History Mystery Man

05/16/2026

Still one of my all-time favorite Month of May racing stories...

By Don Radebaugh — Nothing ever tore through the heart and soul of North Vernon, […]

05/04/2026

Information Needed! Anyone out there have any information and/or photos of the old Bryan Motor Speedway in Bryan, Ohio? Or....know someone who does? Thanks!

08/11/2025

History Mystery Man in American Gothic…Eldon, Iowa…population barely 900. The famous painting sold for $300 bucks in 1930. Little could the artist have known that it would be worth 10s of millions today. What an interesting day…can’t wait to show you the video.

08/08/2025

Spent some time Thursday with the King Steve Kinser at the Knoxville Nationals…interview coming soon to History Mystery Man.

05/22/2025

Day 1 of the 89th running of the Daryl Jervis Dance recital in the books from the Stranahan Theater in Toledo. One more to go tonight. What a great group of tappers.

05/04/2025

On this day, May 4, 1970...lest we forget.

On Monday, May 4, 1970 at 12:24 p.m., the Ohio National Guard open-fired on unarmed […]

04/21/2025

On this day, April 21, 1910, Mark Twain went to meet his maker with Halley's Comet blazing in the sky...“I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt, Now here are these two unaccountable freaks. They came in together; they must go out together.”

By Don Radebaugh — Halley’s Comet is visible in the sky about every 75 years […]

04/19/2025

Part 1 of New Series with Captain Darrell Walton...

Once the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald grabs ahold, it never lets go, according to Captain Darrell Walton, whose Uncle Grant Walton lost of his life on the ...

04/10/2025

I've been wanting to clarify some of my thoughts about the Edmund Fitzgerald, specifically regarding hatch clamps, warped hatch covers and the ongoing questi...

04/09/2025

On this day, April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia, ending America's Civil War...

It must have been quite a moment when Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant and […]