The Dry Paper at Carrow Point: The Impossible Evidence of 1911

The Dry Paper at Carrow Point: The Impossible Evidence of 1911

A dry, folded admission form was found tucked behind the buttons of a drowned woman's dress on November 9, 1911 - an impossible object that should have been sodden after at least four hours in salt water. Who placed that bone-dry paper on Valerie Fitzgerald, and why would someone plant evidence that contradicts the tide charts?

In this episode, we lay out the events around Valerie Fitzgerald's death at Carrow Point and the details that made the paper an unsolvable puzzle to investigators. What does the timing on the Aldercroft admission form tell us about the last eleven days of Valerie's life and the people who escorted her there?

Person: Valerie Fitzgerald
Date: November 9, 1911
Location: Carrow Point, Maine
Institution: Aldercroft Restorative Institute
Attendant: Megan Richardson

- The body was found face down at the south breakwater of Carrow Point, wedged between two granite blocks.
- Tide charts indicated the body had been in the water for between four and seven hours before discovery.
- A folded admission form dated November 7 was tucked behind the second and third buttons of Valerie's dress and was completely dry.
- Valerie had been admitted to Aldercroft eleven days before her death under a diagnosis entered as "nervous collapse with hysterical overlay."
- Megan Richardson, age thirty-six, had worked at Aldercroft for fourteen months and had a prior personal history with Valerie.

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