124: Lola Celli

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Lola Celli in 1946 while she was visiting her parents in Ohio.

It’s 1946. Twenty-four year old Lola Celli is visiting her parents in Grandview Heights, Ohio when she decides to take a bus into Columbus to buy some nylons. But her neighbors don’t report seeing her on the morning bus nor is there any record of her making a purchase at the store she planned to visit. Is it possible that something happened to Lola in the two blocks between her parents’ home and the bus stop? Join us on Patreon ! Your support helps us continue to shine light on America’s missing and unidentified women. Flashlight level members also get access to additional content like Behind the Poem, a weekly conversation about the episode’s featured poem, and our monthly true crime/mystery book club. Our August 2024 selection is the Pulitzer Prize winning nonfiction book Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Christina Rivera Garza. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook . To buy Aimee’s book, Doe, it’s available now with University of Akron Press , at Bookshop.org , and Amazon .

People in this episode

Host: Jane

Topics covered

• missing persons
• true crime
• 1940s
• Ohio
• unidentified women

Keywords

• Lola Celli
• missing persons
• true crime
• Grandview Heights
• Columbus
• 1946
• unidentified women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Akron Press, Bookshop.org, Amazon

Books & works: Liliana’s Invincible Summer

Places: Grandview Heights, Ohio, Columbus

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