594 // Bennington Triangle Disappearances - Part 2 - Paula Welden

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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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 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. This episode was previously published on Missing on April 24th, 2025. 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. 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/⁠. 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. This is part two of our Bennington Triangle series.
0:40.9	Again, this aired on missing back in the summer, and we're once again joined by our friend
0:47.1	Archives Librarian from Worcester State University, Ross Griffiths.
0:51.9	And this is only part two of six, so we hope you enjoy this.
0:55.7	And this case that we're going to be speaking about today is about Paula Weldon.
1:00.2	We're talking about Paula Weldon's disappearance that seems a little more mysterious than
1:06.1	Middy Rivers.
1:07.3	What do you think?
1:08.0	Yeah, I totally agree, and I just want to let the listeners know,
1:11.3	Tim and I were present during this conversation, but Ross is so good that he goes into
1:17.0	storytelling mode. So it's the Ross Griffith show without question. He has, like you said,
1:23.7	all of the answers are already answered in his head. We just had to ask a couple.
1:28.5	He goes through the story in this amazing way that is going to keep you captivated the entire time.
1:34.1	And the mystery is captivating, Tim.
1:38.1	Like you said, this is more mysterious than Middy Rivers.
1:41.8	Because Middy Rivers, I think his disappearance could be attributed to
1:46.5	something that was more internal for him. But we can get into this during the final thoughts
1:51.7	that we're going to be doing at the end of this episode. Whereas Paula Weldon, there's other
1:56.8	factors and other people that are coming into play here that could have been responsible for
2:02.2	this now legendary Bennington Triangle story. Yeah, and Paula was just 18 years old on December 1st,
2:11.0	1946 when she went missing hiking the long trail in Vermont. She was a student at Bennington College and she went
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