Johnny Gosch: Part 1

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

An entrepreneurial 12-year-old wanted to earn money to buy a dirt bike, so he started delivering newspapers. On Sunday, September 5, 1982, Johnny Gosch loaded up his red wagon with copies of the Des Moines Register and set off on his early-morning route. Johnny was usually accompanied by his father, but this morning, he only had his dog with him. The people on his route all knew Johnny and his family, so when they hadn’t gotten their Sunday paper, some customers started calling the Gosch home. Johnny’s father went out to find his son, but instead of the 12-year-old, he only found the red wagon and his dog. Now, nearly 40 years later, this case has bred multiple conspiracy theories going up to the top levels of U.S. government, and has left people still passionately debating what happened to Johnny Gosh.Find us everywhere: linktr.ee/attwgpodSupport us on Patreon: patreon.com/attwgpodFor a full list of sources, please visit our blog: andthentheyweregone.com/blogSources:John David Gosch – The Charley Projecthttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/33653808/the-des-moines-register/Johnny Gosch: An Iowa kidnapping that helped change the nationhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DooxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iaUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4588,4164919&dq=johnny+gosch&hl=enhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=14328790&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjMzNjgxMzk0MiwiaWF0IjoxNjM3NTMzMjg3LCJleHAiOjE2Mzc2MTk2ODd9.xQTJthcoKIfJBOFI2Ujr18SCTLBM6NeXdlgq1k5Qc7Ihttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/27523101/frank-sykora-guilty-plea/John and Noreen Gosch displayed the message written on...Clipping from The Des Moines RegisterThe Twisted Unsolved Tale of the Johnny Gosch Disappearance, Part 3: A Terrifying Trail of Bread…https://web.archive.org/web/20050305100428/http://www.dmregistInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/attwgpod)

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0:00.0	An entrepreneurial 12-year-old wanted to earn money to buy a dirt bike, so he started delivering
0:07.8	newspapers. On Sunday, September 5, 1982, Johnny Gosch loaded up his red wagon with copies of the
0:15.2	Des Moines Register and set off on his early morning route. Johnny was usually accompanied by his father,
0:21.9	but this morning he only had his dog with him.
0:24.6	The people on his route all knew Johnny and his family,
0:27.0	so when they hadn't gotten their Sunday paper
0:29.1	by around 7 a.m., some customers started calling the gosh home.
0:34.0	Johnny's father went out to find his son,
0:36.2	but instead of the 12-year-old, he found only the red wagon and the family dog.
0:42.3	Now, nearly 40 years later, the case has become infamous and has spread multiple conspiracy theories going up to the top levels of U.S. government,
0:51.3	and has left people still passionately debating what happened
0:56.2	to Johnny Gosh. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not-knowing.
1:02.7	I want to tell you the stories of those who never came home. I want to tell you the story of
1:07.2	Johnny Gosh. I'm Conan Gallagher. And I'm Ethan Flick. And this is, and then they were gone. Welcome back, everyone for everyone. Welcome back, everyone.
1:45.5	Welcome back.
1:46.7	All right.
1:47.3	Thank you for joining us once again.
1:49.4	This one is quite a doozy.
1:53.0	The Johnny Gosh case has been the subject of multiple books, documentaries, podcasts, blogs, message board threads, everything. We've had sightings, we've had
2:03.7	conspiracy theories, I mean, just all of it. And unsurprisingly, I know nothing about this.
2:11.4	Yeah, unsurprisingly. So this is going to be a two-part episode, but not only is it going to be a two-part episode,
2:19.4	it's going to be our two-part season two-part finale.
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