The Missing Negative That Hid Who Left Her on the Midway
From Crime And History · 13:59
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A woman vanishes from the Crestola fair midway in thirty-five minutes; a missing negative from a twelve-exposure roll may hold the answer.The Missing Negative That Hid Who Left Her on the MidwayIn this episode, we follow the evidence and the people tied to Cynthia Casey’s disappearance on August 12, 1937, tracing her last routine Thursday and the narrow window when she went missing. What did the missing film frame show, and who was taking photographs on the midway that night?Person: Cynthia CaseyDate: August 12, 1937Location: Harwick County fairgrounds (Crestola State Fair circuit)Status: Body found August 14, 1937; death between 9:00 PM and midnight on Aug 12Item: Missing silver brooch; coin purse left with money- Cynthia kept an unbroken three-year Thursday routine of walking four miles to her sister Della’s for dinner and always caught Ray Lund’s Route Nine jitney home.- On August 12 she never arrived at Della’s, never boarded the jitney, and vanished during a thirty-five-minute span at the fairgrounds.- William Farrell submitted a twelve-exposure roll shot between 8:05 and 8:40 PM; only eleven negatives survived because the twelfth frame had been cleanly cut from the strip.- Deputy Gail Wagner and partner Tom Eckert received a body with a precise death window and a puzzling contradiction: Cynthia’s coin purse lay nearby with money intact, but her personal silver brooch was missing.- Witness logs and Ray Lund’s jitney record show Cynthia’s habitual presence on the route-her absence on that night narrows the timeline to between leaving Della’s and the final jitney loop.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-7194400© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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