Episode 144 The Disappearance of the Nelms Sisters

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Nelms Sisters Mystery is one of the most sensational mysteries of the early 20th century, that most people have never heard of. In the summer of 1914, Eloise Nelms was in love with an attorney she planned to marry. Her sister Beatrice questioned the attorney’s motives and wanted proof that he had her sister's best interest at heart. The sisters took a train from Atlanta, headed to Texas to meet the attorney. They were never seen alive again. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastInstagram: @shannonballard_Email: [email protected] Episode Sources An Old Coot’s Essays About An Earlier Georgia and Other Topics by Eddie Rollins Forgotten Stories: The World’s Worst Divorce Attorney Atlanta West End: Historic West End The Atlanta Constitution: Death Claims Him, March 1, 1911 Oakland Tribune: Mystery of Two Sisters Deepens, July 10, 1914 Charlotte Daily Observer: Search for Women Makes No Progress, July 11, 1914 Tampa Journal: Atlanta Quivers with Excitement in Letter Puzzle, July 12, 1914 The Atlanta Journal: Mother, Heartbroken, Tells of Power Innes Had Over Daughter, July 12, 1914 San Francisco Examiner: Mrs. Nelms Bares Daughters Tragic Love, July 13, 1914 The Atlanta Journal: Womans Clubs Urged to Aid Nelms Search, July 13,1914 The Atlanta Journal: Evidence Sought to Hold Innes, July 16, 1914 The Eugene Guard: Former US District Attorney Arrested in Eugene, August 19, 1914 The Atlanta Journal: Strange Letters to Aid in Solving Nelms Mystery Case, August 21, 1914 The Macon Telegraph: Bones Found in Connect with Nelms Mystery Are Positively Identified As Human, September 9, 1914 The Americus Times Daily Recorder: Speculation Made in Case of INnes and wife, April 4, 1916 The Atlanta Constitution: Finger of Death Inscribes ‘Finis’ on Final Chapter of Nelms Case, April 1, 1936 Episode Music Northern Lights by Chris Hauge. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Deep Haze by Kevin McLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://incompetech.com

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0:00.0	The Nelms Sisters Mystery is one of the most sensational mysteries of the early 20th century that most people have never heard of.
0:12.0	In the summer of 1914, that most people have never heard of.
0:12.8	In the summer of 1914, Eloise Nelms
0:16.1	was in love with an attorney she planned to marry.
0:19.7	Her sister Beatrice questioned the attorney's motives and wanted proof that he had her sister's best interest at heart.
0:27.0	The sisters took a train from Atlanta, headed to Texas to meet the attorney, but they were never seen alive again.
0:36.0	The investigation into the Nelm sisters disappearance would lead to investigations in Atlanta,
0:42.3	New Orleans, San Antonio, Houston, San Francisco, and Portland.
0:48.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring history and mysteries of the American South.
0:56.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ballard.
0:59.0	This is the mystery of the disappearance of the Nelms Sisters.
1:07.0	Historic West End, a residential community, just three miles southwest of downtown Atlanta was established as White Hall in 1835.
1:17.0	Residents received a charter in 1868 and renamed the community West End, inspired by London's trendy theater district.
1:27.0	West End was one of the first streetcar communities in Atlanta
1:31.0	and was home to many prominent residents of the early 20th century, including authors
1:36.0	Frank L. Stanton and Joel Chandler Harris.
1:39.8	It was also the community, the Nelms family, called home.
1:45.0	John Willis Nelms was a Georgia native who lived in Texas and Tennessee
1:50.0	before returning to his home state,
1:52.1	where he met and married his second wife,
1:54.4	Lily Lee in 1881.
1:57.4	They had three children, Eloise, Beatrice, and Marshall.
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