13: Who Took Johnny?

True Crime Obsessed

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 34.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Johnny Gosch was 12-years-old when he disappeared while on his paper route on September 5, 1982. There were FIVE witnesses, but the local police (and eventually FBI) declared there was no crime. Over the years, Johnny's parents never gave up hope that they would find him. This documentary tells the tale of the world's most ferocious mother, Noreen Gosch (who gives GREAT documentary), a horrendously managed investigation, a weirdo who might know where Johnny is, a possible sex ring (and we cannot even with that), and maybe (MAYBE!) a return by Johnny himself. This one's a doozy, you guys!

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0:33.3	this episode. They are hilarious.
0:40.0	Julian Pensavale. Patrick, hi. Hi, girl. Hey. What are we talking about today?
0:44.6	We're talking about who took Johnny and my table flipometer. It's pretty up there, you
0:50.6	guys. It's up there if I do say so myself.
0:55.0	Please contact us if you have our son. We'll work with your demands because we want him back.
1:03.2	There was no crime scene. He just vanished. My husband and I feel we must do what we
1:10.9	humanly can as his parents. There was a lot of fear. They didn't catch the perpetrator.
1:16.7	Something like this is going to happen again. But every time we found a clue, we ran into
1:22.4	a brick wall. And at that moment, when our eyes met, I knew I was going to hear exactly
1:29.2	what happened to my son that day. You have no idea what it's like to look for your missing
1:35.2	child. It is hell on earth. Sunday, September 5, approximately 6 a.m., 12-year-old John
1:42.2	Gosh had been delivering papers in this affluent neighborhood of West Des Moines. That was the
1:47.4	last time he was seen.
1:49.4	The parents believed the boy is alive and has been kidnapped.
1:52.9	Johnny, we love you. We're waiting for you to come home. We're doing everything in our
1:58.2	power to get you back. Take care, babe.
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