Mysterious Days: 18 May

1909
Phoebe Atwood Taylor (aka Alice Tilton) creator of detectives Asey Mayo and Leonidas Witherall, is born in Boston, MA.

1955
Director Robert Aldrich's Kill Me Deadly is released. It stars Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane.

Beginning With a Bash, by Pheobe Atwood Taylor

This book has no dedication.


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