The Bonebreaker: When a Teen Killer Kidnaps the "Wrong Boy" | The Disturbing Case of Thadius Phillips | UNSEEN - podcast episode cover

The Bonebreaker: When a Teen Killer Kidnaps the "Wrong Boy" | The Disturbing Case of Thadius Phillips | UNSEEN

Feb 28, 202322 min
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Episode description

"Oh... he's still alive?" --

July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving another mysterious “accidental” death from a year ago.


Footage from: Cold Case Files: The Bonebreaker (Blumhouse), Escaped - Torture in Suburbia (Kurtis Production), I Survived - Thadius Phillips (Biography Channel), Madison - Wisconsin in HD (David Allen Productions), 2022 Lakefront - Milwaukee News (FOX), Municipal Newspaper (Baraboo News Republic), Getty Images, Audio Network, Motion Array. 

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