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Back to Search10-Minute Mystery: The Burning Tree Mastodon
Season 1
In 1986, the most complete mastodon skeleton in the world was found in Ohio's Licking County. Researchers found more surprises than they expected: Butcher marks that hinted at how ice age hunters sur…
Published on 3 years ago
The mind and mysticism of Edgar Cayce
Season 1 Episode 209
Kentucky-born Edgar Cayce dazzled generations with what appeared to be a unique talent for diagnosing illnesses and offering treatments, all while in a trance and with no medical training. During the…
Published on 3 years ago
10-Minute Mystery: Black Widow Betty Johnson
Season 1
Betty Johnson from Ironton, Ohio had five husbands and an adult son die, most of them from gunshot. After North Carolina authorities charged her with trying to hire a hitman to take out husband No. 4…
Published on 3 years ago
Garrett Morgan, the "Black Edison"
Season 1 Episode 208
Garrett Morgan's descendants hope a DNA test will prove what the family has believed for more than a century - that the inventor is the grandson of Confederate Col. John Morgan, of the Civil War's "M…
Published on 3 years ago
UNRESOLVED Ep 13: Sam Hughes
Season 1
In 2006, Sam Hughes was found beaten to death in his home in Akron's North Hill neighborhood. Hughes was a small-time drug dealer who mostly sold marijuana to friends, but his new addiction to cocain…
Published on 3 years ago
10-Minute Mystery: Ohio River's John and Jane Does
Season 1
We take a look at six cases from NamUs, the national database of unidentified remains and missing persons, that come from the shoreline of the Ohio River. They include a car discovered that likely be…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
10-Minute Mystery: Lake Erie's John and Jane Does
Season 1
Four mysteries on NamUs, the national database of unidentified remains and missing persons, come from the shoreline of Lake Erie. Two of the cases - a man found in 2014 by a downtown Cleveland break …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
What made New Portage a ghost town?
Season 1 Episode 207
Summit County's "ancient metropolis" was New Portage, an early settlement that discovered one of the best possible crossroads in the state, and yet was abandoned twice by its population. The area lat…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Rewind: The hazing of Stuart Pierson (Ep 57)
Season 1
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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The story of Johnson's Island
Season 1 Episode 206
The only place in Ohio where you can walk ground associated with the American Civil War is Johnson's Island, which served as a prisoner of war camp for Confederate officers. Through letters from pris…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago