Author name: Michael Earl Simmons

By the next morning, the question wasn’t who had done it. That part was already answered. The question now was why. And the answer began hours before the shooting—inside a […]

It was a Saturday night in Pensacola—one of those nights when the air hangs heavy, and downtown still hums long after the sun has gone down. The corner of Intendencia

Pensacola has a dark side, and it’s time we spill the tea—literally. I am thrilled to announce “Sweet Tea Murders LIVE: An Evening of Pensacola Crime Stories.” This isn’t just

By Michael Earl Simmons In my three decades as an officer, I waded through many crime scenes – drive-bys, brutal domestic disputes that shattered families, and calculated gang hits. But

An Evening of Pensacola Crime Stories There are places in Pensacola where history doesn’t just sit quietly in the past… it lingers. On Thursday, May 28, those stories will come

On a gray Sunday afternoon just before Christmas in 1930, the music drifted out across the water. The Frarn Club sat along the bayshore near Bayou Grande, west of Pensacola.

During the evening, guests will hear two carefully researched crime stories drawn from local history—each told where justice once unfolded: • “The Stabbing at the Half Way House Saloon”A violent

In the South, the tea is sweet… but the stories can be murder. Imagine stepping back in time to downtown Pensacola, where the humid Gulf breeze carries whispers of the

End of Watch: Deputy Morley G. “Buddy” Ray Escambia County, Florida — April 7, 1978 In the South, life has a rhythm to it.  It moves slow… steady… like a

Hey there, friends. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a tall glass of sweet tea – extra ice, extra lemon if you like it that way – and let’s talk