Margo Roth Spiegelman
From Omnictionary
Margo Roth Spiegelman (1990- ) is an American adventurer known largely for her dramatic disappearance. Spiegelman was born in Maitland, Florida and raised in Orlando. She lived for fourteen years in the subdivision Jefferson Park before disappearing on May 5, 2008. There have been no confirmed sightings of Spiegelman since her strange disappearance.
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"The only girl I ever loved" – Donald Joplock.
"My only best friend" – Olivia
Childhood
Margo was a very outgoing young girl. She liked to write short stories, make her own music, and dance to it. She also had a strange addiction to standardized tests and pink powdered donuts. Margo was known to like the poetry of Walt Whitman; her favorite was Whitman's masterpiece, O Captain! My Captain!. She had an interesting childhood, but a lonely one, as she was often ostracized by her peers for her extraordinary thinking. Margo would often write letters to her imaginary friends in which she would ask both thought provoking questions like, "Why do people love each other?" or "Why do people make Omnictionary pages that don't link anywhere?" and peculiar ones like, "Do you think I'm an alien?" Her parents informed her that the responding letters from her imaginary friends must have been lost in the mail.
She had a soft spot for sitting beneath trees and writing until the light faded from the sky. By the time of her disappearance, she had already written several short stories. Many were written while sitting under the oak tree in front of her house. Two of the most noteworthy examples are "Why Nancy Jones Watched Blue Movies" and "Molly and the Statuesque Yet Incorrigible Pirate Captain."
Winter Park High School
Spiegelman was on Homecoming Court her junior year, the same year that she organized a toilet papering campaign that included some 200 houses in a single night. This TPing extravaganza included flour on the lawn, forks lined sidewalks, and a few well placed eggs on, and in, cars. She was an avid contributor to the Winter Park Poetry Club newsletter. She always won the annual marathon in her city, and was an avid runner.
On her sixteenth birthday, she snuck into Disney World for free using a company bus, and put on a friend's Pirates of the Caribbean cast member uniform, complete with a name badge. She rode all the rides for "testing" purposes, and she enjoyed several Mickey Mouse ice cream bars. Margo couldn't leave the park without hitting Splash Mountain as well. Unfortunately, Margo fell into the cold, Splash Mountain water, and soaked her entire costume. She decided to leave because of her pitiful, dripping appearance. She spent 41 hours in the park. Unable to explain ice cream stains and her dripping, hanging sleeves her pirate uniform, not including her loud singing of "Yo Ho" while conducting tours through Tomorrowland, an alert cast member called in security. Perhaps it was her lack of sleep or the ice cream, but security officers required a taser to subdue her. In the opinion of her friends, this incident was a totally 'jokes' idea, and each wanted to emulate her. Margo's parents had a different take on the situation, however.
Before her disappearance, Margo was planning a senior prank to outdo all other senior pranks before or after. Tragically, the only thing left in the way of written plans for said prank, was a tattered manila folder with the phrase "In My Pants" scrawled across it.
The Vice Principal of Winter Park High School was an abrupt, foul smelling man named Stu Malory. His stench, which was a revolting combination of rotten potatoes and old kitty litter, was the result of a glandular condition most male members in his family had been blighted with for generations. His abruptness was a self conscious way of not imposing his particular olfactory assault on any one person for too long. It was perhaps the only kindness he ever extended anyone.
It was certainly the only kindness he extended to Margo Roth Spiegelman, to whom he had handed out demerits to on an almost continual basis since her arrival at Winter Park High. “Shirt untucked; demerit” he would loudly proclaim as she passed him in the hallway, mentally noting to himself the array of black hash marks that would come to fill her permanent record. Other infractions included, skipping in the hall, going through a doorway backwards, carrying a pen in her teeth, and humming the I Dream of Jeannie theme song in the cafeteria line. Stu Malory had no tolerance for shenanigans, and when Margo disappeared, many people noted a new smell around the vice principal amongst the kitty litter and rotting tubers. It smelled like exhilaration.
The Events of May 5, 2008
On May 5 at approximately 9:30 p.m., Margo's best friend Forrest Torrent climbed the tree outside her window and called out to her. Seemingly in a daze, Forrest confessed that he had loved her since they had first met. With a blank stare and a look of utter confusion, Margo immediately told him to leave, without disclosing whether or not she had similar feelings. As Margo sat in her room listening to her father shout the wrong answers on an episode of Jeopardy he'd recorded and watched at least three times before, she thought about the years she had spent with Forrest. She thought about how stubborn he was, about how he knew just what to say to make her feel terrible, and about that one time when they ate fifty tacos each in one sitting.
