"If It Is A Joke It Is A Very Poor One" : The Unsolved Murders of Andrew and Patricia Puskas

“I don’t know if it is a joke or not. The timer is not ticking or anything, but if it is a joke, it is a very poor one. I would like someone to come over and look at it please.” Those were some of the last words Andrew Puskas ever spoke to a Middlesex, New Jersey police officer. Moments later, his home exploded, killing both Andrew and his wife and stunning an entire community.

The Puskas family was quiet. Middle class. Ordinary in all the ways that usually keep people safe. They had no known enemies, no ongoing disputes, nothing that would make them a target. So why did someone leave a bomb on their porch that morning, wrapped and addressed to Andrew? And who was behind it?

For more than 40 years investigators have searched for those answers. Today we are revisiting one of Central New Jersey’s most baffling unsolved cases, walking through the timeline, the theories, and the haunting questions that still linger in the hope that someone holding a missing piece finally comes forward.

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