- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 128
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1985-02-07
- Subject:
- Crimes--Georgia--Atlanta
Williams, Wayne, 1958-
Missing children
Murder victims - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 1:42, is a feature about Atlanta actor John Ferguson, who plays the role of Scottish poet Robert Burns in a one man show titled "Rab the Rymer, an Evening with Robert Burns." The program features audio excerpts from Ferguson; director Jim Peck, and actor Jim Beatty. The second segment, which begins at 18:07, is a feature about a television docudrama that aired in 1985 about the Atlanta Child Murders. The program features audio excerpts from the Reverend Joseph Lowery, and director Abbie Mann, whose television movie takes a skeptical view of the guilt of convicted killer Wayne Williams. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.128.001
ahc.1118.128.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/32
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
30:16 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
