Without a Trace: National Park Disappearances

Tea Time Crimes

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, Sep 27, 1981, Page 54, https://www.newspapers.com/image/201099967/
• “Mystery of Missing Hiker Deepens.” By Carson Brewer, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Fri, Oct 02, 1981, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/774298236/