Cincinnati has its own longstanding secrets, and you might have some clues to unlock them. Think back, see if you can explain the secrecy behind:

Tito Carinci

        Disappearing act: The status of Tito Carinci, former Xavier University football star, Newport nightlife figure and convicted heroin dealer, who disappeared from 1979 to 1981, then spent five years in prison on a 20-year sentence. He was released in 1986 and vanished again.

        Unrecovered loot: The availability of $55,000 stashed in the Tristate and sought by the FBI in December 1982. Four agents, a retired Chicago police officer and an accused embezzler died when their plane plowed into Sheppard's Bookstore in Montgomery. The money was never found.

        Unresolved murder: The whereabouts of Carrie Culberson, of Blanchester, who disappeared in 1996. Her boyfriend, Vincent Doan, of Blanchester, was convicted of kidnapping and murdering her, but no body has been found.

Carmen Electra

        Disappearing love: What Carmen Electra (the former Tara Patrick, of White Oak and Princeton High School) got from basketball star Dennis Rodman, and what he got from her. They were married in 1998 and stayed that way for five months. Terms of their parting were never revealed.

        Missing child: The disappearance of Erica Baker, 9, of Kettering, who never came home from a walk with her dog in February 1999.

        Money bags: The unidentified financier for Bill DeWitt's purchase of the Reds from the Powell Crosley family in 1960.

        Commonwealth support: The two nameless girls from Covington who influenced musician Paul Simon so significantly he mentioned them — generically — at his induction last month into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland.

        Internet identity: Despite the frequency of 14-year-old Internet girls turning out to be 46-year-old policemen, the secret of computer monitoring seems to be safe from sexual predators. Witness the arrest and conviction in 2000 of radio personality Jim Fox for soliciting sex on the internet.

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