The death of 94 year old Ida Mayfield Wood in 1932 represented more than the passing of a famous socialite, but the beginning of a startling mystery, a tale more strange than anyone imagined, all amid literally piles of cash.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.