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Apr 2017
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E40: Boy in The Box

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In 1957, the corpse of a child was found in a box in Pennsylvania. Who was this boy? Where were his parents? How did he end up in the box? Carter and Wenndy investigate the baffling case of “America’s Unknown Child.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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