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Inside The Mysterious Disappearance Of Connie Converse, The Original Singer-Songwriter

Inside The Mysterious Disappearance Of Connie Converse, The Original Singer-Songwriter Connie Converse wrote and performed trailblazing music in the 1950s, but one day in 1974, she drove off looking for a fresh start — and was never seen again. Folk musician Connie Converse was ahead of her time. A witty, wistful lyricist who reveled in her isolation as much as she lamented it, she's praised by many to this day as history's first modern singer-songwriter. Sadly, however, she never got to enjoy the acclaim she now receives — because she mysteriously vanished in 1974 and was never seen again. ⁠ ⁠ Depressed, disillusioned, and frustrated after her attempts to launch a music career proved unsuccessful, Converse had gradually stopped writing music at all, and her letters to her family hinted at her deep loneliness. "Human society fascinates me and awes me and fills me with grief and joy; I just can't find my place to plug into it," she wrote to her brother in 1974. In