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The 312 Calls: Why Dad Kept a Stranger's Phone Bill Buried
The 312 Calls: Why Dad Kept a Stranger's Phone Bill Buried
A sealed cardboard box held a telephone bill dated September 1981 showing 312 calls to a subscriber listed only as "M. Parker" - and the man who buried it died twenty-three days before it was found. Who was M. Parker, why did Gerald Parker keep the bill sealed and buried for decades, and what did a custody petition tucked beneath it mean for a family that thought it knew every branch of its tree?
In this episode, we follow how a roadside discovery on Tillman Pike set two daughters on a months-long search through obituaries, carrier…
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