9 - Polly Melton - Missing in the Smokies
From Missing Trenny Gibson by Crawlspace Media
May 19, 2025 · 51 min · Season 1 · Episode 9
About this episode
The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Thelma Pauline Melton in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell discuss the disappearance of Thelma Pauline Melton from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. This episode was previously published on March 9th, 2023 on Missing. On an idyllic summer afternoon while hiking with her friends in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, Polly Melton disappeared into thin air. Polly was 58 at the time of her disappearance and would be 99 today. If you have any information in Polly's case please call the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 615-744-4000. Thank you to Laura Riste for her help on this episode. Please check out her site about Trenny Gibson at https://www.canadiangurl77.com/ and check out the new FB page for Trenny's case: https://www.facebook.com/searching.for.trenny. Sources/Links https://www.canadiangurl77.com/ https://charleyproject.org/case/thelma-pauline-melton https://unsolvedappalachia.org/thelma-pauline-melton/ https://www.amazon.com/Unsolved-Disappearances-Great-Smoky-Mountains/dp/1880308134/ Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm IG…
People in this episode
Hosts: Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna, Jennifer Amell
Topics covered
- disappearance
- true crime
- Great Smoky Mountains
- missing persons
- investigation
Keywords
- Polly Melton
- missing person
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Tennessee
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Crawlspace Media, Laura Riste
Places: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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