Ohio V. The World

Season 2, Episode 4 “Ohio v. Murder 2.0 (Part One)” (Christie Mullins) Alex delves into an infamous murder from Ohio’s history, the murder of 14 year old Columbus girl, Christie Mullins in 1975. Alex interviews author John Oller about the murder and trial detailed in his eBook “All American Murder” (2014). We look at the brutal crime, quick arrest and a dubious confession in the summer of 1975 tha...

Season 2, Episode 4 “Ohio v. Murder 2.0 (Part Two)” (Christie Mullins) In Season 2’s true crime episode, Alex interviews author John Oller about how his book and his own investigation solved the cold case murder of Christie Mullins. We speak with Mary Mendicino about how the investigation of her friend’s murder warms up after being a cold case for nearly 40 years. We look at a modern investigation...

Season 2, Episode 3: "Ohio v. Espionage" (Agnes Meyer Driscoll). Alex delves into the world of 20th century spycraft and interviews historian Beth Weinhardt about the incredible life of U.S. Navy codebreaker, Agnes Meyer Driscoll. We analyze Miss Aggie's decades at the forefront of the field of cryptology from WWI to WWII into the Cold War. We look at the successes and failures of Madame X during...

Season 2, Episode 2: “Ohio v. the State Up North” (The Toledo War): It’s Michigan Week! Alex goes back to the 1830s to uncover the origins of the Michigan-Ohio rivalry. Alex interviews U of M grad and attorney Jon Sherk about how a mistake on an early map of the Northwest Territory set the table for a war between the states, the Toledo War. We see appearances by Robert E. Lee, President Andrew Jac...

Season 2, Episode 1: “Ohio v. the Bomb” (Paul Tibbets) WE’RE BACK!!! Season 2 starts with a bang…the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Alex and his guest, Bruce Carlson, the host of the awesome political history podcast “My History Can Beat Up Your Politics” discuss the mission of Col. Paul Tibbets of Columbus and the decision to drop the atom bomb on the Japanese Empire. We...

Episode 15: “Ohio v. Hollywood” (Jack Warner). In the Season 1 Finale, Alex sits down with rock star and amateur historian, Jerry DePizzo, of the band O.A.R to discuss his hometown of Youngstown, OH in the early 20th century and its native sons, the Warner Brothers. We discuss the WB’s role in changing the movies forever. Alex and Jerry look at the amazing career of Jack Warner, the golden age of...

“Ohio v Baseball” (Fleet Walker/Branch Rickey/BlackSox/Merkle’s Boner) In Episode 14 (ONE EPISODE LEFT!!!), Alex looks at our national pastime from the 1880s to WWII. We tell 4 different stories about Ohioans in baseball with 4 amazing guests: 1) Moses Fleetwood Walker, the 1st African American to play professional baseball with the Toledo BlueSox. Guest Craig Brown tells this little-known story a...

Alex interviews former Columbus Dispatch reporter Kathy Gray about Ohio's most famous treasure hunter, Tommy Thompson. We discuss how the California Gold Rush transformed America, the tragic sinking of the "Ship of Gold" the SS Central America in 1857 and Tommy Thompson's quest to find North America's largest sunken treasure. Alex and Kathy discuss the finding and recovery of the gold and the many...

Episode 12: Ohio v. the Nazis” (Jesse Owens) Alex interviews David Steigerwald, US history professor at The Ohio State University about the “Buckeye Bullet”, Jesse Owens. We look at the Owens’ family’s role in the Great Migration, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, FDR, the near US boycott of the Games and Jesse’s 4 gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Email us at ohiovthe...

Episode 11: Ohio v. the Confederacy (Morgan's Raid). We journey back to the Civil War and Morgan's Raid of Ohio in the summer of 1863. Alex interviews historian, David Mowery, author of Morgan's Great Raid (2013). David and Alex analyze the Confederate Army's raid of the Buckeye State in July 1863. In our longest single episode of Season One, we look at the Battle of Buffington Island and General...

