When the Reverend Clarence Valentine Sheatsley walked into his house on the afternoon of November 11, 1924, the first thing he noticed was the smell of cooking meat. The smell permeated the parsonage where Clarence lived with his wife, Addie. They had been married for twenty-seven years, and she had been an excellent wife […]
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When Reverend Clarence Sheatsley found his wife, Addie, in the parsonage furnace, he believed that she had committed suicide. The county prosecutor thought that it was murder. What really happened to Addie Sheatsley? Sources Police Check Minister’s Story After Wife is Burned to Death. The Dayton Herald, 11/18/1924 Find Pastor’s Wife Burned in Furnace.
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During an almost ten-year period, the Botkin family faced two awful tragedies. Today, we take a look at the horrific consequences of suicide and steam. Sources Mysterious Suicide of a Servant Girl. The Lima Times-Democrat, 6/13/1907 Young Woman Died by Her Own Hand. The Allen County Republican-Gazette, 6/14/1907 Mrs. Agnes Botkin. Dayton Daily News,
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Have you ever sat and watched people? I mean, not like in a weird, peek through their windows at night way, but like, while waiting for something. It could be in a crowded doctor’s office, or while waiting to get a table at a restaurant. I know there are several people out there that would
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Ever been afraid of a stranger hiding in your house? In 1927, Edna Ross might have been, but she had to deal with the one walking through her front door first. Sources Body is Identified. The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1/13/1927 Man Dies. The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1/03/1927 Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis (healthline.com)
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At one point when I was in college, I lived in an end room on my dorm floor. Like many students, I left my door unlocked when I was at home. Besides getting drunk and rowdy on some of the weekends, most of the people were quiet and kept to themselves. There were no shady
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As America prepared to fight World War I, the deadliest pandemic the world has ever seen arrived silently. 50 million people died. Do some of them still wander the earth? Sources Garamone, Jim. World War I: Building the American Military. http://www.defense.gov Barry, John M. The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and
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History is a forgetful creature. While there is much about our past that we know, there is so much more that we don’t. If the stories aren’t written, or aren’t passed down through the generations in their retelling, then the knowledge is often lost. Sometimes, though, we catch glimpses of that hidden past. It might
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One night several years ago – longer ago than I want to care to admit – I had an experience with something that I couldn’t quite explain. I was a campus security guard for Iowa State University. Although we were supposed to keep an eye out for any potential trouble or people doing bad things
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