The Vanishing of Eliza Hartwell: The Postcard That Shouldn’t Exist

It began with a postcard.

In the summer of 1999, talented young photographer Eliza Hartwell vanished after being seen with a mysterious stranger in Winslow Harbor, Maine. For over twenty years, her case went cold… until a postcard appeared beneath the door of a local bookstore — written in Eliza’s own handwriting, postmarked just days earlier.

How could a woman missing for decades suddenly leave behind fresh evidence of her existence? And what do the haunting photographs, fingerprints, and whispered sightings really reveal?

In this first chapter of The Vanishing of Eliza Hartwell, we retrace her final days, uncover the chilling reappearance of a postcard from the past, and reveal a photograph that may prove she was never truly gone.

📺 Watch the full Eliza Hartwell Mystery series:
➡️ Part 1: The Postcard in the Fog (you are here)
➡️ Part 2: The Lighthouse and the Ledger (coming soon)
➡️ Part 3: The Final Revelation (coming soon)

💬 Share your theories in the comments — was Eliza alive all these years, or is someone orchestrating a cruel illusion?

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