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Episode #362

A Generous Number of Apples

#362 A Generous Number of Apples
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Facial reconstruction of “Boy in the Box”, recently identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Georgia:

The "Boy in the Box", oseph Augustus Zarelli

Episode sources:

  1. “After 65 Years, the ‘Boy in the Box’ Has a Name” by Jesus Jiménez (New York Times)

  2. “How The Creepy Case Of The ‘Boy In The Box’ Was Finally Solved After 65 Years” by Kaleena Fraga (All That’s Interesting)

  3. “Mystery of ‘Boy in the Box’ Sparks Various Theories Over Six Decades” By Gerrard Kaonga (Newsweek)

  4. “Normal Height & Weight for Boys” by Tara Thackeray (Livestrong)

  5. “The ‘Boy in the Box’ haunted one late investigator for decades” by Jason Nark (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  6. “‘The Boy in the Box’; ID leaves cemetery workers emotional” by Natasha Brown (CBS News Philadelphia)

  7. “The Boy in the Box: The Tragic Story of an American Unsolved Mystery” (American Hauntings)

  8. “The Burden of an Unsolved Case and Its Nameless Victim” by David Stout (New York Times)

  9. “The History of the Vidocq Society” (The Vidocq Society)

  10. “Philadelphia’s “Boy in the Box”; Identified After 65 Years In One Of City’s Oldest Unsolved Murders” by Nicole Acosta (People Magazine)

  11. “Philadelphia Police Reveal Name of the ‘Boy in the Box’” (NBC Philadelphia)

  12. “Philly’s Girl in the Box remains an overlooked mystery” by Lynette Hazelton (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  13. True Crime All the Time Unsolved Episode 58 – The Boy in the Box

  14. “Vidocq Society” (Wikipedia)

  15. “The Boy In The Box Is One Of Pennsylvania’s Greatest Mysteries” by Beth Price-Williams (Only in Your State)

  16. “We Investigated The Chilling Case Of America’s Missing Boy” by Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, Nyla Wissa (Buzzfeed)

Karen:

Cuba's first Olympic marathoner, Felix de la Caridad Carvajal

Episode sources:

  1. “The Barely Believable Life of Felix Carvajal” by Liam Boylan-Pett (Lope Magazine) 2021

  2. “El andarín Carvajal, campeón de los pobres” by Jorge Oller Oller  (Cubaperiodistas) 2011

  3. “Fleet of Foot and Tireless is Felix Carvajal, The Cuban” (The Courier Journal) 1905

  4. “Felix Carvajal” biography (Olympics)

  5. “Longboat’s Rival is Queer Cuban Runner” (The Province) 1907

  6. “America's first Olympics: the St. Louis games of 1904” by George Matthews 

  7. “The 1904 Olympic Marathon was the worst race ever run” by Mike Vago (AV Club)

  8. “The Unbelievable True Story of the Craziest Olympic Marathon” by Ashwin Rodrigues (Runner’s World) 2021

  9. “The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever” by Karen Abbott (Smithsonian Magazine) 2012.

  10. Louisiana Purchase Exposition: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair (Missouri Secretary of State)

  11. Tokyo 2020 Facts and figures (International Olympic Committee)

  12. “8 Unusual Facts About the 1904 St. Louis Olympics” by Evan Andrews (History) 2021

  13. “AFRICA’S FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN . . . . 1904” by Floris J.G. van der Merwe (Journal of Olympic History) 1999

  14. American Runner Wins (New York Times) 1904

  15. “Wingspan” by Jaime Vega (The Brownsville herald) 1968

  16. “M.A.C. Marathon Race Will Be West’s Greatest Contest” (St. Louis Globe-Democrat) 1905

  17. “Cuban Runner Who Surprised St. Louis Athletes is Alive” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 1907

  18. “Fantastic Tale of Cuban Runner in Olympics” by Wendy Foltz (Battle Creek Enquirer) 1960

  19. “First two black Africans to participate in the Olympics in 1904 honored” (SABC News)

  20. “The Athletes” by Sean O’Toole (Cityscapes) 2015

  21. “FÉLIX CARVAJAL, DERROTADO POR EL HAMBRE Y CINCO MANZANAS” by Pietro Sánchez Quesada (Ed24) 2021.

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