On April 3, 1911, Stanisława Walasiewicz was born in a place called Wierzchownia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, which is a real place in Poland. But, she and her family wouldn’t live there long for she was still a young girl when her family immigrated to The USA, settling in the Cleveland area. The family changed their last […]
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Ohioans You Should Know, People
In 1856, “escape slave trials” were a relatively common event. Except to those involved, people rarely paid much attention to them. Yet, that year, one would prove to be different. Laws would be challenged. Procedures would be questioned. And, in a way, slavery itself would be put on trial. All because of one slave, a
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History
On December 11, 1978, a ten-year-old elementary school student named Amy Renee Mihaljevic was kidnapped in Bat Village, Ohio, a western suburb of Cleveland. On February 8, 1990, her lifeless remains would be found off a county highway somewhere about forty miles south of there. Police at that time had no suspects as news footage slowly told her story and children all across the
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True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
Here is what we know, for certain. On July 30, 2002, police in Eastlake, Ohio (a short distance north-east of Cleveland) made a gruesome discovery – a man’s body lay on the floor of his apartment, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He’d been diseased for about a week. The days counting down to his suicide were clearly marked on his calendar.
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True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
Unsolved mysteries come in all shapes and sizes. The ones that get the most attention tend to be things like unexplained murders or missing people, odd phenomena, maybe a robbery or two. Sometimes, you’ll find a type of unsolved mystery that stands on its own. For this tale, we are headed to the city of Akron. In May 2012, a young man called the
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True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
If you were to take a look at some of the more haunted locations in Cincinnati, you’re bound to run across “The Sedamsville Rectory” According to rumors, this was one of the rectories where they used to send “bad priests” to hide them away from sexual abuse charges, murder investigations, or any number of other “sins”. One priest who was sent here
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History, Myths and Legends
As far as the roads in Ohio are concerned, Stabley Road in New Carlisle doesn’t appear at first glance to be all that remarkable. At a wee bit over a mile long, and stuck way out in a rural area, somewhere around halfway between the Dayton Airport and the town of Springfield, it’s not even all that easy to find on a
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Myths and Legends
Donald Eugene Lytle was born in Greenfield, Ohio on May 31, 1938. When he was six years old, his mother gave him his first guitar which he learned how to play. A few years later, he began performing at talent shows, but by the age of 15 he was ready to start playing professionally, dubbing himself “The Ohio
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Clem Bevans and Merle Earle have a lot in common, which isn’t so strange considering they are cousins. Most notably, they started new careers rather late in life, especially in an industry that seems to favor the young. Clem Bevans Clem Bevans was born in the unincorporated community of Cozaddale, Ohio, on October 16, 1879. From an early age, he had a varied career as a
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Looking at the history and geography and notable people of Ohio can be a lot of fun. But, not everything is of monumental importance. Here are 12 completely useless facts about Ohio: 12 Completely Useless Facts about Ohio
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