The Abduction of Michaela Garecht

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In Hayward, California, in 1988, the unthinkable happened – 9-year-old Michaela Garecht was abducted by a stranger, witnessed only by her best friend. Her mother endures decades of stalled-out investigations and false leads, until the abduction is linked to a possible serial killer. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast and Tiktok @serialkillerspodcast! Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, due to the nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.
0:05.1	This episode includes discussions of child kidnapping, suicide, murder, and the sexual
0:10.3	assault of minors.
0:12.3	Consider this one deciding how and when you'll listen.
0:17.9	On a weekend morning in November of 1988, a nine-year-old girl named Michaela Garrett wakes
0:24.9	up at 5 o'clock am.
0:26.9	The sun isn't even up yet, but she pads down to the living room, takes out a piece of
0:31.3	paper, and starts writing a poem.
0:34.9	It seems like Michaela has some thoughts she needs to process.
0:38.9	Michaela lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in 1988, eight children are abducted by
0:44.5	strangers in Northern California, a new record compared to an average of two in previous years.
0:51.1	Maybe Michaela has seen some of the news coverage, maybe it's been in the back of her mind
0:54.9	because she writes a poem that includes these lines.
0:59.1	The people knock on doors of steel.
1:01.6	The people knock, the people kneel.
1:04.2	They think of things that aren't real outside those doors of steel.
1:09.2	Remember, Michaela's just nine years old.
1:12.2	When her mom Sharon reads this, she doesn't really know what to think.
1:16.0	But just one week later, Sharon will come to view it as much more than a poem.
1:20.8	It'll strike her as a premonition.
1:24.1	Hi, I'm Vanessa Richardson, and this is Serial Killers, a Spotify podcast.
1:31.9	Today we're covering the disappearance of nine-year-old Michaela Garrett.
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