Ep. 103 - The Lady Vanishes

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In 1926, two of the most famous women in the world vanished, then just as mysteriously reappeared. These are the stories of Agatha Christie and Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. What do they have in common? And what secret did each of them hold that led to their vanishing? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-disappearance-mystery-facts-poirot-miss-marple-detective/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/mystery-agatha-christies-disappearance-solved-author-suggests/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Curious-Disappearance-of-Agatha-Christie/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/sister/ https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/denominationalfounders/aimee-semple-mcpherson.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/13/aimee-semple-mcpherson/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kia Engel, July, September, Mist and Clouds, Fading Rays Waltz, March, May http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02" , "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Episode Sponsor: American Hysteria Subscribe to American Hysteria on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.0	When legendary mystery author Agatha Christie climbed the stairs of her Berkshire home and went into her daughter Rosalind's room,
1:19.0	she leaned over the sleeping seven-year-old girl and kissed her gently on the head.
1:25.4	Then Christie headed back downstairs, climbed into her car, and drove away into the night. What happened to her after that is a mystery even Hercule Poirot himself
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1:47.0	The only clue left behind was Christie's car, which was found abandoned with the door open on a steep slope at Newland's corner near Guildford.
1:56.1	The vehicle didn't show any signs of damage, and Agath Christie appeared to leave no clues
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