“I Am [Not] Charley Ross”

who was Gustave Blair, really?

In 1939, Gustave Blair convinced an Arizona court that he was the missing Charley Ross. But was he really? The answer has been a mystery... until now.

Categories: Bonus Episodes, Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places

Tags: Arizona Charles Brewster "Little Charley" Ross civil law Illinois kidnapping missing person Nelson Miller "Gustave Blair" "Charley Ross"

Published: July 4, 2022

Your Heart’s Sorrow

the 1874 abduction of Little Charley Ross

In 1874 four-year-old Charley Ross was kidnapped in front of his family's Philadelphia home... and became America's first case of kidnapping for ransom.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 11

Tags: Charles Brewster "Little Charley" Ross crime criminal law kidnapping missing person Nelson Miller "Gustave Blair" "Charley Ross" New York, NY Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Phineas Taylor Barnum Presented by #13

Published: June 27, 2022