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Just Gravy 2: The Henry Heinz Murder

  • Lucy Candler and Henry Heinz
  • Horace Blalock (right)
  • Rainbow Terrace: The Heinz Mansion

Lucy Candler Heinz, daughter of Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler, was upstairs getting ready for bed in September of 1943 when she heard her husband yelling for her downstairs. She hurried down to find her husband, Henry Heinz, wrestling with an intruder. While Lucy ran upstairs to retrieve the gun Henry kept in their room, she heard a loud gunshot and returned to find that her husband had been shot. The story that follows is weird, confusing, and let’s not forget, racist.

Listen to our second Gravy episode as Kelly and Darryl take a break from food to discuss how they might get rid of a body, and how they themselves would like to be remembered. Kelly also weaves a fantastical story of murder and mayhem as Darryl geeks-out about old-timey architecture.

Sources for Just Gravy 2 :

Formula for Fortune by Ann Uhry Abrams
The Henry Heinz Murder from History Atlanta by Conor Lee

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E2. Coca-Cola Mini-Series: Coca-Cola Revives and Sustains

In the second installment of our mini-series on Coca-Cola, we’ll hook up with Asa Candler and follow him from his boyhood on a plantation to his part in the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. As we dive further into the history of Atlanta, we’ll discover how many aspects of the city Candler was involved, and how his influence would eventually carry him to a career in politics.

We’ll further examine the troublesome ingredient of cocaine, and the fear it created around Black culture and specifically Black men.

Join us as we investigate the man who made Coke what it is today, and whose influence continues to be felt throughout Atlanta and the world.

Sources for Episode 2. Coca-Cola Revives and Sustains:

Formula to Fortune : How Asa Candler Discovered Coca-Cola and Turned it Into the Wealth His Children Enjoyed

The Real Thing : Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Soft Drink

“Good Negro-Bad Negro” The Dynamic of Race and Class in Atlanta