Will the real Laura Manion please stand up!
Watched AOAM last night for the first time in years and it still holds up as a classic. My wife and I stayed in Big Bay a couple of times many years ago and went to the Lumberjack Tavern and learned at that time of the case, the film, etc. I remember there were lots of pictures on the walls from the film shoot but don't recall if there were pics of the actual participants. There probably are, I just don't remember. I was kind of curious what the real Lt. Coleman and Charlotte Peterson looked like and ran across these photos. Don't know if these have been shared here before so thought I would post the links.
The one URL also answered my question of what the US Army was up to in Big Bay during the early 1950s. There was an anti-aircraft artillery test range in the area while the US was still figuring out its air defense system early in the Cold War.
http://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalBeaumierHeritageCenter/files/UserFiles/ Files/Pre-Drupal/Documents/AnatomyofaMurder_photographs2.pdf
http://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalBeaumierHeritageCenter/files/UserFiles/ Files/Pre-Drupal/Documents/AnatomyofaMurder_photographs1.pdf
http://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalBeaumierHeritageCenter/files/UserFiles/ Files/Pre-Drupal/Documents/AnatomyofaMurder_large_panels.pdf
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