In Irish folklore there's a story about a creature known as a changeling. This is a kind of fairy who replaces a human child and takes over its life. Throughout history there have been real cases where a child goes missing, only for the parents to get the wrong child back. In this episode I'll tell you about three of those stories.

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Notes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180213025539/https://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-terrifying-disappearance-of-little-pauline-picard/81719

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/pauline-picard

https://www.historicmysteries.com/pauline-picard-disappearance-story/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-dunbar

https://www.iflscience.com/the-disappearance-of-bobby-dunbar-and-the-boy-who-came-back-67246

https://www.history101.com/bobbydunbarmystery/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/walter-collins

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-19-ca-changeling19-story.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72063/1920s-boy-who-impersonated-kidnapping-victim

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/

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