Murder in St. Augustine

Murder in St. Augustine
Author: Elizabeth Randall
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1625857144

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The true story of the long-unsolved killing of a celebrity in northern Florida: “A page-turner.” —First Coast Living The murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley, a former model and television hostess who was once engaged to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., is still notorious more than four decades after it occurred. The only eyewitness said a man attacked Lindsley with a machete in broad daylight on the front steps of her mansion. Gossip swirled that neighbor Frances Bemis knew who killed Lindsley and would notify authorities—and then Bemis was later murdered on her nightly walk. Police arrested only one suspect for Lindsley’s murder, which remains unsolved to this day. Here, Elizabeth Randall replaces the rumors with research, and draws from over one thousand pages of depositions, records, official county documentation, and interviews to reveal the story behind this shocking crime. Includes photos

Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley

Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley
Author: Elizabeth Randall
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1467118818

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The murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley is notorious more than four decades after it occurred. The only eyewitness said a man attacked Lindsley with a machete in broad daylight on the front steps of her white mansion. Gossip swirled that neighbor Frances Bemis knew who killed Lindsley and would notify authorities. Bemis was later murdered on her nightly walk. Police arrested only one suspect for Lindsley's murder, which remains unsolved to this day. Author Elizabeth Randall puts the rumors to rest through research culled from over one thousand pages of depositions, records, official county documentation and interviews.

Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine

Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine
Author: Nancy Powell
Publisher: High-Pitched Hum Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-06
Genre: Murder
ISBN: 9780978799502

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This book is a true story of a ghastly murder in the nation's oldest city in January of 1974. The victim was a former New York City model who in earlier years had moved in the highest social circles, which included the Kennedy family of Massachusetts. The murder investigation and subsequent trial involved many people from the highest echelons of St. Augustine and St. Johns County.

Wicked St. Augustine

Wicked St. Augustine
Author: Ann Colby
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2020-02-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439669015

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When Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine in 1565, his New World survival kit included gambling, liquor and ladies for hire. For the next four hundred years, these three industries were vital in keeping the city financially afloat. With the cooperation of law enforcement and politicians, St. Augustine's madams, bootleggers and high-rollers created a veritable Riviera where tourists, especially the wealthy, could indulge in almost every vice and still bring the family along for a wholesome vacation picking oranges and gawking at alligators. Join historian Ann Colby's tour of spots not on the standard tourist map to discover hidden-in-plain-sight bordellos, speakeasies, casinos and the occasional opium den.

An Ocklawaha River Odyssey

An Ocklawaha River Odyssey
Author: Elizabeth Randall
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-08-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1439668744

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Photojournalists Bob and Liz Randall spent two years exploring Florida's ancient and enchanting Ocklawaha River. Their journey provides an inside look at the rich recreational resources of the river, its wildlife and the people, past and present, who contributed to its history and welfare. Along the way, they met artists, environmentalists, captains, law enforcement officials, conservationists, filmmakers, historians and local descendants whose lives are inextricably intertwined with the prehistoric river. From its subterranean and aquatic past to the Seminole Indian Wars, the steamboat era and political struggles, many voices are integral to the river's survival and to one of the longest environmental conflicts in Florida history.

The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia

The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia
Author: Amy Petulla
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625856458

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The notorious true crime story of a sex party that ended in double murder in the woods of Chattanooga County, Georgia. On December 12th, 1982, Tony West and Avery Brock made a visit to Corpsewood Manor under the pretense of a celebration. Then they brutally murdered their hosts. Dr. Charles Scudder had been a professor of pharmacology at Chicago’s Loyola University before he and his boyfriend Joey Odom moved to Georgia and built their own home in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Scudder had absconded with twelve thousand doses of LSD and had a very particular vision for their “castle in the woods.” It included a “pleasure chamber,” and rumors of Satanism swirled around the two men. Scudder even claimed to have summoned a demon to protect the estate. But when Scudder and Odom welcomed West and Brock into their strange abode, they had no idea the men were armed and dangerous. When the evening of kinky fun turned to a scene of gruesome slaughter, the murders set the stage for a sensational trial that engulfed the sleepy Southern town of Trion in shocking revelations and lurid speculations.

Summary of Elizabeth Randall's Murder in St. Augustine

Summary of Elizabeth Randall's Murder in St. Augustine
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2022-05-15T22:59:00Z
Genre: True Crime
ISBN:

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On January 23, 1974, it was a Wednesday under the astrological sign of Aquarius. Richard Nixon was president, and he enhanced oil production in the United States by giving tax breaks to American oil companies. The national headlines were full of news about Watergate, the energy crisis, and space exploration. #2 On January 23, 1974, in St. Augustine, Florida, the barometric pressure was 30. 18, with a relative humidity of 70 percent. It was foggy that morning and cool, but by 6:00 p. m. , the temperature was a perfect seventy-two degrees. The sun wouldn’t set until 6:55 p. since Florida skipped daylight savings time that year. #3 James Lindsley, Athalia’s husband, arrived at his house on Lew Street a few minutes before 6 p. m. He and Athalia had trouble selling her house on Marine Street. They had planned to sell it in the spring. #4 On January 23, 1974, residents of St. Augustine, Florida, were shocked to find a woman’s body lying in the street. She had been badly butchered. Her head was almost cut off.

Florida's Dark Chapters

Florida's Dark Chapters
Author: Michael G. Hall
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2024-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476691215

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Anyone who has ever traveled to Florida immediately assumes they've got the state figured out. It usually involves the common tropes we see splashed across news and social media: Disney, Miami, alligators, heat, retirees and weird people. As a result, very few people try to dig any deeper. This book explores the darkest parts of Florida's past. These stories, told out in sequential order and broken down by theme, contain everything that has come to make up the Sunshine State: from the surprising, to the weird, to the horrifying, and, in some cases, inspiring. Topics covered include Florida in the Age of Exploration, pirates, Spanish colonialism, the Seminole Wars, slavery and race relations during the Civil War, Prohibition, segregation, disco and drugs, serial killers, economic ruin, urbanism, and Florida in the age of DeSantis.

The Black Dahlia Murder Case

The Black Dahlia Murder Case
Author: J.D.Rockefeller
Publisher: J.D. Rockefeller
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2016-01-20
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1523605219

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Black Dahlia murder case is one of the most unbelievable and famous murder stories in the city rife, and a lot of fame-seekers around the town were claiming her death and wanted to play part of the case. And over years, the number of people who were claiming her brutal death grew into hundreds, and almost all detectives who handled the murder case of Black Dahlia dropped the case shortly. Elizabeth Short, who is also nicknamed "Black Dahlia", was brutally murdered in January 15, 1947, with her body cut in two and severely mutilated. Dahlia's body was found in a vacant lot that is near the intersection of 39th St. and Norton Ave. South Los Angeles, and had no trace of blood in the place of the crime scene. Her death is one of the most publicized murder cases in 1947, but the police and the investigation team have never been able to solve the brutal crime. Up until now, the case of 'Black Dahlia' was still considered by many as a mystery, and the question still remains today as to "who really killed her" and "what is the true motive of her murderer." The Black Dahlia's murderer was never found, thus, leaving her death as one of the cold case files in L.A. In this e-book, we will again re-open the case of Black Dahlia and try to decipher the mystery of her brutal death, which remained unsolved up until now. Let's us discover the secrets and records of her death and trace the untold mystery of her murder case.