After Margo's disappearance, her classmates claimed that she frequently "said the weirdest shit" and "ate like a hungry boar." She was obviously admired by her friends who insisted that she was "made of awesome." Her classmates also ridiculed her for never returning borrowed pencils (despite her claims that she only wrote in purple sparkly gel pen) always having late library fines, and eating gazpacho at lunch. She always chewed with her mouth open, and when called on it, she would almost always reply, "That's the way my boyfriend likes it," even though she never had a boyfriend.
The Investigation
Nothing is known about Margo's whereabouts or her fate. She was last seen wearing a blue jeans and a black-hooded sweatshirt. She is of medium height. Her brown bangs often fall over her blue eyes. She is known to like the poetry of Walt Whitman, mainly Whitman's Civil-War masterpiece, O Captain! My Captain!, and a huge variety of music including 60's rock (The Beatles), Jazz, Folk (Rob Stewart), various operas (Phantom of the Opera and La Buona Figliuola). She would often cite musical references, asking if someone would like "Mischievous mechanisms made monetarily solvent" or "a trip on the Magical Mystery Tour". Few understood her brand of humor. She also enjoyed large-scale adventures. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Spiegelman is asked to contact Detective Otis Warren of the Orlando Police Department. Subject has been entered NCIC, however due to the circumstances around her disappearance no Amber Alert was issued.
The police originally found one clue; an oddly shaped and exceptionally thick slip of paper, which had "IOU" and the name "Brett Bretterson" written on it.
Later, on May 10, 2008, a new set of clues were revealed. A witness, town troubadour and general vagabond Scott Clarence, claimed he saw a girl fitting Margo's description entering a local music store as he exited with newly-purchased strings for his mandolin. She was described as having been "in a hurry" and "speaking so fast she kept tripping over words." Although he did clearly hear her say "Best wishes" before hurrying out. Miss Spiegelman then reportedly left in a hurry, and was last seen heading north out of the store. All of this was corroborated only by Maddie Jones, the town drunk.
Meanwhile, further investigation in Margo's bedroom in her Jefferson Park home has revealed a number of small but seemingly significant clues.
First of all, a curved line of dust on top of her dresser shows that the fish bowl known to formerly contain her beloved orange betta albimarginata, "Captain Archibald Ferdinand Alexander Fitzwilliam Rupert Barnaby Manderhanes Yemen Shiny Scales the Second (Archie)" had been moved from its usual position by almost half an inch. Margo was not known for her tidiness and the dust underneath the bowl led to this conclusion. Furthermore, Archie is missing from the bowl, and in his place is what witnesses describe as a small, waterlogged tape recorder. This tape recorder has further yielded a small, waterlogged cassette tape. The contents of this tape are unknown at this point.
Until recently, notable psychologist Ruby Marchlook had been making a formal report of Margo's state of mind on the day she disappeared, based on witness reports. She went missing June 22 without a trace. Ms. Marchlook insisted that gathering the information about Margo would help lead to the discovery of her whereabouts.
It has recently been revealed that Margo had been researching her family history and tree. Her parents said that she had suddenly become interested in this topic only in the last month.
The Letters
Margo's parents received a series of cryptic letters a week following Margo's disappearance. As the investigation requires the assistance of the public, the police have allowed for the letters to be released. A strange consistency exists between each letter, which are written as if the imaginary friends of Margo had finally gotten around to writing back to her. Seven letters have been received, one each day, starting on May 11. No further correspondence has been received. The origin of the letters is, as of yet, unknown. The letters seem to be in a variety of voices, each having a distinct personality. It is not known how many imaginary friends Margo had as a child, but her parents insist that the names she'd talk to them about are the names in the signatures. The letters are typed, however fonts have differed depending upon the author.
The Letters sorted by date.
The Bretterson Interview and Arrest
On the morning of May 20, 2008, Brett Bretterson, manager of the band Kissy Boots, was escorted to police headquarters when Spiegelman's black 2006 Volkswagen Phaeton was discovered in a garage on the grounds of Bretterson's Miami estate.
When questioned by police, Bretterson admitted the woman had visited him on the day of her disappearance and requested a loan of $25,000, which he provided. He acknowledged that he and Spiegelman were "close friends."
"When a gal like Margo Spiegelman asks for a favor, you don't hesitate," Bretterson said. "That girl's going to make it big someday." According to Bretterson's account, Spiegelman refused to to say what the money was for.
"You could tell she was pretty agitated," Bretterson said. "When someone looks the way she did (like a vicious sacred swine), you don't ask questions."
Bretterson has denied any involvement in Spiegelman's disappearance. However, since the incriminating vehicle was found on his property, the police have taken Mr. Bretterson into custody on suspicion of kidnapping, and possible murder. Bail has been set at $25,000. Mr. Bretterson has been quoted as saying, "But I don't have the money. I gave it all to Margo."
Spiegelman's car was towed from the scene and is currently being searched by investigators.
