Famous Geniuses Who Vanished Or Went Into Hiding
There’s a quote attributed to EB White that goes, “Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.” The list below appears to confirm that, with stories about geniuses who disappeared, geniuses who vanished, and, yes, some geniuses who seem to be some flavor of what people used to call, insensitively, “crazy.”
But the plural of anecdote, as they say, isn’t data. These so-called mad geniuses aren’t a homogeneous group of crackpots. Some of these geniuses went into hiding for perfectly sensible reasons, such as to flee the Gestapo or avoid pushy and privacy-invading press.
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@MCr34don
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I think I remember seeing that Michelin started the restaurant raitings thing with the idea that people would travel to these great places and that would make them need to replace their tires and make Michelin money haha
@PopCultureFan_
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Did Follet really just walk out after a fight with the husband??. I remember hearing of a real case where the husband actually said the same thing, that she just left after the fight lol well, eventually confessed to killing her. Anyways I dont believe for one minute that story🧐
@btetschner
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Those Genius Nachos are a total superwinner!
@btetschner
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Having ANOTHER Weird History Taste Test!
Taste Testing Genius Nachos*†…while watching this Weird History video!
I mixed Lindsay black olives (sliced), basil, Velveeta Cheese, and homemade salsa together, melted it, then put it on Tostitos chips!
* Inspired by the Weird History video "The Surprising Real Origins Of Your Favorite Ethnic Foods" and "The Gooey History of Velveeta"
† They are very aesthetically pleasing!
@erikreber3695
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
The Michelin stars do make sense. It came from a time where people wanted to drive across Europe and the company was new. It was basically used as a "Look how far you can drive on our good ass tires advertising" when they would drive across Europe and stop at popular or renowned places to eat and along side of the bragging of the distance they would rate the restaurants…
@Majqq12
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
yeah Barbara Follet was 100% murdered by her husband. there are millions other stories like this.
@JSTNtheWZRD
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Nobody knows who pynchon is. The writers😏 guild can legally hide he or she forever
@joeyjojojunior1794
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
9:51 He says what we're all thinking.
@bigbaddawg101
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I plan on doing a disappearing act in about 3ish years if I can't make any progress in my life.
@v.m.9198
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Now we need a list of idiots who won't leave the public and keep all the attention on them
Hard mode: No celebrities or politicians
@marianparoo1544
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
One of the best Weird Histories to date!
@ClayT2424
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Geniuses going into hiding? Who Is John Galt?
@cee8mee
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
No Agatha Christie?
@BlayreAilean
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
6:25 Jennifer Lawrence, is that you? 🤯
@jaimejaimeChannel
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I learned recently the obvious connection between Michelin (tires) and restaurant reviews: The reviews caused people to drive longer distances for restaurant visits & vacations, thereby wearing out their tires more quickly!
@MikeP2055
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
"Gravity's Rainbow" is one of the most challenging books I've ever read. "Inherent Vice" is like a comic book by comparison. I love Pynchon. He's right up there with Philip K. Dick and Kurt Vonnegut on my list of favorite writers.
@frankmenchaca9993
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Agatha Christie and Aimee Semple McPherson are 2 ladies that went missing and showed up later with no explanation. We need to know about this.
@flowersnyc
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
How many of these were victims of foul play?
@heinrichmuller7974
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
i really thought howard hughes was gonna be on the list lol
@sherryross3351
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
"…Bub" 😂
@Myriako
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Thank you for this video! 😀🌸
@forwardlooking6069
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Have I missed one about geniuses who were dumped by our wicked society?
@reamsgregoryb
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Michelin started rating restaurants as to tell people if itvwas worth the drive or not. Hence wear their tires our faster, especially since this was before they started adding carbon for strength (tires were white hence the white Michelin man mascot)
@matthewsoules7064
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Secrect gov projects
@timhnic6823
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
That tattoo line was savage. Cuz back then tattoos were mainly for prisoners and exiles
@Lecksite
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Rubber s'mores! I'm a genius but I'm not famous yet. Working on that
@damienwillis6068
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
It’s no secret why these geniuses vanished, it’s because they’re geniuses! 😆 They left because people as a conglomerate suck 👎 ( Remember how everybody acted during the 🦠 shutdown?? ➡️➡️ 🐑 🐑 🐍 🐍 🐑 🐑 🥴 🐒 🐒) That’s right, I said it 😂 truth bomb !! ) has anybody ever watched Edward Scissorhands??? Everybody loved him at first , then they came at the end to hunt him down like townsfolk to burn down Frankenstein’s castle.. You are Edward Scissorhands, the world 🌎is the community..Sorry 🤷♂️ sad but true..everybody is so spirit sniping snakes anymore.The less people I have anything to do with the happier I am 😃..Ain’t that funny?? Trying to assimilate these geniuses into our world 🌎 is probably comparable to us being thrown into the chimpanzee community 😝. Don’t blame these guys going MIA. , especially if you take a look 👀 around in 2023.
@MyPhobo
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I think Bill Watterson should be on this list
@notsureiL
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Most geniuses just want to blend in and live normal life. Be part of the mainstream community.
@danielbarcenas4175
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
A video on the Winchester mystery house?
@neonswitchblade
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Your timeline for William James Sidis shows his last name as Cylus.
@costasspartan1894
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
In regards to Thomas Pynchon i wouldn't show myself either if i had that terrible disturbing Moustache…😂😂😂
@alexanderbradford2996
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
😊
@R.A.A.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I learned an eye-opening lesson in 1st grade, I was the only student wearing glasses.™️
@littleNica98
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Im pretty sure some of these geniuses have been killed or imprisoned.
@seanwebb605
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I liked baseball practice. It was the games that made me anxious.
@badpatrickstar
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Um I don't blame a genius for hiding! He probably didn't want his brain to be used for war! I'd hide too!
@CwL-1984
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
It's my personal goal to get to the point in, where I can afford to never leave the confines of my house.
I don't like people and I don't care what people think about me.
@beaverdctor
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Maybe geniuses might be worried of being approached by people who want to take advantage of their prowess.
@joeuser771
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
enrico maiorana
@protocetid
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I’m not a genius and I sometimes want to disappear
@hunterdolatowski58
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
the guy in the thumbnail looks a lot like my grandpa
@gulfstream7235
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
A.A. Gill died about 7 years ago so I doubt his brother will be getting in contact with him. Nice to see this channel making fun of mental health problems too….
@ThePoopsmith-12345
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
My god I can’t stand Catcher in the Rye. It was so boring.
@jordanlopez1438
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Do more please
@mikeyfn-a6684
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
4:09 'Who Wrote Haulden Caulfield?'
A thought burst in my head and I need to tell you
It's news that I for thought
Was it just a dream that happened long ago?
I think I just forgot, let's go
Well it hasn't been the first time
And it sure does drive me mad
I just wanna say,
There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy
There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy
He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting
Someone help him up or he's gonna end up quitting
@annnichols3091
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
I remember having to read THE CATCHER IN THE RYE in high school in the early 1970s. I was completely confused by a homophobic slur in the book, since I hadn't come across it before. I asked my dad what it meant. He said, "A fairy!" I was still confused, but I decided I'd better not ask.
@Yostuba
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
>Religion
>Made her feel good
>No one knows which one it was
>Stuck in poverty. Its scientology they do this to people. Make them refuse doctors and leech all their money awful degenerates they need to be illegal cult
@kirk1147
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
My mom told me a story of a scientist James Jean who disappeared…
@firstname__lastname
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 pm
Urghhh! I love stuff like this. This could have been 20 mins longer!
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