Participant Info

First Name
Elise
Last Name
Meyers Walker
Country
United States
State
OH Ohio
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
18th century, 19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Book History, Gender, Higher Ed, Libraries & Archives, Local & Regional, Museums, Public History, Women, Art