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TowerCity15 · 12-27-2001, 01:53 PM

Dose anyone have a web site or any kind of information about this case I would greatly appreciate it. But I'm looking for a web site, I am very intriuged by this case and I want to study it a little.

cookie1630 · 01-31-2004, 08:14 AM

me too.

UMfan77 · 01-31-2004, 09:02 AM

That story is very creepy. One man ends up dead and an innocent man ends up going to jail. Since this case happened many years ago, I'm not sure if the town of Circleville is still receiving letters, good luck finding something on the internet. Let us know if you find anything interesting.

ddelta · 01-31-2004, 07:48 PM

I vaguely remember this one...can someone fill me it?

cookie1630 · 01-31-2004, 08:59 PM

Circleville letter writer was a spooky case where the schools bus driver received a letter from the writer claiming he knew she was having an affair with a school board member and demanded her to stop this now and he also claimed he was watching her at home.She recived 2 letters from the writer and didnt tell her husband which makes me think there was something going on for sure anyways the husband then received a letter telling him his wife was having an affair and he should stop this from continuing.Ring any bells yet.

UMfan77 · 02-01-2004, 11:36 AM

I just had a idea for a possible suspect, maybe the letter writer was the wife of the school board member. Maybe the wife knew what was going on and sent all those letters to the school bus driver. What does everyone think about that?

cookie1630 · 02-01-2004, 06:42 PM

Not knowing the people involved the theory sonds possible but you would think the police would of done some investagating although it did sound the sherrif knew more then what he was giving away.

Rieder · 02-05-2004, 06:35 AM

I have searched the internet for a considerable amount of time and it seems there are no internet websites dedicated to or mention the circleville letters from the mid 1970s until the early 1980s. Searches have been conducted on large search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and an examination of Ohio newspapers and the Circleville Herald newspaper yielded no results.

In March 1976 Mary Gillispie received letters from an anonymous source demanding her to end an affair with a local school superintendent. Mary and her husband, Ron also received telephone calls from an anonymous source. Ron was found dead in his motor vehicle after informing the anonymous caller to end the telephone calls in August 1977.

In October 1983, Paul L. Freshour was found guilty of the murder of his former brother-in-law, Ron Gillispie. The evidence at the trial was based on Freshour's writing resembling the writing style of the letters sent to Mary Gillispie. He owned a pistol found in a crude road side booby trap. Freshour was released from Pickaway Correctional Institution in 1994. He was released because letters continued to be sent to Circleville residents during his incarceration and it was found that Sheriff Dwight Radcliff used inappropriate interrogative methods when questioning Freshour.

cookie1630 · 02-05-2004, 06:43 PM

thanks for the update mate

BLUEBELT01 · 07-14-2004, 07:15 PM

Do you think that this story will be on the DVD set of "Murders and Legends"?

Mystery-Lover · 07-20-2004, 11:30 AM

I hope this case is on the Bizarre Murders DVD Set. It deserves to be on it since it's so bizarre + it involves a murder= Bizarre Murders. Get it?

ddelta · 02-11-2005, 02:22 PM

I finally saw this case last night.

Some thoughts i had.

I really cannot understand why UM only had the guy on who obviously was framed here. Also i found it weird they did not have Ms. Hoffman or the Superintendent of schools that she was accused of having an affair with.

They also never spoke of who got all the other letters over the past 18 years..that was strange...i wonder if they have to do with the Hoffman family or our these just other townspeople.

Those two were definetly having an affair when she got the letters...i loved how they claimed that it only started afterwards...that is why i would not be shocked if it was the wife of the Superintendent.

There was too much unknown in this segment. THere seemed to be a whole other story that we did not know about. Mr. Hoffmann apparently knew who the caller was when he went out to get him. So he had to of known something......sorry something was not jiving in this whole story.

