Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: Big Four Bridge, Sidney Feb 22, 2023

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In 1923 and 1924, the construction of the Big Four railroad bridge in Sidney, Ohio took the lives of at least four construction workers - and possibly a fifth? Is there really a migrant worker encased in the cement, a man whose death meant so little it didn't even stop the pouring of the concrete? A local witness said he saw it happen.www.ohiomysteries.com

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Ep. 218 - The life and death of Thurman Munson Feb 20, 2023

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\New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, captain of the most storied team in baseball history, learned to fly so he could go home to his family in Canton, Ohio between games. He died in a fiery crash at Akron-Canton Airport while practicing his landings in a brand new twin-engine Cessna that his wife believed he was high-pressured into buying.

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10-Minute Mystery: Melanie Doyle Feb 16, 2023

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In 1999, Ashtabula native Melanie Doyle died of uterine cancer. Her family calls it murder. Melanie was viciously assaulted three years earlier and never woke from the coma caused by blunt force trauma. Because Melanie was unconscious and unable to fight the cancer that invaded her body, some say she was as much a homicide victim as if she died that day in 1996. Making it unbearable: The police think they know who did it, but lack the evidence to test their theory in court.

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Ep. 217 - Arthur Ford's seance of Martin Jones Feb 13, 2023

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In 1964, a Canton, Ohio couple asked the nationally renowned spiritualist Arthur Ford to help them contact their son, Martin Jones, who was killed in a US Air Force accident. This is the story of Arthur Ford, Martin Jones, and what skeptics have had to say about the whole affair.

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10-Minute Mystery: Beth Franks Feb 09, 2023

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In 1965, Beth Franks vanished after a fight with her husband, who told Toledo police she stormed out of their home and never returned. Decades passed, and even the Toledo detectives forgot about the case. Until Beth's sister reminded them.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAudionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch

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SOLVED! Rewind: The unsolved murder of Brad Bellino (Ep 93) Feb 06, 2023

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In 1972, 12-year-old Brad Bellino was walking from his buddy's home in Boardman, Ohio to his own home when he vanished. His brutalized body was found a few days later, but his killer has never been found. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: Wrong Together, by Benjamin Marshall. https://www.benjaminmarshallmusic.com Additional music: Audionautix- The Great Unknown, and The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch

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Special: Podcast host Carol Costello discusses the Phyllis Cottle case Feb 02, 2023

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Special: Podcast host Carol Costello discusses the Phyllis Cottle caseFormer CNN anchor and Akron, Ohio TV journalist Carol Costello discusses her new podcast, Blind Rage, about Phyllis Cottle. In 1984, Cottle was abducted, raped and tortured, then left blinded inside a burning car, yet she survived to help detectives catch her assailant and become an advocate and icon for strength, determination and perserverance. Evergreen Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carol-costello-presents-blind-rage/id1621640691 www.ohiomysteries.com

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Ep. 216 - Codebreakers Pt 3: Agnes Meyer Driscoll, First Lady of Naval Cryptology Jan 30, 2023

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The last of a 3-part series on Ohio's famous WWII codebreakers: Agnes Meyer Driscoll spent 20 years breaking every Japanese code the Imperial Navy tried to use, helped form the US Navy's codebreaking office OP-20-G, and trained countless cryptologists. But it took years for this woman in a man's world to gain any recognition for her achievements.

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Ep. 215 - Codebreakers Pt 2: Joe Rochefort and the Battle of Midway Jan 26, 2023

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Part 2 of a 3-part series on Ohio's famous WWII codebreakers: Dayton native Joseph Rochefort was the naval officer most responsible for America's tide-turning victory against the Japanese at the Battle of Midway, having decrypted the code that allowed for an ambush. But superior officers who didn't like that this high school dropout who never attended the Naval Academy was in charge of the Pacific's codebreaking team conspired to downplay his role, which remained all but secret for decades.

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Ep. 214 - Codebreakers Pt 1: Joe Desch and the NCR Jan 23, 2023

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Much of America's success in breaking the Enigma, the message encrypting machine used by Germany during World War II, can largely be traced to two different men from Dayton, Ohio. In this episode, the story of Joe Desch, a brilliant engineer at National Cash Register who designed a machine that could read coded messages - even though it led to a nervous breakdown and a lifetime of trying to hide his work from his family.

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