JamesG
09-18-2015, 03:05 PM
I recently picked up the book Mysteries of People and Places by Phyllis Raybin Emerf (published 1992) from a bookstore. It went into some missing people that I hadn't heard about before.
Here's a brief rundown of what the book describes. It also went into D.B. Cooper, Michael Rockefeller and author Agatha Christie; but I won't be going into those as they are mostly well known stories.
Dorothy Arnold
25-year-old socialite Dorothy Arnold disappeared Dec. 12, 1910. Her father was a successful businessman and her uncle served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
She dressed to go out shopping and told her mother that she needed a dress for her younger sister Marjorie's coming-out party which was 5 days away. She left her home on 79th St. in Manhattan around 11am and various neighborhood people reported that she went to a chocolate store, bookstore and talked w/ a girlfriend on the street around 2pm that day.
The family hired a private detective to track her down after she didn't return home, but didn't notify the authorities until 6 weeks after her disappearance because they didn't want bad publicity.
It was discovered upon further investigation that Dorothy wasn't getting along with her family. She was dating George Griscom Jr. who was 40-years-old and unemployed which her family strongly disapproved of. He was away in Italy during her disappearance and claimed to have known nothing.
Dorothy also wanted to pursue a writing career and move to Greenwich Village, but her well-to-do family looked down on that.
Some say she ran away, or took her own life, or was murdered... but no trace of Dorothy Arnold was ever found. Some also believe her family knew more than they were saying and didn't disclose the details to avoid a scandal.
Dorothy Forstein
Dorothy Forstein was a mother of three kids and married to Jules, an administrative judge in Philadelphia. On January 25, 1945 Dorothy returned home from a shopping trip and was attacked inside. She had a broken nose and jaw, fractured shoulder and concussion from the attack and nothing was reported to be stolen. Her children were staying with a neighbor while she went out and her husband was at work.
The attacker was never found and Dorothy suffered from PTSD after the incident. She hardly left her home and when she did her husband always accompanied her.
She disappeared years later on October 18, 1950. Her husband had to attend a special banquet and Dorothy assured him that she and her children were okay.
When he came home that evening he found no trace of Dorothy and the children were crying in bed, "Mommy's gone!" The police were notified right away and no trace of Dorothy Forstein ever turned up.
The police interrogated the children since they were the only ones there and the nine-year-old daughter Marcy reported that she heard noises and went to check it out. She said she saw a man wearing "dark clothes" enter her mother's room and he left the house with her over his shoulder.
Paula Welden
18-year-old Paula Welden was a sophomore at Bennington, a small private women's college in Vermont. It was December 1, 1946 and Paula had returned to her dorm from her waitress job and told her roommate, Elizabeth, that she was going out for a walk.
Elizabeth told her that it was dark and rainy out, but Paula said she won't be out for long and not to worry. She was never seen again.
Elizabeth reported Paula missing after she didn't return to her schooling and job for days. The police reported that Paula was seen after she left campus that Sunday afternoon.
A garage attendant on Route 67A reported seeing a young woman running back-and-forth across the gravel. A passerby, Louis Knapp, mentioned that he picked up a young female hitchhiker who matched Paula's description. He said he dropped her off about 3 miles up the road.
Ernest Whitman, the night watchman for Bennington's local newspaper, reported that a young woman asked him for directions to Vermont's famous Long Trail. He was quite shocked that the young woman appeared to be alone and not dressed for hiking in the winter, but he gave her the directions.
It should also be mentioned that various other people have disappeared along Vermont's Long Trail. 7 people of various ages betw. 1945-1950 were reported to be missing after being spotted on the trail. The papers called the one responsible "The Mad Murderer of Long Trail", but his existence has never been proven.
Rumors circulate that Paula Welden fell victim to this murderer.
Here's a brief rundown of what the book describes. It also went into D.B. Cooper, Michael Rockefeller and author Agatha Christie; but I won't be going into those as they are mostly well known stories.
Dorothy Arnold
25-year-old socialite Dorothy Arnold disappeared Dec. 12, 1910. Her father was a successful businessman and her uncle served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
She dressed to go out shopping and told her mother that she needed a dress for her younger sister Marjorie's coming-out party which was 5 days away. She left her home on 79th St. in Manhattan around 11am and various neighborhood people reported that she went to a chocolate store, bookstore and talked w/ a girlfriend on the street around 2pm that day.
The family hired a private detective to track her down after she didn't return home, but didn't notify the authorities until 6 weeks after her disappearance because they didn't want bad publicity.
It was discovered upon further investigation that Dorothy wasn't getting along with her family. She was dating George Griscom Jr. who was 40-years-old and unemployed which her family strongly disapproved of. He was away in Italy during her disappearance and claimed to have known nothing.
Dorothy also wanted to pursue a writing career and move to Greenwich Village, but her well-to-do family looked down on that.
Some say she ran away, or took her own life, or was murdered... but no trace of Dorothy Arnold was ever found. Some also believe her family knew more than they were saying and didn't disclose the details to avoid a scandal.
Dorothy Forstein
Dorothy Forstein was a mother of three kids and married to Jules, an administrative judge in Philadelphia. On January 25, 1945 Dorothy returned home from a shopping trip and was attacked inside. She had a broken nose and jaw, fractured shoulder and concussion from the attack and nothing was reported to be stolen. Her children were staying with a neighbor while she went out and her husband was at work.
The attacker was never found and Dorothy suffered from PTSD after the incident. She hardly left her home and when she did her husband always accompanied her.
She disappeared years later on October 18, 1950. Her husband had to attend a special banquet and Dorothy assured him that she and her children were okay.
When he came home that evening he found no trace of Dorothy and the children were crying in bed, "Mommy's gone!" The police were notified right away and no trace of Dorothy Forstein ever turned up.
The police interrogated the children since they were the only ones there and the nine-year-old daughter Marcy reported that she heard noises and went to check it out. She said she saw a man wearing "dark clothes" enter her mother's room and he left the house with her over his shoulder.
Paula Welden
18-year-old Paula Welden was a sophomore at Bennington, a small private women's college in Vermont. It was December 1, 1946 and Paula had returned to her dorm from her waitress job and told her roommate, Elizabeth, that she was going out for a walk.
Elizabeth told her that it was dark and rainy out, but Paula said she won't be out for long and not to worry. She was never seen again.
Elizabeth reported Paula missing after she didn't return to her schooling and job for days. The police reported that Paula was seen after she left campus that Sunday afternoon.
A garage attendant on Route 67A reported seeing a young woman running back-and-forth across the gravel. A passerby, Louis Knapp, mentioned that he picked up a young female hitchhiker who matched Paula's description. He said he dropped her off about 3 miles up the road.
Ernest Whitman, the night watchman for Bennington's local newspaper, reported that a young woman asked him for directions to Vermont's famous Long Trail. He was quite shocked that the young woman appeared to be alone and not dressed for hiking in the winter, but he gave her the directions.
It should also be mentioned that various other people have disappeared along Vermont's Long Trail. 7 people of various ages betw. 1945-1950 were reported to be missing after being spotted on the trail. The papers called the one responsible "The Mad Murderer of Long Trail", but his existence has never been proven.
Rumors circulate that Paula Welden fell victim to this murderer.