The boys' disappearance triggered a massive search. They said they were going to explore Murphys Cave a local spot near a road construction site. There were some false footprints. Billy Hoag, Joel Hoag, and Craig Dowell; Hannibals Lost Boys. (Courtesy: Hannibal Courier-Post). The boys were last seen on the south side of Hannibal, Missouri between 4:20 and 5:00 p.m. The late, great Roberto Clemente. That day, the construction work resulted in a cave-in at Murphys Cave. He just had that red hair and those blue eyes and those freckles. In 2010, author Charles Stewart published a book about them, titled A Sorrow of the Heart. Other, similar theories suggest they were trapped in a road cave in, fell into a sinkhole or did actually return to the cave, only to become trapped somewhere where they couldnt be found. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. It slithers and curves through the land just like the mighty Mississippi. Then in July of last year, a third woman -- an "evidential clairvoyant" in Wyoming who helps police solve crimes -- was looking at photographs of the three Hannibal boys when "all of a sudden she was overwhelmed with these images" of John Wayne Gacy brutalizing and burying the boys, Wingate said. http://www.hannibal.net/article/20120528/NEWS/305289977, http://khqa.com/news/local/a-hannibal-mystery-48-years-in-the-making, http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hoag_joel.html. Fifty-four years ago this month, three boys went missing in Hannibal, Missouri, and were never seen again. That claim, like so many others, would bear no fruit and the preliminary search would be called off 10 days after the disappearance. "In all three cases, we'd find ourselves standing at the same location on three different days," he said. City officials have been notified of the disappearance of the three children, who may have been lost in the cave. Wingate expounds on the Gacy theory in his new book, "Souls Speak: Missing children reveal their serial killer from beyond," which became available Wednesday on Amazon.com. According to another version, the boys may have accidentally entered a completely new tunneling system that other researchers have not noticed. She enjoyed being around water. Meanwhile at the Hoag House on Fulton Avenue, DeDe was waiting to find out if she had to work. Ive been to psychiatrists, neurologists, counselors. It slithers and curves through the land just like the Mighty Mississippi River. A new book released last week puts a surprising new ending on a 52-year-old Hannibal story. There's no evidence to support any other theories, however. The perfect weather for being outside. Transcripts for St. Louis Public Radio produced programming are available upon request for individuals with hearing impairments. Ive got to have closure we havent found a thing. Hundreds of people explored the tunnels of all nearby caves, not just Murphys Cave. At the time the boys went missing, machines being used to search the caves could go as far down as 39 feet but the town mayor ordered them to go no further than 37 feet. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Loving Care Hospice. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the James O'Donnell Funeral Home. They were allegedly chased away by construction workers. HANNIBAL, Mo. The Hoag brothers and Craig Dowell were never found. They were always home by 9 oclock, DeDe said. The first was, Podcasters Franki Cambeletta and Chris Koetters. Henderson added there more than likely would have been lawsuits against the construction company building the roadway, the City of Hannibal and the State of Missouri. He says he has lived all over the world and calls Quincy home, though he resides in Hannibal now. Did they separate and go missing in multiple different ways, in two or even three tragic coincidences? ", Several weeks later, Wingate said, he received a call from a sister of the Hoag brothers who told him she had just visited a psychic in Hannibal who told her: "I can tell you without a doubt the boys were killed by John Wayne Gacy.". DeDe recalls her mother, Helen Hoag, scolding the boys to wash their clothes and stay away from the construction zone they were in. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Privacy Policy. Its just a matter of time., [Google Map of where the Hoag boy's home, Lover's Leap, and the general area where they may have gone missing!] Every restaurant in town made food for my family and the cavers. So what do you think of this case? The tunnels of Murphys Cave are very complex and winding. Brother Bill Dexheimer will officiate. Will says . Was this just a case of kids being irresponsible, as kids often are? Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. DeDe retired after working many years in retail sales as a manager. Craig lived on Union Street in 1967. Low 31F. Gone, but not forgotten The unknown status of her two boys changed Helen Hoag forever. What I dont even get is why he was even with them. Evie is a producer for "St. Louis on the Air" at St. Louis Public Radio. Some of the drivers may not know it, but a portion of Route 79 in Hannibal could be the final resting place of three missing boys. But, as children often do, they didnt listen. They were so adventurous, remembers DeDe Hoag, the boys older sister. Both boys were adventurous and loved exploring the area around their home with their many young neighbors and classmates. They regularly picked up lanterns and went down into the dark cave tunnels. each comment to let us know of abusive posts. I dont think he wanted to find them. The weeks and weeks of searching turned up absolutely nothing. Because nothing was ever found, there's speculation that the children weren't lost in the cave and something else caused their disappearances. The preliminary search was called off 10 days later, though another source said, The case of the Lost Boys of Hannibal has been the subject of at least three books. Henderson was 11 at the time and was even questioned by authorities in a room of lawyers. "This is a story that found me.". that is degrading to another person. Some of the passages they searched were so narrow that one of the more petite searchers, at 98 pounds, could barely squeeze in. The boys have never been heard from again. Billy. He behind left three brothers. (https://imgur.com/a/yXzzI), [News Article] (http://khqa.com/news/local/a-hannibal-mystery-48-years-in-the-making), [Charley Project] (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hoag_joel.html). "I had no idea this was coming," he said. The next theory is that the boys were kidnapped and possibly killed. I dont think they felt like doing it.. As it turned out, Gacy was living and working in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1967, while his mother was living in Little Rock, Ark. Billy, Id say was a little bit more mischievous than Joey. I know guys who went looking for them, and guys would go in far enough and sit down and wait for a while, he said. New book suggests serial killer's involvement in missing boys case, Edward Husar Special to the Courier-Post ehusar@whig.com. Or had something else happened to them? Because nothing was ever found, there's speculation that the children weren't lost in the cave and something else caused their disappearances. at aheuer@stlpr.org. Each man is nursing a grudge Hannibal for Will trying to capture him; Will for Hannibal . This file image shows search efforts for three Hannibal boys who were last seen May 10, 1967 near cave openings on Hannibal's south side. To request a transcript for St. Louis on the Air, One source said the last known sighting of the boys was by a teenage girl. The last theory is that the boys didnt actually all go missing at once. The content of this website does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Soul:Ask and may contain 18+ material. Authorities checked it to see if the Hoag brothers or Craig were there, but they didn't find anything. Nonetheless, this tight-knit community came together to find the lost boys. He went to Murphys Cave and saw some of the boys friends there, who said they saw Billy, Joey and Craig going into the cave earlier. The boys parents, who owned a popular tavern in town, left for a meat market around 4 pm, giving their older children orders to make sure Billy and Joey didnt leave the house. And unfortunately, its leaning right now toward more of a true crime opportunistic killer than it is a caving.. It was searched by police but, again, no trace of the boys was found. "But each of these clairvoyants corroborated the others' findings independently.". Donations are accepted but not expected; the site remains free-access to all. In May 1967, the trio left home to explore caves in Hannibal, Missouri. Podcasters Franki Cambeletta and Chris Koetters have done a pretty deep dive into the case and even said they want to solve it. They even summoned a few psychics who claimed they could feel the place where the children had disappeared. DeDe loved St. Louis Cardinals baseball. Hannigram is the slash ship between Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter from the Hannibal fandom. The search crew clung to it as a probable evidence. Wingate is scheduled to sign copies of his new book from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 2, at Quincy Books and Toys, 3800 Broadway, and will sign books and give a presentation from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 3, at the Mark Twain Museum in Hannibal. Caves, like many other things in nature, are vast and often largely uncharted. As part of his research, Wingate said he drove the psychics separately though parts of the Hannibal area on different dates in August and September of 2018. Wingate said he realizes the psychic-driven theories about Gacy's involvement will sound far-fetched to many people. 