In September 1965, an 18-year-old hitchhiker in Kensington saw something he couldn’t explain. Massive red lights moved silently across the dark sky, leading him to flag down police. What happened…
Most homecoming queens wear tiaras and evening gowns. Maudine Ormsby wore spots and weighed 1,200 pounds. In 1926, this Holstein cow actually became Ohio State University’s homecoming queen after one…
People will do just about anything to get some attention. This was the premise of the Balloon Boy story, which gripped the nation in the fall of 2009.
When Watson Brown joined his father, abolitionist John Brown, in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, he likely understood the risks. He was wounded during the failed uprising and died…
Nowadays, podcasts, streaming services, and social media amplify the voices of independent journalists, but before these were available, pirate radio stations navigated the underground airwaves. These broadcasters were unlicensed and…
The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. Its fame is much bigger than the painting itself, which is actually pretty small.
When people think of wild parties, their minds probably go to college frat houses or Vegas nightclubs. What about Amish teenagers on Rumspringa or Ohio’s underground goth and punk scene?…
From hidden stills deep in the Appalachian hills to smuggling rings operating under city streets, Prohibition (1920–1933) sparked a rebellion that made bootleggers and moonshiners American legends. When the federal…
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