account has no shortage of unsolved whodunit , and multitude have no famine of interest in them . In this episode ofStuff You Missed in History Class , Holly Frey and Tracy V. Wilson keep us guessing with two creepy and true stories . But we ’ll start with one : the mystifying disappearance of a pair of newlywed venturer .
When Glen and Bessie Hyde married in 1928 , they had decided their idea of a honeymoon was n’t mai tais and all - inclusive resorts . Glen was an experient boater , and the couple thought that boating the intact duration of the Grand Canyon would be not just fun , but perhaps even pioneering . " Up to that stage , only 45 citizenry had finagle to travel the full duration of the Grand Canyon by river , " Holly say . " And a woman had never done it — Bessie want to be the first , and Glen want to be the fastest . "
On Oct. 20 , 1928 , the pair started its journey — without life jackets , listen you . They take on up with a few citizenry along the direction , including a mid - November rendezvous withEmery Kolb , a famous photographer and seasoned boater who had a studio apartment near the Grand Canyon . Kolb saidthat Bessie seemed quick to give up the journeying , but Glen encourage them to manoeuver out the next twenty-four hours . Adolph G. Sutro , grandson of a notable former mayor of San Francisco , embarked on the journeying with the couple for several miles and was the last person to see them , on Nov. 18 .
When the newlyweds did n’t make it to Needles , California , by their planned arrival date in December , a massive search ensued . The military call in aeriform surveillance and aboriginal American trackers were employed , and the hunting political party reached the Hydes ' abandoned boat on Dec. 24 .
But the closed book was far from over . Instead of a mess of a crash , there was a perfectly intact scow . All the supplies were accounted for , neatly pack and organise . And the fix did n’t quite necessitate an emergency voidance either . " They had made it 600 mile on the Green and Colorado river , " Tracy says . " The boat was find just 46 miles from the mouth of the Grand Canyon , and accord to the details of the journal , they had actually been forrader of docket . "
Neither of the Hydes ' bodies has ever been found , but some tantalizing steer have cropped up . When a river guide named Georgie Clark died in 1992 , her champion found a marriage certificate for Bessie and Glen Hyde in one of her boxershorts , as well as a nascence certificate list her name as Bessie DeRoss . But while provocative , there ’s been no confirmation of the document . " A number of historians have librate in on it and after closer probe they really do n’t finger like this is the real deal , " enounce Holly .
The Hydes ' tidy disappearing is an eerie puzzle , but Tracy and Holly recount another unsolved closed book that proves even more creepy . A execution on an isolated farm is scary enough , but what about one where the liquidator might have been in secret survive with the victim for calendar month ? mind to this episode ofStuff You miss in History Classto see if you’re able to solve the offense .
