The Disappearance of Aimee

Overview

The story of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who in 1926 vanished from a California beach, setting off an extensive police search. Six weeks later she turned up in Mexico, claiming she had been kidnaped. But many, including her mother and the police, suspected Aimee staged her disappearance to conceal a tryst with a married man.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Severn Darden

S.I. Gilbert, Aimee's lawyer

James Sloyan

District Attorney Asa Keyes

Faye Dunaway

Aimee Semple McPherson

Lelia Goldoni

Emma Shaffer

Barry Brown

Wallace Moore

Bette Davis

Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother