Dorothy Goroshko Part 2: Mary Jane

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Last week, we shared Part 1 of Dorothy Goroshko's story. You learned about Dorothy's life from her sons, John and Rick. Rick and John's lives were never easy, not before their mother disappeared and not after. Despite Dorothy's faults, Rick wants to find her, and John believes he deserves an answer. They lost their mother at a critical time in their lives. Rick and John were still kids, left to wonder if their mother had simply chosen to abandon them or if something terrible had happened to her. Neither outcome made them feel any better about any of it. The boys also had to work to maintain a roof over their heads and put food on the table.

On June 4, 1975, Dorothy Goroshko left home to meet friends for drinks at The Penalty Box in Boston, MA. Dorothy's group of friends were known to frequent that bar in North Station. Dorothy's friends recalled that she was with them that evening, and they stayed until closing. They said their goodbyes, and no one was sure where Dorothy headed next. There were rumors about after-hours clubs in the area, but no one could confirm that she had been at any of those establishments that night. Could Dorothy have headed home and gotten into an accident? Could she have gone home with someone she met that night? Or could she have gone to meet someone afterward? In recent years, one person has told a story about seeing Dorothy late that night.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Dorothy Goroshko, please contact the Boston Police Department Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470. If you want to remain anonymous, please call 1-800-494-TIPS or text "TIP" to 27463.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:21.0	They were out drinking, and it was after a long night of drinking, they drove from North Station from the North End,
0:28.0	where she was last heated the penalty box. They drove from Boston to Brighton, where we lived,
0:34.0	got into a big fight, and he decides to walk home. This is such a wild story.
0:41.0	He decides to walk home from Brighton to Rosenthal, which is probably a seven mile distance.
0:48.0	So you're going to walk home seven miles after a night of drinking and hanging out at Greenham,
0:54.0	or whatever it is. Allegedly, he stated that the entire time that he was walking home,
1:02.0	she was following him in her car, trying to hit him, and he was jumping on the sidewalks,
1:09.0	and having to run across streets and intersections, and all these things, and about five miles later,
1:15.0	he allegedly claimed the only way he escaped was climbing the fence of the Abaritum, which is like a park in Boston.
1:25.0	On June 4, 1975, Dorothy Garoshko left home to go out for drinks with her friends at the penalty box in Boston, Massachusetts.
1:34.0	This was not out of the ordinary for Dorothy. Her group of friends were known to frequent that bar in North Station.
1:41.0	Dorothy's friends were called that she was with them that evening, and they stayed until closing.
1:46.0	They said they're goodbyes, and no one is certain where Dorothy headed next.
1:50.0	There were rumors about a couple of after-hours clubs in the area, but no one could confirm that she had been at any of those establishments that night.
1:58.0	Dorothy had headed home and gotten into an accident. Could she have gone home with someone she met that evening, or could she have gone to meet someone afterwards?
2:06.0	In recent years, one person has told a story about seeing Dorothy late that night.
2:11.0	I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 406 of The Vanished, part two of Dorothy Garoshko's story, Mary Jane.
2:36.0	Fuller.
2:43.0	Fuller.
2:50.0	Imagine you're walking down the street and you see someone famous. Really famous? What do you do?
2:59.0	But also, yes, stop and stare.
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