Melissa Holt

Footprints Leading Nowhere (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Between the winter of 1997 and the spring of 2004, at least 47 people (and possibly more than 70) walked onto the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, and Core Banks, removed their shoes, and disappeared. No bodies ever recovered. No suicide notes. No signs of struggle. Only neat rows of footprints that marched into the surf and ended, as if the ocean had erased the final step.

What began as isolated local legend became the largest missing-persons cluster in modern American history with zero physical evidence. The National Park Service sealed records. The Coast Guard classified search logs. Families were told their loved ones had "most likely drowned," despite calm seas and perfect weather on many of the disappearance dates.

Dr. Melissa Holt, then a young behavioral geographer specializing in liminal spaces and disappearance patterns, was granted limited access in 2009 after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. What she uncovered (and what tried to silence her) forms the backbone of this book: a phenomenon that defies physics, psychology, and recorded history, yet left behind hundreds of Polaroids, audio cassettes, sand samples that refuse to age, and one terrifying constant: every victim was barefoot when they vanished.

This is not a ghost story.

This is what happens when a place decides it no longer wants to give its visitors back.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Melissa Holt
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232382773
• Artikelnr.: 75891215

Autorenporträt

Dr. Melissa Holt, PhD, PsyD, is a distinguished author and forensic psychology scholar whose work bridges the chilling realism of true crime with the haunting depths of psychological horror. With advanced degrees in psychology and criminal justice, Dr. Holt brings a rigorous academic foundation to her storytelling, crafting narratives that are as emotionally resonant as they are intellectually provocative.

Her writing explores the darkest corners of human behavior, drawing from real-life cases, historical tragedies, and psychological phenomena to illuminate the fragile boundaries between sanity and chaos. Whether unraveling unsolved mysteries or conjuring fictional horrors that echo real-world trauma, Dr. Holt's work invites readers into immersive worlds where justice, grief, and survival collide.

Melissa Holt is the author of over two dozen titles, including True Crime: Silenced Voices, Lost in the Ashes: The Babbs Fire of 1924, and The Shadowpeak Cabin. Her stories are known for their meticulous research, atmospheric tension, and empathetic portrayal of victims and survivors. She is also a passionate advocate for mental health awareness, cultural competence in counseling, and ethical storytelling in crime literature.

When not writing, Dr. Holt engages in visual design for book covers, blending symbolic imagery with psychological themes to deepen the impact of her work. Her creative process is rooted in emotional truth, and she often channels universal experiences of grief, hope, and healing into her fiction.