Appalachia Unsolved: Gladys Kidd
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- Appalachia Unsolved: Gladys Stella Kidd as told by The Appalachian Storyteller #appalachia #unsolvedmysteries #gladyskidd #unsolved #appalachian #missing #missingpersons #kentuckyhistory #appalachianmountains #audiobook #audiobookfulllength #storyteller
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I live in Morehead, KY, and she isn't the only missing woman. I know of three. One was an Elementary school teacher who had worked for the public school system. The other lived in Fleming County (and was another widowed farmer's wife with very little education). My thoughts on this is they met someone who talked them into trusting them and away from their family, friends, and everyone who loved them. It may have been the same person.
As someone who watched all the versions of unsolved mysteries, this is a real head-scratcher. It's hard to believe that she would have voluntarily left her family. Gotta believe it's something more nefarious.
Im with you... I researched every aspect of this story, I can't say what happened.
I don't find it hard to believe. Many of us out here have family that treat us poorly, we'd run away if we could. AND if her family ties were so tight why did she sell the farm out from under them?
@@Joanla1954 yup. A lot of unanswered questions. You make a good point.
Personally, I'd look into the person that bought her farm. Since it wasn't ever listed, they could give more insight into what happened.
I think she was murdered after being forced to sell the farm. Someone probably threatened to harm her family if she didn't. Who actually bought the farm anyway? This is definitely a strange disappearance. Thanks for sharing.
I'd like to know who bought farm too this so mysterious?
interesting theory.
nobody can understand what it feels like to become a widow. All you ever knew is gone. Your anchor has disappeared and most of all you do not know who you are. You and your husband were one person. Your identity was in the both of you. All of the sudden you are ripped away from yourself with a huge vacuum left inside of you. Your question is 'Who am I' now and how do I fill such emptiness? You honestly do not know who you are. Nobody on planet earth can understand that except one who has had this same experience. If you do not from the start walk through that darkness with the right light you will loose yourself. I know widows who loose themselves in their kids, their friends. Traveling, working, money, shopping, I could go on and on. I am a Christian, but I know widows who get lost in there church. Not Jesus... the church. Working nonstop in the church. Thank my blessed Savior he brought me through and still is bringing me through. I will never stop loving or missing my precious husband it is a daily journey to stay balanced and let the Lord introduce me to me. Hearing this only saddens me because I may not know where she is but I certainly know how she got there.
Thank you for sharing this very insightful comment, lots of wisdom here
It's rough I lost my husband when I was 32. It will be 30 yrs come Sept and I still love him. I used to date but seems most drink and or do drugs like hard stuff. I have my little dogs and very few friends.
It's as if you're in a void. Every day you wake up wondering why and where you are and why you are still there. Everything you knew is erased in an instant and you're simply floating in space..
@@YamacrawJess exactly
I was a widower at a young age. I desperately wanted her back, but won't happened.
Were the people who "bought" her farm investigated ???
That’s what I’m wondering too!
My first thought exactly!
They would have known that she was going to the bank at the very least and could have followed her there aspecaly since she was from the depression era and wouldn’t trust the bank with that kind of money. I know my grandparents would have kept it ware they could check on it all the time.
@bencapobianco2045 my grandparents would Barry there money in coffee cans around there property
What about her home phone records?they could get those in the 90s
My guess would be that someone threatened her and her family .that would be the only reason i could see a woman like her to do this.
Oh my goodness. I hope they find her. Thank you ❤
There has to be a record of some type of the sale of the farm. Also, where were the mysterious phone calls coming from? That should've been investigated too. Wow 😲
You have to remember the times. Tracing phone calls wasn't like today.
She probably met someone who she thought liked her but was just using her for her money and once they got what they wanted they made her disappear.
Such a sad tale I'm sure her family miss her dearly
No matter what you're talking about, I find comfort in your storytelling. Your voice is soothing and your accent is a lot like mine. Greetings from Durham NC.
Thank you!
I am from Morehead and I remember when this happened. About the only thing I know that wasn't included in the video was that several years after she disappeared, a septic tank was dug up but nothing was found. Very strange story. Thanks for sharing the video.
yes, I read that in my research... apparently the police wanted to dig there for years but the owner wouldn't allow it until it changed owners. But like you said, nothing was found.
