#6: Barbara Newhall Follett
Year of disappearance: 1939
Year of discovery: never found
Barbara Newhall Follett, a promising Jazz Age literary sensation, vanished from the writing world after her father deserted their family. By 16, financial hardships forced her into typist work, permanently derailing her budding literary career.
In 1939, following a decade of obscurity and a fight with her husband, Follett mysteriously vanished. With minimal search efforts, her disappearance remained a mystery until 1966. Did she forge a new identity or meet an untimely end? The truth remains elusive.