Thelma Melton
- Year
- 1981
- Where
- Great Smoky National Park, Tennessee
- Source
- NamUs
- Evidence
- 1
Thelma Melton, 58 at the time, was last known to be in Great Smoky National Park, Tennessee on September 25, 1981. NamUs case MP14284.
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- Thelma Melton vanishes & The Flight of Kiddo the Cat.Southern Fried Spooky · 2024
- Thelma Polly Melton - Great Smoky Mountains National ParkLocations Unknown · 2025
- Episode 33: The Mysterious Disappearance of Thelma Pauline MeltonEerie · 2021
- The Case of Thelma Pauline Melton - Let's Bring Myra Lewis Home - Meet The GuysMesser Brothers Presents · 2020
- Vanished in the Smokies: The Mysterious Disappearance of Thelma Pauline (Polly) MeltonStrange Sisters Podcast | True Crime, Paranormal, and Spooky Movie Reviews · 2025
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