Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries19 Feb

164. Backwoods Horror: The Mysterious Disappearances of Amy Bechtel & Polly Melton

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One summer, a 24-year-old runner parked her car on a remote Wyoming road, left behind a to-do list with one uncrossed item "run" and was never seen again. Across the country, another woman was walking with friends on a well-traveled trail in the Great Smoky Mountains, went off ahead of her friends, and vanished without a trace. Today, we're diving into two backwoods disappearances, where the search parties found almost nothing, and the questions still go unanswered.

These are the cases of Amy Wroe Bechtel and Polly Melton.

Both of the cases in today’s episode are open and unsolved. If you have any information please contact the below:

Amy Wroe Bechtel: Please Contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-442-8477. or the Fremont County Sheriff at 307-332-5611

Pauline Melton: Please Contact Tennessee Bureau of Investigation 615-744-4000 or the National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.html

Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/amybechtel

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