Emma Swan Committed a Juvenile Crime on June 16, 1996

January 14, 2012 by 8 Comments

Thanks to Sydney Glass, we learned in “Desperate Souls” that Henry was born behind bars. We already knew that Emma gave birth when she was 18 (“The Price of Gold“), but she was first sent there on June 16, 1996.

In ”Desperate Souls,” Emma met a discouraged Henry in Granny’s diner and took the newspaper from him. The following screenshot is quite easy to read.

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Ex-jailbird Emma Swan birthed babe behind bars

Sidney Glass, Editor

Storybrooke, Maine—The race for the position of local sheriff has just gone into overdrive. The Storybrooke Daily Mirror has recently come into possession of a number of controversial documents that purport to shed an entirely new light onto the character of Storybrooke’s prospective new law enforcement official, Emma Swan.

Records show that when she was merely a girl of seventeen, Emma Swan found herself, ironically, on the wrong side of the law. She was visiting friends of her foster parents in the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, it would prove to be a trip that would earn her a juvenile criminal record.

On the evening of June 16th, 1996, Swan—

This reveals a few very important things.

  • We know that Emma was 17 on June 16, 1996.
  • Henry was born sometime after that, after Emma turned 18 but before she was released from jail.
  • Emma committed some crime on June 16, 1996 and in Massachusetts.

But here’s the big unknown: what did Emma do that landed her in jail and was later sealed?

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  • StoryGirlOUAT

    Didn’t Henry show up on Emma’s 28th birthday? If he did and we assume that it is 2011/present-day in Storybrooke when he arrived at her place in Boston, then there is no way that she could have been 17 on June 16, 1996. If Henry is ten years old, then he would have been born in 2001. That means that Emma was 18 in 2001, hence she could not have been 17 in 1996 – she would have been 15.

    • Daniel J. Lewis

      @StoryGirlOUAT Yes, that’s right. But there’s no reason to say that Storybrooke _can’t_ be happening in 2006 or 2007 instead of 2011 and 2012.

      • riddleraven

        @Daniel J. Lewis @StoryGirlOUAT Didnt we see 2011 written somewhere? I want to say it was on someone’s tombsone. (Henry Mills I think. Can’t double check that until I get off work.

        • DanielJLewis

          @riddleraven @StoryGirlOUAT Actually, look back at our shownotes for “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”: http://oncepodcast.com/7

          The tomb says just, “Henry.”

          HOWEVER! In those same shownotes, I glanced at the dartboard picture in the sheriff’s office and noticed that the paper with the Hebrew writing has the date “2007″ written on it.

        • riddleraven

          @DanielJLewis @riddleraven @StoryGirlOUAT interesting!

  • StoryGirlOUAT

    I agree @riddleraven , I didn’t even think that it could be a different year! What an idea that it could be a different time totally.

    Looking foward to where the story leads us;)

    Listened to the first podcast you guys did tonight… Amazing! Can’t wait to hear all of the rest of them:) So glad I found your site! @DanielJLewis

    • DanielJLewis

      @StoryGirlOUAT @riddleraven Listen to our most recent episode (about “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree”) and you’ll hear more evidence that Storybrooke is happening in 2007.

    • http://jeremylaughlin.com/ Jeremy Laughlin

      @StoryGirlOUAT Thanks for the kind words!

      Because of the dates in the newspaper article about Emma I actually think that the entire story is taking place in 2007—both in Storybrooke and outside. Now, I also think that may mean that the writers plan to skip ahead in the story by several years and tell part of it from that perspective!