E378 - The House on New York Street - The Sylvia Likens Case, Part One
Published: July 6, 2026
Duration: 57:34
Some crimes are so shocking that they force us to ask a question that seems impossible to answer. Not 'Who did it?' We know who did it. Not even 'Why?' Though we'll spend this series trying to understand that. The question is this:
How did an entire neighborhood watch a teenage girl disappear in plain sight?
Over three months in the fall of 1965, dozens of people entered a small house on East New York Street in Indianapolis. Children played there. Teenagers gathered there. Neighbors stopped by. A minister visited. Police responded to the...