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Death of a Pinehurst Princess

The 1935 Elva Statler Davidson Mystery

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Death of a Pinehurst Princess

By: Steve Bouser
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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"A socialite bride, a $1 million inheritance, an older husband of questionable social rank, Yankees misbehaving on Southern soil.... [A] web of intrigue." (Our State)

A news media frenzy hurled the quiet resort community of Pinehurst, North Carolina, into the national spotlight in 1935 when hotel magnate Ellsworth Statler's adopted daughter was discovered dead early one February morning weeks after her wedding day. A politically charged coroner's inquest failed to determine a definitive cause of death, and the following civil action continued to expose sordid details of the couple's lives. More than half a century later, the story was all but forgotten when local resident Diane McLellan spied an old photograph at a yard sale and became obsessed with solving the mystery. Her enthusiastic sleuthing captured the attention of Southern Pines resident and journalist Steve Bouser, who takes listeners back to those blustery winter days so long ago in the search to reveal what really happened to Elva Statler Davidson.

©2010 Steve Bouser (P)2022 Tantor
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Somewhat interesting characters and setting, but the story dragged out, only to have reasonable explanations revealed at the end.

Drawn out for no good reason

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Wealthy young bride, older husband and a mysterious death. Jumping to conclusions before facts are confirmed. Attempt at making something out of an accident. That's fiction for you.

As old as the story of time.

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