30 Celebrities Who Disappeared Mysteriously—Their Fates Still Unknown Today

Known for being the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Holt vanished without a trace on December 17, 1967, while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria, sparking one of the largest search efforts in the country’s history.

With his body unable to be found, many conspiracy theories surfaced in the aftermath of the event. Among the most outlandish was the idea of Holt being a spy from China, who had his body seized by a submarine of the Asian nation.

Tony Eggleton, a political consultant and friend of Holt’s, said that he tried to confront him about the dangers of his hobby, but that the Prime Minister dismissed him, saying, “Look Tony, what are the odds of a prime minister being drowned or taken by a shark?”

Holt’s passing has been attributed to drowning, and he was later commemorated with the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre.

Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, most commonly known as “Lord Lucan,” disappeared after supposedly failing to take his wife’s life on November 7, 1974.

The 39-year-old had been embroiled in a bitter custody battle with his wife, Veronica Duncan, following the breakdown of their marriage. Lucan had a dependence on gambling and was a heavy drinker, which ultimately resulted in him having to move out of their family home.

The night of the incident, Veronica and his kids were having dinner while their nanny, Sandra Rivett, was preparing tea in the basement kitchen. Lady Duncan grew suspicious as she did not come back for a while.

When she went down to see what had happened to Sandra, she found the kitchen in total darkness and was hit in the head by a blunt object. “Be quiet!” she heard, in what she would later reveal to be his husband’s voice.

Scared, Veronica took to the streets to ask for help, shouting, “I’ve just escaped from being m*rdered! He’s in the house! He’s attacked the nanny!”

When police arrived, they found the nanny’s body in a sack alongside a blood-covered lead pipe. Reports say Lord Lucan fled from London to Sussex and was never seen again.

The eldest daughter of celebrated Italian artists Albano Carrisi and Romina Power, Ylenia had it all: beauty, talent, and a pedigree that could have set her on the path to stardom.

Still, she was determined to pursue her own passion: writing.

After appearing alongside her parents in the film Champagne in Paradiso, Ylenia enrolled at King’s College London to study literature, earning the highest marks in her year.

During her studies, she began dreaming of traveling the world solo, armed with nothing but a backpack and her journal.

She returned to Italy, sold all her belongings to fund the trip, and set off for Latin America. After months in Belize, she left the day after Christmas 1993 for New Orleans, Louisiana.

By early January 1994, Ylenia was staying at the LeDale Hotel in New Orleans with Alexander Masakela, a street musician twenty years her senior. Around January 6, she was last seen in the French Quarter.

A security guard testified, saying that he had seen a woman matching her description jump into the Mississippi River.

Her final words: “I belong in water.”

By the early 1940s, Glenn Miller was America’s biggest music star. With hits like In the Mood and Chattanooga Choo Choo, his orchestra dominated the airwaves.

At the height of his fame, Miller walked away from civilian success to serve in the US Army Air Forces, leading a 50-piece military band that boosted morale for thousands of troops across Europe.

On December 15, 1944, Miller boarded a small military plane bound for Paris, where he was set to perform for Allied soldiers. Bad weather had delayed his trip for days, and anxious to get moving, he hitched a last-minute ride without official authorization.

He never arrived.

No wreckage was found. No bodies recovered.

Miller was just 40 years old and was officially declared lifeless a year later.

The Mexican-American attorney made a name for himself by being an activist in the Chicano Movement, as well as for his novels, 1972’s Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and 1973’s The Revolt of the Cockroach People.

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