Wow what an interesting case! I sure wish it could be solved!
someone knows something, somewhere
Thank you, JD. Awesome story brother. Sounds like foul play to me, brother. God bless you.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
How intriguing, it must have been horrendous for her children. I believe it could be the threat of harm to her family by some low life that explained the hush calls and the withdrawal of so much cash. My goodness, I would love to know what happened to poor Gladys. Thanks JD from Ruth x
Well that's a big mystery. Maybe someone romanced and smooth talked her and when they got the money killed her and she is buried somewhere in the vast area of the mountains. The letters came to keep people guessing until whoever took the money was long gone.
I definitely believe she was forced to write the letters
Janet I believe you are right
As a resident of Louisa Ky, to hear you call Morehead your typical small town brought a chuckle to my heart. Where I'm from Morehead is a big city besides it even has its own university. In my eyes small town in under 3000 people.
It's unfortunate, but these types of nefarious things do happen more often than most realize. I hope they find the truth to put this all to rest.
Uh huh, she run across some confidence man that took her and everything she had. There’s a lot of no good sobs like that out there. A no good, no backbone man took her for her money and then took her life, be my guess!
definitely possible
It's hard to believe she left behind family and friends . Could she have been helping out a loved one who found themselves in deep trouble and she swore secrecy , but later was exposed off . The letters out of character, the not collecting the monthly pay and the failure to renew the drivers licence seems to point in this direction . Great story , thanks .
No clue, amazing story thanks for sharing J.D.
Thanks John!
Foul play, no doubt
You might
Be right I went back-and-forth in my head as I was making this video. I truly don’t know.
Oh my stars! What a crazy story! I’m thinking that her family was threatened and the people who called were giving her instructions over the phone what to do to pay them off and protect her family. I think they took her with them and then killed her & buried her somewhere where she’d never be found again. Thanks JD for another great video and intriguing story! Blessings always my dear friend! ❤️✝️😊
Hi JD! What a strange unsolved case. I just wish she would have told one of her family or friends who the caller was and why she always left after she got a phone call from them. To withdraw that much money from the bank and then disappear, totally out of character according to her children.
Very strange indeed and I hope the family get answers.
Have a blessed night!
Wow, that sure is puzzling and very suspicious. Thanks JD❤
Sounds like foul play? It is quite a mystery. Surely everyone who’s involved would’ve checked with the person or persons that she sold the farm to? I feel very bad for her family, not knowing. Very interesting one JD.
Thanks Denise
This is a mystery for sure. I would love to know where she went.
it is a real head scratcher
I'm very shocked they never found out anything about what happened.
so am I, I don't know what happened
That was a crazy story. Im so surprised at this story. It was just crazy!
It really is, as I was researching it, I kept trying to figure it out... but in the end, I really can't say what happened to her
You know how I feel about these unsolved mysteries. Someone knows exactly what happened and refuses to tell. I believe there's a special room in a hot place for those people good job J.D. have a great weekend, and go mow your yard. (How funny would that be if your yard actually needed mowed?) It's like I'm psycho or whatever that word is. 😂😂
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I think you might mean 'psychic', @rustylynch6059, but 'psycho' is more often what people call me. :p
@@frostyfrances4700 me too! 🤣🤣
But who bought the farm (besides Gladys)...? Seems like the buyer might know something...🤔
Great mystery! Thanks JD 😎👍
Wow! We live just 30 miles from Moorehead. What a sad and baffling story. Hard to think that there was anything other than an awful date that awaited her :(
Possibly a Lesbian attachment...? Or a gigolo turned psycho...? She "appeared" to be acting radically out of character, but what if she was simply fed up? She was comfortably off and her kids were grown. I've known quite a few women of that generation, some well-educated, some not, all of whom had one thing in common: they wanted more out of life than they were getting in their roles of wife, widow, mom and grandma. Her disappearance sounds organized and planned. What I find odd about the story is that she didn't seem to have many close friends, women or men, and apparently existed at the beck and call of her children and grandchildren. Also, it doesn't sound as if her disappearance was thoroughly investigated. (Not surprisingly.) Who or what is the missing link?
Thank you for presenting this sad, fascinating story. Well done and highly professional. My heart feels heavy after hearing her story. I hope her family will at least get closure someday.
The “ not knowing “ would drive me absolutely crazy 😵💫😵💫
There’s a million & one things that could have happened 🫣👵🏻👩🌾❣️
that's the thing, not knowing...
Yep 😵💫😵💫👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I knew a Ronnie Kidd back in the early ‘80’s that moved to northern Kentucky from that area.
