Joseph Halpern

…To this day, Joseph Halpern's fate is unknown. His case is one of the oldest unsolved disappearances from Rocky Mountain National Park's early years. Modern authorities have collected DNA samples from Joseph's surviving relatives, just in case any remains turn up that could be linked to him. Decades have passed without a trace. If Joseph died on the mountai…

…On a cool summer morning in 1933, Joseph Halpern and a close friend pitched their tent in the high country of Rocky Mountain National Park. Joseph was no ordinary 22-year-old. He was a graduate student from the University of Chicago, brilliant in mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy. In fact, he'd spent the summer working at an observatory in Wisconsin, an…

…Yet, the lack of any evidence, no clothing scraps, no gear, nothing, left everyone baffled. Joseph's heartbroken friend and family were forced to return home without answers. It seemed the case would end there, another tragic but straightforward disappearance due to nature's wrath. But Joseph Halpern's story was far from over.…