Ohio Mysteries

12/26/2024

The latest on Ohio Mysteries:

Backroads host Dan tells the story of Ohio inventor Powell Crosley Jr., once dubbed "The Henry Ford of Radio."Powell was a man with a thousand dreams and often was successful bringing these dreams to light. Many of the innovations are still being used today.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app, We tell new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.

12/25/2024

Steve and I want to wish you a peaceful day, whether you are having a rollicking good time with friends and family, or keeping your head down and trying to get through some grief. We have been there, and we are with you in good times and bad. Thank you so much for your support and we feel privileged to be a part of your life. 

12/24/2024

Our latest release:

An inspiring story for this inspiring season...

The story of Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. Mary was the daughter of a New York farmer, raised by parents to believe she had no limits, and so in the mid 1800s, she got a medical degree. But away from home - including the first time she hung out her shingle at the house of an aunt in Columbus, Ohio - she learned the greater world didn't trust female doctors.

When the Civil War broke out, the determined woman went to the battlefield to tend to wounded Union soldiers - without pay and without commission, since the military refused to acknowledge her. It was Col Daniel McCook of Ohio's famous "Fighting McCooks" who contracted with her to work with his Ohio Infantry division and giving her her first military paycheck.

So many more Ohio connections to this wonderful story. Check it out!

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app.

12/18/2024

Dropping tonight:

Dan at Ohio Mysteries: Backroads releases a two-part series on the contributions Ohio made to the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Learn about the scientists and engineers from the Buckeye State who played a pivotal role in one of the most secretive and transformative projects in history — the development of the atomic bomb.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.

12/15/2024

Hey folks!

It's been a crazy busy month, and I apologize for the lack of posting here. But we've been keeping up with the episodes so I hope you've been getting your weekly Sunday and Wednesday fixes. Quick review:

Last Sunday, we introduced you to Greg Hansberry, a new podcaster, who shared with us a story he just did on a mass shooting in a Columbus nightclub that took the life of a beloved guitar player and three other men who tried to save him.

On Wednesday's "Backroads" edition, Dan told us about the Rowenites who gathered in 1925 to await the end of the world!

And tonight at 8 p.m., we're dropping a double feature - two stories from the world of poetry. Wilbur Zeigler of Fremont is one of the men responsible for the worldwide debate over whether Shakespeare wrote his own stuff. And the tragic tale of Hart Crane of Garrettsville, who threw himself off a ship at the height of his career.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app.

11/27/2024

Dropping tonight:

Ohio Mysteries: Backroads host Dan tells us the story of Billy Milligan - a man whose life became a landmark case in the study of people with multiple personalities. Milligan was arrested in the 1970s for a series of violent crimes, and was called "The Campus Ra**st" after being convicted of serial attacks at Ohio State University. But what made him international news was this previously unheard-of diagnosis: Doctors said Milligan had 24 distinct personalities, each with their own memories, behaviors, and identities.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.!

11/21/2024

Out now....

The 20th episode in our UNRESOLVED series with the Akron Beacon Journal - a truly fascinating mystery. On a snowy night in November 1974, 50-year-old Fred Hale was shot dead in his Fairlawn garage by an assassin who took aim from the distance of half a football field away. Hale had made headlines years earlier when, as a rookie Summit County Sheriff's deputy, his last parent died, leaving him the fortune his dad had made as a rubber industry inventor. People started calling him "the millionaire deputy."

Hale hinted that he was in danger, confiding in an ex-wife he'd been "flying with the crows" and was afraid he'd be shot down. On this 50th anniversary of his murder, police still don't know who the crows were - and more importantly, who had shot him down.

This collaboration with the ABJ is covered in our podcast - out now - as well as a story online at

Fred Hale, a former Summit County sheriff's deputy, was shot and killed after getting out of his car in his Fairlawn townhome on Nov. 30, 1974.

11/17/2024

Coming tonight:

The story of the Ravenna Arsenal. Why the military chose Northeast Ohio and the tough decision to displace hundreds of families. The explosion of cluster bombs that rocked the facility and sent 11 men to their graves. What happened next, and what the property is used for now.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.!

