Bennington College Ghosts

  Bennington College Ghosts, Crimes & Cover Ups How does a small liberal arts college in one of the smallest and safest states in the U.S with less then 800 students lose 7 students in suspicious deaths in less the 10 years? Far above the statistical norm even for universities with ten times the student body as Bennington. Why did Shirley Jackson base The Haunting of Hill House off the Jennings Mansion and then her subsequent novel Hangsaman on the disappearance at Bennington College of student  Paula Jean Welden? Why in this day of sophisticated forensic science when we are pulling up dinosaur bones and ancient cities in the Amazon jungle with satellite imagery is her body still unfound? Her disappearance was so controversial it led to the formation of the Vermont State Police. Even in 1946, there was legitimate concerns the college may have had undue influence on the local Sheriff's department. It's not good for enrollment if a young girl can't walk safely on your...