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Tag: Jose Ramos

The Banana Man

Stu Grabois. Credit: Vanity Fair, June 1991

Back then we called him The Banana Man. He was a creepy guy who never revealed his name. I had broken the cardinal rule that my mother repeated day after day while I was a kid growing up in 1970’s New York City. “Don’t talk to strangers,” she’d say, “unless you want to get raped… Continue reading The Banana Man

Published April 6, 2015
Categorized as Stories Tagged Etan Patz, Jose Ramos, kidnapping, missing children, pedro hernandez

Etan Patz’ Disappearance

CC License Photo Credit: Flickr / David Galalis

Those of you who know me since I was a kid and those of you who know me as a writer know that from the time I was 12 to 14 I was stalked by Jose Ramos, the person who up until very recently was believed to be involved with the Etan Patz disappearance.

Published March 1, 2015
Categorized as Narratives Tagged Case, Etan Patz, Greenwich Village, Jose Ramos, New York City, Pedofiles, Unsolved Disappearances
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