Fort Smith Regional Chamber Of Commerce: Beth Brickell To Reveal 'Solving The Maud Crawford Puzzle'

Fort Smith AR

08 June, 2022

5:29 AM

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Press release from the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce: June 3, 2022 Beth Brickell, author and film director from Los Angeles, will give a talk at Bookish bookstore in Fort Smith, 70 S. 7th Street, at 6 p.m. Monday, June 6 about the solved Maud Crawford mystery that occurred in Camden in 1957. "All that is left unfinished is to excavate Maud's remains," Brickell said. Maud Crawford's disappearance in Camden on March 2, 1957 is the most widely publicized mystery in Arkansas history. Crawford was an attorney and prominent civic leader in Camden who had been an associate of U.S. Senator John McClellen before he was elected to the senate in 1942. She disappeared from her home on a cold, rainy, foggy Saturday night for no apparent reason. No body, clue, trace or motive was found by the original police investigation. Brickell, a former actress and filmmaker. She revealed her findings in a 19-article investigative series that was published on the front page of the Arkansas Gazette in 1986 over a five-month period. Brickell has written four books about the case and will offer her newest book, "Solving the Maud Crawford Puzzle," at the talk. Books are available for purchase and a signing will follow the event. Monday, June 6th @ 6pm This press release was produced by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.