Podcast Episodes

Ep. 243 - The legends of Holcomb Woods, the Elmore Rider, and the Dogman of Defiance

Season 1 Episode 243

A new book - “Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends and Other Mysteries” - has been released by Kevin Moore and Kristina Smith, who both work at the Hayes Presidential Library and Mu…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

OM Backroads Ep 1: The skydiving tragedy of Huron

Hello and Welcome to the first episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads. In this episode we discuss the skydiving tragedy of Huron, Ohio. On Sunday, August 28th, 1967, 18 skydivers accidentally parachute…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Ep. 242 - Where are Jesse Owens' gold medals?

Season 1 Episode 242

In 1936, Jesse Owens single-handedly shattered Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy by winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympic Games. But he returned home to a deeply segregated country that chall…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

A special announcement - Introducing Ohio Mysteries: Backroads

Season 1

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Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Ep. 241 - Interview with Justin Glanville of new "Mary & Bill" podcast

Season 1 Episode 241

In 1970, university students Mary Petry and Bill Sproat were murdered in Bill's Columbus apartment in such a brutal way, people wondered if Charles Manson copycats were at work. In a new 7-part podca…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

UNRESOLVED Ep 16: Javan and Markus Rogers

Season 1

An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossoverIn 2002, Javan and Markus Rogers - brothers and rap record producers in Akron - were shot and killed three months apart. Akron police thought they coul…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Ep. 240 - The Marietta ax murder

Season 1 Episode 240

In Marietta, legend has it that in the late 1800s, a son beheaded his adulterous father in front of his mistress at a riverfront hotel. The former La Belle Hotel where it is said to have happened is …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Rewind! Episode 20: The disappearance of Mel Wiley

Season 1

In 1985, Mel Wiley, the police chief in Medina County's Hinckley Township, tells his girlfriend he's meeting an old friend for a dip in Lake Erie. Three days later, park rangers find his abandoned ca…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The journey of The Success

Season 1 Episode 239

In 1840, a merchant ship was built in Burma for trading throughout India. But over the next century, it would be reinvented many times - as an immigrant ship from Britain to Australia, as a jail for …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Rewind: Mysterious Gravesites (Ep 63)

Season 1

Five mysteries in Ohio that involve the gravesite of notable Ohioans. We explore the strange habits of the granite ball over the Charles Merchant Family plot, why Chief Joc-O-Sot might be haunting th…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago