About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Etan Patz: The Boy On The Milk Carton" from I Could Murder A Podcast covers the disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz, who left his New York home on May 25, 1979, to walk alone to the school bus stop for the first time and never arrived. The case became one of the most famous missing child cases in American history and helped change how missing children were publicised nationwide. Decades later, Pedro Hernandez was convicted of Etan's kidnapping and murder, though his body has never been found.
The case behind the episode
Forsvindingen af Etan Patz – sagen der forandrede USA centers on the events of May 25, 1979, when Etan Kalil Patz vanished in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. The disappearance triggered a decades-long search and investigation. In 2017, following two trials, Pedro Hernandez was convicted of Etan's abduction and murder, closing one of the most publicised missing-persons cases in U.S. history even though Etan's remains were never recovered.
Hosts and release
Tom Norris and Ben Carter host I Could Murder A Podcast, a British true crime show launched during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown that releases weekly episodes covering cases ranging from serial killers to terror attacks, delivered with a touch of humor. This episode, number 10, runs 64 minutes and was written by Ben Carter, produced by Dan J Lambert, and edited by Ben Bonsey. The show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube.
