Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy

Host: Blanchard House / Curiouscast

A kidnapped child whispers dark secrets from his past into a cassette tape in a language no one around him understands. Decades later, that lost cassette tape resurfaces and reveals the terrifying truth that he’s not the person everyone thinks he is. What happens when the life you made collides with the life you lost?  Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy tells the true story of Taj, a child in India who was taken from his family and sent to an adoptive family half a world away. Taj never forgot who he really was – or that he was taken. But witho...

Episodes

The Prodigal Son | 8
01November 02, 2025 11:00pm

The Prodigal Son | 8

Blood is thicker than water. Taj retraces his footsteps and hazy memories of Chellamuthu come back into focus, as Linda remembers a dark secret Taj once told her as a child. Will he get the reunion he’s been longing for all this time? And …

Show Me The Right Path | 7
02October 26, 2025 11:00pm

Show Me The Right Path | 7

Taj’s suppressed memories resurface and he’s sure he knows where he really is now. Are all the people claiming they know Chellamuthu’s family genuine friends or crooked chancers? And while Chellamuthu’s returned home, how will he know if a…

All the Forces of Darkness | 6
03October 19, 2025 11:00pm

All the Forces of Darkness | 6

An invitation to a wedding sees Taj back in India. He is determined to hunt down his family and unravel his past. So why won’t Priya's family help him? As dead ends and disappointments spiral, Taj feels more lost than ever. Will he ever …

More Precious Than Jewels | 5
04October 12, 2025 11:00pm

More Precious Than Jewels | 5

Taj’s teenage years become difficult, until the LDS church sends him on a mission to London, England. When he arrives he gets a massive wake up call about who he really is and where he belongs. He returns home when a beautiful Indian girl …

A New Testament | 4
05October 05, 2025 11:00pm

A New Testament | 4

Chellamuthu gets a whole new identity as Taj Khyber Rowland. He also finally he finds his voice, and drops a bombshell on his adoptive parents. But as Taj becomes more integrated in his American life, Chellamuthu’s memories begin to blur …

The Promised Land | 3
06September 28, 2025 11:00pm

The Promised Land | 3

How can you love someone new when you still ache for what you have lost? A terrified Chellamuthu arrives in America, Fred and Linda Rowland shower him with love and gifts but are baffled why he just won’t settle. Linda decides to record C…

A Father To The Fatherless  | 2
07September 21, 2025 11:00pm

A Father To The Fatherless | 2

Chellamuthu finds himself at an orphanage, hundreds of miles from home. He’s told to forget he ever had a family. Meanwhile, far away in America, Fred and Linda Rowland are excited. They’ve been approved to adopt a child from India; a tod…

Through A Glass Darkly  | 1
08September 14, 2025 11:00pm

Through A Glass Darkly | 1

Taj Khyber Rowland knows he’s not who people think he is but he can’t quite remember how his life went so off course. He decides to spool backwards, to his younger self. A daredevil seven year old Chellamuthu, living happily, but in abject…

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy - Sept. 15
09August 28, 2025 10:18am

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy - Sept. 15

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy tells the true story about Taj, a child in India who was taken from his family and adopted half a world away. Although his adoptive family initially knew nothing of his past, he never forgot who he really was – or…