May 6
The Detective, The Journalist, and the Killer: Suspects in the Circleville Case
In Circleville, Ohio, the mail once carried more than news or bills. It carried warnings. Beginning in 1976, residents started receiving anonymous letters written in heavy block capitals — accusations, threats, and promises of exposure. The first envelopes landed in the mailbox of Mary Gillispie, a local school bus driver, and inside was a message that would upend her life. Some accounts date her…