Ep. 167 - The Prodigy The Conspirators Podcast

You've probably heard stories about child prodigies, those remarkable children who show incredible aptitudes in art, music, science and mathematics at an early age. Well, once there lived a little girl named Barbara Newhall Follett, who published her first novel at age 12, and for a time became the darling of the literary world. But fame and critical acclaim at such an early age comes with a price, and one day when Barbara was 25 years old, she walked out of her apartment and was never seen again.

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Notes:
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act


https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-place-of-vanishing-finding-barbara-newhall-follett/


https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius


https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/20/the-benefits-and-pressures-of-being-a-young-genius/often-child-prodigies-do-not-grow-into-adult-genius


https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/15/child-geniuses-prodigies


https://vtdigger.org/2017/12/03/vermont-prodigy-wows-world/



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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod


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