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Return of Pinball; Boddie Records; Treasure Hunter Mystery

The game of pinball has seen its ups and downs. Once video games arrived on the scene, many thought pinball machines would end up on the scrap heap of history. But thanks to a group of passionate pinball players the game is making a comeback.

As the Motown sound made its way across the county in the 60s, right here in Cleveland Thomas Boddie was making lots and lots of music at his home on Union Avenue on the east side of Cleveland. He wasn't a musician; he never sang a note in his life, but for nearly forty years Thom Boddie helped aspiring singers and musicians chase after their dreams of one day having a hit record.

In 1961, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller went missing in Guinea while in search of art for his family’s museum and would never be seen again. Journalist Carl Hoffman tells us how he solved one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century.

Louise Boddie

Journalist, Carl Hoffman