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Back to Search10-Minute Mystery: Dawn Hickman
Season 1
In January of 2009, residents of a mobile home park in Heath, Ohio grew concerned that they hadn't seen their bubbly, outgoing neighbor Dawn Hickman since the start of the new year. They called polic…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Col. James Forsyth and the Wounded Knee Massacre
Season 1 Episode 212
In 1890, Col. James Forsyth - Maumee, Ohio born and bred - led the 7th Calvary into Wounded Knee, South Dakota to disarm 250 Lakota Indians who white settlers were fearing after the murder of their s…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
10-Minute Mystery: Linda Bennett
Season 1
In December of 2022, Kentucky State Police announced they had identified a 1988 Jane Doe as 38-year-old Linda Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Linda was reported missing a month after Kentucky found their …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The French 500
Season 1 Episode 211
Gallipolis, Ohio was born of a scam. In 1790, some 500 Parisians eager to distance themselves from the aftermath of the French Revolution thought they'd bought deeds to land along the Ohio River in A…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
UNRESOLVED Ep. 14: Melvin Horst
Season 1
In 1928, 4-year-old Melvin Horst left his home in Orrville, Ohio to show his friends the shiny red firetruck Santa had brought him. Then, he vanished in a case that captivated the country with twists…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Rewind: The first Christmas Tree (Ep 18)
Season 1
For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohio immigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story was told and retold …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Rewind: The Girl In Blue (10-Minute Mystery)
Season 1
On Christmas Eve in 1933, a stranger walked through the streets of Willoughby, Ohio - a young woman dressed head to toe in blue, with 90 cents in her purse and hopes of getting home to Pennsylvania b…
Published on 3 years ago
10-Minute Mystery: The Poinsettia myth
Season 1
For a century, Americans feared the Poinsettia, believing it to be poisonous to people and pets. In 1971, the Ohio State University was asked to test this longstanding myth. What did they learn? Why …
Published on 3 years ago
10-Minute Mystery: Mob Mentility - Cleveland's 10-Cent Beer Night Riot
Season 1
In 1974, the Texas Rangers came to town to play the Cleveland Indians, one week after they had a bench-clearing brawl in Texas. Fans were whipped up into a frenzy before their arrival, but worse, the…
Published on 3 years ago
Was John Demjanjuk "Ivan the Terrible?"
Season 1 Episode 210
In 1977, the US Justice Department sought to revoke the citizenship of a Ukrainian immigrant they believed to be guilty of World War II war atrocities. For the next 35 years, John Demjanjuk, an auto …
Published on 3 years ago