30 Celebrities Who Disappeared Mysteriously—Their Fates Still Unknown Today

The son of Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, Sean was also a photojournalist, adventurer, and actor.

His fearless pursuit of dangerous assignments during the Vietnam War eventually led to his disappearance on April 6, 1970, while covering the conflict in Cambodia.

Due to the influence of his father, Sean was given ample opportunities to develop an acting career, having made his debut at the age of fifteen on an episode of Errol’s television show The Errol Flynn Theatre.

Sean’s pivot to journalism was a result of him becoming disillusioned with acting, searching for a more meaningful and adventurous career of his own. He eventually formed part of a group of high-risk photographers who would regularly go into combat areas to get the best pictures possible.

Sean and his partner Dana Stone, who was reporting on behalf of CBS, were seized by members of the Viet Cong while heading to a press conference in Saigon on a motorcycle. Their bodies were never found.

Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters and a talented composer, poet, and writer.

She disappeared on August 10, 1974. According to Howard Fishman, who wrote her biography, a combination of personal setbacks devastated her mental health, plunging her into a deep depression that led her to pack her belongings into her Volkswagen Beetle and drive away, never to be seen again.

Testimony of friends and family point to Connie being a lesbian, and feeling rejected in both personal and professional life by her religious parents. She found solace in writing for the Journal of Conflict Resolution, but she lost her job after its offices moved to Yale in 1972.

While her family tried to locate her, the private investigator, who they had hired ultimately told them that he couldn’t bring her back and that they should respect her decision to disappear.

Touted as a child prodigy novelist, Barbara Newhall Follet, published her first novel, The House Without Windows, when she was just 12 years old. She followed her first publication with another, The Voyage of the Norman D. in 1928, when she was 14 years old.

Described as a “child of nature” by historians, Barbara often expressed fondness for the wilderness in her stories and poems. Deeply sensitive, her heart was shattered when her father left her mother for another woman, which also had the side-effect of damaging her family’s finances.

She continued writing while working as a secretary in New York City in the middle of the Great Depression, but her novels Lost Island and Travels Without a Donkey, failed to reach the acclaim of her previous work.

Barbara met Nickerson Rogers in 1931 and spent the summer walking the Appalachian Trail to the Massachusetts border. The couple then traveled to Spain and Switzerland, exploring the Alps and other natural wonders.

They married in July 1934, and while their union was initially happy, Barbara expressed dissatisfaction with her life in letters to close friends. Four years later, in 1938, Follet started suspecting her husband of being unfaithful, and she fled her home one year later, never to be seen again.

Amelia Earhart made history by becoming the first female aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. A female icon and celebrated author, she promoted commercial air travel and wrote many best-selling books about her adventures in the sky.

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