This week we’re discussing the infamous story behind ‘the boy in the box.’ In 1957 the body of a young boy was found discarded in a cardboard box on the side of a road in Philadelphia. It wasn’t until a few months ago that the victim was finally identified thanks to advances in DNA. Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! Sources: https://www.livescience.com/45193-why-do-i-bruise-easily.html CBS: Press Conference Police reveal identity of “Boy in the Box” https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/the-boy-in-the-box https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-35b3abe5f7016424cbcae92e5b849b6c https://www.newspapers.com/image/176082838/?terms=Frederick%20Benonis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joseph_Augustus_Zarelli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mary_Jane_Barker https://www.newspapers.com/image/176082838/?terms=fox%20chase%20field&match=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-35b3abe5f7016424cbcae92e5b849b6c
This week we’re discussing the infamous story behind ‘the boy in the box.’ In 1957 the body of a young boy was found discarded in a cardboard box on the side of a road in Philadelphia. It wasn’t until a few months ago that the victim was finally identified thanks to advances in DNA.
Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com
Write me: spencer@cultliter.com
Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807
Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast
Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter
Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!
Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/45193-why-do-i-bruise-easily.html
CBS: Press Conference Police reveal identity of “Boy in the Box”
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/the-boy-in-the-box
https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-35b3abe5f7016424cbcae92e5b849b6c
https://www.newspapers.com/image/176082838/?terms=Frederick%20Benonis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joseph_Augustus_Zarelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mary_Jane_Barker
https://www.newspapers.com/image/176082838/?terms=fox%20chase%20field&match=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html
https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-35b3abe5f7016424cbcae92e5b849b6c