Why did mystery writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappear?
Dear Cecil: Here is a question that will satisfy the curiosity of anyone who has ever read an Agatha Christie novel or seen one of her books as a movie or play. What is known about her mysterious “disappearance”? (1) When did she disappear? (2) Where was she (at home, on a trip, etc.)? (3) Was foul play suspected? (4) How old was she? (5) Could she have engineered her own disappearance to be dramatic in keeping with her novels? (6) Is she now presumed dead? — Linda D., Baltimore Cecil replies: Inasmuch as Agatha Christie was buried in an English churchyard in 1976, I think it’s pretty safe to assume she’s dead. However, you never know with these mystery writers. In any event, the famous “disappearance” you refer to occurred some 50 years earlier, and if she was senile at the time it is surely the most protracted case of that disorder in the history of medicine. Mrs. Christie disappeared on the evening of Friday, December 3, 1926, from her home near a small town in Berkshire, England. S
