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THE UNSOLVED DISAPPEARANCE OF JUDGE CRATER

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On the evening of August 6, 1930, Judge Joseph Crater vanished from a street corner in New York City.  He was never seen, or heard from, again.

This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Crater, Stella & Fraley, Oscar, The Empty Robe (book, 1961) 

Gibson, John Winslow, Judge Crater, the Missingest Person: How He Disappeared and Why They Couldn't Find Him (2010).

Tofel, Richard J., Vanishing Point: The Disappearance of Judge Crater and the New York He Left Behind (book, 2004).

Kelly, Jack, Judge Crater Vanishes Forever. American Heritage Magazine  

Furneaux, Rupert, The Disappearance of Judge Crater, The People's Almanac #2 (1978), at pp. 1268-69.

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source - Chesterton, G.K., The Red Angel (short story), available as Chapter XVII, in Tremendous Trifles (book, collected stories and essays, 1909). 

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@KitCaren 

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