Post by Brian on Jul 3, 2009 16:34:36 GMT -5
02/20/07 at 01:33 PM
sissy
I know that in the documentary they said that a guest registry was available to sign when the house was shown. Does anyone know what happened to it? And did anyone famous ever visit, other than the supposed Dillinger incident?
sissy
02/20/07 at 01:39 PM
Maria
I don't believe I ever heard about a guest book and with the exception of John Dillenger I have never heard of anyone famous touring the cabin. Except for 2 famous people who visited it 50 years later...Matt and me!!! Does that count. I heard that alot of people wrote their names and where they were from on the walls of the cabin but when I visited the cabin in 1979 I did not see any names on the walls.
Maria
02/20/07 at 01:43 PM
sissy
Of course y'all count as famous people. Oh I thought it was a guest book, they were talking about when they said people were signing names.
sissy
02/20/07 at 02:05 PM
iluvnumber3
In the book "The Meaning of Our Tears", it says Marion had everyone sign a guest registery and also gave
out booklets/brochures of the property.
I can not believe people started signing the walls. That is very odd to me, and in a way I think it is a little
disrepesctful. Wonder who started that up?
I guess once it started up, then it was alright to do.
iluvnumber3
02/20/07 at 02:18 PM
Maria
As far as I know, such a guest book as never been found. It would have been a good idea to have one because it would show how many people took the tour and then the number of names could be checked by the amount of money taken in times 25 cents per name to see if they tallied in case anyone was asked questions later.
Maria
02/20/07 at 02:21 PM
Lou
How long did these tours go on. Does anyone know? Did you have to pay to go through the cabin in 1979?
Lou
02/20/07 at 02:34 PM
sissy
25 cents a person. That would have added up to alot of money back then.
sissy
02/20/07 at 02:36 PM
You got that right Sissy. A LOT OF MONEY. Hundreds if not thousands of people toured it back then.
Maria
02/20/07 at 02:40 PM
Lou
In 1979, the fiftieth anniversary, were they still charging to tour the house?
Lou
02/20/07 at 02:48 PM
sissy
I don't think so. I think they stopped awhile before that.
sissy
02/20/07 at 06:46 PM
iluvnumber3
I do not understand why they did not keep the registry. Looks like Marion would have kept it along with all the remaining old brochures that were handed out. There are actual pictures of the brochures and booklets in the Smith book.
But I bet the family did not think that the murders would still be fascinating these many years later.
iluvnumber3
02/20/07 at 07:10 PM
Maria
But we still don't know for sure that there was a registry. Perhaps I'm wrong about it. They kept the bill of sale of the auction which is still around today. So why not the registry?
Maria
02/20/07 at 07:31 PM
douglasboulding
i have never heard anyone say anything about book of names from any of my kin people yet??? you know you all may get me shot one day now i gotta ask.
keneth d boulding
sissy
I know that in the documentary they said that a guest registry was available to sign when the house was shown. Does anyone know what happened to it? And did anyone famous ever visit, other than the supposed Dillinger incident?
sissy
02/20/07 at 01:39 PM
Maria
I don't believe I ever heard about a guest book and with the exception of John Dillenger I have never heard of anyone famous touring the cabin. Except for 2 famous people who visited it 50 years later...Matt and me!!! Does that count. I heard that alot of people wrote their names and where they were from on the walls of the cabin but when I visited the cabin in 1979 I did not see any names on the walls.
Maria
02/20/07 at 01:43 PM
sissy
Of course y'all count as famous people. Oh I thought it was a guest book, they were talking about when they said people were signing names.
sissy
02/20/07 at 02:05 PM
iluvnumber3
In the book "The Meaning of Our Tears", it says Marion had everyone sign a guest registery and also gave
out booklets/brochures of the property.
I can not believe people started signing the walls. That is very odd to me, and in a way I think it is a little
disrepesctful. Wonder who started that up?
I guess once it started up, then it was alright to do.
iluvnumber3
02/20/07 at 02:18 PM
Maria
As far as I know, such a guest book as never been found. It would have been a good idea to have one because it would show how many people took the tour and then the number of names could be checked by the amount of money taken in times 25 cents per name to see if they tallied in case anyone was asked questions later.
Maria
02/20/07 at 02:21 PM
Lou
How long did these tours go on. Does anyone know? Did you have to pay to go through the cabin in 1979?
Lou
02/20/07 at 02:34 PM
sissy
25 cents a person. That would have added up to alot of money back then.
sissy
02/20/07 at 02:36 PM
You got that right Sissy. A LOT OF MONEY. Hundreds if not thousands of people toured it back then.
Maria
02/20/07 at 02:40 PM
Lou
In 1979, the fiftieth anniversary, were they still charging to tour the house?
Lou
02/20/07 at 02:48 PM
sissy
I don't think so. I think they stopped awhile before that.
sissy
02/20/07 at 06:46 PM
iluvnumber3
I do not understand why they did not keep the registry. Looks like Marion would have kept it along with all the remaining old brochures that were handed out. There are actual pictures of the brochures and booklets in the Smith book.
But I bet the family did not think that the murders would still be fascinating these many years later.
iluvnumber3
02/20/07 at 07:10 PM
Maria
But we still don't know for sure that there was a registry. Perhaps I'm wrong about it. They kept the bill of sale of the auction which is still around today. So why not the registry?
Maria
02/20/07 at 07:31 PM
douglasboulding
i have never heard anyone say anything about book of names from any of my kin people yet??? you know you all may get me shot one day now i gotta ask.
keneth d boulding