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  • Death of a Pinehurst Princess

  • The 1935 Elva Statler Davidson Mystery
  • By: Steve Bouser
  • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
  • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Death of a Pinehurst Princess

By: Steve Bouser
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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Summary

"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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Hurried inquest

After listening to the whole case, I thought a different conclusion would come at the end. There was only a suggestion of a different outcome at the end but the case was not reopened! I cannot say too much as I don’t want to give a spoiler alert.

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