THE MYSTERY OF THE UNDERWOOD-OFFETT SCANDAL

In 1892, an Ohio newspaper published a horrifying story about a man who spent 4 years in prison, as a result of a false accusation of a violent sex crime.  But, did any aspect of the incident really happen?  Did the people in the story actually exist?         <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Mystery of the Underwood-Offett Scandal: The Cleveland Gazette, January 16, 1892. Wells, Ida B., The Red Record (book, 1895), at Chapter 6. Police Blotter and Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 1, 1850. === GUEST VOICES: The Mystery of the Underwood-Offett Scandal: Narrator - Samantha Thompson, free-lance voice performer. Police Blotter and Court News: Narrator - Mia Rorah⁠, free-lance voice performer. Police Blotter Title Voice - Andrea Hauwert, free-lance voice performer. Judge - Jerry Kokich, free-lance voice performer. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism Source- Charlie Chan, quote from Charlie Chan at the Racetrack (film, 1936). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org. ⁠⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten ⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jessica's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/HugKissxo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@xoxojessicaxoxo⁠⁠⁠