True Crime Garage

Missing Paperboys /// Chapter 4 /// Milk Carton Kids

April 15, 2026·1h 5m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Missing Paperboys /// Chapter 4 /// Milk Carton Kids  www.TrueCrimeGarage.com In the early eighties middle America experienced tragedies that no parent could imagine. Newspaper boys were disappearing. They would step out into the dark of the early morning hours to deliver the daily news to their neighborhoods and some of them did not return. It started in Iowa and then moved to Nebraska. Kids were plucked off the street just a few steps into their routes and some have vanished forever. In less than two years time - Johnny Gosch went missing in Iowa, Danny Joe Eberle was abducted in Nebraska, Christopher Walden was abducted in Nebraska, and then tragedy befell Iowa once again in August of 1984. 13 year old Eugene Martin disappeared during his early morning paper route. After Eugene vanished the Anderson Erickson Dairy company began printing black and white photos and bios on the sides of Milk Cartons distributed across the state of Iowa.    More True Crime Garage can be found on Patreon and Apple subscriptions with our show - Off The Record.   True Crime Garage merchandise is available on our website’s store page.   Follow the show on Insta @TrueCrimeGarage    Thanks for listening and thanks for telling a friend. Be good, be kind, and don‘t litter.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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