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Episode 44: Florida’s Dozier School for Boys

The Dozier School for Boys. Boys from the ages of six to twenty-one trapped in a place that claimed to be their saving grace. The school claimed to help all boys who were a little troubled. You acted up? You went to Dozier. You smoked? You went to Dozier. You tried to run away? You were an orphan? Got convicted of petty larceny? You went to Dozier, and those who made it out were never the same. Socials: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram Sources: Allen Greg, “Florida’s Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story” https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story, NPR 15 Oct 2012. Accessed 28 June 2024. Dailey, Kate. “Who are the 55 bodies buried at the Dozier School?” https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26980611?ocid=socialflow_twitter BBC, 16 April 2014. Accessed 28 June 2024. EXPLORE WITH US, “These Boys Went Through Hell: The Dozier School of Horrors.” YouTube, 3 July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj0phcl-SM&list=PL185EtHnpktS8_orUTFSWEgbiGD9D9zUd&index=8 [Video]. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘A type of justice’: Florida reform school yields evidence of more graves” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/a-type-of-justice-florida-reform-school-yields-evidence-of-more-graves The Guardian, 22 April 2019. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘Rape dungeon’ allegations emerge in abuse report on Dozier School for Boys” The Guardian, 6 Feb 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/06/dozier-school-for-boys-abuse-florida-new-allegations Accessed 29 June 2024. Montgomery, Ben. “More ‘possible graves’ found at Dozier School for Boys” Tampa Bay Times, 11 April 2019. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/04/11/more-possible-graves-found-at-dozier-school-of-boys/ Accessed 30 June 2024. Staff Writer. “White House Boys: Justice may come, finally” https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/editorials/2009/01/25/stub-85/15997940007/ The Florida Times-Union, 24 Jan 2009. Accessed 29 June 2024.

Episode 43: The Feral Child “Genie Wiley”

The story of Genie Wiley, the “feral” child kept in isolation for 13 years, and what happened to her after. Sources: Armchair Investigator. “The True Story Of Genie Wiley: The Feral Child Kept In Isolation For 13 Years” YouTube, 6 April 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2v7tSlgKW4 [Video]. Accessed 12 Jan 2024. Carroll, Rory. “Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers” The Guardian, 14 July 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers Accessed 13 Jan 2024. Georgetown University. “Case 4 Genie, The Wild Child Research or Exploitation?” High School Bioethics Curriculum Project. https://highschoolbioethics.georgetown.edu/units/cases/unit3_4.html Accessed 17 Jan 2024 Payne, Laura. “Genie: American child” Britannica, 6 Sep 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genie-feral-child Accessed 17 Jan 2024. Shrouded Hand. “The Worst Abuse In History – The Tragic Story of Genie Wiley” YouTube, 29 Nov 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uru3DlmOv_M [Video]. Accessed 14 Jan 2024. The Back of the Archive. “Genie Wiley: the feral child” YouTube, 13 Dec 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqflmQ5TaFQ [Video]. Accessed 17 Jan 2024. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

Episode 42: The History of the Holiday Ghost

What is it about the holidays that makes us want to tell spooky stories? We’ve heard it time and time again with “scary ghost stories and tales of the glories.” And yet, nothing else about the winter holidays matches the spooky vibe of this lyric. Join me as I go down another holiday-themed rabbit hole! Sources: Curious History. “The Ghost of Christmas Past (The English Tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories)” YouTube, Dec. 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzpH06LNOGo [Video] Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Dickey, Colin. “A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories” The Smithsonian Magazine, Dec. 15, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/ Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Huntley, Andrew. “The History of Holiday Ghost Stories” Carnegie Museum of Natural History, https://carnegiemnh.org/history-of-holiday-ghost-stories/ Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. The Jolly Reiver. “The History of Telling Ghost Stories at Christmas” YouTube, Dec. 19, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_MWXeIsGF4 [Video] Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Yuko, Elizabeth. “How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England” History, Dec. 15, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories Dec. 7, 2023. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

Episode 41: The Murder of Mandy Stavik

It’s 1989, 18 year old Mandy Stavik goes on a run with the family dog. Heartbreakingly, hours later, the dog runs home without Mandy, sending the whole community of Acme, Washington into a citywide manhunt. Three days later, Mandy would be found dead in the river and it would take thirty years to solve her murder. SOURCES: ABC 20/20. “30 Years of Searching” Hulu, Sep 20, 2019. Season 41, E44 https://www.hulu.com/watch/ac762c15-6662-4fec-84c1-674bddfe8836 [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. Salo, Jackie. “Can of Coke may have cracked Mandy Stavik cold case” The New York Post, 19 Dec 2018. https://nypost.com/2018/12/18/can-of-coke-may-have-cracked-mandy-stavik-cold-case/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Sirken, Alec. “Mandy Stavik case: How two moms chatting at a water park helped crack a Thanksgiving cold case murder” CBSNews, July 16, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mandy-stavik-case-how-two-moms-chatting-at-a-water-park-helped-crack-thanksgiving-cold-case-murder/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Urquhart, Alaina & Kelly, Ash. “E470: The Murder of Mandy Stavik” Morbid: A True Crime Podcast, June 22, 2023. Wondery Network. [Podcast] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morbid/id1379959217?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=wondery_podcasts Accessed 11 Nov 2023. 48 Hours. “Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget | Full Episode” YouTube, Nov 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7GIDi66xE [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

Episode 40: The Unsolved “Double Initial” Murders

Rochester, New York. The 1970s. When the bodies of 10 year old Carmen Colón, 11 year old Wanda Walkowicz and 11 year old Michelle Maenza were found, the people of New York was brought to their knees. Sources: Carlton, Genevieve. “The Chilling Story of the Alphabet Murders That Targeted Girls With Double Initials'' ed. John Kuroski. All That’s Interesting, 10 Dec 2022 https://allthatsinteresting.com/alphabet-murders Accessed 5 Nov 2023. Clark, Dylan Wade. “The Alphabet Murders That Terrified Rochester, NY For Three Years Remains Unsolved Today” The Medium, 14 Oct 2022. https://medium.com/the-history-insider/the-alphabet-murders-that-terrified-rochester-ny-for-three-years-remains-unsolved-today-32c7a7891b0c Accessed 6 Nov 2023. Craig, Gary. “'Double initial' murders remain mystery after 35 years — Police still track leads into three 1970s slayings that shattered community's calm” Democrat & Chronicle, 25 April 2017. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/investigations/2009/03/01/double-initial-murders-remain-mystery-after-35-years-police-still/77384622/ Accessed 6 Nov 2023. Cummings, Dan. “Timesuck | The Alphabet Murders,” YouTube, Dan Cummings Presents: Bad Magic Productions, 17 Dec 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4l2bI0ub0w Moe, Taylor. “Murder in Rochester” RIT Reporter, 30 Jan 2023. https://reporter.rit.edu/culture/murder-rochester Accessed 5 Nov 2023. Real Crime. “New York Alphabet Murders: Children Killed For Their Names | Real Crime” YouTube, 22 Oct 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFo3qIcfR64 5 Nov 2023. Troopers. “Homicide Victim: Walkowicz, Wanda Lee” New York State Troopers, https://troopers.ny.gov/homicide-victim-walkowicz-wanda-lee Accessed 5 Nov 2023. If you have any information, please call: New York State Police Troop E, Major Crimes Unit, Canadaigua, New York (585) 398-4100 or e-mail the information to: nysvicap@troopers.ny.gov MY SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on instagram