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The Abduction of Robert Wiles from KLAL Airport
On April 1, Robert Arthur Wiles, 26, was kidnapped from Florida's Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL). Wiles worked as a business development manager for National Flight Services, a family-owned aircraft repair business, ...

The most beautiful suicide
On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death. The photo ran a couple of weeks later in Life ...

Evelyn Mchale by Robert Wiles
gluten posted a new favorite picture:

A Beautiful Suicide
On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. ‘He is much better off without me … I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' … Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the ...

empire state suicide
Suicide, 1947 Robert Wiles. From Life Magazine:. On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' . ...

Beautiful Suicide
The most beautiful suicide On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few minutes after her death. ...

Re: Robert Wiles, 26, FL 4/1/08 Son of local aircraft executive ...
Thanks, BB.

A classic, sad photograph
Kottke has reproduced the famous Robert Wiles photograph that ran in Life in 1947. On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for ...

Great Myths of my Childhood
1) That the bump in the tarmac over the bolts that held down a bench in our school playground were in fact an earthquake. 2) The handles on the front of steam locomotives that held the door shut were in fact the hands of a clock. ...

boredorborder: mrmt: The most beautiful suicide...
boredorborder:. mrmt:. The most beautiful suicide (kottke.org). edit : On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Photographer Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale a few ...

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