If you’ve ever thumbed through a yellowed 1923 society page or squinted at a faded passenger manifest from the SS Majestic , you might have stumbled across a name that feels almost too peculiar to be real: .
The Strange Disappearance of Cubbi Thompson Van Wylde: Heiress, Adventurer, or Ghost? cubbi thompson van wylde
By 1922, she had done both. Her one published story, The Parrot Who Knew Too Much , sold barely 300 copies but became a cult oddity for its unsettling blend of dark comedy and locked-room mystery. She was photographed at the Algonquin Round Table — not as a member, but as a “wild card guest who made Dorothy Parker laugh once and never returned.” If you’ve ever thumbed through a yellowed 1923
Actress. Cubbi Thompson was born on 22 June 1991 in South Carolina, USA. She is an actress. BornJune 22, 1991. BornJune 22, 1991. Cubbi Thompson - Biography - IMDb Her one published story, The Parrot Who Knew
In 1924, she married , an eccentric amateur archaeologist fifteen years her senior, who claimed to have found evidence of a lost Viking settlement in the Mojave Desert. The wedding lasted six months. The divorce lasted three years.
Then came the Van Wylde part.
In April 1928, Cubbi Thompson Van Wylde drove a rented Pierce-Arrow from Los Angeles to the Mojave, telling her housekeeper she was “going to see what Julian was so scared of.” She brought a .22 caliber revolver, three changes of clothes, and a leather-bound journal with a brass lock.