{"id":3151,"date":"2024-08-30T20:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2024-08-30T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T14:46:59","slug":"the-mysterious-disappearance-of-blaise-harsell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"The Mysterious Disappearance of Blaise Harsell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we tell the mysterious and tragic story of Blaise Harsell, a wealthy naturalist and writer from New York who vanished into the rugged mountains along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, leaving behind a puzzle. In the fall of 1921, Blaise embarked on what was supposed to be a preliminary wilderness expedition before a planned journey to a remote part of South America. 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