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Back to Search10-Minute Mystery: The paper towns of "goblu" and "beatosu"
Season 1
In 1978, a Michigan state official ordered a mapmaker to add two fake towns to the Ohio side of the state's southern border, introducing the hamlets of "goblu" and "beatosu" to Lucas and Fulton count…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...
Season 1 Episode 220
In 1965, a fireball tore through the sky over Northeast Ohio, dropping fragments that started grass fires, sending explosive bits into Lake Erie, causing dispatch phones to ring off the hook as thous…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
10-Minute Mystery: Georg Ann Reiter
Season 1
In 1970, two women parked alongside a road in Butler County heard a knock on the car window and turned to find a man with a rifle who demanded their car, marched them into a wooded area, and shot the…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Operation "Inter"
Season 1 Episode 219
Youngstown-area native Mark Baker became a journalist in Europe, where he caught the attention of communist operatives in the 1980s who hoped to compel him to become a spy. We interview Baker from Pr…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Rewind: Inspiration of Thomas Edison (Ep 121)
Season 1
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 deafn…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Rewind: The Patel Family (UNRESOLVED Ep. 7)
Season 1
An Ohio Mysteries/Akron Beacon Journal crossover In 1991, Manher and Jyoti Patel and their 6-year-old daughter Alka were executed in their home in Green. The Patels owned the notorious pay-by-the-hou…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Rewind: The Cave: An Underground Railroad story (Ep 97)
Season 1
In 1892, a man named John wrote a three-part series for the local Middletown, Ohio newspaper detailing two tragic events that led to at least 25 deaths in a cave leaking, presumably, natural gas. One…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
UPDATE! Rewind: Katelyn Markham (10-Minute Mystery)
Season 1
In August of 2011, Katelyn Markham vanished from her home in Fairfield, Ohio. The Art Institute of Cincinnati student was two days from her 22nd birthday and three weeks from graduating when she fail…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
10-Minute Mystery: Big Four Bridge, Sidney
Season 1
In 1923 and 1924, the construction of the Big Four railroad bridge in Sidney, Ohio took the lives of at least four construction workers - and possibly a fifth? Is there really a migrant worker encase…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
The life and death of Thurman Munson
Season 1 Episode 217
\New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, captain of the most storied team in baseball history, learned to fly so he could go home to his family in Canton, Ohio between games. He died in a fiery cras…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago