Lost Boys of Bucks County // 321

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In July of 2017, four young men from a small Pennsylvania farming town mysteriously vanished in the span of just one week. It was soon uncovered that they had all fallen victim to murder, but were they connected? Police would soon find out. These are the stories Jimi Patrick, Dean Finocchiaro, Thomas Meo, and Mark Sturgis. Also known as The Lost Boys of Bucks County. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Dean's Obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/levittown-pa/dean-finocchiaro-11156214 2. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/517345829/?terms=dean%20finocchiaro 3. Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/sean-kratz-murder-trial-no-verdict-bucks-county-cosmo-dinardo-20191113.html 4. USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/16/sean-kratz-convicted-pennsylvania-farm-deaths-near-philadelphia/4214043002/ 5. Philadelphia Magazine: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/02/25/cosmo-dinardo/ 6. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/bucks-county-pennsylvania-murders-cosmo-dinardo-.html 7. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/missing-men-bucks-county-philadelphia.html 8. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/bucks-county-pennsylvania-murders-cosmo-dinardo-.html 9. Jimi's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/jimi-patrick-obituary?id=9355912 10. Tom's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/batesville/name/thomas-meo-obituary?id=6817926 11. The Lost Boys of Bucks County: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12573452/ 12. Mark's Obituary: https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/mark-sturgis-obituary?id=16950176 13. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/us/sean-kratz-cosmo-dinardo-bucks-county.html 14. Whyy.org: https://whyy.org/articles/kratz-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-after-bucks-da-takes-death-penalty-off-the-table/#:~:text=With%20the%20death%20penalty%20off,the%20impact%20of%20Kratz's%20actions. 15. Philly Burbs: https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/05/5-years-later-a-look-back-at-disappearance-murder-of-4-men-in-bucks/65356774007/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on True Crime fans? I'm your host Teez. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.5	Hello everybody. Big thank you to Crystal for recommending this case. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this one before.
0:28.5	You know before Crystal sent this one in because it's such a devastating story where multiple young men lost their lives.
0:34.9	And it only happened a few years ago in Pennsylvania in 2017. So I don't know how I missed this one in the news but this story is crazy.
0:43.5	Yeah I missed this one as well. How did that happen?
0:46.4	I'm honestly baffled that I did not know about this case before.
0:49.4	Yeah I wonder how many of you guys have heard this one. I actually looked it up. It looks like it has been covered by some other podcasts.
0:55.6	So maybe it's familiar to you guys. Maybe it's not. But let's get right into this one.
1:00.5	Alright guys. Well this is episode 321 of Going West. So let's get into it.
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2:15.9	And I do feel optimistic.
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