8 Famous People Who Went Missing (And Were Never Found)

1. Glenn Miller

Vanished in 1944

On a cold December night in 1944, the world seemed to swallow talented composer, Glenn Miller. He was one of the most popular bandleaders in the late '30s and early '40s, creating fantastic songs such as “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “I’ve Got a Girl In Kalamazoo.”

While he first recorded under his own name in 1935, Miller struggled for several years before establishing himself as a musician and bandleader. He formed his own orchestra and then reconfigured it several times until he found his original and unique sound. It was his band’s gig at the famous Glen Island Casino in New York that helped put Miller on the map. Their performances there were broadcast on the radio, giving them great public exposure.

With their distinctive swing jazz style, Miller and his orchestra became the country's top dance band. They dominated the music charts with such tracks as "In the Mood," and "Tuxedo Junction" in 1940. But his thriving career, where he was earning a baffling high income of $15-20k per week, was brought to a grinding halt when he upped and joined the U.S. army in 1942.

He didn’t lose his musical touch however, as whilst assigned there, he went on to lead the Army Air Force Band. He inspired and boosted morale of the troops he fought alongside during World War 2, playing for them his many upbeat, catchy tunes. That was until he vanished into thin air on that chilly December day.

He was stationed in England in 1944 when he learned that his band was to go to Paris. On the 15 December, Miller boarded a transport plane headed to the newly liberated French capital. He intended to make preparations for his group's new series of concerts there, but he never arrived.

No body or trace of his plane was ever recovered, so what actually happened to them still remains a mystery.