Case 296: Aaron Bacon

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

*** Content warnings: Child abuse, sexual assault ***
On an early morning in March 1994, two strange men entered 16-year-old Aaron Bacon’s bedroom and told him they were there to take him away. Aaron’s parents had signed him up for a 63-day wilderness therapy program called North Star Expeditions in the hopes that some time following a disciplined routine in the natural world would help Aaron kick his drug habit and regain his focus. But none of them had any idea what lay in store…

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Erin Munro
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Production and music – Mike Migas
Music – Andrew D.B. Joslyn
A special thanks to Dave Kehlet for certain information provided in this episode

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0:59.0	please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website. At around 6 AM on Tuesday, March 1, 1994, 16-year-old Aaron Bacon lay sleeping in his bed in the home where he lived with his
1:24.2	parents in Phoenix, Arizona. The quiet of the early morning hour was broken
1:30.3	by a high-pitched noise outside Aaron's closed bedroom door.
1:35.8	One of the family's three pet Charpe's was whining.
1:40.0	The sound woke Aaron, and soon he heard their other two dogs start to growl and bark as well.
1:47.0	Aaron's bedroom door suddenly swung open and three men walked in.
1:52.0	Two of them were strangers who Aaron had never seen before. The third was
1:56.9	his father. As Aaron lay confused and stunned in bed, his father said,
2:04.3	Aaron, I love you, but we're going to have to make some changes today. Oh, Sally and Bob Bacon had been worried about their youngest son for some time.
2:39.0	Aaron had always been a bright, talented and exceptionally empathetic child.
2:45.2	When he was little, his mother had discovered that he was making peanut butter sandwiches and
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