Episode 46 // The Stayner Saga Part 1: Steven’s Gone Missing

When 7-yr-old Steven Stayner was kidnapped, his family was shaken. And when 14-yr-old Steven returned home, life was still far from normal. How does trauma travel through a family? And what would come next? In these next two episodes, we’ll follow a pair of brothers on their diverging paths, starting with Steven.

SOURCES:

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/steven-cary-stayner-tale-brothers-horror-heroism

• https://www.karisable.com/skazstaynor.htm

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• https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/09/archives/abducted-youth-confident-itll-be-ok

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• https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/yosemite-horror/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/18/us/former-captive-of-molester-is-killed

• Parnell to Be Freed; Kidnaped Two Boys: Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]. 05 Apr 1985: 3. (https://www-proquest-com.)

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