Without a Trace: National Park Disappearances

In the US, over 600,000 people are considered missing every year, though the vast majority of those return home quickly. But what happens when someone disappears in a National Park? Are these cases of abduction, runaways, tragic accidents, or murder? This episode covers several women who seem to have vanished into thin air.

Tea of the Day: Kiki’s Bakery Lemon Cake 

Theme Music by Brad Frank 

Resources:

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Alissa McCrann, contact the Missing Persons Unit by email: [e-mail].

Recommended Listens:

• Bryan's Mysteries & Adventures on Trail, “Vanished on a Run in Columbia Gorge, OR. Disappearance of Alissa McCrann.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgdt1OuRfyg
• The People That Disappeared Under IMPOSSIBLE Circumstances, (Keith Parkins Segment) Missing Void, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_YLn42U3pI

Sources (for all of our sources, please go to teatimecrimes.show or Tea Time Crimes on Spotify):

• “Search suspended for Portland woman missing near Multnomah Falls.” Author: KGW Staff, Published:December 24, 2015, https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/search-suspended-for-portland-woman-missing-near-multnomah-falls/283-7342607
• “Hiker’s Disappearance From Smokies Remains Mystery.” By Liz Keller, (Knoxville News Sentinel - USA Today Network Tennessee) The Daily News-Journal, Mon, Mar 28, 2022 ·Page A3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/828398069/
• The Disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde. By Sandra Wagner-Wright, Posted on NOVEMBER 15, 2021, at www.SandraWright.com : https://www.sandrawagnerwright.com/the-disappearance-of-glen-bessie-hyde/
• “Air Land and Water Search Is Made for Thrill Seekers.” The Peninsula Times Tribune (by Associated Press), Tue, Dec 18, 1928, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/838076166/
• “Army Planes Unable To Locate Trace of Missing Man, Woman.” The Daily Herald, Wed, Dec 19, 1928 ·Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1026079371/
• “Father Keeps Up Search Of Chasm.” The Times-News, Sat, Jan 12, 1929, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/566086973/
• “Strange Clue To Hydes.” The Roanoke Times, Sat, Dec 29, 1928, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/912055831/
• “Pioneer rafter leaves mystery her wake.” By Christopher Smith (The Salt Lake Tribune) The Idaho Statesman, Mon, Dec 03, 2001, Page 16, https://www.newspapers.com/image/917970031/
• “An Unsolved Mystery: Kimberly couple’s 1928 case aired.” South Idaho Press, Sun, Nov 22, 1987, Page 21, https://www.newspapers.com/image/567421368/
• Unsolved Mysteries: Season 1, Episode 1, “Honeymoon Bones.” Directed by John Cosgrove, Starring Robert Stack
• “‘Here I am!’ Girl Rescued After Week of Wandering in Woods.” Springfield Leader and Press, Mon, Jun 24, 1946, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/670950200/
• “Six Day Search for Girl Lost in Ozarks Still Recalled.” by Donald Bradley, The Kansas City Star, Thu, Oct 16, 1997, Page 204 (13), https://www.newspapers.com/image/820348461/
• “Kept Hopes in Prayer.” The Kansas City Times, Thu, Jun 27, 1946, Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/655632511/
• “Father Reads in Newspaper of Lost Girl, 8, Being Found.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Mon, Jun 24, 1946, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/573473761/
• Leslie Ackerson, 10 News, Appalachian Unsolved, “Appalachian Unsolved:Polly Melton Missing in the Smokies.” Published: 8:01 PM EST December 8, 2017, Updated: 7:48 PM EDT May 21, 2018, https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/appalachian-unsolved-polly-melton-missing-in-the-smokies/51-498115020
• Unsolved Disappearance in the Great Smoky Mountains by Juanitta Baldwin and Ester Grubb, Suntop Press 1998.
• “Authorities Seen Hiker.” By Sondra J. Harris, Asheville Citizen-Times, Sun,