267: The Murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley w/ Elizabeth Randall

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In the winter of 1974 Athalia Ponsell Lindsley was in the midst of a bitter feud with her neighbor, Alan Stanford. The feud ended in brutal fashion on January 23rd when she was murdered in broad daylight on the front doorstep of her St. Augustine, Florida mansion with a machete. Suspects included both Stanford and her husband, James "Jinx" Lindsley.

Elizabeth Randall, author of the book "Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley" is my guest this week. She walks us through the evidence against Stanford and theorizes on why the case has never been resolved.

More information about the author and her work can be found here: https://www.elizabethrandallauthor.com/

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1:27.6	Welcome everyone to another episode of the most notorious podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes.
1:33.4	I am as always so glad you are here with me. I am very pleased to have Elizabeth Randall as my guest
1:41.7	this week. She is a widely published freelance writer who has written for Florida magazine,
1:48.6	the Orlando Sentinel, and Salon, among other publications. She is a retired English teacher with
1:55.6	a master's degree in English history, and she is an acclaimed award-winning author with five books
2:02.6	under her belt, which all center around the state of Florida. The book she is here to talk about
2:10.4	is called Murder in St. Augustine, the mysterious death of Athalia Ponzel Linsley. So great to have
2:20.2	you here. Thank you. Thanks, Eric. Glad to be here. So how did you first learn about this case?
2:30.2	Well, I was in St. Augustine a lot working on my first book about St. Augustine, which was with
2:39.8	History Press titled Haunted St. Augustine in St. John's County. I was in the government building.
2:51.1	It was more of an information center there before they worked a little closer to the Main Street.
2:58.4	I picked up this book and it said Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine by Jim Masters and Nancy Powell.
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