Ohio Mysteries

Among the historical debates of Joseph Smith's 7-year residence in Ohio: What motivated a mob of men to pull Smith from his Portage County home and tar and feather him? And did Smith - who went on to have 40 wives - begin his polygamy with a serving girl in Kirtland? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomys...

In 1993, Tricia Reitler, a freshman at Indiana Wesleyan University from Olmsted Falls, Ohio, disappeared while walking back to her dorm from a supermarket. Her bloody clothes turned up two days later, but she has never been seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The...

In 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was in her home in the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village when the phone rang. A man introduced himself as her mother's co-worker, and asked for her help in picking out a gift to celebrate her mother's promotion. Amy agreed. Friends who walked her to the shopping center on the appointed day were the last to see her alive as she calmly walked away with t...

In Auglaize County, a marker next to a span that crossed the old Miami and Erie Canal gives a brief account of a love triangle that resulted in three deaths. Tonight, we share the rest of the story that lent its name to the Bloody Bridge.  www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix-...

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/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: An...

The unsolved murder of Nathan Axel and the growing reputation of the Youngstown neighborhood of "Sharonline" as a dumping ground for killers.  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...

In 1980, 15-year-old Mark DiStefano was found shot to death a half mile from his Lucas County home. Since his murder took place just four days before Toledo brothers Anthony and Nathaniel Cook began their serial-killing rampage, some wonder if Mark could have been another victim. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.faceboo...

It has rained on the PGA's Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin, Ohio in 23 of the last 30 years. Could Wyandot Chief Leatherlips be cursing the event? After all, the event takes place next to his final resting place, and the same weekend as his gruesome death in 1810. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomy...

In 1984, David Bocks disappeared during a routine shift at the Fernald, Ohio plant where uranium was processed for U.S. nuclear weapons. With some of his belongings later found in a vat of liquified sludge, his gruesome fate was all but certain. But did he commit suicide, or was he silenced for vocalizing safety concerns? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysterie...

In 1982, someone beat 17-year-old Sharon Ward on the head, then slashed her wrists and left her in a Toledo-area cornfield, challenging her to save herself. Nearly 40 years later, Oregon Police have released a name and photos of a "person of interest" as they try to close in on her killer. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio...

The Warren Commission concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963. But New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison was convinced Cleveland native David Ferrie played a role, and Ferrie died two days after Garrison announced his investigation. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.f...

Harriet Beecher Stowe spurred support for abolishing slavery when she published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1851. When she revealed her fictional characters were based on real ones, the hunt was on for Eliza, the heroine who escaped with her baby by running over chunks of ice floating on the Ohio River. Did that really happen? www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries...

In 1966, 20-year-old Anita Taylor was found raped and stomped to death in the bedroom of her Springfield home, with her 18-month baby beaten and left in his crib. Now Ohio's new BCI Cold Case Unit is taking another look. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Aaron Taylor's website on his mom: taylo...

In 1851, a 24-year-old woman passing through Dayton died and was buried beneath a tombstone identified only as "The Stranger." Stories were handed out down through the years about the circumstances of her death. but no one can be sure. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The...

Jerrie Mock was a Columbus housewife and mother who also happened to have a pilot's license, and when she expressed boredom and her husband joked she should fly around the world, she took him up on it. She didn't know she would be the first to achieve what Amelia Earhart could not. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook...

In 1936, authorities descended on the Akron, Ohiohome where an aunt and uncle were raising 4-year-old Bobby Dolfen, the spitting image of the kidnapped baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh. While they would rule out Bobby was Charlie Jr., coincidences kept Dolfen wondering for the next 60 years. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesoh...

On Dec. 27, 1974, Youngstown aspiring actress Joanne Coughlin left work and headed for a health spa with plans to then meet her boyfriend for a movie. But her boyfriend fell asleep waiting for her because she never made it. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Set Me Free, by Meghan Rachell...

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. The town would bury the unidentified girl in a g...

A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, the two cases where exhumations failed to advance a case: Marion Brubaker and Linda Komar. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden)  https://t...

A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, the two cases where exhumations solved a mystery: Margaret Purk and Linda Pagano. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden) https://twitter.com...

A three-part series by Ohio Mysteries and the Akron Beacon Journal that explores exhumations and the four times it was used in Summit County criminal cases over the past 12 years. In this episode, Exhumations 101 - a look at the process, the science, the surprises, the possibilities. www.ohiomysteries.com www.beaconjournal.comRoss Burgdenhttps://instagram.com/rossbugden/ (rossbugden https://twitte...

On Oct. 9, 1973, authorities in Wadsworth, Ohio were called to the Wadsworth Foundry for a gruesome discovery. One of the employees had been burned alive in a blast furnace. The story of Bennie Mostiller, and a conversation with former Rittman Police Chief-turned-author Mike Burg. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebo...

10-Minute MyIn 1955, Gallia County grandma Emma Gatewood told her children she was going for a walk. The walk lasted 5 months, and made her the first woman to hike the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail. The mystery of why may be buried in a violent past. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Aud...

Does a woman buried in a Hamilton County, Ohio grave haunt the iconic Hollywood sign? And are the original streets in Hollywood named for people and places in Ohio? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Speak Softly, Love, by Victor Samalot. Find more at: https://www.victorsamalot.com Additi...

In 1981, 20-year-old Cindy Anderson went to work at the Toledo, Ohio law office where she was a legal secretary. When co-workers arrived at the office, there were signs she had been there, but she was gone, with her locked car sitting in the parking lot. She was never seen again. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebo...