# Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

Missing · 1926

On May 18, 1926, American Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers there. Allegations arose that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover, leading to court inquiries.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=46648320
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/disappearance-of-aimee-semple-mcpherson-w46648320

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=46648320


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