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EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 46 MIN

366: The Swartz Family

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On the morning of January 17th, 1984, a 17-year-old boy picked up the phone and called 911. He said his parents were dead. The investigation that followed would divide a close-knit community, force a prosecutor to question his own instincts, and cause the detectives working the case to go home at night and look at their own children differently.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support.

On the morning of January 17th, 1984, a 17-year-old boy picked up the phone and called 911. He said his parents were dead. The investigation that followed would divide a close-knit community, force a prosecutor to question his own instincts, and cause the detectives working the case to go home at night and look at their own children differently.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support.

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