Marc Hoover
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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.
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The Bessie Little homicide
In September 2015, the Ridge Avenue Bridge in Dayton, Ohio, had finally reopened. The bridge is also known as the Bessie Little Bridge. So who was Bessie Little? She was a young woman who allegedly became pregnant by a cruel man named Albert Frantz. Bessie wrote a letter to Frantz’s father stating Albert had impregnated her. Bessie asked Albert’s father to force his son to marry her. Unfortunately, someone murdered Bessie after she wrote the unsent letter.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Murder in a cemetery
Wouldn't it be nice if real life crime stories worked the way they do on television? Consider a show like Law and Order. It takes you from the crime scene to the prosecution and finally the conviction. Everything happens within an hour! And if you remove the commercials, law enforcement solves the crime even sooner!
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Ohio unsolved: Ericka Weems
Every time we speak to people, we automatically assume that we still have another hundred conversations left with them. As a way of ignoring our mortality, we tell ourselves we always have a lot of time left. The fundamental change of life says otherwise about the time we receive on this planet.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Brandon Embry: Left for dead
For any of you who enjoy true crime stories, I urge you to check out Still a Mystery on the ID channel. It features stories about people who died under mysterious circumstances. Last week, Discovery's Still a Mystery aired a segment called North Carolina Unsolved. The show featured two stories from North Carolina. I had the opportunity to share my thoughts about Brandon Embry's death. And none of my thoughts include suicide or thoughts of self-harm.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Jessica Masker: Have you seen me?
For several weeks, the disappearance of Gabby Petito took over the headlines. The story blanketed social media. Although many of us hoped for a safe return, it didn’t happen. Her boyfriend Brian Laundrie had murdered her. People will say at least Gabby’s family had closure because they had a body to bury.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Voices from beyond the grave
Several weeks ago, I had a conversation with “Jake.” He is investigating a homicide from nearly a decade ago. He is familiar with my strange stories about receiving visits from dead murder victims. I had shared a story with him about a murdered teenager from over a decade ago.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Unsolved in Ohio: George Gibson
Cincinnati, Ohio, has many unsolved murder cases resting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust. For the Catch my Killer podcast, I have spoken to family members of some of these victims. There was a high-profile homicide case in Cincinnati, Ohio that occurred on June 22, 2000. George Gibson, 47, a Procter and Gamble veterinarian pathologist was found murdered in his West Chester, Ohio home.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
The battle over Ellen Greenberg’s death certificate ruling
There is an old saying that justice is blind. And this is often true because our justice system is nowhere near perfection. But investigators, witnesses, prosecutors and jurors often make mistakes because of the human element. Last year, for the Catch my Killer podcast, I interviewed a heartbroken couple named Joshua and Sandra Greenberg. They are currently embroiled in a legal battle with Philadelphia officials over Ellen’s death.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Unsolved in Ohio: Alicia Jackson
On December 2, 2010, a busy Columbus, Ohio, mother named Alicia Jackson, 25, left work and drove to her babysitter’s house to pick up her two-year-old son Jeremiah. She then made a stop at a local store before driving home. After arriving home, she placed Jeremiah in his high chair, turned on cartoons and started making dinner. Meatloaf was on the menu for the evening.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Mildred Bolton: The first woman to escape Chicago’s electric chair
If you enjoy reading about classic crime stories, it’s certainly not too difficult to find some truly interesting characters. For instance, take convicted killer Mildred Bolton. If you don’t recognize the name, I can tell you she almost became the first Illinois woman ever executed in Chicago’s electric chair.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
The power of the media
Last week, I covered the media handling of murder victim Gabby Petito. And now, the press, social media, John Walsh, and Dog the Bounty Hunter have entered the fray. It seems like everyone on the planet wants to find Brian Laundrie, who is suspected of killing Gabby Petito—the young woman he professed to love. If you look at Facebook, he seems to be everywhere except in police custody. People everywhere are posting pictures of various bald Caucasian men from different parts of the country. Laundrie appears to be public enemy number one.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
Does ethnicity impact missing people cases and homicides?
During the past few weeks, social media blew up after a young woman named Gabby Petito, 22, vanished. Gabby and her fiancé Brian Laundrie left New York on July 2, 2021 to embark on a cross-country vacation in a van. The couple had known each other since high school. They covered their journey on social media. But things got strange after Laundrie arrived home without her.
By Marc Hoover4 years ago in Criminal
