Margaret Ellen Fox

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox left her family home in Burlington, New Jersey, full of hope and anticipation. She was on her way to what she believed would be a promising babysitting job — a chance to earn a little money and take one more step toward independence, but Margaret never came home. Fourteen-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox was last seen boarding a bus on June 24, 1974, in Burlington, NJ. She has blue eyes and brown hair. At the time of her disappearance, she was 5’2” and weighed approximately 105 lbs. Two of her top right teeth were missing, and she wore eyeglasses. She was last seen wearing jeans with a yellow patch on the knee, a blue blouse, a white and black checkered jacket, and brown sandals with a heel strap. She was also wearing a gold necklace with flowers and a blue stone, and a gold charm bracelet with a blue stone. Margaret was carrying an eyeglass case with a Huckleberry Hound design on it. Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI Newark Field office at 973-792-3000. You can also submit tips online anonymously at Tips.FBI.GOV. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com Follow us on social media: Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and
0:36.4	potentially triggering topics,
0:37.9	including violence, abuse, and murder. This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:45.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Some names have been changed
0:49.6	or omitted per their request or for safety purposes. Listener discretion is advised.
0:56.1	My name is Sarah Turney, and this is Voices for Justice. Today, I'm discussing the case of Margaret
1:06.8	Ellen Fox. In 1974, 14-year-old Margaret left her home in Burlington, New Jersey, full of hope and anticipation.
1:16.6	She was on her way to what she believed would be a promising babysitting job,
1:20.6	a chance to earn a little money and take one more step towards independence.
1:25.6	But she never came home. What followed was a mystery that would
1:30.6	haunt her family and the community for decades, a chilling phone call, a cruel hoax, and a trail
1:37.4	that seemed to vanish almost as quickly as it began. This is the case of Margaret Ellen Fox. It's the summer of 1974 in Burlington, New Jersey,
1:51.6	and 14-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox is determined to make this her summer. She just graduated from
1:57.9	the eighth grade at St. Paul's and was headed to high school next year.
2:02.4	Now, I'm assuming that everyone listening right now is over the age of 18, or at least in high school.
2:08.3	So I think a lot of us can relate to this particular summer and how crucial it feels at this age.
2:15.1	That moment of graduating from middle school and going on to the big leagues,
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