Participant Info

First Name
Elise
Last Name
Meyers Walker
Country
United States
State
35
Affiliation
Author and Speaker
Website URL
https://www.explodingstove.com/
Keywords
Ohio, True Crime, Prisons, Lazarus, Kahiki, Tiki, Coal Mining, Black Hand, Columbus State Community College, Lynching, Mob Violence, Organized Crime, Women, Murder
Availability
Media Contact
Additional Contact Information
I can be reached through Arcadia Publishing/The History Press, Twitter, or my website (www.explodingstove.com).
PhD
other credentials

Personal Info

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About Me

I am the author of ten published history books, and have appeared as an “expert” on the Investigation Discovery shows “Deadly Women” (11:11, “In the Family II”), and “Tabloid” (1:2, “Devils in Disguise”), as well as WOSU’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher,” and “Columbus Neighborhoods.”

I am a former board member of the Columbus Historical Society, and the Ted Lewis Museum.

Recent Publications
  • Lynching and Mob Violence in Ohio, 1772-1938 (2018)
  • Ohio’s Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America (2018)
  • Carrying Coal to Columbus: Mining in the Hocking Valley  (2017)
  • Wicked Columbus, Ohio (2015)
  • Kahiki Supper Club: A Polynesian Paradise in Columbus  (2014)
  • Inside the Ohio Penitentiary (2013)
  • Columbus State Community College: An Informal History (2013)
  • Look to Lazarus: The Big Store (2011)
  • Historic Columbus Crimes: Mama’s in the Furnace, the Thing & More (2010)
  • Central Ohio’s Historic Prisons (2009)
Media Coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVAPi_TaHhc
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Expertise by Topic
Book History, Gender, Higher Ed, Libraries & Archives, Local & Regional, Museums, Public History, Women, Art