History & Hauntings
in Northern Appalachia and the Western Reserve

Stories

George Wheeler and the Lima Hospital for the Crimally Insane
2024-07-04 16:39 A fun summer holiday turns to horror when an elderly father turns violent toward his son.
Carried Away in Big Run: A Tragedy in Mercer County
2022-10-10 13:41 In 1911, a young family leaves a visit with their ailing relative and departs by horse and buggy into a dark and stormy night, to a disastrous result.
“The Best Way Out Of My Heartaches”: A Double Suicide in Trumbull County
2022-02-05 13:36 Less than 24 hours after her lover's suicide in April of 1954, 33-year-old Maxine Hickox jumps into the Mahoning River and becomes lost in the churning waters.
Mollie and the Massacre: A Sad History of the Verbias Family
2021-03-27 12:29 Generations of a dysfunctional family meet tragedy after tragedy, beginning with the mysterious murder of a young girl named Molly.
The Deadly Mahoning Valley Interurban Street Car
2021-02-06 10:26 The Mahoning Valley Railway Company ran interurbans between Youngstown, Girard, Niles, and Warren, but the convenience caused too many accidents and fatalities to count.
The Five Wives of Reuben Sponsler: A Case of Uxorcide in Vernon Township
2020-09-05 10:53 Suspicions raised in the small town of Vernon, OH, with the mysterious deaths of the wives of Reuben Sponsler.
The Slaying of 16-Year-Old Maria Buel by Her Stepfather Ira West Gardner
2020-04-23 13:30 In the first and only hanging execution in Trumbull County, I explore the details surrounding the tragic 1832 murder of Maria Buel.
Sticks & Squirrels May Break My Bones – Scandal and Intrigue in the Shooting Death of William Holcomb
2020-04-01 20:31 In 1867, William Holcomb died squirrel hunting when his gun discharged. However, suspicions of the relationship between his wife and best friend James Sawyer sent James to trial for murder

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