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After young mother Erica Franolich went missing 35 years ago in Middleburgh, police began investigations into her whereabouts.
“She is believed to have last been seen at approximately 9:00 p.m. on October 13, 1986, in the area of Main Street and Railroad Avenue in the Village of Middleburgh, New York,” said the most recent New York State Police release from early 2020, “It is believed that she may be the victim of foul play.”
Though nearly four decades have passed since Erica’s mysterious disappearance, her siblings are still searching to explain what happened to their sister.
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Maximilian Schoenbein photographed here in the 1890s and known more widely by his most popular pseudonym, “Baron” Max Shinburn was considered one of the world’s most successful bank robbers. His infamous career in the late 1800s figured prominently in upstate New York, where two sensational events unfolded in Saratoga Springs and Middleburgh.National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Pinkerton s, Inc., Styled by Joanne Georges
Maximilian Schoenbein had already been cooling his heels in prison for eight years when