About this episode

The episode recounts the story of the rescue of Baby Jessica McClure who fell into a well in 1987.

On October 14, 1987, Reba McClure and her eighteen-month-old daughter, Jessica, stopped by the Midland, Texas home of her sister for a visit. As Reba sat in the backyard watching Jessica play with some neighborhood children, she heard the phone ring and went inside to answer it. When McClure returned to the backyard a few minutes later, she saw the other children staring at the ground on the far-side of the yard, but Jessica was nowhere to be seen.

Topics covered

• Baby Jessica McClure
• Midland Texas
• 1987
• rescue

Keywords

• true crime
• comedy
• rescue story

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