How was Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapped?

Answer 1

It never happened. The whole thing was a staged publicity stunt with very dire side effects. Two Police or Coast Guard divers were lost allegedly looking for her Body( Evangelist was alive and well in a motel room somewhere). The whole thing was a contrived scandal that was the basis of a book and a Tv movie. There is not connection between Aimee Semple Mcpherson and Amelia Earhart ( another Missing Maiden) other than the fact they both were in Male-dominated occupations ( a minister and an air pilot) as far as is known they never met.

Answer 2

On September 26, 1944, McPherson went to Oakland, California for a series of revivals.

When McPherson's son went to her hotel room at 10:00 the next morning, he found her unconscious with pills and a half empty bottle of capsules nearby. She was dead by 11:15.

It was later discovered she previously called her doctor that morning to complain about feeling ill from the medicine, but he was in surgery and could not be disturbed. She then phoned another Doctor Who referred her to yet another physician, however, McPherson apparently went into shock before the third could be contacted.

The autopsy did not conclusively determine the cause of McPherson's death. She had been taking sleeping pills following numerous health problems -- including "tropical fever". Among the pills found in the hotel room was the drug Seconal, a strong sedative which had not been prescribed for her. It was unknown how she obtained them.

The coroner said she most likely died of an accidental overdose compounded by kidney failure. The cause of death is officially listed as unknown, Given the circumstances, there was speculation about suicide, but most sources generally agree the overdose was accidental, as stated in the coroner's report.