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[DALLASTEXAN!!]

Originally Posted by schmave

My guess, if it was in fact filmed along 71, was somewhere between the bridge over the Little Miami River and the Lebanon exits. While that segment plays fast and loose with Ohio geography, including calling Licking and Medina counties "nearby" each other and saying Austintown is 150 miles north of Columbus when it's closer to 200 miles northeast, that is my best guess when it comes to the Warren County portion.

it's been so long since I've been out there. I was last there in 2019 and I drove the stretch of 71 that is in question. I remember seeing similar feed type towers that they show in the segment, but couldn't honestly tell you if I saw those on 71 or 75 or perhaps somewhere else. I think I saw the truckomat before, I think on IH 70 in Licking county.

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by schmave

My guess, if it was in fact filmed along 71, was somewhere between the bridge over the Little Miami River and the Lebanon exits. While that segment plays fast and loose with Ohio geography, including calling Licking and Medina counties "nearby" each other and saying Austintown is 150 miles north of Columbus when it's closer to 200 miles northeast, that is my best guess when it comes to the Warren County portion.

I can't speak to years ago, however.. I can tell you that here in upstate SC we have the Southern Connector that was built around 2000 and technically is an I-185 Toll Road.

It was a rather large CF, the company that built it almost immediately went bankrupt because while their studies which asked people if this road existed would they use it, the response was overwhelmingly yes.. The didn't ask if they would PAY to use it.. Which, the answer was a resounding NO

The state took over the road, and it's still a toll road, and the toll is like $5.00 to drive the 14 miles or so of it.

You watch youtube, it shows up in about every video of "Worthless interstates"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inters...South_Carolina)

Anyway.. To help bring in funds, every so often they shut the entire highway down for a few days to allow filming on the road. The Cinemax show Banshee is one of them that did it. That show is set in Pennsylvania

So.. While UM did more location filming.. If it were done today.. There's no telling where they might film at. Not too many places will allow a road to be closed for filming.

[schmave]

Originally Posted by DALLASTEXAN!!

it's been so long since I've been out there. I was last there in 2019 and I drove the stretch of 71 that is in question. I remember seeing similar feed type towers that they show in the segment, but couldn't honestly tell you if I saw those on 71 or 75 or perhaps somewhere else. I think I saw the truckomat before, I think on IH 70 in Licking county.

I am close to 100 percent certain the Licking County portion was filmed at that actual exit, Ohio 37 off I-70 (Exit 126). The geography just fits too perfectly. Some of the buildings in the background are still there and, outside of some upgrades to the truck stops on either side of 70, the exit still looks a lot like it did then. That's about 15 miles east of where I live, and both my dad and I used to take that exit when we had jobs in the Newark area.
My job, coincidentally, was writing for the Newark newspaper, a clip from which is included in this segment. I currently work for The Columbus Dispatch, where Michael Berens worked. He left the paper many years ago however.

[Dogface82]

I was living in Fayetteville NC within walking distance of the Pub when Debbie Wolfe died under mysterious circumstances. I was very familiar with her cabin's location from hunting in the area since the late 1970s. In fact I tried to rent or buy the property several times from July or August 1984 until spring 1986. It was a nice, peaceful little place tucked away in the pine forest east of Ft Bragg's Simmons Army Airfield. The last time I was there in the late 1990s it was boarded up and dysmal. Due to some unbelievable disconnects I was not aware Debbie lived there or was found dead in the pond until October 2023.

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

Originally Posted by schmave

I am close to 100 percent certain the Licking County portion was filmed at that actual exit, Ohio 37 off I-70 (Exit 126). The geography just fits too perfectly. Some of the buildings in the background are still there and, outside of some upgrades to the truck stops on either side of 70, the exit still looks a lot like it did then. That's about 15 miles east of where I live, and both my dad and I used to take that exit when we had jobs in the Newark area.
My job, coincidentally, was writing for the Newark newspaper, a clip from which is included in this segment. I currently work for The Columbus Dispatch, where Michael Berens worked. He left the paper many years ago however.

oh ok that is close to the area and you know it well. I first drove through there about 16 years ago on IH 70. I think I even saw the bright lit truckomat sign. not sure if it is still there, but it looked very familiar when I saw the segment as if it was a place that I stopped at or saw from the side of the freeway.

That's neat that you work at the Columbus dispatch. You might already be aware that one of the posters on here or maybe a couple of them have made contact with Michael Berens over the years regarding the segment.

[StarshineRose]

I live about a half hour away from Frederick, MD where Tracey Kirkpatrick was murdered and have gone there many times.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by StarshineRose

I live about a half hour away from Frederick, MD where Tracey Kirkpatrick was murdered and have gone there many times.

Same here, although I've only been to the shopping center where she was murdered once on our way back from a vacation in West Virginia.

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

I'm still waiting for the Spanish monk to appear at my back door. haven't seen him yet. If I ever move away from here, assuming that I stay in Texas, it would probably be in the Chianti Mountains area. The state is building a state natural area in that location. It would be interesting to sit at the top of those mountains at night and look down into Marfa and the other areas in Big Bend. The dark skies are amazing there, just like the gentleman mentions in the Marfa lights segment.

[bigted12]

I don't live in NY now, but i was born and grew up there, I dated a girl for a while who lived in Rector Place, this is where Sneha Philip lived before she went missing. I didn't know about the case at the time, when i found out i got really interested in it.