Ohio Mysteries

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10-Minute Mystery: The Van Nguyen family Jan 18, 2023

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In April of 2002, a suicidal Stephanie Van Nguyen left her husband and parents a note saying she intended to kill herself by driving into the Ohio River - and that she was taking her 4-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son with her. It took 20 years for police to find her and her vehicle. But where were the children?
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Ep. 213 - Livingston and the modern tomato Jan 16, 2023

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Before 1870, the tomato was a wild plant that most found hard, ugly and inedible. Most homes that had a plant just kept it as an ornamental curiosity. But after 15 years of work, A. W. Livingston of Reynoldsburg developed a sweet, juicy, smooth-skinned variety that made the tomato a commercial crop for the first time. Does Livingston deserve credit for "inventing" one of the world's favorite foods?

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10-Minute Mystery: Dawn Hickman Jan 12, 2023

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In January of 2009, residents of a mobile home park in Heath, Ohio grew concerned that they hadn't seen their bubbly, outgoing neighbor Dawn Hickman since the start of the new year. They called police. Police called Dawn's families. That's when Dawn's sisters made the chilling discovery of Dawn's body, strangled, wrapped in a blanket, and tucked into a corner of her closet.

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Ep. 212 - Col. James Forsyth and the Wounded Knee Massacre Jan 09, 2023

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In 1890, Col. James Forsyth - Maumee, Ohio born and bred - led the 7th Calvary into Wounded Knee, South Dakota to disarm 250 Lakota Indians who white settlers were fearing after the murder of their spiritual leader, Sitting Bull. What followed was a massacre of mostly unarmed warriors, women fleeing with babies clutched to their chests, and children hiding in ravines.

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10-Minute Mystery: Linda Bennett Jan 05, 2023

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In December of 2022, Kentucky State Police announced they had identified a 1988 Jane Doe as 38-year-old Linda Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Linda was reported missing a month after Kentucky found their murder victim on the side of a road, and yet the connection was never made. But do police already have a prime suspect in Ohio-bred Samuel Little, America's most prolific serial killer?
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Ep. 211 - The French 500 Jan 02, 2023

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Gallipolis, Ohio was born of a scam. In 1790, some 500 Parisians eager to distance themselves from the aftermath of the French Revolution thought they'd bought deeds to land along the Ohio River in America's new Northwest Territory. But when they arrived in the New World, they learned their contracts were worthless. So, what happened to them?

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UNRESOLVED Ep. 14: Melvin Horst Dec 27, 2022

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In 1928, 4-year-old Melvin Horst left his home in Orrville, Ohio to show his friends the shiny red firetruck Santa had brought him. Then, he vanished in a case that captivated the country with twists and turns for more than a year. We talk to Melvin's surviving sister, Elgie, who is now 96 years old, and Orrville Sgt. Jaime McGreal, who has done some recent sleuthing on the ancient case.

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Rewind: The first Christmas Tree (Ep 18) Dec 26, 2022

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For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohio immigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December. But was Imgard really the first? Ninety-nine years after he spruced up a fir and enchanted his neighbors, a Wooster professor would go looking for the answer.

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Rewind: The Girl In Blue (10-Minute Mystery) Dec 22, 2022

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On Christmas Eve in 1933, a stranger walked through the streets of Willoughby, Ohio - a young woman dressed head to toe in blue, with 90 cents in her purse and hopes of getting home to Pennsylvania by Christmas. No one understood her intent as she sprinted for an approaching train, running into its side and glancing off with a fatally cracked skull. The town would bury the unidentified girl in a grave marked "The Girl in Blue," and although research would give her a name 60 years later, it will never be known if she had intended to kill herself, or simply catch a free ride home. 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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10-Minute Mystery: The Poinsettia myth Dec 19, 2022

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For a century, Americans feared the Poinsettia, believing it to be poisonous to people and pets. In 1971, the Ohio State University was asked to test this longstanding myth. What did they learn? Why did we think this cheerful Christmas plant was a killer? And how many of us still believe it today?

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