112. The Mysterious Case of the Circleville, Ohio Letters
04/25/22 • 45 min
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In the summer of 1976 Circleville, Ohio residents were being stalked and sent bizarre letters to their homes. Not only did the author of the letters unveil their darkest secrets, they were threatening their jobs and lives, too. This mystery has haunted a small community for decades. Will we ever know for certain who was behind the letters, signs, a possible homicide and an attempted murder? What are your thoughts on this baffling case?
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Sources for this episode:
Paul Freshour's blog:
https://circlevilleletters.wordpress.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio
https://www.wtrf.com/news/ohio-headlines/anonymous-letters-threaten-to-expose-an-ohio-towns-rumored-secrets/
https://olliecruz2018.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/the-circleville-letters/
https://ohionewstime.com/who-wrote-a-threatening-letter-in-circleville-decades-ago/241223/
https://conspiracytheories.in/the-circleville-letters-1976/
https://listverse.com/2020/08/16/top-10-strange-facts-about-the-circleville-writer/
https://truecrimetimesblog.medium.com/the-poison-pen-who-wrote-the-circleville-letters-440a302d09ad
https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/p16802coll35/id/183458/
https://www.parentsformeganslaw.org/longberry-david-franklin/
https://www.factinate.com/editorial/circleville-letters/
https://the-line-up.com/circleville-letter-writer
https://www.newser.com/story/310320/circleville-ohio-was-terrorized-by-a-letter-writer.html
https://ladycultblog.com/2021/04/19/the-circleville-writer/
https://www.ranker.com/list/circleville-letter-writer-facts/jacob-shelton
https://www.filmdaddy.com/archives/circleville-writer
https://thecasualcriminalist.com/podcasts/the-circleville-letters/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fand...
In the summer of 1976 Circleville, Ohio residents were being stalked and sent bizarre letters to their homes. Not only did the author of the letters unveil their darkest secrets, they were threatening their jobs and lives, too. This mystery has haunted a small community for decades. Will we ever know for certain who was behind the letters, signs, a possible homicide and an attempted murder? What are your thoughts on this baffling case?
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Sources for this episode:
Paul Freshour's blog:
https://circlevilleletters.wordpress.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio
https://www.wtrf.com/news/ohio-headlines/anonymous-letters-threaten-to-expose-an-ohio-towns-rumored-secrets/
https://olliecruz2018.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/the-circleville-letters/
https://ohionewstime.com/who-wrote-a-threatening-letter-in-circleville-decades-ago/241223/
https://conspiracytheories.in/the-circleville-letters-1976/
https://listverse.com/2020/08/16/top-10-strange-facts-about-the-circleville-writer/
https://truecrimetimesblog.medium.com/the-poison-pen-who-wrote-the-circleville-letters-440a302d09ad
https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/p16802coll35/id/183458/
https://www.parentsformeganslaw.org/longberry-david-franklin/
https://www.factinate.com/editorial/circleville-letters/
https://the-line-up.com/circleville-letter-writer
https://www.newser.com/story/310320/circleville-ohio-was-terrorized-by-a-letter-writer.html
https://ladycultblog.com/2021/04/19/the-circleville-writer/
https://www.ranker.com/list/circleville-letter-writer-facts/jacob-shelton
https://www.filmdaddy.com/archives/circleville-writer
https://thecasualcriminalist.com/podcasts/the-circleville-letters/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fand...
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https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/when-is-it-self-defense-and-when-is-it-manslaughter-40325
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/self-defense-or-murder
https://lawofselfdefense.com/law_case/florida-v-law-559-so-2d-187-fl-supreme-court-1989/
https://www.husseinandwebber.com/case-work/criminal-defense-articles/self-defense-florida/
https://www.findlaw.com/state/florida-law/florida-self-defense-laws.html
https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9781848880443/BP000006.xml
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178914000305?via%3Dihub
PDF Download: file:///C:/Users/Paige/Downloads/1-s2.0-S1359178914000305-main.pdf
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/46699141/j.1440-1800.2005.00258.x20160622-24847-1dr5bdj-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1649116931&Signature=HDgE4U2gV9Efrq0TkR2k-drf0SpffPrlg6cbNmTahoK8DNGYjBaMOyAGXUgi~j3sQwOAL6Cg44BPolY45E6I8pUzxl239P4R9NauDFWN63ae6sdO-3U1-depzps2O-6Ett-WICvogEiVbn2PcbRHNe46ajaVp6b1emwemxuG9XUWUnxjrTtiY7kFrnkMs3qhe~t1~hhBllOeQYPj4YZt5Ec6eRY3dNHbklY9sOT3tnxA6eub40HOznz3AMrEZ8n84wGSVcPrtpcOuenndshDUGFrVoTRfplFif9W4hjmpWDE0JKza5yLx5efkhWxRm~PSV~gj8BSvTcFeAc746AXFg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.afa1976.org/resource/collection/BE790C86-9389-45C7-A4EC-85BC326E59F3/Walter_February2020.pdf
https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/meet-tyria-moore-10-facts-about-aileen-wuornoss-girlfriend
https://anthurium.miami.edu/articles/10.33596/anth.381/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15932102/
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/shocking-moments-aileen-wuornos-murder-trial
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=dignity
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1719879/wuornos-v-state/
https://casetext.com/case/wuornos-v-state-2/?PHONE_NUMBER_...
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SOURCES:
https://www.courttv.com/title/20-fl-v-wuornos-defendant-aileen-wuornos/
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/when-is-it-self-defense-and-when-is-it-manslaughter-40325
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/self-defense-or-murder
https://lawofselfdefense.com/law_case/florida-v-law-559-so-2d-187-fl-supreme-court-1989/
https://www.husseinandwebber.com/case-work/criminal-defense-articles/self-defense-florida/
https://www.findlaw.com/state/florida-law/florida-self-defense-laws.html
https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9781848880443/BP000006.xml
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178914000305?via%3Dihub
PDF Download: file:///C:/Users/Paige/Downloads/1-s2.0-S1359178914000305-main.pdf
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/46699141/j.1440-1800.2005.00258.x20160622-24847-1dr5bdj-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1649116931&Signature=HDgE4U2gV9Efrq0TkR2k-drf0SpffPrlg6cbNmTahoK8DNGYjBaMOyAGXUgi~j3sQwOAL6Cg44BPolY45E6I8pUzxl239P4R9NauDFWN63ae6sdO-3U1-depzps2O-6Ett-WICvogEiVbn2PcbRHNe46ajaVp6b1emwemxuG9XUWUnxjrTtiY7kFrnkMs3qhe~t1~hhBllOeQYPj4YZt5Ec6eRY3dNHbklY9sOT3tnxA6eub40HOznz3AMrEZ8n84wGSVcPrtpcOuenndshDUGFrVoTRfplFif9W4hjmpWDE0JKza5yLx5efkhWxRm~PSV~gj8BSvTcFeAc746AXFg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.afa1976.org/resource/collection/BE790C86-9389-45C7-A4EC-85BC326E59F3/Walter_February2020.pdf
https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/meet-tyria-moore-10-facts-about-aileen-wuornoss-girlfriend
https://anthurium.miami.edu/articles/10.33596/anth.381/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15932102/
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