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Deep in the Woods
The 1935 Kidnapping of Nine-Year-Old George Weyerhaeuser, Heir to America's Mightiest Timber Dynasty
Author: Bryan Johnston
Narrator: Roger Wayne
Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Published: 10/19/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, History, US History, Modern History
Synopsis
It is a crime even the FBI must have considered fantastic and absurd.
In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tree, and locked in a closet. The perps—a career bank robber, a petty thief, and his nineteen-year-old never-been-in-trouble Mormon wife—quickly become the targets of the biggest manhunt in Northwest history. The caper plays out like a Hollywood thriller with countless twists and improbable developments. Perhaps the most astonishing thing of all, though, is how it all ends.