“Don’t take candy from strangers”…We tell the story of Lost Charlie Ross, a child abducted from Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1874. Charlie’s abductors sent multiple ransom notes, but were killed during a separate attempted robbery without ever revealing where Charlie was located. Over the ensuing years, several people claimed to be Charlie Ross, but none of their claims proved true. In a very Strange Familiars twist, while researching the story, Alison found that one boy who was thought, for a time, to be the lost Charlie Ross, lived in our home town!

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Episode 225 notes and links:

90 Days to the Perfect Puppy: https://perfectpuppies.sithappens.us/90-days

Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com

Karmic Garden: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarmicGarden

Timothy’s book of paranormal illustrations, Apparitions, is available to order now… directly from us: https://www.strangefamiliars.com/home/apparitions-illustrations-of-the-other-book or, if you prefer, on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/877387099/apparitions-art-book-by-timothy-renner

Timothy’s book, with co-author Joshua Cutchin, Where the Footprints End, Volume II, ordering information: https://www.strangefamiliars.com/home/where-the-footprints-end-volume-ii-available-now

Strange Familiars Photo of the Week #64: The Lost Charlie Ross

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Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The closing song is Some Thing by Timothy from the album Fallow: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/fallow

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