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Apr 2021
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Episode 33: On the Way to Dinner

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On August 28th, 2000, Danny Stewart got on the subway to meet his boyfriend Pete Mercurio for dinner in New York City. As he was exiting the station, he noticed something on the ground. It looked like a baby doll wrapped in a shirt. And then he saw the doll's legs move.

Pete Mercurio's book is Our Subway Baby.

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