EP125: Little Boy Blue

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Eve 1985, in Chester, Nebraska the body of a child was found abandoned in a field, wearing only blue sleeper pajamas. The community of Chester was overwhelmed with concern for the child, and he was nicknamed “Little Boy Blue”. It took a couple of years, and only after a story was published in “Reader’s Digest” in 1987, that Little Boy Blue’s true identity became known. He belonged to an Amish family. A full investigation into the boy's father, Eli Stutzman, would reveal the first known Amish serial killer.

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Sources:
1) "Abandoned Prayers: An Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession, and Amish Secrets by Gregg Olsen
2) The Cinemaholic: Is Eli Stutzman Dead or Alive? How Did the Amish Serial Killer Die?
3) The Durango Herald: 30 years later two Durango murders remain unsolved
4) Ranker: The Amish Serial Killer Was Anything but Provincial

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya, and I'm Tlaia. advised.
0:12.8	Hi everyone, I'm Tanya.
0:14.3	And I'm T Leah.
0:15.4	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. I'm going to be. Hi Talya, Hi Tanya, how are you? Today's a great day.
0:40.6	Awesome, and I'd like to welcome everyone else back. Welcome. Thanks for
0:45.4	listening this week. Thanks for being here, Tanya. You too, Talya. Thanks. I
0:49.7	couldn't do this
0:55.0	because it's a big love in right now.
0:56.0	It's because it's Friday. I know I'm ready for this week to be over.
0:58.0	Anyway.
1:00.0	You got some true crime for me or what? I do.
1:02.0	Perfect. And before I start the story, I would just like to remind everyone to please subscribe or follow on whatever app you're listening to. And with that, on Christmas Eve 1985, Chuck Cleveland needed a haircut that just couldn't wait.
1:17.0	On Christmas Eve?
1:18.0	On Christmas Eve.
1:19.0	He lived in Chester, Nebraska, which was about 12 miles south of Hebron, which is where the closest barber shop was.
1:27.0	Before he left, Chuck grabbed his shotgun and put it in the gun rack on his Ford pickup.
1:32.0	Absolutely. That's what you've got to do when you're getting your hair cut.
1:35.6	Well, he brought it because he planned to hunt pheasant in the long stretches of untouched prairie
1:41.6	fields as he headed to Hebron in the hopes of adding a bird or two to the Christmas feast.
1:47.0	It were different times.
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