Podcast Episodes

OM Backroads Ep: 26. Be serious for a second! Meet 2 Ohioans who dominated the checkers and yo-yo worlds!

Season 1 Episode 26

Well spring is in the air this week and as we all know, this is the time of year when young men and women's thoughts turned to, you guessed it, yo-yo'ing and the board game checkers. In this gripping…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Ep. 264 - The White Hurricane

Season 1 Episode 264

Great Lakes sailors often talk about the "Witch of November," autumn gales typical for that month that make the final trips of the season dangerous for freighters and other vessels. In November of 19…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

OM Backroads Ep: 25. All These Actresses From Ohio! Who knew!?

Season 1 Episode 25

For well over a century Ohio has supplied the entertainment industry with hundreds of talented and beautiful actresses! This week the Backroads team focuses in on the dozens of Ohio-born actresses wh…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Ep. 263 - The Great Flood of 1913

Season 1 Episode 263

On Easter Sunday, a storm estimated to be a 1,000-year event floods the state. Not a single river in Ohio is contained within its banks as hundreds lose their lives, tens of thousands of people are m…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

OM Backroads 24. "You're good, you don't need a prescription for those": The Wild Life and Times of Drug Lord, Dr. Leonard Faymore

Season 1 Episode 24

In this episode we discuss the wild life and times of Dr. Leonard Faymore. He was a doctor in Elyria, Ohio who assisted in starting a drug rehab clinic but it quickly went wrong. Faymore quickly deve…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Ep. 262 - Mary Jane VanGilder: Solved!

Season 1 Episode 262

During World War II, West Virginia mother of five - Mary Jane VanGilder - left her children and abusive husband and took a job at an army depot in Shelby, Ohio. She stayed in touch with her family fo…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:23. Ohio's Greatest Hits! World Famous Songs With Ohio Ties!

Season 1 Episode 23

There is no doubt you know these songs! They are among the most popular in the world! They have stood the test of time by still being relevant today, even though they are decades old. You might still…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

REWIND: The Mystery Airships of 1896-1897

Season 1

In November of 1896, California residents reported seeing ships in the air sailing over the homes - a sight all the more puzzling since airships hadn't been invented yet, and the Wright Brothers woul…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

OM Backroads Ep:22. Elliot Ness's Raid on the Notorious Cleveland Gambling Den: The Harvard Club

Season 1 Episode 22

Cleveland's seedy underbelly in the early part of the 20th century could rival most any major city in the US. Crime, greed, graft and corruption became routine part of daily life in Cleveland. Mayor …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Ep. 261 - Bodysnatchers of the Homeopathic Hospital College

In 1878, graverobbers stole the body of Edwin French from Willoughby Cemetery, but all they ended up doing was pulling a loose thread that unraveled a scheme to provide corpses to the Homeopathic Hos…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago