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20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Toledo History Box

20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Category: Crime

Buildings

The Lorraine Motor Hotel – updated!

Toledo History Box, June 7, 2017February 13, 2025

I started writing about the Lorraine Motor Hotel but somehow ended up at the Jefferson Avenue Circus.

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Crime

The Shotgun Lady

Toledo History Box, November 5, 2020November 14, 2020

The lost story of how a Middleton Township woman lost her life in 1972 after endless nights of harassment.

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Crime

The great Toledo cult dig

Toledo History Box, November 30, 2012October 18, 2015

For a few days in June, 1985, Spencer Township was firmly in the national media spotlight as the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department conducted a large-scale dig for evidence of a Satanic cult.

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Crime

Who’s up for a Harbor View Orgy?

Toledo History Box, May 30, 2012December 9, 2018

Hey, who wouldn’t be? But when police did nothing, residents turned to a Lucas County Probate Court judge to help break up the orgies – or more accurately, drinking parties – in Harbor View.

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Crime

Hoover leads arrest of Karpis associate

Toledo History Box, February 24, 2013February 24, 2013

J. Edgar Hoover himself came to Toledo to arrest Alvin Karpis confederate Harry Campbell.

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Crime

Robbery and murder at Sylvania Golf Club

Toledo History Box, May 9, 2011October 18, 2015

Insurance man John L. Parker was murdered at the Sylvania Golf Club’s 15th tee in 1933. The killer was eventually caught, but not after a bizarre turn of events.

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