Doctor vanished from locked cabin on Great Lakes steamer in 1910
Oscar Olsen disappeared from a locked cabin aboard the Pier Marquette 18, leaving only blood behind and no explanation for how he left.
A locked cabin held blood, but the doctor was gone. Oscar Olsen vanished from a locked cabin on a mail steamer, leaving blood behind.
Discovery near Ludington
Near Ludington, Michigan, crew members aboard the Pier Marquette 18 found it when they opened his cabin. Olsen was gone. The ship was carrying mail on what should have been a routine Great Lakes crossing.
Murder or accident
The crew had to decide whether this was an accident or murder. The blood pointed investigators toward murder, but the cabin held no body. It also gave them no clear explanation for how Olsen had left.
The investigation
Search efforts moved to the water, while suspicions stayed on the ship. Dr. Olsen disappeared, and the blood-stained cabin remained the strongest clue.
No answers
Murder was never proved, and nobody could explain how Olsen left that locked cabin.
