Glenn Schwartz stands before 80,000 people and he knows what’s coming next. It’s Saturday December 28, 1968, and the first day of the Miami Pop Festival is in full swing. The ads promise three days of “Beautiful Music”, and for…[Continue Reading...]
TEXAS COUNTY, OH - During a preliminary trial, two defendants who are alleged members of the anti-government group known as "God's Misfits," and have been accused of murdering two Kansas women in 2024, shared testimony of the murders. Paul Grice,…[Continue Reading...]
TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story was initially published by the Toledo Free Press, a media partner of WTOL 11. You can find the original here. Cons, confusion and—in one case—connections to a cult are among the reasons Toledo-area…[Continue Reading...]
The Ohio city that became a flashpoint of the immigration debate during the 2024 presidential election after Donald Trump amplified false rumors of Haitian immigrants “eating the pets” is suing a neo-Nazi group for unleashing a “campaign of hate and…[Continue Reading...]
This story has been updated. An ex-member requested her name be redacted from this story for fear of retaliation from the church. The Enquirer has removed her name. Samantha Hall felt her mental health hit an all-time low in 2017.…[Continue Reading...]
CLEVELAND — In 1998, Laura Cowan and her kids were held captive inside a garage with no running water, heat or a bathroom in California after being manipulated into marrying a child abuser and polygamist named Mansa Musa Muhummed. “When…[Continue Reading...]
January 2025 marks 35 years since the gruesome discovery of the bodies of a family of five from under a local barn. The case, known as the Kirtland Cult Killings, was the worst mass murder in the history of Lake…[Continue Reading...]
KIRTLAND, Ohio — January 2025 marks 35 years since the gruesome discovery of the bodies of a family of five from under a local barn. The case, known as the Kirtland Cult Killings, was the worst mass murder in the…[Continue Reading...]
Ohio officials have denounced a small contingent of neo-Nazis who paraded Saturday afternoon through a Columbus neighborhood – waving flags featuring swastikas and shouting a racist slur – in the latest public demonstration by White nationalists in recent years across…[Continue Reading...]
A popular podcast series has released new episodes about Dwell, formerly known as Xenos Christian Fellowship, the Columbus-centered non-denominational evangelical church. Dwell has been the subject of extensive reporting by The Dispatch and other media outlets, with many former members…[Continue Reading...]
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