Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In 1973, mysterious communications from a young boy came over CB radios in the Southwest, leading to a massive search and rescue mission that generated far more questions than answers. For this episode, I tell American Hysteria Producer (and co-host of our subscribers-only podcast Hysteria Home Companion) Miranda Zickler about the dubious case now referred to as Lost Boy Larry and go through the tangle of strange new information I feverishly uncovered deep in the archives of newspapers.com. This episode is a shortened version of our subscribers-only podcast Hysteria Home Companion. Head to patreon.com/americanhysteria or subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠ to get access to Hysteria Home Companion as well as ad-free episodes. Producer and Editor: ⁠⁠Miranda Zickler⁠⁠ Associate Producer: ⁠⁠Riley Swedelius-Smith⁠⁠ Hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My favorite part about making the show is getting to do this kind of research.
0:08.7	It really does feel like a treasure hunt.
0:12.6	And sometimes you come across a Tammy and you say, Tammy.
0:16.6	Tammy.
0:16.9	Yeah. In 1973,
0:27.0	mysterious communications from a young boy
0:31.0	came over CB radios in the Southwest,
0:34.8	leading to a massive search and rescue mission that generated far more questions
0:40.4	than answers.
0:42.4	Miranda Zickler, our producer and my co-host for our subscribers-only show Hysteria Home Companion,
0:50.2	joins me as I explain the case, now referred to as Lost Boy Larry,
0:55.8	and go through the tangle of strange new information I feverishly uncovered deep in the archives of newspapers.com.
1:06.8	If you enjoy this episode, consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com slash American Hysteria or by subscribing on Apple Plus so you can get access to Hysteria Home Companion, where we tell you stories related to the topics we cover on the podcast.
1:26.5	I'm your host, Chelsea Weber-Smith, and this is American Hysteria.
1:36.5	Hello, dear listeners, we've got a really special treat.
1:40.6	Someone integral to the show, you know her, You love her. Our guest today, to follow
1:46.8	along with this story that has driven me mad is our dear producer, Miranda Zickler. Hello.
1:55.4	I'm so happy to have you here in the other room of our home together.
2:02.8	Looking at each other on video.
2:04.1	Yes.
2:11.9	I'm here to listen to everything you have to say about this mysterious story and the unraveling that you did to unravel it.
2:15.6	Well, you've been working next to me in our shared office as I chart this
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