79. Lost Boys of Hannibal on Apple Podcasts 44 episodes This Podcast sets out to solve one of Hannibal Missouri's biggest mystery, The Lost boys of Hannibal Missouri snd the events surrounding their disappearance in 1967. Because the road construction work going on at the time had resulted in a cave-in at Murphys Cave on the day the three boys went missing, the most prominent theory of their demise is that they became stuck in the cave after some kind of blasting occurred. "When this happened it was really devastating," Wingate remembered. The boys' disappearance triggered a massive search. Invalid password or account does not exist. Billy has red hair and blue eyes and a scar under his right arm. A flashlight and shovel were later found to be missing from the Hoag home. That's when he began hearing separately from three women, ages 26 to 31, who claim to be psychics. . And without exception, all three of them picked the same locations" where the boys were ostensibly killed and buried. Within a few days, the boys still hadnt been found and people started to wonder if they really were in the cave. 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Brother Bill Dexheimer will officiate. He had on a T-shirt and jeans. DeDe and Billy crossed paths in the house. Mom and Dad left to go over to Buehlers Market to get some meat. DeDe Hoag believes her brothers and Craig Dowell may have gotten trapped in one of these holes and accidentally buried after they were sealed. "But I decided just to lay it out and let people decide for themselves" if there's any merit to the story. There was a serious rebuke. Spider-Man: Homecoming : Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. I never could understand that. Anyones guess is as good as the next as to why Dowell tagged along, but no one really knows why. The podcasters have plans to soon explore some cave openings in new ways. Elsa Lemp Film To Premiere At Chase 100 Years After Her Untimely Death. We won't share it with anyone else. While giving a presentation, he noticed a woman in the audience was crying and visibly upset. by Jack Pluta. A Memorial Service will be held at 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the James O'Donnell Funeral Home in Hannibal. This Podcast sets out to solve one of Hannibal Missouri's biggest mysteries, The Lost boys of Hannibal Missouri and the events surrounding their disappearance on May 10, 1967. . According to their sister Deborah, who went by DeDe, Billy was very mischievous while Joey was more serious and interested in science, especially astronomy. Brothers Billy and Joey Hoag, ages 11 and 13, along with their friend Craig Dowell, 14, were last observed carrying shovels and flashlights around 5 p.m. May 10, 1967. They were planning to . Youre going to have to have proof, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Henderson said. It was a Tuesday night when Billy and Joey came back home covered in mud. person will not be tolerated. Its not only horrific to think of how these boys ended, but also the idea that somebody would hunt these local kids that everybody loved. I thought, theyre not eating, Im not eating, she said. Don't Threaten. They owned Hoags Tavern, a popular restaurant along Hannibals Historic Main Street. You can head over to this blog's corresponding YouTube video and let me know in the comments! And nowadays, near Hannibal, sometimes new tunnels are found in the local caves, which are caused by expansion, rainfall and other reasons. Do you think the boys were kidnapped, or did they die of injury on the construction site and their bodies weren't able to be recovered? Ive been living with that all my life. The young cave dweller told search leaders where they should be looking. Or were they the victims of a notorious serial killer? And the cold case, situated as it is in the boyhood home of Mark Twain and his cave-loving characters like Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, has been the subject of attention and speculation in the decades since. 13 and 14, respectively, when they were last seen in Hannibal, Missouri on the afternoon of May 10, 1967. ". In December, Herald-Whig Staff Writer Edward Husar spoke to author John Wingate, who wrote "Lost Boys of. Another such clue is that someone apparently saw the boys out of town alive after the search began, but no children or traces of them were found at that location. The Hoag brothers and the Dowell boy were last seen by Lynn Strube, 14, of 405 Smith, and John Janes, 13, 1125 Sierra, Wednesday . I think something bad happened to him., DeDe is hopeful one day her brothers remains will be found. My kids cant understand it and I cant understand it, other than we all think and feel different, DeDe said. But at some point, 15-year-old Tim Hoag and 16-year-old DeDe lost track of their younger brothers, who slipped out of the yard and headed for another adventure. You have permission to edit this article. Later that night, they came home covered in mud and were promptly scolded by their mom. According to an October 2020 post on John Wingates website. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. Use the 'Report' link on "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." Be Nice. There was a massive search for the kids that drew national attention, but ultimately, they've never been found. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. One person, who grew up in Hannibal and knew the Hoags, penned a book alleging psychics believe notorious killer John Wayne Gacy, whose victims include at least 33 boys and young men, murdered the Hoags and Dowell. 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