The Lake Hope Furnace has stood for over one-hundred years, a remnant of the former thriving iron industry in southern Ohio. But its more than a historical monument. The furnace is the home of one of Ohio’s most famous urban legends: The Night Watchman of Lake Hope Furnace. Sources Lake Hope Furnace. The Ghosts […]
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The storm had come out of nowhere. One minute George had been standing there, keeping an eye on the furnace, and the next he was trying not to fall off the platform that he was on. Holding up his lantern in one hand, he squinted, struggling to see the way to the stairs that
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In 1937, Howard Long had a good life – a good wife, his own business, and a stable income during the Great Depression. All of that came to sudden halt when he was arrested and thrown in a jail cell with three other men. Right away he wanted to know why he was there. When
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In 1937, Lucille and Janette walked quickly to the house on Brady Street in Davenport, Iowa. Their shoes clicked on the wooden steps as they went up to the front porch and to the front door. They knocked loudly and stood, talking idly as they waited. A few moments later, an older man answered
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In this remastered edition of an earlier podcast: In 1907, henry Warren walked into a local newspaper and placed an ad for a wife. He became a sensation and was dubbed ‘Loving Henry.’ But under his charming good looks he was harboring a dark secret that would take decades to reveal itself. Sources
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About a year ago, a fellow podcaster suggested that I go back and remaster a few of my older episodes. I’ve finally decided to make good on that suggestion while I work on some brand new material for you all. This is an episode that has always touched a nerve with me, and I wanted
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Strawberry Point is known for being home to the world’s largest strawberry. But what many people don’t know is that it’s also home to the Franklin Hotel, a 150-year-old hotel and event venue that has the spirit of a 1920’s prostitute still wandering the halls. Sources Franklin Hotel, Strawberry Point. Haunted Iowa, hauntedrooms.com Rasdal,
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When I rolled into Strawberry Point, Iowa, last summer, I was looking for one thing: the world’s largest strawberry. To be clear, it’s not a real strawberry, as my daughter constantly points out to me. It’s a 15-foot-tall fiberglass replica of a strawberry, the brainchild of an ad agency in the 1960’s. It’s been a
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In February 1883, dozens of men and boys descended into the depths of the Illinois prairie to mine coal. By noon, the pump man saw water rising in the mine tunnels. Little did he know that something was horribly wrong. In a matter of minutes, a third of the men in the mine that day
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Legend has it that a man named William Hennebry was hired by farmer Thomas Byron to drill a well on his central Illinois farm in 1864. Hennebry had drilled to what he assumed was a sufficient depth, but still hadn’t found any water. After some thought, he decided that water was there, but it
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