Phantom in the Parking Lot – The Mary Shotwell Little Case

In October of 1965, 25-year-old Mary Shotwell Little left work in downtown Atlanta, ran a few errands at the Lenox mall, had dinner with a friend… and vanished. Her car was found the next morning parked exactly where she left it—except now it was covered in blood smears, red dirt dusting, 40 extra miles on the odometer, and groceries from the stop before dinner. After dinner, Mary was never seen again. This week on Crime Clueless, we’re unpacking the mystery of Mary Shotwell Little—a young newlywed who vanished from a busy parking lot in the middle of her routine evening like a ghost. We’ll talk sightings, cryptic roses, a weirdly calm husband, and that times she and her credit card turned up again… in different cities. Was Mary kidnapped? Did she stage her own disappearance? Was she silenced for something she knew? Or was this a case of a woman being snatched in plain sight, while the system kept shrugging? This one’s part mystery, part spy novel, and all disturbing. You’ll be yelling “WHAT?!” every few minutes—and so were we. To see more about this case, as well as the sources used to create this episode, visit our Blog Here. Find Crime Clueless socials, website, and more here  Thank you for listening - we are grateful for you! Support Crime Clueless - Buy Me A Coffee Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.