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Apr 2018
1h 35m

Case 81: Brian Wells

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About this episode
Around midday on August 28 2003, 46-year-old delivery driver Brian Wells clocked in for his usual lunchtime shift at Mama Mia’s Pizzeria in Erie, Pennsylvania. At 1:30 PM, he was called to deliver two pizzas at an address at the end of a dirt road on Peach Street. 

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Researched and written by Gemma Harris

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