Tea Time Crimes

The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold


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On December 12, 1910, perfume heiress Dorothy Arnold set out to buy a dress and was never seen again. Not wanting to risk her reputation, her family held off on calling the police, losing any immediate leads. Did she escape to Europe and change her name? Was she kidnapped? Did her boyfriend do her harm? Or was she in the wrong place at the wrong time? Join us as we dig through the details and try to find the answer.

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Sources:

  • https://youtu.be/U6Wwp5ferFo
  • The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold: The Unsolved Mystery of the American Socialite Who Vanished in 1910 by Charles River Editors
  • https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/02/02/104777224.html?pageNumber=1
  • https://youtu.be/s_2QTY0V3Yc
  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/88207366/?terms=dorothy%20arnold&match=1
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82002110/francis-rose-arnold
  • https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4103433/1922-death-of-francis-rose-arnold/
  • The Baltimore Sun - April 11, 1914 https://www.newspapers.com/image/365377463/?terms=dorothy%20arnold%20the%20house%20of%20mystery&match=1
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer April 14th, 1914  https://www.newspapers.com/image/169047294/?terms=dorothy%20arnold%20the%20house%20of%20mystery&match=1
  • The Scranton Truth - April 11th, 1914 https://www.newspapers.com/image/169047294/?terms=dorothy%20arnold%20the%20house%20of%20mystery&match=1
  • The New York Time - January 26th, 1911 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/01/26/issue.html
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