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 […]

04/05/2025

Remembering Shiloh on the 163rd Anniversary. "I was worse scared than I was at Shiloh"

The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Shiloh, a biblical phrase meaning 'place of peace', ironically beca...

03/30/2025

It's a rare day when Captain Darrell visits me here in Toledo, but we both a good reason to meet up after Darrell arranged an interview with Keith Baker, Whe...

03/23/2025

The Conclusion...

The grand finale conclusion to my 3-part series with Master/Captain Mike Capser, Fleet Captain for the Oglebay Norton Company and 3rd Mate on the ill-fated E...

03/13/2025

Things you never knew about the Edmund Fitzgerald...till now

The more I learn about the fate of the Edmund Fitzgerald the more I realize it wasn't just one thing that sank the mighty ore carrier in Lake Superior on Nov...

03/06/2025

Part 1...enjoy!

Welcome to my new series with 94-year-old Captain Mike Capser, who worked in the wheelhouse of the Edmund Fitzgerald under Captains Peter Pulcer and Ernest M...

03/02/2025

Part 4...

Captain Darrell Walton asks the important question; how many crewmen of the Edmund Fitzgerald were World War II veterans?...as his Uncle Grant, who went down...