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Joseph Halpern Missing Person Case

Last seen in Estes Park Vacinity, Colorado on Aug 15, 1933

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In the summer of 1933, a gifted 22-year-old doctoral candidate named Joseph Laurence Halpern embarked on a road trip with his parents and a friend, Samuel Garrick. A brilliant student of astronomy and mathematics at the University of Chicago, Halpern was taking a break from his summer job at an observatory in Wisconsin. Their journey took them through the Black Hills of South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park before they arrived at their destination: Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, ...Read More
Last Seen: Aug 15, 1933

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  • Into thin air: The mysterious 1933 disappearance of hiker Joe Halpern
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    Victim Details

    Sep 08, 2009

    May 25, 2023

    Joseph

    Halpern

    113

    22

    68 inches

    165 lbs

    White / Caucasian

    Male

    Aug 15, 1933

    Estes Park Vacinity

    Colorado

    Larimer County

    20633

    Rocky Mountain National Park Service

    Estes Park

    Colorado

    Larimer County

    80517

    1000 US-36, Colorado

    9705861206

    Federal

    Other

    https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm

    1933-08-15

    Rocky Mountain National Park Service

    na

    Brown

    Brown

    Brown

    05/30/2026


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    Forum Posts (3)

    Does anyone else find it puzzling that Halpern, someone with such a strong academic background and s... ...Read More
    02/15/2024
    I recently came across the case of Halpern, who vanished while hiking near Taylor Peak in 1933, and ... ...Read More
    03/16/2023
    Has anyone else looked into the theory that Halpern might have used his mathematical and astronomy s... ...Read More
    02/26/2023

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