12-27-2001, 01:53 PM	#1
TowerCity15 Member Forum Cub Join Date: Dec 27, 2001 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 2	The Circleville Letter writer Dose anyone have a web site or any kind of information about this case I would greatly appreciate it. But I'm looking for a web site, I am very intriuged by this case and I want to study it a little.
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07-14-2004, 07:15 PM	#10
BLUEBELT01 Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Jul 14, 2004 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 3	Do you think that this story will be on the DVD set of "Murders and Legends"?
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07-20-2004, 11:30 AM	#11
Mystery-Lover Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 28, 2004 Posts: 72	I hope this case is on the Bizarre Murders DVD Set. It deserves to be on it since it's so bizarre + it involves a murder= Bizarre Murders. Get it?
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01-31-2004, 08:14 AM	#2
cookie1630 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 31, 2004 Location: victoria,australia Posts: 9	me too.

01-31-2004, 09:02 AM	#3
UMfan77 Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 1,064	That story is very creepy. One man ends up dead and an innocent man ends up going to jail. Since this case happened many years ago, I'm not sure if the town of Circleville is still receiving letters, good luck finding something on the internet. Let us know if you find anything interesting.

01-31-2004, 07:48 PM	#4
ddelta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 218	I vaguely remember this one...can someone fill me it?

01-31-2004, 08:59 PM	#5
cookie1630 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 31, 2004 Location: victoria,australia Posts: 9	Circleville letter writer was a spooky case where the schools bus driver received a letter from the writer claiming he knew she was having an affair with a school board member and demanded her to stop this now and he also claimed he was watching her at home.She recived 2 letters from the writer and didnt tell her husband which makes me think there was something going on for sure anyways the husband then received a letter telling him his wife was having an affair and he should stop this from continuing.Ring any bells yet.

02-01-2004, 11:36 AM	#6
UMfan77 Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 1,064	I just had a idea for a possible suspect, maybe the letter writer was the wife of the school board member. Maybe the wife knew what was going on and sent all those letters to the school bus driver. What does everyone think about that?

02-01-2004, 06:42 PM	#7
cookie1630 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 31, 2004 Location: victoria,australia Posts: 9	Not knowing the people involved the theory sonds possible but you would think the police would of done some investagating although it did sound the sherrif knew more then what he was giving away.

02-05-2004, 06:35 AM	#8
Rieder Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 24, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 83	I have searched the internet for a considerable amount of time and it seems there are no internet websites dedicated to or mention the circleville letters from the mid 1970s until the early 1980s. Searches have been conducted on large search engines, such as Google, Yahoo! and an examination of Ohio newspapers and the Circleville Herald newspaper yielded no results. In March 1976 Mary Gillispie received letters from an anonymous source demanding her to end an affair with a local school superintendent. Mary and her husband, Ron also received telephone calls from an anonymous source. Ron was found dead in his motor vehicle after informing the anonymous caller to end the telephone calls in August 1977. In October 1983, Paul L. Freshour was found guilty of the murder of his former brother-in-law, Ron Gillispie. The evidence at the trial was based on Freshour's writing resembling the writing style of the letters sent to Mary Gillispie. He owned a pistol found in a crude road side booby trap. Freshour was released from Pickaway Correctional Institution in 1994. He was released because letters continued to be sent to Circleville residents during his incarceration and it was found that Sheriff Dwight Radcliff used inappropriate interrogative methods when questioning Freshour.

02-05-2004, 06:43 PM	#9
cookie1630 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 31, 2004 Location: victoria,australia Posts: 9	thanks for the update mate

02-11-2005, 02:22 PM	#12
ddelta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 218	I finally saw this case last night. Some thoughts i had. I really cannot understand why UM only had the guy on who obviously was framed here. Also i found it weird they did not have Ms. Hoffman or the Superintendent of schools that she was accused of having an affair with. They also never spoke of who got all the other letters over the past 18 years..that was strange...i wonder if they have to do with the Hoffman family or our these just other townspeople. Those two were definetly having an affair when she got the letters...i loved how they claimed that it only started afterwards...that is why i would not be shocked if it was the wife of the Superintendent. There was too much unknown in this segment. THere seemed to be a whole other story that we did not know about. Mr. Hoffmann apparently knew who the caller was when he went out to get him. So he had to of known something......sorry something was not jiving in this whole story.