Ohio Mysteries

Ohio Mysteries

Each week Paula and Stephen explore unsolved murders, lost shipwrecks, local legends and more! https://www.ohiomysteries.com. https://www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries https://www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries https://www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio In any given episode we feature fantastic music by the following music-https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0pcAGV4g67jCxGIPWv9iQ https://www.youtube.com/c/WhitesandComposer https://www.youtube.com/user/audionautix https://www.youtube.com/c/RossBugden https://soundcloud.com/andrei-burcea-20972653 The Great Unknown by Audionautix http://audionautix.com Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/the-great-unknown Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xUi9yHcMOLg

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September 21, 2025 19 mins
In this episode, we share two mysteries in Lorain County. The 1991 murder of 17-yer-old Angela Ayala in her own Sheffield Lake Bedroom. And the 2010 disappearance of Darla Kustra, who vanished with the exception of her severed foot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we explore the strange disappearance of Wade Tackett, a 17 year old from Hillsboro, Ohio who ventured out to Alaska to work for the summer. Wade and a friend decided to take a trip in a small boat and only the friend would return. What happened next is a crazy story of Alaska legends, politicians, psychics, presidents, Oprah Winfrey and more. Jo...
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1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was in her home in the comfortable Cleveland suburb of Bay Village when the phone rang. A man introduced himself as her mother's co-worker, and asked for her help in picking out a gift to celebrate her mother's promotion. Amy agreed. Friends who walked her to the shopping center on the appointed day were the last to see her alive as she calmly walked away with the stranger. Her body would be found t...
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We are all familiar with the Men in Black film franchise starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, but did you know that the Men in Black were a very real phenomenon often associated with Flying Saucers, especially in the 1960s and 1970s? Join Dan and Mike as they discuss the bizarre Men in Black case that was reported in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967. This case is officially the second-ever recorded incident of Men in Black in the United S...
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August 24, 2025 23 mins
In 1931, the Lucas County coroner ruled that 11-year-old Eddie Baginski accidentally drowned in a local creek. In 1934, a pivotal strike at the Electric Auto-Lite plant near downtown led to two deaths when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire. Two completely unrelated tragedies - until a local man tried to claim he was twice a murderer.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/myster...
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Bremen was a Michigan insurance salesman who loved sneaking into professional sports events and pretending to be an athlete, official, and once even as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Twice, he brought his antics to Ohio, posing as a golfer when Toledo hosted the US Open, and again as an NBA All-Star at a game held at the Richfield Coliseum in Summit County.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteriesw...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we are joined by author RC Durkee. She has written the acclaimed book, Rum Run, an entertaining dive into the wild tales of Rum Running on Lake Erie. RC talks about how Rum Running got started, the wild chases, stolen liquor, the enormous of money to be made. the Purple Gang's involvement and much more. It's a fascinating story and not to be miss...
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In 1872, a mob broke into the Mercer County jail and whisked away three men suspected of raping and killing 13-year-old Mary Arabelle Secaur. Two of the suspects were lynched, the third was spared. But a couple of years later, one of the mob's leaders made a deathbed confession that he had killed little Mary and led the hanging of two innocent men. ⁠www.ohiomysteries.comEp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we are joined by photographer Marcy as she discusses her adventure to find out more about the mysterious disappearance of her uncle, Ohio native, William Scales, who was working for the government contractor, RCA, as a missile tracker in 1958. William and a friend went out on a boat scuba diving off of San Salvador Island and were never seen agai...
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July 16, 2025 26 mins
In July of 1985, Mel Wiley - the chief of police in Medina County's Hinckley Township - vanished and was never seen again. Forty years later, the leading theory is that he simply walked away from his life after staging a disappearance worthy of a detective novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 13, 2025 24 mins
John Dillinger learned the craft of bank robbing from another Indiana man, Harry "Pete" Pierpont - who would go on to kill an Ohio sheriff in order to free Dillinger from a Lima jail, thereby signing his own death warrant.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAdditional music:New Horizon - Aderin; Audionautix- The Great Unknown; The Gre...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we are joined by friend of the show Wendy Koile, author of 4 fantastic books. We discuss the mysterious Toledo Speedboat disaster of 1930. On a hot Saturday morning in June, 1930, eight Toledoans set out on a speedboat to attend an Elks picnic on Pelee Island and never made it. Their boat would be found spinning in circles without a soul onboa...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we explore the Ohio serial killer, Cletus Reese, who murdered 3 men on his farm in rural Ohio near the small town of Nellie in Coshocton County. The murders took place in 1954 and the once bucolic family farm took on the dubious name: Murder Ridge. We take a look at the life of Cletus Reese and the 3 murders that lead to his ultimate death at t...
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In 2021, the Cleveland Indians were renamed the Cleveland Guardians. But many urged that the team not forget the man who inspired the nickname. Louis Sockalexis was the first Native American to play in the major leagues, spending a sensational yet tragic three-year career with Cleveland.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteriesAdditional m...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we explore 3 Ohio roadside attractions with Backroads flair. When Ohio was still considered the countries frontier, legendary Wyandot leader "Leatherlips" helped broker peace deals with the European settlers. This didnt sit well with his fellow tribesman and would ultimately cost him his life. A striking monument stands today in his memory, ev...
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads. In tonight's episode we have a very strange mystery with a surprising twist. On the cold dark morning of January 10, 1954, in a lonely rail yard a railroad work would observe a mysterious figure of a man, slipping away into the darkness of night, slinking away from the tracks. Almost immediately, the railroad worker would observe the corpse of a woman, having exper...
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In 1942, Hitler ordered German saboteurs be sent to America with resources to blow up industrial infrastructure and hinder the United States in supplying its forces and allies in World War II. Eight men were dropped off on the east coast by submarines, with the intention of meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 4 to begin their campaign. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/myste...
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Welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries, Backroads! Today we take a look back at the Lorain/Sandusky tornado of 1924. On January 28, 1924, a wickedly devastating tornado struck the lake front cities of Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio. 88 people would ultimately lose their lives by this powerful storm. The storm would forever alter the city and change the lives of countless families. Check out our Facebook page!: ⁠https://www.facebo...
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Leonard Franklin Slye was born to humble beginnings in Cincinnati in 1911. Nothing suggested the person he would become - a music, film, TV and radio star who took the world by storm as Roy Rogers.www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.comwww.patreon.com/ohiomysterieswww.twitter.com/mysteriesohio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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