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>>> IF
>>> IF YOU'RE A FAN OF PODCASTS OF TRUE CRIME, THEN YOU'LL WANT
TO CHECK OUT LONG LOST, AN
INVESTIGATIVE HISTORY FROM TWIN
CITIES PBS.
CITIES PBS. IT'S A DEEP DIVE INTO A
MINNEAPOLIS MYSTERY ABOUT THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THREE YOUNG
BOYS DECADES AGO.
>>
>> IT
>> IT WAS
>> IT WAS NOVEMBER 10th, 1951. THE THREE YOUNGER BOYS, DANNY,
DAVID, KEN, AGES 6, 8 AND 4 WERE
BEGGING THEIR MOM TO GO TO THE
PARK.
PARK.
PARK. >>
PARK. >> NEARLY SEVEN DECADES LATER
THEIR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
HAVEN'T STOPPED LOOKING FOR THE
BOYS.
BOYS.
BOYS. JOINING ME NOW IS AUTHOR AND
HOST OF "LONG LOST,"JACK
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING
TOPIC, BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE A
TRUE CRIME STORY, WE WANT TO
HELP AND IT'S LOCAL.
>> THE PODCAST, YES, IS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE THREE
BOYS, KENNY, DAVID AND DANNY IN
1951, WHAT WAS THEIR FATE BUT
IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE FATE OF THE
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. THE CLINE FAMILY WAS A FAMILY OF
SIX AT THE TIME THE BOYS
DISAPPEARED IN 1951.
FOUR MORE BOYS CAME INTO THE
FAMILY AFTER THE THREE
DISAPPEARED, AND SO THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE
YEARS, OVER THE DECADES,
INVOLVED IN THIS STORY AND WE
WERE TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE AND
HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THEIR
EXPERIENCES.
EXPERIENCES. >> WHAT WAS THE THEORY BACK IN
THE -- BACK IN THE '50s OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEM?
>> MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATED THE BOYS'
DISAPPEARANCE.
DISAPPEARANCE. THEY VANISH WHILE WALKING TO --
PARK IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.
THEY CLOSED THE CASE IN FIVE
DAYS THINKING THE BOYS DROWNED
IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FIVE
MILES AWAY.
MILES AWAY. VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOYS
AND THE PARENTS WERE
DISSATISFIED AND KEPT LOOKING.
>> THE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP,
WHAT MISTAKES DID LAW
ENFORCEMENT MAKE.
ENFORCEMENT MAKE. IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE AS FAR AS A
MISTAKE OR WAS IT GLARING?
>> POLICE INVESTIGATIONS WERE
VERY DIFFERENT IN 1951 THAN HOW
THEY ARE NOW.
AT THE TIME THE POLICE NEVER
CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THE BOYS WERE ABDUCTED OR THAT
ANY CRIME WAS COMMITTED.
>> BECAUSE IT WAS THE '50s.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AND KIDS AND AWAY, KIDS SUFFERED
MISHAPS OF VARIOUS KINDS AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY FOCUSED ON.
NOW IT SEEMS CLEAR, ESPECIALLY
SINCE NO BODIES WERE RECOVERED
FROM THE RIVER THAT SOMETHING
ELSE, SOME FOUL PLAY WAS
INVOLVED AND THE BOYS LIKELY
WERE ABDUCTED.
WERE ABDUCTED. SO THAT'S WHERE WE GO NOW WHEN
THEY'RE THINKING OF CASES LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. IT'S NOT AT ALL WHERE THE
POLICE -- IN FACT THE PARENTS
DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THE
POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
>> IS THERE SOME EVIDENCE?
TO
TO
TO LOOK
TO LOOK AT?
LOOK AT?
LOOK AT? TO SUGGEST THAT?
>> THERE IS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
ANY MORE.
ANY MORE.
ANY MORE. THERE WAS SOME BACK IN 1951, TWO
OF THE BOYS CAPS WERE DISCOVERED
AND OTHERWISE, THAT'S IT.
IT'S SUCH A TOUGH CASE BECAUSE
THERE'S SO LITTLE PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. THERE ARE NO BODIES.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THE CASE BACK THEN ARE NO LONGER
LIVING.
LIVING.
LIVING. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> SO WHAT IS THE -- YOUR
ULTIMATE HOPE TO COME OUT OF
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> WELL, OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE
SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION OR
CERTAINTY FOR THE CLINE FAMILY
THAT REMAINS.
THAT REMAINS. THERE ARE THE BROTHERS WHO ARE
STILL LIVING, INCLUDING AN OLDER
BROTHER, GORDON, WHO WAS ALIVE
AT THE TIME HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS
DISAPPEARED AND SEE IF WE CAN
FLUSH OUT ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO
HAS HEARD SOMETHING, MAYBE KNOWS
SOMETHING, EVEN SECOND OR
THIRD-HAND, AND THIS MAY JOG
THEIR MEMORY.
THEIR MEMORY. >> THAT'S SO INTERESTING.
AND CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF THE
LEADER BOARD IN TERMS OF THE
PODCAST.
PODCAST.
PODCAST. >> A LOT OF -- THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE LISTENED TO IT AND
WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD RESPONSE.
>> LET'S HOPE SOMETHING COMES
OUT OF THAT.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE
STORY, JACK.
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