11/15/2024

Check out our latest offering:

Dan, from Ohio Mysteries: Backroads, revisits the confounding case of Tiffany Papesh, an 8-year old-girl from Maple Heights who took a walk to her neighborhood's convenience store one carefree summer day in 1980, and never made it back home.

Complicating the case, a man confessed to killing her, then recanted. A jury found him guilty anyway despite there being no body, no weapon, no crime scene and no witnesses. As such, some still consider this an open case, and Tiffany's remains have never been found.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app and at ohiomysteries.,com. We drop new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.

11/10/2024

Dropping tonight....

In 1925, 20 teams of mushers and their sled dogs spent a week relaying precious diphtheria serum from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska to stop a deadly epidemic during a winter blizzard. Balto was the lead dog of the final team and became the face of that deadly but heroic effort. But Balto turned out to be as much an Ohio story as an Alaska one - and it's why he ended up as a taxidermy display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We'll tell you about his adventurous - and controversial - life!

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We release new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.

11/03/2024

Dropping tonight...

Join us for a fun and interactive episode on how to pronounce some challenging Ohio community names! About time too, since some cities trip me up almost every time. I test the skills of Steve, Dan and Mike, so come play along and see if you do any better.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.

11/02/2024

Dan, of the Ohio Mysteries Backroads team, put together this trivia game for a recent gathering we had. Apparently he can share it online, so YOU can go see how well you do. They are all questions answered by various Ohio Mysteries episodes. Let us know your score!

10/30/2024

Coming tonight....

The Backroads team of Dan and his good friends Maria and Doug all have experience exploring paranormal sites. Based on their adventures, learn each of their Top 5 lists of Most Haunted Sites in Ohio. Pay attention, because these are places you can visit as well! Tonight's episode is the first of a two-parter, where you'll hear what happened to them at places like the Moonville Tunnel, the Mansfield Reformatory, the Ceely Rose House, Gore Orphanage and more!

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.

10/27/2024

Coming tonight....

We had fun with this one folks: Detailed accounts of chilling Bigfoot encounters in Ohio! Ohio is in the top five of states reporting such experiences, and a website maintains a database of reports that have been visited and vetted by Bigfoot researchers. Come and learn what we found!

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast. Find us on your favorite podcast app. We tell new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.

10/20/2024

Dropping tonight....

Three more chapters in our Short Stories series - Ohio tales requested by our listeners. We have the unnerving murder of Linda Bissell; the curiosity of the wolf-like beasts in Silver Creek park; and the ghosts left behind after the chilling Easter Sunday Massacre.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We tell new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.

10/17/2024

Our latest release!

In the spirit of Halloween, Backroads host Dan - on his first solo effort - takes on four little-known urban legends from Ohio! Hear about Chester Badell, the man whose grave is rumored to be infested with snakes due to his avowed atheism; the violent albinos of Betty Lane in Dayton; the murderous rage of Swamp Road Sally; and the dark history of the Tindall Bridge in Norwalk.

Ohio Mysteries is available on your favorite podcast app. We drop new stories every Wednesday and Sunday at 8 p.m.!

10/13/2024

Dropping tonight:

The first in an occasional series we're calling "Short Stories." These are stories suggested by YOU, our listeners. They are diverse and fascinating topics, but proved to be too short for a full episode, so we combined them into an anthology. In this episode, we recount the history of the Ghost Ship of Lorain, relive the Christmas Eve Tragedy of 1890 in Barberton, consider the strange murder of James Thallman of Findlay, and visit the Girl in Blue who haunts Kings Island.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app. We tell new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.

10/07/2024

Just dropped last night....

We take a look at the topic of exonerations in Ohio, and drill down on three unbelievable cases in Cleveland, Columbus and Barberton - including the fates of 5 innocent men who were almost executed.

Ohio Mysteries is a podcast, available on your favorite podcast app and at ohiomysteries.com. We drop new stories every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.