1950s missing person cases

Evelyn Grace Hartley was an American teenager who mysteriously disappeared on October 24, 1953, from La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Her disappearance sparked a search involving 2,000 people. In the year following her disappearance, investigators questioned more than 3,500 people though as of 2026 the case remains unsolved.

Cuban revolutionary fighter and guerilla (1932–1959)

American formerly unidentified murder victim (1953 - 1957)

British Royal Navy frogman, lost at sea under mysterious circumstances (1909–1956)

Finnish murder victim (1935–1953)

Chief of the Gestapo at Katowice, Denmark, and Vienna

American mobster (1888–1951)

New Zealand murder case

American artist (1914-1955)

American merchant vessel

American geologist and mountain climber

Argentine politician (1921-2005)

French explorer (1926–1950)

Canadian ski jumper

American basketball player (1919–1959)

USAF pilot (1926-1953)

American 4-year-old girl who died accidentally

1958 missing family case in Oregon

Italian woman found dead