When we think of the history of witches, or witchcraft, we tend to think about certain periods of history. For example, The Early Modern Witchcraft Trials a couple thousand years ago throughout Europe, or perhaps the various crusades and inquisitions a thousand years after that. America had The Salem Witch Trials of 1962 in slightly […]
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History, Myths and Legends
Have you heard the seemingly persistent rumor that Ohio was once home to a race of giants? They say that giant skeletons were uncovered in various archeological sites throughout the state of Ohio, including some discovered at the Great Serpent Mound. They say that most of the native tribes that once lived in what would
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History, Myths and Legends
It’s the evening August 15, 1977, and an Astronomer named Jerry R. Ehman is scanning the skies looking for signs of intelligent life because … what else is an astronomer going to do on a Monday night when he’s located in the outskirts of Delaware, Ohio. He’s accomplishing this (or, trying to anyway) by using this
The year is 1948 and America has a bit of a UFO problem. As in, people were seeing flying saucers all over the place. It was thrilling when people saw them at the local movie theater, which people seemed to want to do at the time. The problem was that some of the people who
In 1966, a Portage County Ohio Sheriff would become the talk of the nation when he (and his partner) would be sent to investigate an abandoned vehicle. Once they had arrived at the scene, the two men spotted lights coming off some kind of aircraft or spaceship that was unlike anything they had ever seen
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History, Myths and Legends
Do you believe in UFOs? Or I guess I’m supposed to call them UAPs now – Unidentified Ariel Phenomena according to some, unidentified anomalous phenomena to others. But, they’re all the same thing. The reason I asked that question is because it recently surprised me just how much of a connection the State of Ohio
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History, Myths and Legends
Rogue’s Hollow is, depending upon who you ask, one of the more haunted places in the state. There is no shortage of tales that include words like “murder” or “ghost” or “curse” or “moonshine” or, I kid you not, “headless horse” (not headless horseman, sorry Ichabod Crane fans). Even though the town no longer exists
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Ghost Towns and Lost Places, Myths and Legends, Places
I am sure you’ve heard a story like this before: A story about some guy or gal who was very frugal with their money, lived a solitary life and was either homeless or lived in a run down house on the edge of being condemned. Then, for some reason, usually old age or some kind
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Myths and Legends, Ohioans You Should Know, People
Let’s face a harsh reality – prison life is supposed to be tough. Trust me, if it were easy, then all the celebrities would be doing it, like Martha Stewart, Tim Allen, Mark Wahlburg, Felicity Huffman, Robert Downey Jr., Lori Loughlin, Wesley Snipes, Sean Penn, Christian Slater, that kid who played Crabbe in the Harry
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Ghost Towns and Lost Places, History, Myths and Legends, Places
When we think about potentially supernatural cryptids, like Bigfoot or The Loch Ness Monster or that stupid gremlin who lives in your dishwasher that steals tupperware lids, they usually are little more than a side note of history (and maybe geography). We’ve all heard the legends where some people are out hiking and camping and
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History, Myths and Legends