Forgotten Felonies
Forgotten Felonies revisits historical crimes that were forgotten—or remembered incorrectly. It’s tempting, looking backward, to fill in the gaps with conclusions that feel obvious now. But that isn’t how history works. Through original newspaper reporting, period advertisements from the years the crimes occurred, and a blend of forensic psychology and genealogical research, each episode restores context to cases history left behind—asking not only what happened, but why.
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Forgotten Felonies
The Curious Disappearance of Frank E. Clark - A Fun-Sized Felony
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In the fall of 1910, husband and father Frank E. Clark vanished from Oakland, California without a trace.
His wife was left stranded in a city where she knew no one. Newspapers across California carried the story of the missing husband, while neighbors and the Catholic Ladies’ Aid society stepped in to help feed Mrs. Clark and their 5-year-old son.
Had Frank abandoned his family? Met with foul play? Started a new life somewhere else?
The answer, when it finally came, was far stranger—and far more ordinary—than anyone expected.
This is the forgotten story of Frank E. Clark.
