They Had Dirt on the ENTIRE Town | Circleville Letters

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This episode of Things I Learned Last Night is about the mysterious Circleville Letters that terrorized the small town of Circleville, Ohio, starting in the 1970s. The letters contained damaging information and threats and were sent to hundreds of residents over nearly 20 years. The first recipient was the local high school superintendent Gordon Massie, who received a letter accusing him of having affairs with bus drivers. More letters followed, threatening exposure of affairs, abuse, or obstruction of the local sheriff. One letter led resident Ron Gillespie to his death in a car crash after he raced off with a gun following a threatening call. Ron's brother-in-law, Paul Freshour, was accused and convicted after police matched his gun to a booby-trapped sign left for bus driver Mary Gillespie. However, letters continued even while Paul was in prison, leading many to doubt his guilt. Theories point to Paul's ex-wife, the sheriff, or others, but the true identity of "The Circleville Writer" remains unknown. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Episode link: https://tilln.com/circlevilleletters Want to Support TILLN: https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast Listen to the Watcher of 657 blvd: https://tilln.com/season-4/the-watcher-of-657-blvd-this-will-creep-you-out/ Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Advertise with us: https://bit.ly/3FdZirY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.8	Hey, welcome to things I learned last night.
1:05.9	This is an educational comedy podcast where every week Tim teaches me something.
1:08.5	And we laugh a lot about stuff. So, you know, if you're like, oh, I want just a straight
1:11.2	educational video, this is not it. This is the one. This is straight. Please follow through. So straight
1:16.8	lace. This week's episode is about the Circleville letters and a town in Ohio who just keeps, like a bunch
1:23.1	people keep receiving letters that's kind of alluding to all of the dirt and the secrets in their
1:28.5	lives and threatening to expose them all. So we explore the theories of who it was and what happened
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