Bennington College
Liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermontwww.bennington.edu
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Sep 14, 2026
Nick GillespiePANELIST
And one of the reasons why I think Ellis remains fascinating is that in an era where fans have more control over interpretation or even a kind of reiteration of something, he's right there with it trying to figure it out.
Katherine Mangu-WardPANELIST
I also will put in a plug for a podcast that I recommended many years ago on this pod, but still think you should listen to if you cared about any of the words that Nick just said, which is Once Upon a Time at Bennington College, which is like a vanity fair and maybe independent podcast, which chronicles Ellis's time at Bennington College with Donna Tartt of Secret History fame and Jonathan Latham of Motherless Brooklyn fame.
Katherine Mangu-WardPANELIST
Just incredible.
Katherine Mangu-WardPANELIST
Absolutely the dirtiest, gossipiest, tea-spilling-est, lengthiest podcast imaginable about these people and totally worth your time.
Derek OlsonHOST
So it seems like he would have known to have made a fire if he was lost to stay warm, and that he would have begun firing his weapon to alert the search party as to his whereabouts.
Derek OlsonHOST
Now the following year in the winter of 1946, a woman named Paula Weldon is attending Bennington College about a 30 minute drive from Glastonbury.
Derek OlsonHOST
She is a sophomore who on December 1st of again 1946 finishes her shift at the dining hall and returns to her dorm room.
Derek OlsonHOST
She there tells her roommate that she needs a break from her studies and that she wants to go out on a hike.
Mike MorfordHOST
On December 1st, 1946, just over one year after Mittie Rivers disappeared, 18-year-old Paula Jean Weldon wanted to go hiking.
Mike MorfordHOST
That year Paula was a sophomore at Bennington College.
Mike MorfordHOST
She was living in a dorm at Dewey Hall and working at the school's cafeteria during breakfast and lunch.
Mike MorfordHOST
After she got back from work that day, Paula told her roommate that she was going for a walk.
Mike FergusonHOST
She wasn't wearing clothes warm enough for the overnight temperatures.
Mike FergusonHOST
She was last seen in jeans and a red jacket, and she didn't take any money with her.
Mike FergusonHOST
Students at Bennington College were required to sign a log if they were going to be out later than 11:00 PM.
Mike FergusonHOST
Paula hadn't signed it, further evidence she planned on returning.
Ruthie RogersGUEST
So did the college.
Ruthie RogersGUEST
I was at Bennington College.
Ruthie RogersGUEST
And...
Ruthie RogersGUEST
I arrived here, lived in North London, and wasn't really sure what I was going to do.
Steve StocktonHOST
He is one of the lucky ones.
Steve StocktonHOST
This exact spot is where Paula Weldon, a Bennington College sophomore, was last seen alive 62 years ago.
Steve StocktonHOST
There's something about random, inclement weather in these cases.
Steve StocktonHOST
Kind of like Mother Nature is playing a game.
1 HR 18 MINS LATER
Steve StocktonHOST
However, this never came to be and no trace of the missing guide has ever been found.
Steve StocktonHOST
area from which rivers vanished is near long trail road and vermont state route 9. the very next year on sunday december 1st 1946 an 18 year old college student named paula weldon went missing while hiking in the same area around long trail road Easily remembered because she was wearing a bright red jacket, several people recalled seeing her that day, including a shop clerk in Bennington who had provided her with directions and also a couple of elderly hikers who had been approximately 300 feet behind her on the trail for part of their hike.
Steve StocktonHOST
The alarm was sounded when the college sophomore didn't show up the next morning for her classes at Bennington College.
Steve StocktonHOST
An extensive search was launched by local authorities and included more than 1,000 volunteer searchers.
RobHOST
So, Paula Weldon.
RobHOST
Paula Jean Weldon was a Bennington College student.
RobHOST
Okay.
RobHOST
Yeah.
Steve StocktonHOST
He is one of the lucky ones.
Steve StocktonHOST
This exact spot is where Paula Weldon, a Bennington College sophomore, was last seen alive 62 years ago.
Steve StocktonHOST
There's something about random inclement weather in these cases, kind of like mother nature is playing a game.
Steve StocktonHOST
Seems that in a lot of missing person cases, immediately once a search starts, foul weather comes in.
41 MINS LATER
Steve StocktonHOST
Easily remembered because she was wearing a bright red jacket, several people recalled seeing her that day.
Steve StocktonHOST
including a shop clerk in Bennington who had provided her with directions and also a couple of elderly hikers who had been approximately 300 feet behind her on the trail for part of their hike.
Steve StocktonHOST
The alarm was sounded when the college sophomore didn't show up the next morning for her classes at Bennington College.
Steve StocktonHOST
An extensive search was launched by local authorities and included more than 1,000 volunteer searchers.
Alan KoslowGUEST
Well, Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Saratoga.
Alan KoslowGUEST
But then I realized I was asked by some people at some events, what about Williams and Bond?
Sina Basila HickeyHOST
That I was going to ask, yeah.
Sina Basila HickeyHOST
So?
Steve StocktonHOST
He is one of the lucky ones.
Steve StocktonHOST
This exact spot is where Paula Weldon, a Bennington College sophomore, was last seen alive 62 years ago.
Steve StocktonHOST
There's something about random inclement weather in these cases.
Steve StocktonHOST
Kind of like Mother Nature is playing a game.
48 MINS LATER
Steve StocktonHOST
The very next year, on Sunday, December 1, 1946, an 18-year-old college student named Paula Weldon went missing while hiking in the same area around Long Trail Road.
Steve StocktonHOST
Easily remembered because she was wearing a bright red jacket, several people recalled seeing her that day, including a shop clerk in Bennington who had provided her with directions and also a couple of elderly hikers who had been approximately 300 feet behind her on the trail for part of their hike.
Steve StocktonHOST
The alarm was sounded when the college sophomore didn't show up the next morning for her classes at Bennington College.
Steve StocktonHOST
An extensive search was launched by local authorities and included more than 1,000 volunteer searchers.
Dan RosenHOST
They all went to Bennington, right?
Brian ParkHOST
Oh, yeah, or they were affiliated with Bennington College.
Brian ParkHOST
So it was Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, and Donna Tartt.
Dan RosenHOST
Yeah.
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