📫 The Letters That Terrorized a Small Ohio Town

Plus: 😢 After Eight Years, This Columbus Fav Will Serve Its Final Meal

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Chelsea Wiley
October 31, 2025

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Hello, Friday! Chelsea here.

Happy Halloween, Columbus! If you love a good mystery, this one’s for you. Today, we’re heading about 30 miles south of Columbus to Circleville , a town best known for pumpkins, not plot twists. But back in the 1970s, something strange started showing up in mailboxes that would change the town forever. Anonymous letters. Local secrets. A mystery that keeps enthralling. It’s the perfect Ohio story for spooky season.

Navigator Feature Story: 📫 The Letters That Terrorized a Small Ohio Town

😢 Columbus Favorite Watershed Kitchen & Bar Announces Closure
After eight years of unforgettable meals and cocktails, Watershed Kitchen & Bar will close its doors on November 8. The distillery isn’t going anywhere, though, and it seems changes are on the horizon in 2026.

🤩 Ohio's Largest Caverns Are Absolutely Magical
Looking for a little underground adventure? Ohio Caverns is just an hour from Columbus and packed with stunning rock formations, colorful tunnels, and year-round 54° temps.

Headlines 📰 

🥪 Ohio leaders announced a plan to provide up to $25 million in emergency funding to help families affected by the loss of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, including $7 million for food banks and $18 million in direct relief for more than 63,000 low-income residents. (WOSU)

👏 Dublin’s Black Dog Pizzeria was crowned the winner of “America’s Best Garlic Knots” at the first-ever Pizza Expo Columbus 2025, thanks to what they call “an insane amount of butter.” (Columbus Monthly)

👶 Child care workers are struggling to afford the very care they provide, and a new bill, House Bill 484, could help change that. Supporters say making child care more accessible for these workers is key to keeping families working and Ohio’s economy moving. (Ohio Capital Journal)

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👻 Wishing you a fun, spooky (not scary) Halloween, Columbus! I hope you’ve got fun plans with people that make you happy. See you back here on Monday!

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- Chelsea