History Hidden in Plain Sight
Why are there tunnels beneath downtown Toledo? Who buried fifteen pints of nitroglycerin in a city park? How did the Titanic expose the secrets of a Toledo filmmaker. And why is the Commodore Perry Hotel missing a tower?
Join us for a lively presentation by Tedd Long based on his forthcoming book, The Toledo Files: 101 Mysteries, Secrets, and Stories of the Glass City. Tedd investigates the questions, legends, and curious details hiding behind Toledo’s familiar places. Admission is free. Click here for all the details.
Did you know the first successful test of dispatching police vehicles by radio happened in Toledo in 1921? 
Aviator Paul Rinaldo Redfern was trying to make history as the first pilot ever to fly nonstop from North America to South America. 
Written by Lou Hebert, the true life story behind one of the biggest Post Office robberies in history. And, it happened in Toledo. 
His life offers an insight into the lives and experiences of Blacks in Toledo at the turn of the century. 
London Mitchell's podcast interview with Barbara Floyd on her in-depth book on the history of the University of Toledo. 
Here is the story of a man they called Toledo's "radio wizard" written by Lou Hebert.