Podcast Episodes

Ep 277 - Mob Mentality: The deadliest riot in Cincinnati history

Season 1 Episode 277

In 1884, 10,000 Cincinnatians filled the streets around the Hamilton County Courthouse to protest a jury's decision to convict a cold-blooded killer with the lesser crime of manslaughter. What happen…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:39. Ohio’s Famous Cartoonists!

Season 1 Episode 39

Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries, Backroads! Today we’ve got a fun topic to discuss, and that’s the Buckeye’s State’s rich history in newspaper comic strips, or to use an old late-1800s t…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Ep 276 - Who put Heather Walker in a trash bin?

Season 1 Episode 276

The coroner doesn't know how 18-year-old Heather Walker was killed, or even when she died during the two-and-a-half months she went missing in the winter of 2008. The mere fact that she was stuffed i…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:38. Ohio’s Historical Milestones!

Since Ohio became a state, it has excelled in creating, discovering, and inventing! The buckeye state has created pop culture icons, set sports records that may never be broken, and has invented item…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Ep 275 - The Cal Poly plane crash

Season 1 Episode 275

In 1960, Cal Poly flew its Mustangs football team to Toledo to play Bowling Green State University. After the game, they took off from Toledo for their trip back home. The plane lasted just 30 second…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:37 Glenn Curtiss's historic flight to Cedar Point in 1910

Season 1 Episode 37

Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In this episode we travel back in time to 1910 and explore a record breaking flight by pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss. He flew from E…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Ep 274 - Stanley Meyer: Inventor or fraud?

Season 1 Episode 274

In 1998, Stan Meyer - who had made headlines claiming he found a way to power cars using water instead of gasoline - was having dinner with Belgian investors when he drank his juice, grabbed his thro…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:36 Ohio's Historical Firsts!

Season 1 Episode 36

Hello and Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. The state of Ohio has a long list of historic firsts that have helped shape and influence not only the rest of the country, but also…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Ep 273 - The Battle of Fallen Timbers

Season 1 Episode 273

On Aug. 20, 1794, General "Mad" Anthony Wayne launched a new professional army formed by Pres. George Washington against a confederation of Native Americans who did not want to be forced out of Ohio.…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:35 Did you hear about the Monkey that escaped from Cedar Point? Urban Legends in Ohio

Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In this episode we explore some wild urban legends in Ohio. Some maybe you've heard of, some maybe you haven't. Helltown, the Oxford…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago