Did you like our new intro for this episode? We loved it, and it helped lighten the mood for Emma’s downer of a story: this week, she tells Shannon the sad tale of the disappearance of Walter Collins, the inspiration for the movie The Changeling. We learn not only that Emma apparently loves to tell stories of sad, missing children, but the real meaning of “petty cash,” our next album name, and how we each decided to run away from home as kids. So come on by and tell us your potential circles of hell!

Sources:

The Mother Source on the Christine Collins

The Mother Source on Gordon Stewart Northcott and the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

Christine Collins and Walter J. Collins’ graves

Mental Floss

MammaMia Australia

St. Mary’s University Research Scholars

The Des Moines Register

Crime Museum

The LA Times