Marc Hoover
Bio
Marc Hoover is a Hooper award winning columnist for the Clermont Sun newspaper in Ohio. Contact him at [email protected]. Marc also has a podcast called Catch my Killer.
Stories (159/0)
How DNA captured its first monster
Lynda Mann was an attractive 15-year-old English teenager who lived in Narborough, a village near Leicester, with her step-father, mother and her older sister Susan. Lynda also performed well in school and enjoyed studying different foreign languages. On November 21, 1983, she had lined up a babysitting job to earn some extra money. Her parents expected her to return home after 6 p.m.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
A boy named Steven
If you talk to any parent about their worst fears, I can almost guarantee child abduction will be one of them. Unfortunately, our society has countless pedophiles and adults who have done unspeakable horrors to children. My county has a website that registers addresses and photographs of local sexual predators.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The man who loved his mother to death
It’s probably not a stretch to suggest that most people love their mothers. They are the tender women who wipe away tears, put band aids on our scraped knees, and listen to us grumble about our troubles. However, John “Jack” Gilbert Graham didn’t love his mother. He was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1932.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
Somewhere in the Twilight Zone
For five seasons, host Rod Serling appeared in living rooms across the land with an extraordinary tale from the Twilight Zone. If you’re too young to recall this classic show, do yourself a favor and watch it on Hulu or Netflix. The show had many actors who would become Hollywood legends. For instance, Robert Redford, Dennis Hopper, Carol Burnett, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Burgess Meredith all visited the Twilight Zone.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The disappearance of Henry Louis Baltimore Jr.
For many teenagers, transitioning from high school to college or trade school is a rite of passage. While attending high school, most teenagers don’t know what they want to do after high school. Besides, there are many options. Some will join the military while others will enter the workforce immediately. But there are those who know exactly what they want to do after high school graduation. Henry Louis Baltimore Jr. wanted to be in a marching band and then become a social worker. His goals were noble and admirable.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
Leave no witnesses alive
The American public regarded the 60s as our most divisive decade. Young people expressed themselves unlike anything ever witnessed in past decades. Americans opposed the Vietnam War, fought for civil rights and watched a man walk on the moon. Although Cincinnati was the birthplace of Charles Manson, there are other heinous criminals and crimes associated with Cincinnati. For example, the Cincinnati Strangler prowled the Queen City around the time when someone murdered the Bricca family. Today, authorities still don’t know who killed the Briccas.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The unusual deaths of Mary Morris and Mary Morris
For over five years, I have written about many different crimes and strange stories. This week’s story is about one of the more unusual unsolved murder cases I can remember. It involves the deaths of two different women with the same name.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
Innocence lost
On June 26, 1937, sisters Melba Marie Everett, Madeline Everett and a friend named Jeanette Stephens were playing at Centinela Park in Inglewood, California. The three girls were all under ten. Although there were many people at the park on that Saturday, something horrific would happen. The girls approached a pool attendant and asked for a rope because a man named “Eddie the sailor” wanted to show them a rope trick. He also showed the girls he could bend his hands behind his wrists.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh
Every year, people vanish for numerous reasons. It could be to escape a dreadful home life or for sinister reasons. For instance, it’s estimated that 600,000 Americans vanish annually. Meanwhile, in England, about 180,000 people vanish every year.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The unusual death of Agneta Westlund
Sweden isn’t typically known for homicides or considered a dangerous place to live. So when a murder occurs, you can almost guarantee it’s going to get much publicity. For instance, take the strange case of Agneta and Ingemar Westlund, a couple who lived in the village of Loftahammar in Sweden. One day in September 2008, Agneta took her dog for a walk in the woods as she normally did. Unfortunately, she never returned. Afterward, Ingemar went out to find his wife. He found her battered body in the woods.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
The lonely hearts killers
Most of us are too busy to pursue a possible love interest. So where do singles go for romance? If all the television and radio commercials about online dating are accurate, then you know romance is merely a click away. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of dating sites. You can even find sites that cater to farmers, gay couples, active people, and vampire lovers.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal
Missing: Rachel Trlica, Lisa Wilson and Julie Moseley
On December 23, 1974, a married teenager named Rachel Trlica, 17, and her friend Lisa Wilson, 14, had planned a shopping trip. The Fort Worth, Texas, teenagers first stopped at a local store to get some items out of layaway. Julie Moseley, a nine-year-old neighbor who knew Wilson, asked if she could go. The teenagers told Julie to ask her parents for permission. Julie’s mother allowed her to go to the mall with Lisa and Rachel.
By Marc Hoover3 years ago in Criminal