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Heartbreaking Kidnapping Story: Mother Faints at Sight of Alleged Kidnapped Child
04:46 - 13:27 (08:41)
A mother who had her six-year-old son Charles Bruce kidnapped in 1912 was hopeful when she saw a boy who resembled her son, but fainted after realizing it wasn't him. The alleged kidnapper, William C. Walters, took the boy from North Carolina on the pretext to take him for a visit to his sister, but never returned him.
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Two different newspapers had opposing headlines on the Dunbar kidnapping case, with one saying the mother fainted at the sight of her kidnapped child, and another saying she was not positive that the boy was her missing son.
04:46 - 06:32 (01:46)
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Two different newspapers had opposing headlines on the Dunbar kidnapping case, with one saying the mother fainted at the sight of her kidnapped child, and another saying she was not positive that the boy was her missing son.
ChapterHeartbreaking Kidnapping Story: Mother Faints at Sight of Alleged Kidnapped Child
Episode352: The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
PodcastThis American Life
In 1912, a six-year-old child named Charles Bruce was kidnapped from North Carolina and taken to Louisiana.
06:32 - 13:27 (06:55)
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In 1912, a six-year-old child named Charles Bruce was kidnapped from North Carolina and taken to Louisiana. Several years later, a woman named Julia Anderson would have to choose between five boys around Bruce's age, including the child that the Dunbars had claimed as Bobby, to determine if he was her missing son.