On February 16, 1959, authorities arrived at the home of George Reeves at 1579 Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles with his fiancee Leonore Lemmon. Reeves was dead with a bullet hole in head. His body was naked and sprawled on the bed. The coroner ruled his death a suicide, but was it? Many people think he was murdered. A suicide doesn't seem logical based on all the evidence associated with this story. Listen to this episode and come to your own conclusion about the late actor. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On April 14, 1865, an actor named John Wilkes Booth executed President Abraham Lincoln as he sat in a theater with his wife. Booth met swift justice in a burning barn after a Union soldier shot and killed him. The investigation into Lincoln’s assassination resembled an octopus and its tentacles because the assassination involved several people. Although Lincoln's wife Mary and their four sons suffered a horrific loss, there were others who also suffered from the assassination.
They were Mary Surratt, who was hanged; Thomas "Boston" Corbett, who killed Booth, and Henry Rathbone who was stabbed by Booth after trying to stop Booth from escaping. Lincoln's assassination led to nothing but tragedy for Surratt, Corbett, and Rathbone. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On December 29, 1876, the night was frigid and dark. The Lakeshore and Michigan Southern train had left Erie, Pennsylvania. The snow fell heavily in Ashtabula, which is in the northeastern section of Ohio. Winds blowing more than 50 mph and 20 inches of snow were punishing Ashtabula. Four days after Christmas, 159 passengers had settled in a for a peaceful train ride without incident. Celebrity gospel singer Philip Bliss and his wife were also aboard. At 7:30 p.m., disaster struck. While crossing the Ashtabula Bridge in heavy snow, the tracks buckled. The train plunged nearly 80 feet into the river. The wrecked train exploded and shattered the silence in nearby Ashtabula. Residents heard the loud explosion which sent rescuers and looters to the scene. They walked into an inferno. This true story has ghosts, murder, negligence and much heartbreak. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

George and Imogene Remus appeared to be a couple with everything. They had a big home and millions of dollars in the bank. George was an attorney who made his millions selling illegal liquor during Prohibition. He would eventually end up in prison for two years. While incarcerated, Imogene invited a former FBI agent into her bed. The new couple plotted to kill George. Before Imogene could divorce George, he killed her in Cincinnati's Eden Park. Although Imogene has been dead for more than 90 years, her ghost still haunts the area where she was murdered. Learn more about the Remus love triangle on this episode. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

From the moment we leave the safety of our mother's womb until we close our eyes for the last time, we spend our lives worrying about when it will end. Generations of family, friends and co-workers have all passed on from this life. But why do graveyards and seeing a loved one speak his or her final words terrify us? Death is life's ultimate mystery. The Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord. But Hinduism, believes in reincarnation. Or does everything end for us the moment we take our final breath? So what's the truth? We have come no closer to unlocking death's secrets than people who lived centuries ago. When life is coming to an end, there are people in Japan who travel to a beautiful forest known as a "great place to die." The only thing we truly know about death is that it will eventually happen. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html