Evelyn Hartley // 344

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In October of 1953, a 15-year-old girl went missing while babysitting in her Wisconsin neighborhood. A cursory search of the home revealed blood, making it obvious that she had been met with foul play. And it didn’t take long for her to be linked to one of the country’s most prolific serial killers. But was he actually involved, or was it another local? This is the story of Evelyn Hartley. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/evelyn-grace-hartley 2. Thomas' Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196827399/thomas-gordon-hartley 3. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/8tpc5t/breaking_down_what_mightve_happened_to_evelyn/ 4. What Happened to Evelyn Hartley? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esp5uXuK7o 5. Evelyn's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153817195/evelyn-grace-hartley 6. Stories of the Unsolved: https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/03/09/the-disappearance-of-evelyn-hartley/ 7. Medium: https://medium.com/@bayar93/breaking-down-what-mightve-happened-to-evelyn-hartley-and-where-her-remains-could-ve-been-83535a1f01f5 8. The Winona Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/518102834/?terms=janice%20rasmusen&match=1 9. Tapa Talk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/porchlightusa/1953-hartley-evelyn-october-24-1953-t13990-s10.html 10. The La Crosse Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/513685608/?clipping_id=128601574&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUxMzY4NTYwOCwiaWF0IjoxNjk1MDA3NzE3LCJleHAiOjE2OTUwOTQxMTd9.7K4xJ2vPaB5ikYVP0XkR60URDMGHpxPuyrkUIR-wtEc 11. The Lineup: https://the-line-up.com/evelyn-hartley 12. You might be from La Crosse if... Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fromlax/posts/1433741616775789/ 13. La Crosse Public Library Archives: https://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/local-history/history-repeats/evelyn-hartley/ 14. Clyde Peterson's obituary: https://lacrossetribune.newspapers.com/article/61131341/tywee-peterson-obituary-9-23-1974/ 15. Websleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wi-evelyn-hartley-15-la-crosse-24-oct-1953.9532/page-46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on True Crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:21.0	Hello everybody. Thank you for tuning in. We are almost into October days away. And we have some very unique cases and episodes coming for you guys this month.
0:29.5	Because October just feels like the time for it. It is the spooky season. It's our favorite season actually. Yeah, so we're gonna try to have a little fun with it if we can obviously while remaining very respectful.
0:41.5	But today we have a 1950s case for you guys. It is a very mysterious and eerie story out of Wisconsin around Halloween time.
0:52.5	Yeah, we have not done a babysitter murder for you guys in a long time, but that's what we have for you guys today. It is very eerie when you get into the actual detail.
1:02.5	Absolutely. Also, if you're looking for more episodes, we just released a bonus episode on our Patreon and Apple Podcasts.
1:10.5	Or sorry, Apple subscriptions on Apple Podcasts. And that is the story of Brit Laptorn. That's a crazy case about a backpacker from Australia that traveled to Croatia.
1:21.5	And that case happened in 2008. That just came out. So if you want to check that out in almost 100 other bonus episodes that are full length and add free that we have not covered on Going West.
1:32.5	Head on over to patreon.com slash going west podcast or just open up your Apple Podcast app and hit subscribe.
1:41.5	Alright guys, I don't think we have anything more for you. I think that was enough.
1:45.5	I think that was enough. Alright guys, this is episode 344 of Going West. So let's get into it.
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2:45.5	Fixed up. Fixed up. Fixed up. Fixed up.
3:15.5	It actually involved or was it another local? This is the story of Evelyn Hartley. Evelyn Grace Hartley,
3:41.2	better known as Eevee, among her family and friends, was born on November 21, 1937 to parents Ethel and Richard Hartley.
3:50.3	One of four, Evelyn grew up alongside two brothers named Thomas and Richard Junior,
3:55.7	and a sister named Carolyn. But sadly, when Evelyn was just nine years old,
4:00.9	her brother Richard Junior fell ill of polio. So he was 18 years old. He had just graduated
4:07.1	high school and immediately enlisted in the Navy, stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland amidst the
4:12.4	Korean War. And then he died just a few months later on September 5, 1946. Three years after their
4:21.3	tragic loss, the family relocated from Charleston, Illinois to La Crosse, Wisconsin, which is nestled
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