The Vanished Act of Barbara Follett

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Description

From child prodigy to missing person, the life of Barbara Follett is a one-of-a-kind story that has left us with questions for nearly 80 years.

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Credits

Hosted and edited by Lars Hacking

Written and researched by Charlie Worroll

Music by Marc Walloch

Cover art by Lars Hacking

Sources

INTERNET

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/last-known-whereabouts-of-barbara-newhall-follett https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius

• https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act

• http://www.farksolia.org

NEWSPAPER

• Peter Pan’s Sister Writes a Book, Harford Courant, 13 Mar 1927

• Freedom Lures Child Novelist, The LA Times, 21 Sept 1929

• Haunting Story of Child Genius, The Baltimore Sun, 5 Jun 1966