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The Birthday Card That Rewrote a Son's Entire Life
The Birthday Card That Rewrote a Son's Entire Life
A thirty-six-year-old birthday card, found in a weighted plastic bag snagged on a trotline, carried a single sentence from a man who was supposed to have left: "I will find my way back to you, I promise - your father." That card, postmarked March 14, 1983, resurfaced after someone tried to make it disappear nine days earlier - but why was it sealed with a railroad spike and thrown into the Aldus River, and who wanted it gone?
In this episode, we follow the chain of events that links a postmarked card to a family secret kept for decades. We…
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