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.

Sources:

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

Podcasts:

Casefile: Evelyn Hartley

The Vanished: Evelyn Hartley

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