Hank Killam was a home-town man. From his time in Dallas, he was directly or indirectly involved with Jack Ruby and with Lee Harvey Oswald. But it was the occurrences after the assassination of the president that turned the case.
Long before Milton had brick hotels, telephone wires, and busy streets around the courthouse square, Arcadia Mill helped set the town in motion. Its timber, waterpower, labor, and transportation routes turned the Blackwater country into a place of industry and ambition. By the time Charles Sudmall built the Exchange Hotel, Milton had become a modern town — one ready for telephones, automobiles, business deals, and men with money to lose. But behind that progress came darker things: rivalry, suspicion, and a murder that began with a simple telephone call and ended with questions Milton never fully answered.
Step beyond the postcard view of downtown Pensacola and discover the crimes, mysteries, and forgotten stories hidden around Plaza Ferdinand. On this guided walking tour, local crime historian and retired police sergeant Michael Earl Simmons leads you through the very streets where some of the city’s most fascinating cases unfolded. Join us every other Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and discover a side of Pensacola’s history you may never have known was there. Check the availability for tour dates. Go to: https://www.viator.com/tours/Pensacola/Crimes-Around-the-Plaza-Walking-Tour/d23182-5672792P1. Private and special event tours are available. Contact us at theoldman@michaelearlsimmons.com.
One desperate fugitive. One determined police officer. One final stop. Experience the true story of how Pensacola Police Officer David Lee fought, pursued and finally defeated Ted Bundy—ending one of America’s most notorious killers’ final hours of freedom.
Join Author & Historian Michael Earl Simmons as he tells the little-known story of the dramatic capture of one of the world's most notorious serial killers, Ted Bundy.
