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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 165 - The Ohio Strangler - Part 2 of 2

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Previously in Part 1 of the Ohio Strangler case, you heard the harrowing story of Jane. A woman who barely escaped being kidnapped, raped, and tortured at the hands of a local drifter named Shawn Grate in Ashland, Ohio.

In the end, police found and raided the abandoned house she was being held captive. A house turned torture chamber.

But if detectives thought this is where the story would end they were sorely mistaken.

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Research
& Writing:
Nicole Colin & Katherine Thomas - Epigram Literary Group

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

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Transcript

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1:00.0

Previously, in part one of the Ohio Strangler case, you heard the heroine's story of Jane, a woman who barely escaped being kidnapped, raped and tortured.

1:15.0

At the hands of a local drifter named Sean Gray in Ashland, Ohio, miraculously Jane was able to free herself and call 911,

1:25.0

a learning authorities to her life and death situation.

1:29.0

In the end, police found and raided the abandoned house she was being held captive in.

1:34.0

A house turned torture chamber.

1:37.0

After rescuing Jane, authorities were able to arrest Sean, preventing a murder and saving Jane's life.

1:44.0

But if detectives thought this was where the story would end, they were sorely mistaken when the remains of two unknown victims were also found in the house.

1:54.0

Join me now for the horrifying conclusion of the Ohio Strangler case, where you'll learn how Sean greats arrest for his crimes against Jane was only the beginning of a story that started long before authorities could have ever imagined.

2:12.0

Around 3pm on March 10th, 2007, a man was picking up scrap metal along a remote stretch of rural road in Marion County, Ohio.

2:28.0

The highway ran along fields that by June would be thick with corn and soybeans, but in March it was bare dirt, ready to be tilled and sewed with seeds.

2:39.0

As the man explored the brush beyond the road, he came across a startling discovery, a human skull.

2:47.0

The rest of the skeletal remains would be discovered once authorities arrived.

2:52.0

Eventually would be determined that the bones belonged to a white woman with brown hair between the ages of 18 and 22.

3:00.0

But that's all they were able to determine.

3:03.0

A compass's sketch would later be released, but there were no leads.

3:07.0

The woman's DNA and dental records didn't correspond with anyone in the missing person's databases.

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