Disappearance | Historical Mysteries | Missing Persons
Bay State College Girl The First of Two in Dual Ominous Mysteries
The strange tale of two deaths and an unsolved disappearance from the same college campus.
In the early morning hours of Friday, 13 November 1925, in Northampton, Massachusetts, a young woman named Jean M. Robeson was discovered dead in her dormitory at Smith College by asphyxiation through illuminating gas. However, shortly after Jean's untimely death, another tragedy would befall the institute. At around 8 a.m. that same morning, Alice M. Corbett exited her room in the Clark House dormitory. She may have also had $75 in cash on her person. It would mark the last time she was seen alive by anyone.
After failing to return later, Alice's other friends entered her room to look for clues. They discovered an unsealed note addressed to Alice's mother and written in her handwriting. One line from the letter read as such: "Mother, I am going home." After promptly bringing it to the attention of college officials, and upon examining the letter, the officials concluded that Alice must have been in a "confused" state of mind, and she was subsequently reported missing.
