16. Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Pt. 1
In part one Darlene and Melody discuss the disappearance of Walter Collins. On March 8, 1928 Christine Collins was called in to work for a few hours at her job as a telephone operator. Her son, nine year old Walter Collins, wanted to go see a movie, so Christine gave him a dime to go. She instructed Walter to come home directly after the movie. That would be last time Christine Collins would ever see her son. Walter's disappearance made national headlines. The LAPD were desperate to solve this case because of recent bad publicity but they were getting nowhere. Five months later a boy claiming to be Walter Collins showed up.
In a seemingly unrelated incident police were called out to a chicken farm in Riverside County to check on the immigration status of a young worker. Police would soon make a very horrifying discovery.
Intro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Intro and Outro Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
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Resources:
The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders
by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Collins
newspapers.com (including articles from the LA Times, LA Evening Post, and the LA Evening Express)
findagrave.com
casetext.com
jhgraham.com
hardtimesandtruecrimes.com buymeacoffee.com/hardtimesTC
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