155. Vanished At Christmas: Two Mysteries That Will Make You Question Everything

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Today, I want to tell you about two winter mysteries that have haunted New York for over a century. The first is about Dorothy Arnold, who disappeared on a cold December day in 1910 after leaving a bookstore in Manhattan. And the second is about a devastating Christmas night fire in Staten Island in 1843, and the legend of the witch who started it. Subscribe on⁠ Patreon⁠ to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society and enjoy ad-free listening, monthly bonus content, merch discounts and more. Members of our High Council on Patreon also have access to our weekly after-show, Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. You can also enjoy many of these same perks, including ad-free listening and bonus content when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts . Follow on⁠ Tik Tok⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠ for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup today I want to tell you about two mysteries that have truly kept me up at
0:34.3	night the first is about a girl who walked out of her home into the middle of a busy
0:38.3	street in New York City and then vanished into thin air. And the other is about a mysterious fire
0:43.7	that happened on Christmas night in Staten Island and the legend of the witch who maybe started it.
0:49.7	Also a reminder that if you love true crime that reads like Gothic horror, disappearances that make you
0:53.7	question everything and urban legends that ended up being true, you are in the right
0:58.3	place because you are just like me. I upload episodes once a week, so make sure you're subscribed.
1:03.6	Thanks, guys.
1:09.6	It's when your heart starts pounding.
1:13.6	December 12th, 1910 was a cold but clear day in New York City.
1:17.6	Dorothy Arnold was wearing a crisp blue suit and a velvet hat.
1:21.6	She walked leisurely but with purpose from store to store.
1:25.6	The sidewalks were laced with ice, but the young woman was very sure
1:29.5	exactly where she wanted to go. Another woman, Gladys King, saw her from not very far away,
1:35.4	waving until her friend waved back. The two women met outside of a bookstore, and they chatted
1:40.0	for a brief while. Dorothy seemed to be in good spirits during this meeting, and the two of them
1:44.1	talked about an upcoming party that they would both be attending.
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