517 // Bennington Triangle - Part 2 - Paula Welden

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

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In this new episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Worcester State University archives librarian Ross Griffiths about the mysterious Bennington Triangle disappearances of Vermont and the disappearance of Paula Welden on December 1st, 1946. Paula Welden was last seen on the afternoon of December 1st, 1946. She left the campus that afternoon after telling her roommate she was going for a hike. Several hikers reported seeing her on the Long Trail, just off Route 9 near Glastenbury Mountain. She was reported missing by her roommate the following morning, after she did not return to campus. An extensive search of the area did not show any signs of Welden. Investigators from New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut assisted in the investigation, due to limited police services in Vermont at the time. Numerous theories were investigated, but no conclusive outcome was ever determined. Sources: https://vimeo.com/752091171. https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/bennington-triangle-paula-welden-vermont-mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Paula_Jean_Welden. https://coldcasene.org/f/paula-welden. https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2023/12/paula-welden-went-missing-in-vermont-in-1946-her-case-remains-cold-77-years-later.html. https://vsp.vermont.gov/unsolved/missing/c/welden. Main Theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com. Music for the Bennington Triangle series provided by Jonathan Santarelli. Check out his other work: IG: https://www.instagram.com/santarelli_dj. YT: http://www.youtube.com/@freakscomeout. Follow Missing: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing and please donate if you can: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/. http://piftm.org/donate. https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing. https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/. https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today?
0:39.6	I'm doing so well today, Tim. Thank you so much for asking. I hope everyone out there is doing as well as we are doing. I'm assuming you're doing well. How are you?
0:48.3	I'm doing great. Very excited to introduce this new conversation that we're having with Ross Griffiths,
0:54.8	who has joined us a couple of times in the past,
0:57.7	once to discuss the disappearance of Edda Reel,
1:02.2	and wants to discuss the disappearance of Middy Rivers,
1:06.1	which is part of the Bennington Triangle Disappearances.
1:09.2	And Lance, this case, this story that we'll be discussing
1:12.0	today is about the disappearance of Paula Weldon, which is also part of the Bennington Triangle Disappearances.
1:20.0	So Ross here is an archives librarian from Worcester State University, and he is big into these
1:26.6	old newspaper articles, and it's really
1:29.2	great to discuss with him and go over these disappearances from so long ago.
1:35.4	He's got every answer prepared.
1:37.9	It's pretty amazing research by Ross.
1:41.8	And in this conversation, Lance, we're talking about Paula Weldon's
1:45.5	disappearance that seems a little more mysterious than Middy Rivers. What do you think?
1:51.6	Yeah, I totally agree. And I just want to let the listeners know, Tim and I were present during
1:56.2	this conversation. But Ross is so good that he goes into storytelling mode.
2:01.8	So it's the Ross Griffith show without question.
2:06.3	He has, like he said, all of the answers are already answered in his head.
2:10.4	We just had to ask a couple.
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