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The Life and Multiple Deaths of the Drew Building

Posted on November 25, 2019 | Leave a comment

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The story of the building at 45 West Bay Street concerns a bear, Jacksonville’s first bookstore, Ottis Toole, the tragic deaths of construction workers, multiple demolition plans, the ghost of a third floor and the love of an architect who refused to let this building die. Now Urban Grind Coffee, Folio Weekly and other businesses call the Drew Building home. Click below for the story.

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New Story: Ottis Toole’s Mother’s House (Until He Burnt It Down)

Posted on July 27, 2019 | Leave a comment

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The first time Ottis Toole burnt down his mother’s house, he was 10 or 11 years old. When he burnt down his mother’s house on Day Avenue in 1981, his name wasn’t yet famous as either one of the worst serial killers in history, or one of the biggest fakes.

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Tagged Adam Walsh, Becky Powell, Buddy Terry, Day Avenue, Death Diploma, Drusilla Powell, Drusilla Toole, Frank Powell, George Sonnenberg, Hammond Grocery, Henry Lee Lucas, Jacksonville history, Joel Norris, Murray Hill Heights, Ottis Toole, Springfield Jacksonville, Tim Gilmore