<p>In 1926, a wildly popular evangelical preacher named Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, in front of the Ocean View Hotel. When her body wasn’t found, she was presumed to have drowned. There’s just one curious thing: Over the next few weeks, people kept on seeing her.</p>

In 1926, a wildly popular evangelical preacher named Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, in front of the Ocean View Hotel. When her body wasn’t found, she was presumed to have drowned. There’s just one curious thing: Over the next few weeks, people kept on seeing her.

A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

Share A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel

Sign up to save your podcasts

A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel

A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel

More shows like The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Radiolab

This American Life

Stuff You Should Know

the memory palace

Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast

The Sporkful

99% Invisible

Gastropod

Sidedoor

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Ologies with Alie Ward

Decoder Ring

Throughline

Rise and Schein

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

No Dogs in Space

The Walkout

Park Predators

Antiques Roadshow Detours

SmartLess

Coaches Clubhouse

Aussie Football Rules America with Eddie McGuire

Unexplainable

Book Club with Michael Smerconish

Shattering Gleam: A Podcast About Music and Gender

LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Owned with Rex Chapman

The Bone Whisperers

Victoria & Friends

Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast

Smith Sisters Live Deep Dive

The Trendcast