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Who killed Clyde Dierkes?
Season 1 Episode 157
In 1970, 65-year-old bachelor Clyde Dierkes disappeared from his home in Clarington, Ohio. A couple of days later, a suspect led them to his body in an abandoned well. But after a nephew and uncle of…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
10-Minute Mystery: Mary Ann Lodatto and Wilma Simpson
Season 1
Two unsolved homicides that still frustrate Jackson County officials: Mary Ann Lodatto - a wife, mother and secretary shot to death in her kitchen in 1991. And Wilma Simpson - a homegrown girl and wi…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
The disturbing world of Ceely Rose
Season 1 Episode 156
In 1896, three members of the Rose family - who operated a mill outside Mansfield - fell sick and died. Police suspected the only surviving member of the family - 24-year-old Ceely Rose - must have p…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
10-Minute Mystery: Finding "Luther"
Season 1
In 1989, Marion County officials found the remains of a man they could never identify. Until this year. More than three decades later, they know the real name of the man they always called "Luther," …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
The remarkable life of Phoebe Wise
Season 1 Episode 155
Living just outside Mansfield, Phoebe Wise became an unwitting celebrity. A series of violent acts against her put her in the news at the turn of the last century, and the town marveled at how she ha…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
10-Minute Mystery: Anna Hochwalt, Buried Alive
Season 1
In 1884 in Dayton. 18-year-old Anna Hochwalt was preparing for her brother's wedding ceremony when her mother discovered her unresponsive. After a doctor declared her dead, she was quickly buried. B…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 154 - Campfire Stories: Haunted Roads and Bridges
Season 1 Episode 154
Ohio has numerous haunted roads and bridges. Tonight, we share the stories behind six of them: 1) Ghormley Road in Fayette County. 2) The Faceless Hitchhiker of Deadman's Curve in Clermont County. 3…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
10-Minute Mystery: The Biedenbach murders
Season 1
In 1880 in Monroe County's Seneca Township, neighbors responding to a late-night alarm found a house filled with death. Two dead babies, two dead women, and a bludgeoned but breathing serving girl. S…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Campfire Stories: Encounters with Beasts
Season 1 Episode 153
Two news reports and two legends about encounters with mysterious beasts. 1) Champaign County's Cedar Bog Monster. 2) Logan and Union counties' visit from Bigfoot in 1980. 3 & 4) Richland and Ashland…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
10-Minute Mystery: The buried gold of Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne
Season 1
After Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne masterminded the 1795 treaty that moved Ohio's Indian tribes to the northwest, a roving band of angry warriors stole the gold meant to pay his military. Thus began the le…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago