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
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
The year was 1934, and The Great Depression had a devastating impact on the entire nation. Yet, some locations, like Toledo, seemed to feel the pain worse than others. There was record breaking levels of unemployment and for the working-class citizens, life seemed bleak. Working conditions suffered, becoming more miserable than they ever had before.
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History
The year is 1970 and the nation is … well, it kind of all depends on who you ask. There was a lot going on to get people excited, one way or the other – from Kansas City beating the favored Minnesota at the Superbowl to the fact that nobody had figured out how to
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History
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
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
Everybody knows that the Official State Bird of Ohio is the Cardinal because The Cardinals are the Major League Baseball team The Cardinals play out of … um .. St. Louis, Missori … well, darn – forget that. Let me try again. Everybody knows that the Official Tree of Ohio is the Buckeye because we
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History