(Continued from Part I) I decided to split the Circleville mystery into two parts for a couple of reasons. First off, if I included everything I wanted to, the article would have become much larger than I had wanted it to. Secondly, because there has been so much reported on this, through traditional news sources, […]
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True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
If I were to ask you a question like, “Who was the first woman to work in the aviation industry?” would you have any idea who I was talking about? You might assume the answer would be someone like Katherine Wright, sister or Orville and Wilbur, but that’s not it. It was nobody related to
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Ohioans You Should Know, People
When it was first settled in the mid-1880s, many people had thought or hoped the village would soon prosper. And, for a short time, it did. The town’s first settlers, Simon and Elizabeth Clouser moved in and set up a mill, which was in demand at the time for there weren’t any other mills in
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Ghost Towns and Lost Places, Places
For today’s outing, we’re going to step just outside the limits of the State of Ohio and visit a place … well, the place doesn’t exactly have a name, so we’ll just say it’s near Petersburg, Kentucky. Lawrenceburg, Indiana is, technically, a bit closer, but it’s on the other side of the Ohio river. If
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History
I know, I know … talking about Cryptids usually causes people to roll their eyes and start thinking about more pleasant topics, like the best ways to watch paint dry. We’ve all had to sit through one too many stories about someone seeing “Bigfoot” but by the time they grabbed their cellphone to take a
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History, Myths and Legends, Places
What makes a person legally insane? That is a question that has plagued our courts for as long as anyone can remember. The unfortunate reality is that sometimes, it’s not always an easy question to answer. Not only is it a legal question, but an emotional one, a moral (or maybe even religious) one, but
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History, Myths and Legends, People
If there was one thing I’ve learned about Ohio that has surprised me, it is its history regarding alcohol. What I seem to remember from my school years is that the 1920s was a rip roaring good time, until that prohibition happened, and everyone got upset. Prohibition backfired because it ultimately led to organized crime,
While doing research for this site, I have run into countless articles, web pages, or online forum discussions pertaining to “Weird Ohio Laws”. (This is, of course, not a phenomenon exclusive to Ohio.) They’ve proven to be quite interesting to read, and they’re pretty funny, too. However, when I started looking a little deeper into
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History
Sometimes, it seems like “Ohio” and “Crime” go together like bread and butter. Or, bread and jam for the lactose intolerant. Or, apples and caramel for the lactose intolerant and gluten-free with a peanut allergy population. Whatever – you get the analogy. Throughout the history of the state, we seem to have seen just about
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History, True Crime, Unsolved Unresolved
Throughout the history of Ohio, there have been many notable people who have hailed from our great state. There are some entertainers, like George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker. Talk show hosts like, oh, I don’t know, Arsenio Hall and Phil Donahue (and that other one). You’ve got presidents, like Grant and the two Harrisons.
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Ohioans You Should Know, People