Clueless in New England relates the stories of three young women – last seen hitchhiking – who disappeared. Two of these disappearances are the coldest cases in their respective states.
In 1952, Connie Smith left a Lakeville, Connecticut summer camp and was seen trying to catch a ride to the village center…and then she was gone. A nationwide search resulted in hundreds of leads but not one clue.
Paula Welden of Stamford, Connecticut, a student at Bennington College, disappeared after hitching a ride to Long Trail and sparked the largest search in Vermont’s history. She was never found. And Katherine Hull was visiting Lebanon Springs, New York, went for a walk and was also seen hitchhiking. Seven years passed before hunters came face-to-face with her skull off a lonely road outside Pittsfield, Massachusetts. What happened to these three young women?
In Clueless in New England, the author merges meticulous historical research with modern technological resources and good old-fashioned detective work and helps shed light on these three famous cases.
Description: Hardcover, 236 pp., b&w images.
Michael Dooling is lifelong Connecticut resident and the author of four other historical books and dozens of historical articles. He is former news librarian, historical writer, and columnist for the Republican-American. He is also former archivist at the Mattatuck Museum where he created several historical exhibits relating to local history including: In Search of Charles Island, Signature Moments (highlights from the museum’s autograph collection), What a Woman! Rosalind Russell, and Men of Letters: Presidential Signatures from the Fay Vincent Collection.
Clueless in New England relates the stories of three young women – last seen hitchhiking – who disappeared. Two of these disappearances are the coldest cases in their respective states.
In 1952, Connie Smith left a Lakeville, Connecticut summer camp and was seen trying to catch a ride to the village center…and then she was gone. A nationwide search resulted in hundreds of leads but not one clue.
Paula Welden of Stamford, Connecticut, a student at Bennington College, disappeared after hitching a ride to Long Trail and sparked the largest search in Vermont’s history. She was never found. And Katherine Hull was visiting Lebanon Springs, New York, went for a walk and was also seen hitchhiking. Seven years passed before hunters came face-to-face with her skull off a lonely road outside Pittsfield, Massachusetts. What happened to these three young women?
In Clueless in New England, the author merges meticulous historical research with modern technological resources and good old-fashioned detective work and helps shed light on these three famous cases.
Description: Hardcover, 236 pp., b&w images.
Michael Dooling is lifelong Connecticut resident and the author of four other historical books and dozens of historical articles. He is former news librarian, historical writer, and columnist for the Republican-American. He is also former archivist at the Mattatuck Museum where he created several historical exhibits relating to local history including: In Search of Charles Island, Signature Moments (highlights from the museum’s autograph collection), What a Woman! Rosalind Russell, and Men of Letters: Presidential Signatures from the Fay Vincent Collection.