It is not intended for children.

It is not intended for children.

Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon A Crime.

If you're new to the podcast, welcome.

Each month I begin a new true crime topic or theme and share one case per

episode that connects to that theme this month I'll tell you stories of people who went

missing and were feared dead. But months or even years later, they miraculously

reappeared. While this may seem like a happy ending, there's a twist in each of these stories.

Was the person who returned actually the missing person or

an imposter? This first chapter in the series, Familiar Strangers, will be split into two parts.

In this first part, you'll hear the story of the disappearance of Walter Collins

and the boy who later claimed to be him, even with much evidence to the contrary.

In part two, all detail how the... even with much evidence to the contrary.

In part two, all detail how the real Walter Collins

may have fell victim to a predatory serial killer.

This is familiar strangers,

the disappearance of Walter Collins. Christine Collins first marriage was short-lived. In the brief time they were together she didn't even know her

husband's true legal name. But by the time her marriage had all but ended she

had given birth to a son who was the true love of her life.

Christine Ida Dunn in 1888.

She was a native of Los Angeles, California,

and it was there that she met Walter Collins.

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