Episode 175: The Reynolda House Murder Mystery

This week, Kate and Paul head to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to examine a mysterious death that shocked the community in 1932. As they sort through the evidence, conflicting accounts and lingering questions reveal why this case has remained a mystery for decades.

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Sources:

Casstevens, Frances H. Death in North Carolina’s Piedmont: Tales of Murder, Suicide and Causes Unknown. History Press, 2006.

Clements, Caroline Sanders. “Who Killed the Reynolds Tobacco Heir? Revisiting One of Winston-Salem’s Most Mysterious Deaths.” Garden & Gun (blog). November 13, 2023. https://gardenandgun.com/articles/who-killed-the-reynolds-tobacco-heir-revisiting-one-of-winston-salems-most-mysterious-deaths/

Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of Zachary Smith Reynolds. July 8, 1932. Reynolda Archives. https://reynolda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZSRInquest_compressed2.pdf

Ford, David. “New Exhibition at Reynolda Chronicles the Mysterious Death of Z. Smith Reynolds.” WFDD (blog). August 30, 2023. https://www.wfdd.org/2023-08-30/new-exhibition-at-reynolda-chronicles-the-mysterious-death-of-z-smith-reynolds

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Peters, Mason. “Smith Reynolds: The Man and the Mystery.” City & State. December 1987. https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/57964/MS615_Reynolds_Zachary_Smith.pdf

Reynolds, Patrick and Tom Suacutman. The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco — Three Generations of the R.J. Reynolds Family and Fortune. iUniverse, 1989.

Smith, Shannon. “Go Inside a Historic Winston-Salem Murder Mystery at the Reynolda House.” My Fox 8. September 12, 2023. https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/go-inside-a-historic-winston-salem-murder-mystery-at-the-reynolda-house/