The Conspirators Podcast15 Nov 2021

Ep. 167 - The Prodigy

You've probably heard stories about child prodigies, those remarkable children who show incredible aptitudes in art, music, science and mathematics at an early age. Well, once there lived a little girl named Barbara Newhall Follett, who published her first novel at age 12, and for a time became the darling of the literary world. But fame and critical acclaim at such an early age comes with a price, and one day when Barbara was 25 years old, she walked out of her apartment and was never seen again. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Teepublic: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-place-of-vanishing-finding-barbara-newhall-follett/ https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/20/the-benefits-and-pressures-of-being-a-young-genius/often-child-prodigies-do-not-grow-into-adult-genius https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/15/child-geniuses-prodigies https://vtdigger.org/2017/12/03/vermont-prodigy-wows-world/ Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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