Today, George Street in Cincinnati doesn’t seem very notable. It is only a block long, and other than some brick walls, you won’t see much. The only real exception being a few trees and benches at the rear entrance of the Cincinnati Bell building. I would bet that most people who live in Cincinnati probably […]
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Places
Sometimes, while doing research for one article, I’ll run across something that isn’t exactly related to what I was looking into. History doesn’t happen in isolation, after all. I’ll write down some notes and come back to it later. On rare occasions, this leads me down one interesting rabbit hole after another, to the point where I have tottally forgotten the original reason I wrote the note
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Ohioans You Should Know, People
Sometimes, the simplest cases can turn out to be the most complex. The basic facts are surprisingly simple. On the evening of August 11, 2008, 24-year-old Sarah Widmer drew herself a bath in the suburban Cincinnati house she shared with her husband, Ryan. A short time later, he would make a 9-1-1 call, telling them “My wife fell asleep in the
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True Crime
The date was February 8, 1844. The time was 1:30 in the afternoon. Location: the grounds of The Columbus Penitentiary. The event: Thousands of people filled the hill to witness the execution of two criminals because what else was there to do on a chilly afternoon in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first condemned was William Graham Young (or William Clark) who
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History, People
What do you think of when you hear the name John Dillinger? Perhaps you recall him as a depression-era bank robber and total badass gangster. Or maybe his name conjures up an image of him being shot to death by men from the Bureau of Investigations (what the FBI was before they added the “F”) as he came out of the Biograph
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History, Myths and Legends, True Crime
What do you think about when you think about Ohio? Perhaps it’s one of the great cities like Cincinnati, Columbus, or Cleveland? Could it be one of the hometown sports teams, be they the Reds or Bangles, Browns or Cavaliers? How about one of our educational facilities like Ohio State University or Kent State? Lest we forget other attractions like King’s Island or Cedar Point, the various Zoos and
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Ghost Towns and Lost Places, Places
Ohio is not lacking in unsolved mysteries just begging for answers. Sometimes, these mysteries fade from memory and become little more than just another statistic. Some, however, seem to get attention every few years, usually when there is some break in the outer edges of the case, or when new forensic technology has been developed that could lead investigators to new conclusions.
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True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
Sometimes, the most interesting news stories don’t reach the public attention until after everything has been said and done. At first glance, this seemed like just another case where law enforcement executes a search warrant, leaves behind quite a bit of damage, then claim they were not responsible as they were just doing their job. By the time the story
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History
The mysterious Woman in Black first appeared in the mid 1800s, roaming the streets of Victorian England, leaving frightened men, women, and children in her wake. Soon, it became clear that she could not stay still, as similar ghostly apparitions began to appear throughout Europe, Asia, and all the Americas – including Ohio, but we’ll get to that in a moment. Who
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History, Myths and Legends
If you were to look at one of the many photos of Trey that have bene posted online, you might not notice anything all that different than the countless other boys who grew up in Small-Town Ohio. He may not have Hollywood Leading Man good looks, but really – who does these days? According to Trey
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