The five people decided that Paul would write the David Longberry a letter of their own. Paul’s sister was also informed of the existence of the letters, but no one else knew what was happening. Mary and Ron Gillispie asked Ron’s sister and her husband, Karen and Paul Freshour, for help. Mary had previously rejected David romantically and he still acted resentfully toward her. If not, I will broadcast it on CBs, posters, signs, and billboards, until the truth comes out.” An example of one of the Circleville letters.įrom the beginning, Mary had a suspicion a fellow bus driver named David Longberry was the letter writer. Make her admit the truth and inform the school board. One of Ron’s letters read: “Gillispie, you have had 2 weeks and done nothing. Another letter said the writer would Kill Ron unless Ron told the school board about the affair. Later, Mary’s husband Ron Gillispie also received a letter saying Mary was in danger if he could not stop her affair. The letter writer said they were “watching” Mary’s house and her children and told her to stop the affair. At the time, Mary said the affair never took place. The first letter recipient was Mary Gillispie, a local bus driver who was accused in several letters of having an affair with local school superintendent Gordon Massie. The letters were postmarked from Columbus, Ohio. Many of these letters were about the recipients private sex lives. It started in 1976 when people in Circleville began receiving letters that contained information about their personal lives. The identity of the Circleville writer is one of the most bizarre mysteries in true crime history. It was a very analog Gossip Girl, but with divorce, murder and false imprisonment. In the late 70s someone started terrorizing the small town of Circleville, Ohio by spreading gossip and revealing the townspeople’s sexual secrets through the mail.

Poison Pen by Mary Towne