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Teens Skipping School Make A Horrific Discovery

June 08, 2025 / 01:44

This episode covers the discovery of human remains in York, Pennsylvania, on May 22, 1985, by two teenage boys skipping school. The boys find a garbage bag containing a human skull while throwing rocks into a creek under the West Princess Street Bridge. They initially consider ignoring the find but decide to report it to the police.

The York Police Department investigates and uncovers the remains of a young female in an advanced state of decomposition, buried in a shallow grave beneath large rocks. The police speculate that the burial required significant effort, indicating the involvement of someone who took time to conceal the body.

Key discussions include the boys' initial reaction to the shocking discovery and the implications of the burial method. The episode highlights the contrast between the innocence of skipping school and the grim reality of finding human remains.

TLDR

Two boys skipping school find human remains in York, Pennsylvania, leading to a police investigation.

Episode

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It's just before noon in York, Pennsylvania on May 22nd, 1985. You know, a time before apps and cell phones
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when you could skip school and play hookie without parents being instantly notified. Well, that's what two teenage
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boys were doing that day. Skipping school to do important things like throw large rocks into a creek just under the
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West Princess Street Bridge, seeing who can make the biggest splash. Priorities.
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Yes. But when one of these teens reaches for another large rock, he notices something underneath it. A garbage bag
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with human hair sticking out from it. Now, this might deter some, but not this kid. He opens up the bag and gets the
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shock of his life when he finds a human skull inside. Now, for a brief second, he and his buddy aren't sure what to do.
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They even consider taking off and just going back to school before they get into trouble. But reality kind of slaps
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them in the face and they know that the right thing to do is go tell the police what they found. I can't imagine just
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like having this innocent day off school and then boom, there's a body. Oh, I know. I like Well, so I understand their
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reaction to be like, we should probably just go back. Let's let's just pretend like we were where we were supposed to
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be all along. Right. Exactly. So, what the York PD finds when they come to investigate are the remains of a young
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female inside in an advanced state of decomp. Now, she'd been buried in a shallow grave that had been hidden by
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those large rocks. Like, some sources claim that she was under like two or three feet of rocks, which police told
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the York Dispatch tells them something. This would have taken someone real time which they think might show that whoever
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buried her they say took

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Episode Highlights

  • Teenagers Make a Gruesome Discovery
    Two boys skipping school stumble upon a human skull in a creek.
    “Now, this might deter some, but not this kid.”
    @ 00m 44s
    June 08, 2025

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Shocking Discovery00:44
  • Police Investigation01:16