The Disappearance Of Dennis Martin

Terribly Vexed

On June 14th, 1969 Dennis Lloyd Martin disappeared from Spence Field in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was on his first overnight camping trip, part of the long Martin family tradition of Father’s Day outings in the Smokies. While playing with his brother and friends, Dennis would run into the forest a short distance away, be out of sight for no more than a few minutes, only to never be seen again. Over the course of the following month, the largest and most extensive search and rescue operation ever conducted by the park would take place. Utilizing 1,400 searchers that would log almost 31,500 man hours, helicopters, and relentlessly combing over a 56 square mile area, they would find no discernible trace of six year old Dennis. Join us for Episode 2 of the Terribly Vexed Podcast as we discuss one of the most perplexing disappearances in national park history.

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