True crime story time! Thank you!
hope you enjoy brother
It was an awesome story. I wonder if maybe one day something will surface. That would be cool.
Somebody preyed on her because she was alone. One of the worst scums out there; to take advantage of an elderly person. And for all those who say, I hope she is found. This was 1990. It is now 34 years later. 71+34 is approximately 105 depending on when she was born. Not likely she is still alive anyway. But to find her body and bring her to rest in a cemetery near the family, would make things better.
well said
Sad story
Who bought the farm? Was the farm forensically searched?
Strange indeed. Thank you for telling us this story. Could be a lot of different thigs that happened to her. I am not thinking it was anything good. God bless her family.
Since she no longer collected her social security check, renewed her drivers license and never opened another bank account, I believe the person who she left with probably did away with her as he/she got what he/she wanted and Gladys was just unnecessary baggage and could threaten his/her future schemes of preying on future widows. It has happened multiple times throughout history and continues today. My mother was a victim of several online romance schemes and eventually her house was foreclosed on. Had she not succumbed to Covid, she would have died homeless and penniless. They took every bit of money she had. She was a very lonely widow who discovered a world online that gave her the attention and emotional support she felt she needed. She was so lonely and desperate for love that she didn’t see what was happening. Those predators seek out women in the same desperate emotional state that she was in. Those evil predators have no souls. And that’s the nicest thing I can say about them. I hope Glady’s family can find peace and comfort.
Very well, said my friend
I think she was groomed by a possibly younger man who promised her the world. She would never have agreed to leave her family. He probably disposed of her as soon as the cash was produced. A lot of lonely ladies in my country (England) are groomed online into handing over their life savings, after making them fall in love with them.
Poor lady. I feel for her family.
It’s funny you mention that she apparently had several relationships with younger men
I think gladys kidd is deceased! Thank you for the video!
My cousin graduated from Morehead State
small world
Foul play. Who knows what someone had on her, but sounds like she was being blackmailed. When they finally got her to get that cash...they knew thats all she had and was done. Poor grandma. I am sure shes with her heavenly family now, in peace.
Based on the pushback we are getting from the family over on Facebook, I would not be surprised if they aren't hiding something regarding this case.
Really I haven’t looked at it? I’ll have to check it out.
They have since deleted their comments. But yes they were very irate that the video was made and posted. I ended up suspending one of them on the group for 4 weeks and I think they have since just left the group as has another granddaughter.
Why would you not want a case bra to light if it was your loved one that had been missing for 30 plus years? That is unless you're hiding something.
The ones who bought the farm promised a life with her, demanded the money back, kidnapped and killed her.
Agree with you. They got to keep the money and got the land for free.@trejea 1754
Appalachia!
Community Service Agency!!
I had never heard of her disappearance until this video. It sure is puzzling 🤔. I wonder what really happened to Gladys Stella Kidd
There's so many questions? At 71 was she thinking critically or had she declined some? To me it sounds like a romance scam. Occam's Razor ~ the simplest answer is usually the right answer..
However for such a devoted family woman, A good Christian, I can't think she would actually go through with selling the farm behind her kids backs
Did he seduce her then black mail her into selling the farm, or was it some secret from the past, she didn't want to get out? Was one of her kids in trouble, did someone convince her that one of her children or grandchildren was in trouble?
I just don't really see a woman like this doing something selfish and dishonest, so I think some kind of threats were made or some story given that she fell for. Con Man, and murderer. Justice is coming Gladys, see you in heaven rest in peace.
My mom lives here with me and has for a 30 years, this hits home to me.
Sounds like foul play to me.....
Y'all stay safe out there 🙏
I would have definitely followed my 70ish mama if she took off after mysterious phone calls…. Why they just let it go? I would have been extremely curious…
Exactly. It smells more and more like one of the family who did it.
Who's paying the taxes on the property?
@@bettyir4302 yes, who bought the property? Were they questioned about her and did they ever see or know about her “caller”? Did the phone company have the ability to trace the caller? Was someone close to her deceased husband somehow involved? I just find the whole thing about the family just throwing their hands up when their elderly matriarch gets mysteriously secret phone calls and proceeds to run out the door and leave… that would never fly around me. It sounds real fishy.
Sounds as though she was catfished and then murdered. She may have wanted to sell the farm to be with somebody and begin a new life, but they lied, and murdered her to steal her money.
Maybe they didn't know mama like they thought😮
could be, I really don't know
The poor woman is dead, probably murdered.
