The Bennington Triangle: 5 Vanished in Vermont's Quiet Woods

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

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4.6 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Between 1945 and 1950, five people vanished without a trace in a remote, rugged stretch of southwestern Vermont. The area, later dubbed the Bennington Triangle, was once home to the booming logging town of Glastenbury, but as the town emptied out, a string of inexplicable disappearances began. From an experienced 74-year-old hunting guide to an 18-year-old college student, these cases shared one chilling detail: despite massive, military-led searches, almost no evidence was ever found. What makes these cases so baffling isn't just the unforgiving terrain or the sudden shifts in weather—it's the tight timelines and the sheer lack of clues. We discuss the five distinct cases of Middie Rivers, Paula Welden, James Tedford, Paul Jepson, and Frieda Langer. Was it the harsh environment, a string of tragic accidents, or something more sinister hiding in the woods? Thank you to this week's sponsors! Right nowIQBAR is offering our special podcast listeners 20% off all IQBAR products—including the Ultimate sampler pack—plus FREE shipping. To get your 20% off text MOMS to 64000. Message and data rates may apply. See terms for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Most people have heard of the Bermuda Triangle. You know, the place where things go in and just don't come back out.
0:06.1	But between 1945 and 1950, something similar was happening in a quiet stretch of southern Vermont.
0:13.0	Five people disappeared, searches turned up almost nothing, and out of all of them, only one body was ever found.
0:20.1	Today, we're talking about the Bennington
0:22.3	triangle.
0:29.6	Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself,
0:35.3	Mandy, and my dear friend, Melissa. Hi, Melissa.
0:38.3	Hi, Mandy.
0:38.8	How are you?
0:55.5	I am doing well. Doing well, doing well. I was going to say we're in May, but it's not. It's not going to be. Well, it's going to be May. Say it again? It's going to be May. No. I mean the Justin Timberlake way to say it. It's gonna be that's the one I was looking for but thanks for making me do that.
0:57.5	Well, you didn't even do it all the way.
0:55.6	No, because I'm... Justin Timberlake way to say it. It's gonna be. That's the one I was looking for, but thanks for making me do that.
1:13.8	Well, you didn't even do it all the way. No, because I got embarrassed. Halfway through, I was like, abort, abort, abort. Why do you think I didn't do it? Thank you, very, very much. This is like having a sister all over again. Mandy, we just recorded on Patreon, a bonus episode where we talked about a crazy neighbor you have.
1:14.7	Well, allegedly.
1:17.2	I don't know how else to make that legally binding, as well as stuff with kids.
1:23.1	And our kids are growing up and it was a little nostalgic for us.
1:25.9	But it was a fun conversation. And if you ever want to to hear us have these little conversations, it's at patreon.com slash moms and mysteries podcast. You can also sign it for a newsletter where I say things in it like, can you believe it's May? I know we shouldn't be saying this, but I can't believe it either. And then give you the episodes for the week.
1:44.4	And that's at moms and mysteries.com. So we would love to see you there. Awesome. So I am excited
1:50.6	to get into this story. I have never heard of the Bennington triangle before, not even one time. So this
1:56.6	was one that really caught my attention for sure. So if you were to pull up a map of southwestern Vermont and just take a look at the area
2:03.4	surrounding Bennington, nothing about it would immediately signal that anything unusual has
2:08.4	ever happened there.
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