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Ep. 234 - Larry Abshier's desertion to North Korea Jul 17, 2023

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In the early 1960s, four American soldiers patrolling the DMZ between South Korea and North Korea separately made an incomprehensible decision - to seek asylum in the communist country. Larry Abshier, a private from Garfield Heights, Ohio, was one of the four, and never seen by anyone in the free world again. His life was a complete mystery until 2004, when one of the defectors was able to leave North Korea and finally share their story.

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Rewind: The missing crew of Ghost Blimp (Ep 110) Jul 13, 2023

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In the 1942, in an Akron-built Goodyear blimp delivered to the Navy after the start of WWII, a two-man crew set out over the Pacific from San Francisco for a short four-hour patrol in search of Japanese subs. The blimp returned. The crew did not. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Get That Tree Up On The Roof, by Lisa Gain & the Rusty Silos. Find more at: https://www.facebook.com/rustysilos Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch

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Ep. 233 - The Independence Day mutant storm of 1969 Jul 10, 2023

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In a weather event Ohio had never before experienced, a powerful "derecho" thunderstorm formed as Fourth of July revelers gathered along the Lake Erie shoreline for a fireworks show. The storm capsized 200 boats before making its way south to Wayne County and its neighbors, where flash floods devastated communities. In the end, 41 people were killed and an estimated 21,000 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed.

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10-Minute Mystery: Ohio's geological journey Jul 06, 2023

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A wild trip through Ohio's geologic past, from when it was a mountain, to when it was a warm tropical sea, to when it became buried beneath a mile of ice. We also share where Ohio allows you to walk on the bottom of the ocean, and how Ohio's unique location contributed to rich resources that range from oil and gas, to quarries of limestone, to one of the most amazing stretches of farmland in the country.

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To Catch A Killer: Part 3 of 3 Jul 03, 2023

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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In the last of this 3-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon describes the trial of Gus Sapharas - from pre-trial hearings that threatened to throw out key evidence, to the nail-biting wait for the jury's verdict.

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To Catch A Killer: Part 2 of 3 Jun 29, 2023

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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon learns the shocking truth of his prime suspect, Gus Sapharas, whose criminal assaults spanned 40 years.

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To Catch A Killer: Part 1 of 3 Jun 26, 2023

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The story of a determined detective who identified - and then caught - a serial killer. In Part 1 of this three-part series, Tallmadge Captain Doug Bohon discusses two unsolved homicides from the 1970s - Karen Bentz and Loretta Davis - and what compelled him to pull their files and try one more time to solve these old mysteries.

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Ep. 232 - Restoring identities: Othram successes, Part 2 Jun 22, 2023

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This 2-part series shares recent successes of Othram Inc - a genetic genealogy lab that in the past 12 months has identified seven Ohioans, most of them lying in out-of-state unmarked grave. Tonight, the story of four of them: Brenda Sue Black of Vandalia; Colleen Rice of Portsmouth; Doreen Tiedman of Cleveland; and Douglas Streeter of Bryan.

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Ep. 231 - Restoring identities: Othram successes, Part 1 Jun 19, 2023

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In the past 12 months, Othram Inc - a genetic genealogy lab that uses DNA to build family trees of unidentified homicide victims - has given three Ohioans their names back. Now the work can begin to find the killers of Florence Charleston of Cleveland, Robert Earl Sanders of Youngstown, and Maggie Sniegowski of Toledo - missing loved ones only known to authorities as Jane Doe or John Doe for decades.

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SOLVED! Rewind: David Evans (10-Minute Mystery) Jun 15, 2023

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In 1975, 13-year-old David Evans never returned home after heading out to skate at a local park in Boardman, Ohio. He was found dead days later, killed by a diabetic coma because he wasn't home to take his insulin. But who kept him from home, and then tried to hide his body in some bushes? www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch

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