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A Light in the Hallway: The Vanishing of Laureen Ann Rahn

A Light in the Hallway: The Vanishing of Laureen Ann Rahn

An unsolved mystery from the shadows of 1980s New England

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May 08, 2025
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Prologue

Manchester, New Hampshire was not the kind of place where girls disappeared. It was quiet, almost forgettable—a city of working-class families and ordinary dreams. But in the early hours of April 27, 1980, something dark and extraordinary happened in Apartment 3E on Merrimack Street.

A lightbulb had been unscrewed. A back door left open. A teenag…

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