Throughout history there have been disappearances that have left their mark on society, either because of the people involved, because of history, because of the place or for any other reason. We tell you who the most famous missing people in history are , some of them stories with a great mystery behind them.
Curious is the case of several scientists who disappeared as some of their research progressed, and they were never heard from again.
The 6 most famous missing people in history
Spartacus
We know him mainly from the film that was made about him several decades ago and that is broadcast on television several times each year. The famous slave, who led the rebellion against the Roman Republic, died in the battle of the Silario River, according to the official version. However, his corpse never appeared , so legend has it that perhaps he managed to flee with his own.
The Emperor Valens
Emperor of Rome in the eastern part of the Empire, Flavius Julius Valente died at the Battle of Adrianople on August 9, 378, according to official sources. He is said to have been shot with an arrow and taken to a hut where the Goths later set fire to it , but his body was never recovered.
Solomon Northup
Author of the book “12 Years of Slavery”, he made a promotional tour in 1857 from which he never returned. They say that he could have been kidnapped and sold to be a slave again , but the truth is that there has been no news of his whereabouts since then.
Béla Kiss
This Hungarian serial killer joined the Austrian army during World War I, and while he was on the front lines , 24 bodies of women were found in his home , hidden in jerry cans. Wounded in the war, when they tried to arrest him he fled and assumed the identity of a deceased soldier, and was never heard from again.
Roald Amundsen
The Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole, a feat he carried out in 1899, and was also part of the first expedition to fly over the North Pole, which was where he disappeared without a trace on a rescue mission . His body was never recovered, but a float belonging to his seaplane was.
Amelia Earhart
The most famous aviator in history was the first woman to try to fly a plane around the world, and that is how she disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937. After days of searching, on July 18 she gave it to her. for dead, although her body never appeared . Recently they found remains of a plane that they say could be theirs.
