The First American Kidnapping - May 4 2022

Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ May 4th: Charley Ross Born (1870) Don’t take candy from a stranger. It’s a saying I’m sure you’ve heard time and time again and, maybe, even said it yourself on occasion. But, it was a boy born on May 4th 1870 that would, unfortunately, become the main subject in the cautionary tale turned age old saying. A boy whose final location, to this day, remains a mystery. MERCH IS OUT NOW! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Ross, https://www.ushistory.org/germantown/upper/charley.htm, https://yalereview.yale.edu/kidnapping-little-charley-ross-1874, https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/04/the-kidnapping-of-little-charley-ross/, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/charley-ross/, https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/download/25641/25410 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices