T’s News and Muse

Original Publication Date: 1/26/1988 The Gainesville Times, Page 3A “NE GEORGIA” section Alex Taylor continues Elizabeth Short’s murder mystery with a clarification to NBC’s fictional take, which ran two weeks earlier. It is was 30 years ago, the case was never solved and still open. Take it from an official source — the FBI. Of…… Continue reading The Short of It – Part II

More from the vaults of Prof. Alex Taylor… As it appeared in the January 19th, 1988 Gainesville Times, the NE Georgia page exhibits the Professor discussing the history behind the mob’s “Kiss of Death.” For those not aware, my father endured his own “examinations” by organized crime while serving in Tampa Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence…… Continue reading Kiss Me Nots

Alex Taylor’s Tuesday continues with a cold case from World War II America. Published in the Gainesville Times, Tuesday, January 12, 1988. The weather in Gainesville that day, according to Weather Underground, was likewise cold and blustery by Gainesville norms. Low 21F, high 43F. Brrr! Nothing like a good mystery to get the juices flowing.…… Continue reading The Short of It