machine that could read coded messages - even though it led to a ne…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: The Van Nguyen family 8:45

4M ago8:45

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In April of 2002, a suicidal Stephanie Van Nguyen left her husband and parents a note saying she intended to kill herself by driving into the Ohio River - and that she was taking her 4-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son with her. It took 20 years for police to find her and her vehicle. But where were the children? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@o…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Ep. 213 - Livingston and the modern tomato 22:29

4M ago22:29

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Before 1870, the tomato was a wild plant that most found hard, ugly and inedible. Most homes that had a plant just kept it as an ornamental curiosity. But after 15 years of work, A. W. Livingston of Reynoldsburg developed a sweet, juicy, smooth-skinned variety that made the tomato a commercial crop for the first time. Does Livingston deserve credit…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: Dawn Hickman 10:24

4M ago10:24

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In January of 2009, residents of a mobile home park in Heath, Ohio grew concerned that they hadn't seen their bubbly, outgoing neighbor Dawn Hickman since the start of the new year. They called police. Police called Dawn's families. That's when Dawn's sisters made the chilling discovery of Dawn's body, strangled, wrapped in a blanket, and tucked in…

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Ep. 212 - Col. James Forsyth and the Wounded Knee Massacre 29:56

4M ago29:56

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In 1890, Col. James Forsyth - Maumee, Ohio born and bred - led the 7th Calvary into Wounded Knee, South Dakota to disarm 250 Lakota Indians who white settlers were fearing after the murder of their spiritual leader, Sitting Bull. What followed was a massacre of mostly unarmed warriors, women fleeing with babies clutched to their chests, and childre…

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10-Minute Mystery: Linda Bennett 13:12

4M ago13:12

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In December of 2022, Kentucky State Police announced they had identified a 1988 Jane Doe as 38-year-old Linda Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Linda was reported missing a month after Kentucky found their murder victim on the side of a road, and yet the connection was never made. But do police already have a prime suspect in Ohio-bred Samuel Little, Amer…

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Ohio Mysteries

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Ep. 211 - The French 500 28:49

4M ago28:49

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Gallipolis, Ohio was born of a scam. In 1790, some 500 Parisians eager to distance themselves from the aftermath of the French Revolution thought they'd bought deeds to land along the Ohio River in America's new Northwest Territory. But when they arrived in the New World, they learned their contracts were worthless. So, what happened to them? www.o…

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Ohio Mysteries

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UNRESOLVED Ep. 14: Melvin Horst 37:23

4M ago37:23

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In 1928, 4-year-old Melvin Horst left his home in Orrville, Ohio to show his friends the shiny red firetruck Santa had brought him. Then, he vanished in a case that captivated the country with twists and turns for more than a year. We talk to Melvin's surviving sister, Elgie, who is now 96 years old, and Orrville Sgt. Jaime McGreal, who has done so…

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Ohio Mysteries Rewind- The first Christmas Tree 18:40

5M ago18:40

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For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohio immigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December. But was Imgard really the first? Ninety-nine years after he spruced up a fir and enchanted his neighb…

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Ohio Mysteries Rewind - The Girl In Blue 12:14

5M ago12:14

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On Christmas Eve in 1933, a stranger walked through the streets of Willoughby, Ohio - a young woman dressed head to toe in blue, with 90 cents in her purse and hopes of getting home to Pennsylvania by Christmas. No one understood her intent as she sprinted for an approaching train, running into its side and glancing off with a fatally cracked skull…

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Unsolved Mysteries Rewind

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Unsolved Mysteries Rewind 69: The Mysterious Death of Kurt Sova 1:02:49

5M ago1:02:49

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On October 28, 1981, in Newburgh Heights, Ohio, 3 young boys made a gruesome discovery, a young man lying face up in a puddle in a ravine. The body was in a "Christ-like" pose with one leg crossed over the other at the ankle. It seemed to have been deliberately placed. Apart from some minor scratches & bruises, there were no obvious signs of injury…

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Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: The Poinsettia myth 10:18

5M ago10:18

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For a century, Americans feared the Poinsettia, believing it to be poisonous to people and pets. In 1971, the Ohio State University was asked to test this longstanding myth. What did they learn? Why did we think this cheerful Christmas plant was a killer? And how many of us still believe it today? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com ww…

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10-Minute Mystery: Mob Mentility - Cleveland's 10-Cent Beer Night Riot 12:13

5M ago12:13

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In 1974, the Texas Rangers came to town to play the Cleveland Indians, one week after they had a bench-clearing brawl in Texas. Fans were whipped up into a frenzy before their arrival, but worse, the game took place on a pre-scheduled promotional night that sold beer for 10 cents a cup. The result was a day that lives on in infamy. www.ohiomysterie…

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Ep. 210 - Was John Demjanjuk "Ivan the Terrible?" 22:52

5M ago22:52

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In 1977, the US Justice Department sought to revoke the citizenship of a Ukrainian immigrant they believed to be guilty of World War II war atrocities. For the next 35 years, John Demjanjuk, an auto factory worker from Seven Hills, endured deportation hearings in the US, murder trials in Israel and Germany, and was almost hanged. But there are stil…

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