{"podcast":{"title":"Mysteries and Histories","slug":"mysteries-and-histories-1576928","podcast_index_feed_id":1576928,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f731918/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBTMJwtvyuP7XMgpofJWH5g/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45441686/06037aa4e36546ef.png","author":"Georgia Marie","episode_count":302,"summary":"Join Georgia as each week she talks you through important pieces of history that more people should know about or true crime cases that require more public attention - awareness and education are key!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:18:28.244014+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928"},"episode":{"title":"The Stayner Brothers : a Miracle Escape and a Murderous Secret","slug":"the-stayner-brothers-a-miracle-escape-and-a-murderous-secret","published_at":"2026-06-08T11:10:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/the-stayner-brothers-a-miracle-escape-and-a-murderous-secret","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgiamariexo/episodes/The-Stayner-Brothers--a-Miracle-Escape-and-a-Murderous-Secret-e3kg5h1","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5067445155.mp3","summary":"The Stayner brothers’ story is a nightmare split in two: in 1972, seven‑year‑old Steven Stayner was abducted on his way home from school in California and held captive for seven years by a pedophile who tried to remake him as his “son.” Steven finally escaped as a teenager, rescuing another kidnapped child in the process and becoming a national symbol of survival, only for the family to be dragged back into horror decades later, when Steven’s older brother Cary was unmasked as a sadistic serial killer who murdered four women near Yosemite, turning one family’s tale of victimhood and heroism into something far darker and more tragic.","meta_description":"The Stayner brothers’ story is a nightmare split in two: in 1972, seven‑year‑old Steven Stayner was abducted on his way home from school in California and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4248,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/episodes/the-stayner-brothers-a-miracle-escape-and-a-murderous-secret/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928/the-stayner-brothers-a-miracle-escape-and-a-murderous-secret.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}