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Women have often been held to a different standard than men in society. Specifically looking at the Victorian era, women were expected to be silent, keep up their appearance, set themselves up to be doting wives and raise a family. Any other aspirations were quashed, and any woman who didn’t fit in was seen as potentially mentally ill.

Even with these restrictions, many women found their way into workplaces and other realms of society typically deemed ‘men only’. As the 19th century was drawing to a close, the calls for equal rights and equal treatment were growing louder, and despite pushback, things like voting rights for women were only a couple decades away.

But it wasn’t just voting and working where women weren’t seen as equals, it was also understood that women weren’t as inclined as men to commit crimes. There was the occasional crime of passion, and a few women murderers, but these were seen as nothing more than sporadic events. Violent crimes aside, financial crimes like embezzlement were something no woman could ever do.

At least that was the mindset of many in 1897, when a woman in Boston would make headlines like no one had ever seen.

Welcome to season 2 of The Long Way Home. I’m your host, Josh “Bearheart” Hawk. In this episode we’re digging into a story lost to time. It’s a tale you won’t find anywhere else, and it’s one that caught my eye for the mystery and intrigue usually found only in the pages of novels.

So buckle your seatbelt and lean back as we take a drive down dusty back roads and open freeways. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

You can pick up copies of my books now on Amazon!

On The Long Way Home, Josh "Bearheart" Hawk shares stories from his life, love and past as well as Legends and Tales you can get lost in. Each episode is a drive. Sometimes, the road is covered in dirt and gravel, with clouds of dust kicking up in the rearview mirror. Others, it's a long stretch of highway fading off into the distance.

No matter what lies under the tires, the road ahead is full of promise. You might wind up in a different time zone, or even a different time altogether. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is made so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

My website: https://www.joshbearheartlegendsandtales.com/

Buy my books on Amazon or on the website!
The Journal - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXMX81G5
Legends and Tales - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL3RCD3
GPS Signal Lost - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY7TGMM2

You can find me over on Patreon, where you’ll get access to exclusive benefits and be the first to hear about upcoming projects: https://www.patreon.com/joshbearheart

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In an old cemetery between Bellefontaine and Indian Lake, Ohio there is a very old grave marker that sticks out from the rest. It isn’t much different from the other obelisks that shadow the places where those who once stood among the living now rest, save an inscription on its side that reads:

“Was murdered near Lewistown Reservoir. There the wicked cease from troubling and the weary be at rest. Job 3:17”

Encountering this stone for the first time, one might wonder what could have happened to this poor soul that drove those left behind to mark the incident in such a way. Most stones just contain a name, some dates and perhaps a quote of some verse or poem, but how many label that the deceased was murdered?

Walking around, the name Sarah Alice Laughlin is engraved on the south-facing side along with the date of Sept. 22, 1875 and her age – just 16 years old.

Who was she? Who murdered her? It was these questions that drove me to spend the summer and fall of 2016 diving into history. The answers would shock me as I uncovered them, and the whole experience would light a fire inside me for discovering lost history.

Welcome to season 2 of The Long Way Home. I’m your host, Josh “Bearheart” Hawk. In this episode we’re digging into a story lost to time, barely remembered outside the walls of a county historical society. This was the tale that started me on the path I’m still walking nearly a decade later, and I’m excited to share the history and the process of uncovering it with you.

So buckle your seatbelt and lean back as we take a drive down dusty back roads and open freeways. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

You can pick up copies of my books now on Amazon!

On The Long Way Home, Josh "Bearheart" Hawk shares stories from his life, love and past as well as Legends and Tales you can get lost in. Each episode is a drive. Sometimes, the road is covered in dirt and gravel, with clouds of dust kicking up in the rearview mirror. Others, it's a long stretch of highway fading off into the distance.

No matter what lies under the tires, the road ahead is full of promise. You might wind up in a different time zone, or even a different time altogether. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is made so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

My website: https://www.joshbearheartlegendsandtales.com/

Buy my books on Amazon or on the website!
The Journal - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXMX81G5
Legends and Tales - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL3RCD3
GPS Signal Lost - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY7TGMM2

You can find me over on Patreon, where you’ll get access to exclusive benefits and be the first to hear about upcoming projects: https://www.patreon.com/joshbearheart

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The wind howls along a lonely stretch of railroad. Snow drifts line the track, the product of snowstorms that have been hammering the area known as the midwest snow belt for weeks on end. It’s just after Christmas and the number 5 train is making its way down the line, the double engines leading the way slowly but surely.

The train, with its nearly 160 passengers, was due in Cleveland nearly 2 hours ago, but the weather hasn’t let up and the blizzard is making travel nearly impossible. Some of the passengers have been talking about the possibility of the train getting stuck, but the driver of the lead engine, The Socrates, is determined to make it to their destination.

As they approach the small burg of Ashtabula, Ohio, a lone bridge stands between them and the station. It’s a newer structure, having only been built 11 years prior, and even with the snow there’s no reason to think the crossing would be anything but routine as the front wheels of the locomotive inch onto the steel frame.

Within minutes, a loud crash and the frantic blowing of a train whistle is heard throughout the surrounding hills. No one knows it yet, but this night will be etched in history and remembered for centuries for what has just happened.

Welcome to season 2 of The Long Way Home. I’m your host, Josh “Bearheart” Hawk. In this episode we’re digging into a terrible tragedy that happened nearly a century and a half ago in the small town of Ashtabula, Ohio. I covered the story first on YouTube as part of my Legends and Tales series, and now I want to go beyond what happened and talk about a few of the people involved.

So buckle your seatbelt and lean back as we take a drive down dusty back roads and open freeways. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

You can pick up copies of my books now on Amazon!

On The Long Way Home, Josh "Bearheart" Hawk shares stories from his life, love and past as well as Legends and Tales you can get lost in. Each episode is a drive. Sometimes, the road is covered in dirt and gravel, with clouds of dust kicking up in the rearview mirror. Others, it's a long stretch of highway fading off into the distance.

No matter what lies under the tires, the road ahead is full of promise. You might wind up in a different time zone, or even a different time altogether. The destination isn’t really important, it’s all about the journey, and the journey is made so much better when you take The Long Way Home.

My website: https://www.joshbearheartlegendsandtales.com/

Buy my books on Amazon or on the website!
The Journal - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXMX81G5
Legends and Tales - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL3RCD3
GPS Signal Lost - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY7TGMM2

You can find me over on Patreon, where you’ll get access to exclusive benefits and be the first to hear about upcoming projects: https://www.patreon.com/joshbearheart