In 1924, she married , an eccentric amateur archaeologist fifteen years her senior, who claimed to have found evidence of a lost Viking settlement in the Mojave Desert. The wedding lasted six months. The divorce lasted three years.
But it’s what happened after the divorce that turns Cubbi from a footnote into a mystery. cubbi thompson van wylde
Here’s a blog post written in the style of a true-crime / history blog, focusing on the lesser-known figure . In 1924, she married , an eccentric amateur
By 1922, she had done both. Her one published story, The Parrot Who Knew Too Much , sold barely 300 copies but became a cult oddity for its unsettling blend of dark comedy and locked-room mystery. She was photographed at the Algonquin Round Table — not as a member, but as a “wild card guest who made Dorothy Parker laugh once and never returned.” But it’s what happened after the divorce that
She never checked into the hotel she’d reserved in Barstow.
Then came the Van Wylde part.