Ohio Mysteries

Ohio Mysteries

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OM Backroads: Ep. 101.Frozen Horizons: Cycling Across the Great Lakes in Winter

What does it take to bike across frozen landscapes most people are snuggled around their fireplaces sipping hot chocolate? In this episode of the podcast, we follow the extraordinary story of one adventurer who set out to ride a bicycle across all five frozen waters of the Great ...  Show more

Ohio Mysteries Rewind Episode with the Akron Beacon Journal- Beard and Leonard

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OM Backroads: Ep. 100. Thomas Midgley: The Ohio Inventor Who Almost Ended the World

In this episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads, we explore the complicated legacy of one of Ohio’s most consequential — and controversial — inventors: Thomas Midgley Jr.. Born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania but raised and educated in Ohio, Midgley graduated from Cornell University be ...  Show more

Ep. 156 - The disturbing world of Ceely Rose

In 1896, three members of the Rose family - who operated a mill outside Mansfield - fell sick and died. Police suspected the only surviving member of the family - 24-year-old Ceely Rose - must have poisoned them. What they learned about Ceely led to her finishing her life in an a ...  Show more

OM Backroads: Ep. 99: Cassie Chadwick and Ohio’s Most Audacious Scam of all time

Cassie Chadwick was one of the most audacious con artists in American history—and her trail of deception ran straight through Ohio. In this episode of Ohio Mysteries: Backroads, we dive into the unbelievable true story of Cassie Chadwick, the woman who convinced bankers, elites, ...  Show more