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Jun 2020
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E205: Arthur “Buddy” Schumacher Pt. 2

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After eight-year-old Buddy Schumacher went missing in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in the summer of 1925, his dead body was found beaten and gagged in the woods. Many suspected the local vagrants—but the investigation went through multiple suspects, and even a couple confessions, only to be left wide open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ ... Show More
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