536 // Missing Evelyn Hartley

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance of Evelyn Grace Hartley from La Crosse, Wisconsin on October 24th, 1953. Evelyn was babysitting nearby when she was seemingly abducted from a home. Signs of a struggle were seen in the living room, her sneaker was found at the bottom of the basement stairs, and blood was found in the yard. Evelyn was never seen again. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Evelyn Hartley please call the La Cross police department at 608-785-5962. This episode was originally published on June 23rd, 2025 on Missing. This episode was researched by Kathleen Studer. Check out Mood and use my code CRAWLSPACE for a great deal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sources: Where’s Evelyn? The 1953 babysitter’s kidnapping that shook the nation by Susan T. Hessel. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Evelyn_Hartley⁠. ⁠https://charleyproject.org/case/evelyn-grace-hartley⁠. ⁠newspapers.com⁠. ⁠ancestry.com⁠. ⁠https://www.wiproud.com/rivertown-2024/the-evelyn-hartly-disappearance-pictures/⁠. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Crosse,_Wisconsin⁠. ⁠https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/KLSE/date/1953-10-24⁠ 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. 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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Welcome to Crawl Space.
0:29.1	I'm Tim here today with Lance in this missing episode that we're hearing here on Crawl Space today.
0:35.6	Lance, how are you doing?
0:36.9	I'm doing fantastic today. I'm very
0:39.0	excited to present this story, which is incredibly tragic, but it has all of those elements that
0:46.5	I think we really dig our teeth into, and we know our listeners really like to unpack, and we
0:51.8	couldn't have done it without the work of Kathleen Studer, the great
0:55.0	Kathleen Studer.
0:56.7	She really put together a great document here and at the end she has some of her own questions.
1:01.9	So that will tell you just how much of an in-depth analysis and detailed story this is.
1:09.6	It's historical.
1:11.1	It's tragic. It's tragic.
1:11.9	It has all the ear markings for a classic conversation on this podcast.
1:16.8	Tim, but before we do all that, like, I need the classic mood that you're in.
1:22.2	How are you?
1:23.1	Not one of my better ones.
1:25.3	Doing good.
1:26.2	Thank you very much for asking.
1:28.2	Yes, very excited to go over the case of Evelyn Grace Hartley.
1:33.3	And she was 15 years old when she went missing on the evening of October 24, 1953 from lacrosse, Wisconsin.
1:43.6	She's white, 5-7, 126 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes,
1:50.1	and she was wearing a size 34 to 36 white broadcloth,
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