Just wow, evil exists 👍🍁
Nice presentation, but no conclusion as to what happened to the poor lady who disappeared without explanation.
thank you!
Who bought the farm? Who paid 80 tho for the place?
I'm pretty sure that that opening credit music belonged to a friend... Back in eighteen tickety boo we didn't have "You Tubes", we had to tie 256 fire flies together in a pixel configuration... it was a'kin to an early commodore 64 display but with less plastic and more fire flies, it was still down home stories though, us folk gotta keep our stories alive, otherwise no-one would believe them! Love your work, it goes well with my 180 proof....
its called "Apprehension at Best" by Biz Baz Studios
My thoughts exactly!
I would like to know who she sold the farm to-but I admit it smells like a suspicious case...seems like there'd be record of her death somewhere by now, unless she was met an unfortunate demise...sad
exactly... but there are no records
@@TheAppalachianStorytellerRowan county property records are available online. Do you know the address of the property?
I grew up a few miles away and remember this being a huge deal around the time I was in 6-7th grade. At one time I could have told you the boyfriends name. He bought a property on Moore’s Flat in Rowan county not long after she disappeared. Years later, it was foreclosed on & the police dug up the septic tank on his land thinking she might be there. I remember hearing my dad’s friends say the guy had a boat and was really into fishing. They thought that she was probably in Cave Run Lake.
Someone threatened her family if she didn’t do as she was told. Once they made her write the letters, they killed her. IMO.
You might be right
It would help to know who her "boyfriend" was. He has the answer. I have a deep down feeling, she wasn't alive much longer after the bank visit. I truly believe things come out in the wash and one day , tho none of us may not be alive to hear it, they'll find her remains, a death confession or after the killer dies, the one he told will come out of the woodwork.
I feel the same way, I couldnt find a single clue who he was in all my research... but her granddaughter suspected that it had to be a man who knew all the woods and waters of the area.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller He was most definitely a local. I get deep feelings about some cases and this is one. He was probably very prominent, well known, had used her most likely before her husband passed and promised her the moon and stars. Police should have looked for a local man that all of a sudden came into even more money. Hopefully one day a tongue will spill the truth and it will most likely be a shocker to the community. Those are just my feelings. I'm Cherokee so God has blessed me with gifts passed to me from my Grandmother before she died.
I believe it was a local fella. Him and his son are dead now if it was him.
@@Sherry-g4t I had already decided he was local and one of the reasons she kept him secret. God is making him pay now if it was him.
I wonder if they talked to people who may have seen her leave the bank. Someone could have overheard her removing all that money. But.. why did she need all that money. Any those mysterious phone calls. Hmmmm
Whose name was the farms deed transferred to?
Sounds like foul play someone I would say killed her and took her money sad story
I honestly have no idea
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Jd hello
hey brother
Dam I hate unsolved 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I commented but google/youtube keeps removing my comments.
they have some sort of filter, aint no telling'
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller No I have a stalker that removes my comments. Pretty sure it's google because I reported their Google Pay service for stealing $225 out of my checking account. Bank gave the money back. Never had a google pay account but I found my debit card number without having to sign in or enter a password into Google pay service! Just went to Google Pay, click on recent activity and BOOM their was my debit card number!
Foul play
Gladys Kidd took her money went to Europe
Maybe her husband had some loan sharks looking for him and when they discovered he was dead then they took it out on Gladys
I suspect foul play alright. Either that or she had a blood clot that affected her brain or something. But given the $ involved, I'd say foul play.
You might be right
Scammer got her
Maybe Anna, I really don't know, but I just can't imagine her just leaving her family.
I think she was murderd…my word the poor family……
Odd story
Or maybe the kids knew more then they let on.
Joined a cult.
hey it happens ...
Foul play. M
seems like it....
She is obviously dead by now. Or else she is in a retirement home in florida at the ripe age of 105
Who was the real estate agent/company?
many folks sell without real estate agents. I sold a house and 3 acres back in 2004 with a contract printed off the internet.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Deeds must be filed at the courthouse so surely there's a record somewhere. There has to be taxes paid every year so who's paying the taxes? It's been years so has the property been sold again? Who moved into her house? Or is it all abandoned? Say it was the new owners who got her, why would they just steal their own money back? No, something else was afoot.
Wow, that's scary. Something happen for sure.
I think she was conned, kidnapped, forced to write the letters, then murdered. Her family meant everything to her, and she would not have left them.