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This week on True Crime Tuesday, we’re heading to a small town in Ohio where something as simple as a letter turned into years of fear, accusations, and unanswered questions.
Starting in the 1970s, residents of Circleville began receiving anonymous letters exposing personal secrets, accusing people of affairs, and threatening to reveal even more.
What started as harassment quickly escalated into something much more serious… including a suspicious death and a booby-trapped sign meant to harm its target.
Someone was watching.
Someone knew the secrets.
And decades later, we still don’t know exactly who it was.
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Sources & References
• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin “The Circleville Letters”
• Pickaway County historical records & local news archives
• The Circleville Writer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Circleville Letters by Paul Freshour
• Associated Press archives on the Circleville case
• Ohio court records related to Paul Freshour’s trial
• Various true crime research compilations and case summaries