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October 24th, 1953 was a typical fall Friday night in LaCross, Wisconsin. LaCross State

College was playing their homecoming game and families and students were filling the stands.

15-year-old Evelyn Hartley was supposed to be at that game, too, but at the last minute,

she agreed to help a family friend and babysit their toddler so that the parents could go to the game

themselves. She brought her schoolbooks and planned to spend the night studying after the baby

went to bed. It was supposed to be a quiet evening and an opportunity for Evelyn to make some extra

money.

But when Evelyn's father tried to call her later that night and didn't get an answer, something

didn't sit right with him.

He got into his car and drove over to the house where she was babysitting.

But what he found wasn't just unsettling.

It was a scene that would spark one of the most intense missing persons investigations in Wisconsin history, one whose mystery

endures over 70 years later. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the

not knowing. I want to tell you the stories of those who never came home. Today, I want to tell you the story of Evelyn Hartley. I'm Conan Gallagher. And I'm Ethan

Flick. And this is, and then they were gone. The

The Welcome back, everyone once again.

Welcome back.

Thank you for joining us once again. I'm Kona. And I'm

Ethan. And we're the husband and wife team behind this podcast. Each week, I tell you the story of an

unsolved missing person's case. Ethan doesn't know anything about the case going into the episode,

and he's here to provide his reactions and questions in real time, hopefully asking some of the

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