Episode 32: Maxwell Schollenberger

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

On May 26, 2020, police entered a Pennsylvania home and found the emaciated body of a 12-year-old boy in a bedroom with no light, only a bed for furniture, and every surface caked with feces. After a three-month investigation, Scott Schollenberger and Kimberly Maurer were arrested on murder charges, both accused of holding Scott’s son, Maxwell, in captivity for years with no light, no medical care, no schooling, and little access to food or water.
Many have wondered: why wasn’t Max’s biological mother involved in his life, and why hasn’t she spoken publicly about the years her son suffered in his father’s custody?
Max’s mother herself will answer those questions in this episode. She talked to me at length about what Max was like as a little boy, her experiences during and after her relationship with Scott, the myriad factors that caused her to become separated from her beloved son, and how she plans to keep Max's memory alive.
This is the heartbreaking story of Maxwell Schollenberger.
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0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
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0:31.8	of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.
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1:24.4	to the victims of child abuse,
1:25.8	and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents,
1:27.9	guardians and caretakers who silenced them.
1:30.8	I'm your host Lane, and this is episode 32, Max Scholenburger. On Monday, September 14,
1:37.0	2020, the announcement of the arrests of a couple living in Anville, Pennsylvania shocked and horrified the small tight-knit community.
1:45.6	No one outside the house at 30 South White Oak Street had any idea that for an untold length
1:50.3	of time a little boy had suffered unthinkable horrors inside the home while the
1:54.3	normal lives of those in his community and even his own family went on around him.
1:59.1	Although Maxwell Scholenburger was 12 years old he had never been enrolled in school, hadn't seen a
2:04.0	doctor in 10 years, and ultimately died in his own filth after years of being
2:08.2	confined in an unlit bedroom, starved and beaten. My guest on today's episode is Max's biological mother, Sarah, who was separated from her son for years while his father dodged her attempts to contact him and moved his family from place to place.
2:27.4	She has not yet made a public statement so this is the first time we'll hear Sarah's side of the story.
2:32.0	This is the unfathomably tragic story of Max Scholenburger.
2:33.4	My sources for this week were NBC4, Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Web
2:38.1	Portal, Penn Live Patriot News, Lebanon Daily News, Facebook, New York Post, W-G-A-L-8, Fox 43, The Pocono Record, Law and
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