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593 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 1 - Middie Rivers

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

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41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this 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 Middie Rivers from Bickford Hollow, Vermont on November 12th, 1945. 74 year old Middie Rivers was known to be an outdoorsman and disappeared near Bickford Hollow while hunting with a small group. He has never been found, despite exhaustive searches. This episode was previously published on Missing on February 27th, 2025. Sources: ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle⁠. ⁠https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/omeka/items/show/5262⁠. Bennington Triangle music provided by Jonathan Santarelli. Check out his other work: IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/santarelli_dj. YT: ⁠http://www.youtube.com/@freakscomeout⁠. Follow Missing: TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠. YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠. IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠. Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠. FB: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠. Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠. Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠. 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

The

0:07.0

The Hey, crawl space listeners, we've got something really exciting for you this holiday week.

0:33.0

We've got six episodes that have never been aired on crawll Space that are airing six days in a row.

0:39.8

Now, these are all episodes of missing that have aired on the show missing in the past year.

0:45.1

But they're all connected because they're part of the Bennington Triangle disappearances from Vermont.

0:51.3

And the disappearances range from 1945 to 1950. And we produced this series with

0:56.8

our buddy Ross Griffiths, who is an archives librarian from Worcester State University.

1:03.1

And the sixth episode is a conversation between Lance and I and Ross Griffiths and Joseph

1:08.1

Citro, the man who coined the term Bennington Triangle. So really interesting

1:12.6

stuff. Really hope you like it. Let us know what you think on Spotify or YouTube.

1:16.6

We spoke with this gentleman many, many weeks ago, and the episode that he did was one of the most

1:23.3

classic episodes of missing that I can remember. He's truly an articulate, knowledgeable historian when it comes to these disappearances.

1:33.2

And the area that we're talking about today is one that is endlessly fascinating.

1:39.0

But Tim, I've gone on long enough.

1:40.6

Very excited to speak today with Ross Griffiths.

1:45.5

And we speak about the disappearance of Middy Rivers from November 12th, 1945.

1:53.0

And he was a 74-year-old man who disappeared while hunting in Bickford Hollow.

1:59.9

And so that's near Route 9 in Vermont.

2:03.2

And of course, Lance, Middy's disappearance is the first if we're speaking about the

2:10.2

Bennington Triangle Disappearances.

2:13.1

And that is a whole other subject that we speak about a little bit in this conversation.

2:17.2

But I just want to throw out there that Joseph A. Citro actually coined the term Bennington Triangle.

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