Dr. Mark L. Mirabello, 69, of Portsmouth, author and a Professor Emeritus of History at Shawnee State University, died Sunday, November 24, 2024 at SOMC. He was born May 6, 1955 in Toledo, OH, to the late Paul and Regina (Baranski) Mirabello.
Mark is survived by his two beautiful daughters, Claire and Violet Mirabello, a sister, Paula Sheroian (Don), three nieces, Jennifer Greca (Leo), Stacey Treanor (Brendon), and Ashley Oliker (Joe), a nephew, Brad Sheroian (Kathy), eight great-nephews, and numerous friends and colleagues that will all miss him.
Mark received his BA, History, 1977, University of Toledo, his MA, History, 1979, University of Virginia, and finally his Ph.D., History, 1988, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Professionally, has served as a visiting professor of history at Nizhny Novgorod University in Russia. Mark’s area of expertise is the “outlaw” history on the “frontiers and margins” of human civilization. He lectures on Alternative Religions and Cults, Secret Societies, Terrorism and Crime, “Banned Books,” Afterlife Concepts in World History, Fascist Europe and Nazi Germany, Myths and Legends, Intellectual History, and other subjects.
His publications deal with the supernatural (A Traveler’s Guide to the Afterlife: Traditions and Beliefs on Death, Dying, and What Lies Beyond, The Odin Brotherhood and The Crimes of Jehovah), the unnatural (The Cannibal Within), and the natural (Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws).
Mirabello’s current project is a new book on “Secret Societies and Conspiracies.”
Some of his works have been translated in to Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Mirabello has appeared on the History Channel, discussing “deadly cults” in the series called Ancient Aliens (and in America’s Book of Secrets), and he has appeared with Professor Noam Chomsky in M.A. Littler’s maverick film on freedom, The Kingdom of Survival.
Mirabello was a featured guest for an hour-long interview on afterlife concepts on Open Minds. The show, hosted by Regina Meredith, appears on the Gaia Television Network.
Mirabello has been a featured guest on several syndicated radio programs and podcasts, including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, The Conspiracy Show with Richard Syrett, Beyond Reality Radio with Jason Hawes, Darkness Radio with Dave Schrader, Tha Talks with Paul Obertelli and David Parry, The Farkas Files with David Farkas, and most recently, The Nancy Grace Podcast, and many others.
Graveside services will be 11:30 A.M. Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth. Melcher Hammer Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.