Episode 368: What Really Happened to Walter Collins??

Walter B. Collins was a nine-year-old boy who disappeared on March 10, 1928, in Los Angeles, California. His disappearance received nationwide attention and led to a scandal involving the Los Angeles Police Department. Walter's mother, Christine Collins, gave him money to go to the cinema, but he never returned home. Five months later, a boy claiming to be Walter was found in Illinois, but Christine insisted that he was not her son. The case took a darker turn when it was later revealed that Walter had likely been murdered by a serial killer in Wineville, California. To this day, no one knows the truth of what really happened to Walter.

Sources for this episode:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/02/08/issue.html

http://markgribben.com/?p=345

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-31-me-then31-story.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/walter-collins

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/

https://www.jhmoncrieff.com/bizarre-true-story-behind-changeling/

https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/northcott-gordon.htm