The character of George Whittle is also the source of many Lake Tahoe legends. Whittle built the Thunderbird Lodge that still stands today on the east shore near Sand Harbor. He was an isolated ...

This was 50 years ago, today. Born to a life of privilege, heiress Lesley Whittle was the youngest of two children and the only daughter of George Whittle, the co-owner of Whittle Coaches.

Motivated by greed Neilson - who'd already murdered three sub-postmasters in armed robberies - targeted Lesley after reading about a widely-reported family dispute over the will of her father George ...