S1 Ep42: Etan Patz: The First Milk Carton Kid

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

Society & Culture, Science, True Crime

4.0 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On a spring morning in 1979, a young boy walked to his bus stop and never returned home. The disappearance of Etan Patz would result in a search across New York City that spanned 40 years. From flyers to milk cartons, his face and name became a cautionary tale to many, a tale with an unclear ending still to this day.

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.0	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and Package Holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get the King at EasyJet.com.
0:24.0	Selected dates, Holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,
0:28.0	restrictions and season C's apply.
0:35.0	What would you do if your child disappeared?
0:38.0	How long would you hold out hope?
0:40.0	And, after you hit enough dead ends to call the search-off,
0:44.0	how would you carry on without an answer as to what happened?
0:49.0	Welcome to Strange and Unexplained with me, Daisy Egan.
0:52.0	I'm a writer and an actor and a parent who would simultaneously fall into a sleep coma,
0:57.0	never sleep again and die if my child ever went missing.
1:02.0	This week, a parent's literal worst nightmare comes true
1:06.0	and their child's name, Aeton Pates, becomes a cautionary tale.
1:19.0	I'm not sure there is anything worse in the universe than being the parent of a child who goes missing.
1:26.0	Except maybe being the child who goes missing.
1:30.0	As a parent, it's unfathomable.
1:33.0	I would imagine it's bad enough to be the parent of a child who dies,
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