It has been 40 years since 12 year old Johnny Gosch disappeared from his newspaper delivery route around 6am, Sunday, September 5th, 1982. The disappearance changed the way parents everywhere watched over their children. Johnny’s case has never been solved.

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Sometimes, we directly quote online articles in podcast episodes. Anytime we do, they will be listed in the links below.

SOURCES USED FOR RESEARCHING THIS EPISODE INCLUDE:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-child-sex-trafficking-scandal-america-forgot/

https://www.google.com/search?q=john+noreen+gosch+divorce&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS984US984&oq=john+noreen+gosch+divorce&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l2.9036j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.grunge.com/714669/the-tragic-story-of-the-kidnapping-of-johnny-gosch/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27228445/the-des-moines-register/

https://www.google.com/search?q=eugene+martin+disappearance&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS984US984&oq=eugene+martin+disappearance&aqs=chrome.0.0i512j0i22i30j0i390l2.5079j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://serialnapper.medium.com/the-story-of-johnny-gosch-the-boy-on-the-back-of-the-milk-carton-be2fdea7e7c2

https://patch.com/iowa/iowacity/30-years-after-johnny-gosch-vanished-iowas-innocence-ac28a16c61

https://ohhowpeculiar.tumblr.com/post/157996458934/what-happened-to-johnny-gosch-on-september-5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Johnny_Gosch

https://whotookjohnny.tumblr.com/timeline