SPOOKY WEDNESDAY: FAMOUS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.

D.B. COOPER

The man calling himself “D.B. Cooper” hijacked a Boeing 727 to Seattle in the year 1971. After getting a hold of a $200,000 ransom, DB escaped via parachute, and neither he nor the money was ever found again. Although the FBI closed the case in 2016 but till today eyebrows are still raised about how he was able to parachute to safety from the plane's height and if his name was really D.B. Cooper.

JIM SULLIVAN

He was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who released two albums between 1969 and 1972. He often played at popular and high-end clubs, had famous friends in the movie industry and performed on TV shows. On March 4 1975, Jim drove alone from Los Angeles in his Volkswagen Beetle and headed to Nashville. The next day he checked into La Masa motel in Santa Rosa New Mexico. Reports suggests that he didn't sleep there and was seen the next day at a remote ranch. He left his car there and apparently left behind everything he had with him, including his guitar, copies of his albums, clothes, and money. Reports indicated he was last seen walking away from the car, and he was never seen again. 

CHERRIE MAHAN

Cherrie Mahan got off her school bus in Pennsylvania in 1985 and vanished before she could reach her home. The mother of some school friends who was in a car behind the bus said that she saw Cherrie pass a distinctive blue van before turning the corner toward her driveway, but that’s all she saw. Mahan’s case led to widespread distribution of postcards emblazoned with her picture and the logo, “Have You Seen Me?”, a procedure that entered regular use for missing child cases in the years to follow. Mahan was declared legally dead in 1998. She has never been found.

AMELIA EARHART

Amelia Earhart is probably the most famous missing person in history. As both a pilot and a passenger, her exploits into flying made her very well-known. In addition to her aviation popularity, she was also a teacher, author, fashion designer, magazine editor, and cigarette spokesman. Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan decided to embark on a trip around the world in 1937. However, on July 2, Earhart sent out radio message asking for help; apparently they were dangerously low on fuel over the Pacific Ocean. The US Coast Guard sent help in the form of a cutter, the Itasca, but they were unable to locate the plane. The cutter proceeded to send up smoke signals, hoping the pair would see the smoke, but it was no use. The plane nor the two aboard were ever found. Earhart’s husband funded a private search, but it failed to produce any results. In 1939, Earhart was declared dead in absentia.

JIM THOMPSON

Jim Thompson was an American businessman who revitalize the silk industry from Thailand in the 1950s and 60s. He disappeared while on a walk in Malaysia along the Cameron Highlands on Sunday, March 26, 1967. After church that day, he decided to go for a walk and never returned. An extensive search was conducted, declaring Thompson so be lost. More than five hundred people aided in the search, which officially lasted eleven days. Nonetheless, he was never found, nor any clues to his disappearance.

Bones were later found in 1985 in an area close to Cameron Highlands, but the remains were missing a skull. One researcher believes Thompson was the victim of a hit and run, with the perpetrator burying him in a shallow grave. However, the bones were never proven to be connected to Thompson’s disappearance.