The Unsolved Case of 12 Year Old Johnny Gosch: Government Conspiracies, Pedophile Rings, and High-Profile Accusations
In 1982 12-year-old Johnny Gosch left his family’s home in Des Moines, Iowa to go on his paper route. Minutes later, other boys on the route encountered suspicious men driving a blue Ford Fairmont. They followed—and Johnny vanished, leaving his little red wagon used to deliver papers on the street corner.
It’s one of the most fascinating—and disturbing—true crime cases in American history. Not only because it revolves around a missing child, but because details that came out in the years following involved George H.W. Bush, and other famous politicians and celebrities. Was Johnny abducted into a high-profile pedophile ring for America’s elite?
Listen to Alex Clark tell the story on the true-crime podcast Best Case Worst Case, with former FBI serial killer profiler Jim Clemente and former state and federal prosecutor Francey Hakes.
