‘I Wish It Was You That Was Dead'
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09/09/20 • 34 min
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One year after Janice Pockett went missing in Tolland, CT, another young girl was abducted just a few miles from where Janice was last seen. Lisa Joy White was 13 when she suddenly vanished on her way home from a friend's house in 1974. Early belief was that Lisa ran away. Police believed her friend knew what happened. Now, for the first time, Lisa's friend is telling her side of the story.
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One year after Janice Pockett went missing in Tolland, CT, another young girl was abducted just a few miles from where Janice was last seen. Lisa Joy White was 13 when she suddenly vanished on her way home from a friend's house in 1974. Early belief was that Lisa ran away. Police believed her friend knew what happened. Now, for the first time, Lisa's friend is telling her side of the story.
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Paper Ghosts: The Ozarks - ‘I Wish It Was You That Was Dead'
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Paper Ghosts is a production of I Heart Radio. Hello Irene High, It's it's em William Phelps, Matthew Okay, you're the person who left the message earlier today. Yeah, It's been forty seven years since the nurse at Janice Pocket School discovered a piece of information that would change the way I have looked at this case for the past eleven years. Janice Pocket was only seven years old when she disappeared in ninety three after leaving home on he
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