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September 5, 2020 55 mins

In February of 1978, a group of five men went to a basketball game and didn't come home.  They were later located in a remote place that was way off their course.  Answers that could be found only served to create further questions and it became a frustrating and mysterious case to everyone involved.

‘Bizarre as Hell’: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five.  Jake Rossen.  March 16th, 2018.  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532063/bizarre-hell-disappearance-yuba-county-five

True Crime:  This is the Terrifying Story of the Yuba County Five.  Film Daily.  Bianca Myrtil.  https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/true-crime-yuba-county-five/

5 ‘Boys’ Who Never Come Back.  Cynthis Gorney.  July 6th 1978.  The Washington Post.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/06/5-boys-who-never-come-back/f8b30b11-baeb-4351-89f3-26456a76a4fb/

Five Men Vanish in Wilderness.  Desert Sun.  California.  March 1978.  https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19780309&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

Out in the Cold:  Four Mentally Disabled Men Died in the Woods.  But What Happened to the Fifth?  Part One.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226777394.html

4th Body is Found in Rugged Plumas County Forest.  Sacramento Bee.  Walt Wiley.  Bee Staff Writer. 

Out in the Cold:  Four Mentally Disabled Men Died in the Woods.  But, What happened to the Fifth?  Part Two.  https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article226544615.html

The Disturbing Case of the Yuba County 5.  Explore With Us.  May 12, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2FikyHrd7c&t=370s

America’s Dyatlov Pass?  What Happened to the Boys from Yuba City?  Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World.  Jimmy Akin.  Feb 21, 2020.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuC8OVDqvWo&t=862s

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