"Frights and Felonies: Spooky Tales and True Crime Trails"

The Boy in the Box: A Haunting Mystery That Broke Investigators


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In this emotionally gripping episode of Frights and Felonies, we unravel the heartbreaking case of The Boy in the Box—a young child found abandoned in a Philadelphia field in 1957. For decades, detectives poured their hearts and souls into solving the mystery, only to be met with dead ends and shattered hope. We explore the emotional toll this case took on those who refused to let him be forgotten, the obsession that consumed them, and the long-awaited breakthrough that finally gave him a name: Joseph Augustus Zarelli. But even with his identity revealed, the case still holds dark secrets. Join us as we dive into one of the most haunting unsolved crimes in American history.

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"Frights and Felonies: Spooky Tales and True Crime Trails"By ogre entertainment