The Longform Guide to Missing Persons
Shadow Boxing
Searching for Jimmy Robinson, a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali in 1961, then disappeared.
Wright Thompson ESPN Dec 2009 35min
Lost at Sea
An investigation into the disappearance of 24-year-old Rebecca Coriam from aboard the Disney Wonder opens the strange and insular world of cruise employees, who vanish mysteriously at alarming rates.
Jon Ronson Guardian Nov 2011 20min
The Mystery of Lloyd Gaines
In 1938, Gaines was the catalyst for a pivotal civil rights court case. One year later, he was gone.
Chad Garrison Riverfront Times Apr 2007 15min
What Happened to Etan Patz
The father of the first kid featured on a milk carton thinks he knows who kidnapped the him 30 years ago.
Lisa R. Cohen New York May 2009 15min
The Wallenberg Curse
The search for Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, began in 1945. The unending quest tore his family apart.
Joshua Prager Wall Street Journal Feb 2009 20min
Vanishing Act
In 1926, at the age of 12, Barbara Follett published a critically acclaimed novel. Fourteen years later, she disappeared.
Paul Collins Lapham's Quarterly Dec 2010
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