A particularly grizzly murder took place in New Philadelphia, Ohio in the fall of 1901. Despite the violence of the crime, and the fact that there were a number of potential suspects, no one was ever brought to justice. The victim’s death, and life, were subsequently forgotten. It was a Wednesday afternoon in late OctoberContinue reading “Unsolved and Forgotten: The 1901 Murder of Mrs. Martha Hensel”
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“Torch Murder” of 1934, Part Two
Investigators believed that they had identified the victim of a brutal killing outside of Dover as that of a Cleveland organized crime figure. However, they were about to learn that the victim of the torch murder was someone whose activities were much more local. Newspapers across the state of Ohio had already run the storyContinue reading ““Torch Murder” of 1934, Part Two”
“Torch Murder” of 1934
Tuscarawas County was not immune when it came to the rise of organized crime before, during, and after the era of Prohibition in the 1920s. The local newspapers carried stories of extortion, bootlegging, murder, and more. During the winter of 1934, Tuscarawas County witnessed a brutal gangland killing in a style reminiscent of the worstContinue reading ““Torch Murder” of 1934″
Noel B. Poirier 