Beautiful Sunday Podcast

Episode 6 - Mini Mysteries File:006 | The Case That Wrote Itself: The Circleville Letter-Writer

Kristin Hermosillo & Seleena Dominguez Season 1 Episode 6

✉️ A letter appears. Then another. Then hundreds.

This week’s Mini Mystery takes us to Circleville, Ohio, where in 1976 a small-town scandal erupted into one of the strangest unsolved cases in U.S. history.

Kristin & Seleena follow the trail of the anonymous Circleville Letter-Writer — a mysterious figure who sent thousands of threatening letters over two decades, implicated a school scandal, and possibly caused a man’s death.

The letters didn’t stop. Not even after someone was arrested. Not even when he was in solitary.

Was this a lone vigilante seeking justice? A clever frame job? Or something darker?

🎙️ File:006 – The Case That Wrote Itself is now open.

🕵️‍♀️ Plus: a mystery mini-game — can you solve the sabotage?

 

In This Episode:

·       The 1976 arrival of the first Circleville letter

·       The mysterious death of Ron Gillespie after a cryptic phone call

·       Dozens of residents targeted with graphic threats

·       A murder attempt using a booby-trapped sign and a gun

·       The arrest and trial of Paul Freshour — and why many think he was framed

·       The letters that kept coming, even after he was locked up

·       A classic Beautiful Sunday game: Solve the Sabotage 🕵️‍♂️

 

⏱️ Episode Chapters:

·       00:00 – Welcome to Mini Mysteries

·       01:00 – The First Letter Arrives

·       05:33 – The Mysterious Death of Ron Gillespie

·       09:05 – A Gun in a Box: Attempted Murder

·       13:32 – The Trial of Paul Freshour

·       17:15 – Letters from Solitary

·       20:40 – Mini Mystery Game: “Solve the Sabotage”

 

🔗 

Resources & References

·       CBS News – The Circleville Letters

·       Crime Junkie Podcast – Circleville Letters

·       All That’s Interesting – The Circleville Letter Writer

·       Medium – The Eerie Case of the Circleville Letters

·       Interview with Martin Yant