Ep. 158 - The Boy in the Box

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In February 1957, a man walking through the woods of the Fox Chase area outside Philadelphia made a gruesome discovery. It was the body of a little boy, who had been badly beaten and discarded inside a cardboard box. More than six decades later, the identity of the little boy and who murdered him, remains a mystery. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/05/15/who-is-the-boy-in-the-box-part-one/ https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/real-time/the-boy-in-the-box-1957-DNA-philadelphia.html https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/the-box-in-the-box https://the-line-up.com/boy-in-the-box-case https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/us/01boy.html Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Loss by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4003-loss License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	In 1681, King Charles II granted a large piece of land in North America to William Penn,
0:47.0	an English writer and member of the Religious Society of Friends.
0:52.0	Better known as the Quakers.
0:55.0	King Charles did this in order to square a debt he owed to Penn's father.
1:00.0	Upon receiving this deed, Pan immediately set sail to the New World to claim its prize.
1:06.0	Which soon became known as Penn's Woods, or, as we more commonly know it today, Pennsylvania.
1:14.0	William Penn was also responsible for founding the city of Philadelphia,
1:18.0	which, back in the early 1700s, became a vital commercial and port city.
1:23.0	That stood in direct competition in Boston and New York.
1:27.0	In 1705, an inn was opened in Northeastern Philly that catered to a combination of fur traders, trappers and wealthy expatriates from England.
1:36.0	Many of these wealthy 1%ers liked to hunt foxes in the woods surrounding the area.
1:41.0	In an attempt to recapture some of life's little pleasures they missed back home.
1:45.0	Thus, the inn became known as the Fox Chase Inn.
1:49.0	And from there, so did the surrounding area forever after become known as Fox Chase.
1:54.0	For many decades, the Fox Chase area remained a retreat for the wealthiest members of society.
2:00.0	When railroad tracks were laid down in 1876, this only made it easier for Philadelphia's aristocrats to make the commute to the country.
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