30 Celebrities Who Disappeared Mysteriously—Their Fates Still Unknown Today

The renowned Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer was last seen on October 6, 2011, during preparations for a filming project in his home country.

Lagerlöf disappeared while scouting a location at a nature reserve, and is believed to have been swept out to sea by strong waves while walking along slippery rocks near high cliffs in Bohuslän.

His disappearance left behind his wife, whom he married in 1997, and three children. With no witnesses present or remains found, it’s unclear what happened, but the director has been declared lifeless.

Ms. Arnold was a wealthy socialite of the early 20th-century American society. She disappeared without a trace on December 12, 1910 when she was 25 years old in New York City.

Dorothy was the daughter of successful fine goods importer Francis R. Arnold and enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College and dreamed of becoming a writer.

On the day of her disappearance, Dorothy left her home to go shopping for a dress and was last seen by a cashier and a friend on Fifth Avenue. According to her friend’s testimony, she had planned to take a stroll through Central Park before returning home.

Her father, Francis, sought the help of private investigators, but their efforts proved fruitless. He would wait for a year before ultimately giving up on the search, telling the press that he had come to accept that his daughter had passed away.

Although he’s mostly known for writing the famous children’s novella The Little Prince, Antoine was also a journalist, aviator, and poet.

It was his knowledge of aviation that eventually led to his disappearance in July 1944, as he embarked on a reconnaissance mission from the French island of Corsica over the Mediterranean, in preparation for the Allied invasion of southern France.

Saint-Exupéry did not do this mission out of love for his country, however, as historians record he was strong-armed into the position by Charles de Gaulle, a French general of the Vichy Regime, which Exupéry did not support.

The novelist reportedly became depressed by his appointment and began drinking heavily, with members of the air force discussing his expulsion due to his deteriorating physical and mental health.

While his body was never recovered, a fisherman found his silver identity bracelet in September 1998. The wreckage of his airplane was subsequently discovered in May 2000 and is currently displayed at the French Air and Space Museum.

The former NBA player disappeared on July 7, 2002, during a sailing trip in the South Pacific.

The 33-year-old took a trip from Tahiti aboard his catamaran, the Hakuna Matata, accompanied by his girlfriend, Serena Karlan, as well as his brother, Miles Dabord, and the ship’s captain, Bertrand Saldo.

Out of the four, Dabord was the only person who returned to Tahiti almost two weeks later on July 20. The police launched a sting operation in September, discovering that Dabord had forged Dele’s signature to open mailboxes in his name and to buy $152,000 worth of gold.

The police found that Dabord had fled to Mexico and that the Hakuna Matata had been left in Tahiti under a different name, with its name removed and bullet holes patched.

Dabord took his own life on September 27 of that year. The FBI discovered that he had bought $200 in weights in order to sink the bodies of his victims to the bottom of the sea.

Kees was an American painter, jazz pianist, filmmaker, and poet. He became famous as an icon of the Beat Generation of mid-20th-century American society, with his works being frequently featured in publications like The New Yorker and Time.

Despite his artistic success, Kees struggled with personal issues and was stated to have suffered manic depression.

He disappeared on July 18, 1955, in San Francisco. Rumors of him having taken his own life began circulating after his car was found abandoned on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge, but without his body, nothing could be confirmed.

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