The Skeleton Key Chronicles

11 hours ago

Seventy-three years ago tonight, Ronald Henry Tammen, Jr. disappeared without a trace. It's an enduring local mystery here in southwest Ohio and especially at Miami University where Ron was a thriving college student residing at Fisher Hall. By all appearances he seemed like a studious sophomore of the time, involved in clubs and organizations around campus, belonged to Delta Tau Delta fraternity and was a member of the school's wrestling team.

What is known about his activities on the evening of his disappearance is relatively minimal. Based on a timeline, we know it was around 8:00pm on Sunday night, April 19, 1953, when Tammen left his dorm room at Fisher Hall to retrieve clean bedsheets from the Hall manager as someone had put a dead fish in his bed. Tammen returned to his room with the sheets to study for his psychology class. That would be the last time he was seen alive.

It was 10:30 p.m. that same night when Tammen's roommate returned to find Tammen's psychology book laying open on his desk and all the room lights on. The roommate didn't think much of it, assuming that Tammen had decided to spend the night in the Delta Tau Delta house. It wasn't until the following day when Tammen never showed up that his roommate became worried and a search for the missing student commenced.

To this day, Ronald Tammen's fate is unknown. There were alleged sightings after his disappearance. One witness claimed Tammen came to her home, dazed and confused on the morning of April 20th looking for directions to the closest bus stop. In 1973, Dr. Garrett Boone who was also the Butler County Coroner recalled that Tammen had visited his office, seeking a blood test, five months to the day before his disappearance. The Coroner even had records of the visit and said in his 35 years of practice, Ronald Tammen was the only person to visit his office to make such a request. When Fisher Hall was demolished in 1978, searches of the rubble were conducted, but no signs of Tammen or his remains were ever found. … See MoreSee Less

The Skeleton Key Chronicles

15 hours ago

In a strange coincidence, a Titanic exhibit at the Volo Museum in Illinois flooded overnight on April 15th, the exact anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1912.

Even weirder, the source of the water is still unknown, as the building sits on high ground and nothing obvious inside was causing it after storms moved through the area. This is the second flooding issue since the exhibit opened a few years ago, it would be an odd detail any time of year, but happening on that date is kind of mind blowing.

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The Skeleton Key Chronicles

19 hours ago

In March of 1999, a cleanup crew in Chattanooga found the remains of an adult woman in the brush along Cannon Avenue while excavating near Interstate 24. She had no identification and there was no clear indication of who she was or where she came from.

At the time, investigators were unable to match her to any missing persons reports in the Chattanooga or Hamilton County area, leaving very little to go on.
Over the years, the case has been revisited as new tools became available.

Now a facial reconstruction created by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is offering up a clearer picture of what she may have looked like, though her age and physical details remain estimates.

There’s still uncertainty around timing, with some records suggesting she may have been there for a few weeks, while others indicate it could have been longer. Additionally she was close to Interstate 24 between the North and South Rossville Boulevard exits, which could open the possibility that the victim may not be from the Chattanooga/Hamilton County area.

More than two decades later, she has never been identified.
Investigators are once again asking if anyone recognizes the updated reconstruction or remembers someone who disappeared around that time.

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