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A Christmas Eve Kidnapping – Podcast #130

Published on December 20, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local grocer were taken prisoner by a second thug. A shootout between the bandit and the boy's father then followed.

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