Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains

I am a professional folklorist in east Tennessee. For years I have conducted short walking tours telling ghost and folk tales.So many people on my tours began asking me about stories they had read in this book - Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains - that I bought a copy. I was spellbound and knew I had to tell these stories. I contacted the authors and arranged to tell the true stories they had written of people who vanished without a trace in the Great Smoky Mountains.

This book is a "must read" for anyone who enjoys the challenge of untangling a web of the unknown mixed with the truth. The authors not only furnish an excellent accounting of factual events, they often challenge the readers to draw their own conclusions. Are these people really missing in the mountains? Are they dead? Did some step into the realm of the unknown? Or did they use the mountains simply as an escape route, knowing they could never be found.To this day, the Smoky Mountains are filled with mysteries and most are never solved. What is it, about the ancient-old Smokies, that allows them to so cleverly hide their secrets? Travel with these authors as they try, with actual documentation and personal interviews, to find answers to these questions.

I hike in the Great Smoky Mountains and had never given much thought to getting lost or disappearing. I went ... and realized I could be the subject of the authors' next story! I am enjoying hiking as much as ever but with more concern for safety.I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in true stories of the Smokies.

This is a wonderful book. Every time I go to the Smokey Mountains I make sure that this book goes with me. As I am riding through the mountains I am always wondering what really did happen to the people in the book. It will keep you guessing even after you have read the last page.

I visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last month. While browsing the Visitor Center I saw this book and bought it since unsolved mysteries have always intrigued me. My group and I read a story each night and then discussed it. We visited the places where the people disappeared without a trace. It was a real human experience, and different from the many tourist traps with nothing but junk to offer.