Today is the 80th anniversary
February 1, 2002 2:34 PM Subscribe
Today is the 80th anniversary of the unsolved murder of William Desmond Taylor, silent movie director.
"What was the motive behind Taylor's murder? One interesting theory that came out at the inquest involved the woman Taylor was seeing at the time of his death, actress Mabel Normand. She was a cocaine user, and Taylor had gone to the federal government for help in stopping the pushers who were selling her drugs. Seeing their business threatened, this scenario goes, the pushers decided to hire a hit man to "silence" Taylor."
"What was the motive behind Taylor's murder? One interesting theory that came out at the inquest involved the woman Taylor was seeing at the time of his death, actress Mabel Normand. She was a cocaine user, and Taylor had gone to the federal government for help in stopping the pushers who were selling her drugs. Seeing their business threatened, this scenario goes, the pushers decided to hire a hit man to "silence" Taylor."
No worries -- these guys are on the case.
(Say, who's the tiny guy in the back?)
posted by dhartung at 3:21 PM on February 1, 2002
(Say, who's the tiny guy in the back?)
posted by dhartung at 3:21 PM on February 1, 2002
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