30 Celebrities Who Disappeared Mysteriously—Their Fates Still Unknown Today

The former child actor, best known for his roles in Varsity Blues and the 2000s Beethoven 3rd and 4th movies, disappeared at just 18 years old, on January 5, 2006.

Pichler had relocated to Los Angeles as a child to pursue his acting career, which had a promising start, with appearances in at least 14 movies and television shows as a supporting actor.

At the insistence of his parents, he paused his acting career in 2003 to finish high school in his hometown of Bremerton, Washington.

Pichler’s car, a silver Toyota Corolla, was found four days after his disappearance. Inside the vehicle, there was a note where he expressed the wish to be “stronger” and a desire for his possessions to be handed to his younger brother.

While the lead detective on the case suspects the incident to be self-harm, Pichler’s body was never found, making it impossible to conclusively state what happened to him.

Loverboy’s bassist, Scott Smith, disappeared on November 30, 2000, during a sailing trip.

The 45-year-old musician was piloting his sailboat, the Sea Major, en route to Los Angeles with his friend Bill Eliis and girlfriend Yvonne Mayotte, when a 25-foot wave struck them, immediately sweeping Smith overboard.

The Coast Guard mobilized quickly, but the rescue operation was unable to find the bassist’s body after an entire day of relentless search.

“One minute he was there and the next he was gone,” Ellis shared in an interview with the Montreal Gazette. “It happened very, very quickly.”

The band paid tribute to Smith with the song Stranded, which was included in their next studio album, Just Getting Started, released in 2007.

The guitarist for the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers disappeared on February 1, 1995.

Edwards became the band’s main lyricist and openly discussed his battles with depression in interviews, using his art as an outlet for his inner turmoil.

The day of his disappearance, the songwriter was set to travel to the U.S. with the band, but his abandoned car was found instead near the Severn Bridge, a site that had become infamous for people losing their lives.

Edward’s body was never found, and some of his fans have claimed to have seen him in India and the Canary Islands.

Theodosia was the daughter of the third US Vice President, Aaron Burr. The 29-year-old was heading to New York to reunite with her father after the passing of her 10-year-old son to malaria.

She disappeared while sailing aboard the Patriot on December 31, 1812, a fast ship that served as a privateer during the war. The vessel’s weaponry was dismantled and hidden below decks, and the ship was said to have been laden with valuable cargo.

The Patriot never reached its destination, and its crew was never found. Speculation at the time pointed towards piracy as the culprit, as well as a storm off the Carolina coast that ultimately sank the ship.

Mostly known by her stage name “Licorice,” the Scottish musician and member of the Incredible String Band (ISB) vanished under mysterious circumstances after hitchhiking across the Arizona desert in 1987.

Licorice reached the apex of her fame when she performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, but by the late 80s, she had mostly faded from public view.

Accounts of her whereabouts are contradictory, with her sister stating that she was in Sacramento, California, recovering from surgery in 1990, and media outlets stating that she had disappeared in 1987.

Rose Simpson, a fellow former member of ISB, was quoted as stating that “There’s a possibility that she may not be alive.”

Spangler was a promising American actress and dancer born in Seattle, Washington. She disappeared on October 7, 1946, and was 26 years old. 

She was just starting to make her way in show business by working as an extra on productions such as 1948’s When My Baby Smiles at Me, and the 1949 comedy Chicken Every Sunday.

On the evening of her disappearance, Spangler told her sister-in-law that she was going to meet her ex-husband to discuss child support payments and then head to a late-night film shoot.

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