Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 2 – Ep. 47

Summary of Episode 

The co-hosts return to The Escape Pod this week to wrap up a two-part series on “phrogging,” when a person occupies a home without the homeowner’s or renter’s knowledge or permission. (It’s a criminal act that lands pretty high on the creep-o-meter, if you ask us!) Part 2 takes us back to the mid-1980s, when a teen phrogger terrorized families in Massachusetts.  

SIDE NOTE: Why does phrogger start with a “ph”? A quick internet search offers a few explanations, a prevalent one being that the “p” is taken from the word “person”, as in a person who engages in phrogging, jumping from place to place so as not to get caught. 

BE ADVISED: This episode contains violence and other content listeners might find extremely disturbing. 

 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

• Topic #1    3:13 Phrogging explained. 

• Topic #2  10:35 Teen phrogger is found out. 

• Topic #3  16:59 The phrogger strikes again. 

• Topic #6  27:53 Ending on a happy note: OneHeart “Woohoos of the Week”! 

 

Resources & Links 

• 07/28/2023. Cydney Contreras. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/daniel-laplante-murder-priscilla-gustafson-family   

• https://darkdowneast.com/daniellaplante/   

• https://www.truecrimene.com/episodes/kznjvyqymt0y95etsvcqwaicgsqyp5   

• https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/416/416mass433.html   

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMftmJWOITg  

• https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1cqizt0/living_in_the_walls_the_disturbing_true_story_of/    

• https://vocal.media/criminal/daniel-la-plante-the-17-year-old-who-raped-and-murdered-a-pregnant-mom-and-then-drowned-her-two-kids   

 

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