Category: True Crime

In the early hours of March 11th, 1879, a fire alarm rang out on the north side of Marion. On North West Street (now North Prospect Street) the house belonging to John Aronhalt, a prominent local businessman, was on fire. Neighbors, some hoping to help and others simply curious, rushed to the scene. According to […]

Please note: An expanded version of this story, including an interview with a neighborhood resident who believes Susan Bartee’s spirit may have taken up occasional residence at his house, is in our book Haunted Marion, Ohio. Willow Street is a quiet, tree-lined side-street just off of Presidential Drive. The houses are so nicely kept and unassuming that one […]