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In the Shadow of Zoar: The 1947 Murder of John Myers, Part Two

AI generated image meant to depict the tavern in Zoar where John Myers was murdered in 1947, 2025. (Source: Microsoft Designer)

The events of the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 1947 left one man dead in a ditch beside a tavern in Zoar, Ohio. The timeline presented below is based on newspaper accounts from witnesses and officials. Click here to read part one. On the cold evening of November 19, 1947 John Myers, a railroad employeeContinue reading “In the Shadow of Zoar: The 1947 Murder of John Myers, Part Two”

In the Shadow of Zoar: The 1947 Murder of John Myers, Part One

AI generated image of a scene outside a rural, roadside tavern based on details from the Myers murder case, 2024.

From a life of hard labor to a mysterious death outside a quiet tavern, the story of John Myers unravels a forgotten Tuscarawas County tragedy. John Russell Lee Myers (1892-1947), who occasionally went by the name Russell or Lee, was born in Pine Grove, West Virginia in 1892. His father, William H. Myers (1861-?), wasContinue reading “In the Shadow of Zoar: The 1947 Murder of John Myers, Part One”