Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Last updated 9 October 2019
(Agatha Christie, n.d.)
In 1926, crime writer Agatha Christie had her own real-life mystery, disappearing from her home for 11 days. While there were many speculations as to what had happened to her, the search was called off after she was identified in a hotel over 200 miles away. So what was the truth behind her disappearance?
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Australian/New Zealand Reference Centre
Mystery Writer, Mystery Woman. (1941). Saturday Evening Post, 213(45), 4. Retrieved from Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.
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British Newspaper Archive. (2013). The lady vanishes and reappears again. Retrieved from https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2013/12/02/the-lady-vanishes-and-reappears-again-the-strange-disappearance-and-reappearance-of-agatha-christie-3-and-14-december-1926/
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/agatha-christie-9247405
Mahon, E.K. (2011). The mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie. Retrieved from http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/05/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-agatha-christie
Missing novelist. (1926, December 9). Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 9 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115644489
Mrs Christie found. (1926, December 16). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954) , p. 7. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135170804
The mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie. (2019, February 7).History Extra. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-disappearance-mystery-facts-poirot-miss-marple-detective/
Strange case of Mrs Christie. (1927, January 29). Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1875 – 1948), p. 8. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98026188
Thorpe, V. (2006). Christie’s most famous mystery solved at last. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/15/books.booksnews
Videos
Biography. (2012, March2). Agatha Christie – Author & Playwright [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsQwGR-4XQ&t=9s
dgw934drwho2. (2010, December 11). DW – Step back in time: the mystery of the missing crime queen [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOWNvpwUDog
References
Agatha Christie [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://peterholford.wordpress.com/agatha-christie/