Paula Jean Welden was an American college student who disappeared while walking on the Long Trail hiking route in Vermont. Local sheriffs were criticized for errors made in the investigation, which le
Circulated photograph of Welden
Original missing person flyer for Welden, dated 1946
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Hangsaman is a 1951 gothic novel by American author Shirley Jackson. The second of Jackson's published novels, Hangsaman is a bildungsroman centering on lonely college freshman Natalie Waite, who desc
Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden
…as Welden, or early twenties, such as Hull. Author Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) was possibly inspired by Welden's vanishing when she wrote her novel Hangsaman (1951), as indicated by Jackson's papers in the Library of Congress. At the time of Welden's disappearance in 1946, Jackson was living in North Bennington…
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