308. MYSTERY: Did Soul Asylum's Runaway Train Find Missing Kids?

Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

In 1993, Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train won the grammy for best rock song, and its wildly popular music video featured missing children, with the intent of locating them. All in all, of the 36 children featured in the U.S. versions of the video, 21 were considered found. Here’s a deep dive into what that means, and rundown of those that are still missing.

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Sources:

https://youtu.be/NRtvqT_wMeY?si=5WwEUQdoAc4pDM6B

https://people.com/crime/missing-kids-soul-asylum-runaway-train/

https://slate.com/culture/2023/08/runaway-train-music-video-soul-asylum-kids.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(Soul_Asylum_song)

https://medium.com/mel-magazine/the-children-of-runaway-train-19ee8f6aabf8

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/31/missing-kids-soul-asylum-runaway-train-tony-kaye-david-pirner

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/crime/2019/02/01/ocso-still-searching-for-missing-girl-29-years-later/6136318007/

https://charleyproject.org/case/byron-eric-page

https://charleyproject.org/case/duane-edward-fochtman

https://charleyproject.org/case/john-francis-lango

https://charleyproject.org/case/martha-wes-dunn

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/420dfla.html

https://charleyproject.org/case/patrick-shawn-betz

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