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In 1947, George Zavakos was shot and killed outside his home after returning home from the bowling alley he owned. Thirty years later, his son Harry was killed in front of the same home after returning home from the bowling alley he owned. Was it the same killer or an eerie coincidence? Who killed police officer Kevin Brame? What happened to Sharon Pretorius when she went out to collect money from her newspaper route and disappeared? Where is Erica Baker? Was George Phillip Gall really sacrificed in a ritual?

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The Miami Valley of Ohio has a rich but gruesome and bloody history. In Dayton, Christine Kett murdered her own daughter and confessed seventeen years later on her deathbed. William Fogwell of Beavercreek clung to life long enough to name his killer before he died. Joshua Monroe, a Yellow Springs man, killed his lover – also his sister-in-law – in a jealous rage. Reputed serial killer Oliver Crook Haugh was accused of murdering multiple women over several years, but he was ultimately convicted of killing “only” his family.
Every city has its odd and scary side, and Dayton is no exception. The ghost of Paul Sorg still sits in his favorite seat in the Sorg Opera House more than one hundred years after his death. The so-called phantom terrorized truck drivers crossing the Englewood Dam before disappearing for good. The famed Butter Street Monster roams Germantown. Magee Park is home to numerous bigfoot and ghost sightings – and even a unicorn sighting. A building of many names, the tower on Patterson Boulevard in Kettering near Hills and Dales Park has been the source of many stories for generations, but only now is its true story finally told.
The murder of Bessie Little and the trial of her murderer rocked Victorian Dayton. Believing herself to be pregnant and desperate to save her reputation, young Bessie tried to force her boyfriend, Albert Frantz, to marry her quickly. Instead, he took her out for a buggy ride, shot her twice in the head, and dumped her body in the river. When she was discovered, he tried to convince everyone that she committed suicide. The dramatic trial brought to light details of Bessie and Albert’s secret trysts, and Albert’s sanity became a point of contention.