Aniesha's Musings

  Written by: Aniesha Brahma | Edited by: Jash Vatsaraj In 1926, Agatha Christie had already made a name for herself as the ‘Queen of Crime’. Right after the release of her novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – she made international headlines as she went missing for eleven days! In 2002, Laci Peterson, an unassuming young woman who was happily married, and was an expecting mother, went missing from her neighbourhood as she went out to walk her dog. And in 2012, Gillian Flynn released her crime thriller novel, the widely acclaimed Gone Girl.  First Look at the Three Cases All of these cases mirror each other in some way. It is believed that Flynn was inspired by Agatha Christie’s disappearance and Laci Peterson’s high-profile case to lay the groundwork for Gone Girl. In today’s episode of Grim Casebooks, we are going to explore how much of this claim is true, and what can just be chalked up to coincidence. So, what are the parallels? The media was obsessed with both Agatha Ch...