The Mind Creative SEPTEMBER 2014 | Page 9

The Mind Creative FEB 2014 The newspapers went berserk with reports and innuendoes and the air was rife with rumours. While some suspected foul play, others presumed that Christie had a bout of amnesia. Also, there were others who were confident that it was all a publicity stunt. However, on December 14th, she was found at the Harrogate Hydropathic Hotel in Yorkshire and had apparently gone directly there, from her home. She had checked into the hotel under the name of Theresa Neele (the same last name as her husband's mistress). Apparently, several of the guests had recognized her, but she had denied her identity The police and her husband were notified. When her husband arrived, it is said that she greeted him as her brother. Christie later claimed that she was suffering from amnesia while her husband declared to the press that his wife was coping with memory loss as a result of her mother's death. Despite two doctors examining her and agreeing with this prognosis, the public largely remained sceptical. There was an expectation that she would reveal the truth in her autobiography but when it was published after her death, there was no mention of this strange matter in the book. 9