Episode 48: The Vanishing of Evelyn Hartley
Saturday, October 24th, 1953, was an otherwise ordinary day for fifteen-year-old Evelyn Hartley. She left her home to babysit the young daughter of her father’s colleague. That evening as many of the community in La Crosse, Wisconsin were attending a homecoming game, someone would enter the house where Evelyn was babysitting and violently abduct her.
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Newspaper Archives
The La Crosse Tribune ( October 26, 1953). Residents Awaken Slowly to Violent Kidnap Case
The La Crosse Tribune (Wednesday, October 28, 1953). FBI Poised to Enter probe
The La Crosse Tribune (Sunday, October 22, 1978). Evelyn Hartley Case Caused Turmoil
Chippewa Herald Telegram (October 24, 2020). After 67 years, Evelyn Hartley’s Case Unsolved
The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/evelyn-grace-hartley
Wisconsin State Journal (11.25.1974). Evelyn Hartley Case
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