Episode 10: "Ohio v the Victorian Age". Alex interviews Lisa Wood, of the Ohio History Connection, about the "Most Interesting Woman in the World", Victoria C. Woodhull. We look at the nine lives of Victoria: child preacher, spiritualist, actress, Wall St. broker, suffragist, presidential candidate, mother, inmate and classy English landowner. We look at the Victoria's extraordinary life in 19th C...

Alex and his guest, Jim Dicke, tell the story of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the role of Ohio congressman, William McCulloch of Piqua, Ohio. Alex and Jim discuss the turbulent years in America as African Americans struggle towards equality in the awful world of Jim Crow. We look at the roles of JFK, LBJ, MLK, SNCC and the unknown Rep. McCulloch on the difficult road to the pass...

Season 1, Episode 8: Ohio v Flight. Alex interviews Wright Bros. amateur historian, Mike Allbritain, about the Dayton brothers who conquered human flight. We look at how they accomplished the impossible and began the age of flight. Mike lets us in on how ice hockey helped spark flight and how Orville and Wilbur Wright's work ethic changed human history forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Episode 7, Part One: Ohio v. Murder (Sam Sheppard): Alex explores all sides of the "Trial of the Century" in the Buckeye State, the murder trials of Sam Sheppard in 1954 and 1966. The murder that inspired "The Fugitive" is examined. In this two-part, true crime episode we ask the listeners to tell us, whodunit? Alex interviews Bill Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor and author of "Dr. Sam Sheppard...

Episode 7, Part Two: Ohio v. Murder (Sam Sheppard): We go full Law & Order to wrap up the case of the "The Fugitive" Sam Sheppard. Alex interviews Bill Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, about his 2000 civil trial for wrongful imprisonment of Sam Sheppard. Is Sam innocent of killing his wife, Marilyn? Email us at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com or hit us up on Facebook to tell us who you think did it. Lea...

Episode 6: Ohio v. War...we're back!! Alex is the host and guest for this episode focusing on America's foreign policy in the 1990s. We go to a forgotten, historic event on Ohio State's campus on Feb. 18, 1998 to find out how Ohio stopped a war. Alex takes you to a CNN International Town Hall TV event with Pres. Clinton's cabinet broadcast live across the world as the U.S. prepared to bomb Saddam...

Ohio v. Death: Alex travels to and records in an exact replica of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's childhood home. We interview Warren Mott, the owner and curator of the awesome Mott's Military Museum in Groveport, OH. Alex and Warren look at the life and many near deaths of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's "Ace of Aces" in World War I. We look at the dozens of times he cheats death during his incredible...

Episode 4: Ohio v. the British Empire. Alex sets sail to the North Coast to look at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Our guest, Jason Anderson, discusses the immortal Oliver Hazard Perry and his stunning naval victory off of Put-In-Bay over the powerful British Navy in September 1813. Email the show at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com. Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe to the show on...

Why is Prohibition Ohio's fault?? Alex goes to the Anti-Saloon League Museum in Westerville, OH to interview Beth Weinhardt about the ASL and Prohibition. We analyze how the heck the 18th amendment came to be the law of the land in 1920. Don't forget to subscribe to the show and rate/review the show on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio. Email Alex at ohiovtheworld@gmail.com with any show ideas or...

So goes Ohio, so goes the Nation. Alex interviews author and political analyst, Kyle Kondik, about his book The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President (2016). We more closely analyze the 1948, 1976 and 2004 presidential elections and why the Buckeye State has correctly picked the President in 29 of the last 31 elections. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Tune In Radio. Follow us on Instagram (oh...

Our first episode of the Ohio V. The World. Alex discusses the shooting at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Alex interviews two eyewitnesses, Dean Kahler and Larry Disbro, about their experiences on that tragic day and how close the U.S. came to a revolution against the Nixon Administration. Like us on Facebook and rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneInRadio. Email the show a...