Sweet Tea Murders

By Mike Simmons Tuesday, November 27, 1979: Pensacola Bay “It’s…a human head…a girl’s head.” Freddie was a shrimper. He and his family worked the boat like a team. Today they […]

An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest” available from Amazon By Mike Simmons The Capture of Ted Bundy Yesterday was forty-seven years since Ted Bundy last saw freedom, and it

By Mike Simmons It looked like a carnival in the middle of Crestview, Florida. People were strolling about, some carrying a picnic basket with them, while business-minded boys sold cups

By Mike Simmons This Saturday, February 15, I will tell the story from my latest book, “He Killed a Man,” at 1:00 PM at the Baker Block Museum at the

By Mike Simmons Please join us on Monday, February 10, 2025, for a special presentation by retired Pensacola Police Detective Dennis Waldron on a homicide case he worked, gaining the

The Cop Killer in the Red-Light District By Mike Simmons His crime spree stretched from Massachusetts to Florida, killing two police officers along the way. Then he made his mistake…

By Mike Simmons If a person were to begin in downtown Pensacola and travel northwest, he would encounter a creek about eleven miles out. The name of the creek? Eleven

By Mike Simmons Please join me at the Baker Block Museum on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM. I will be speaking about one of my latest books, “He

By Mike Simmons If you drive west Moreno Street from “E” Street, past the old Baptist Hospital, and continue as the road meanders and changes names to Blount Street, you

Book Highlight – on sale  Some Gave All, a book containing the stories of all 66 officers in West Florida who have died in the line of duty. Available on Amazon,