My Summer Vacation: The visit to Dike Bridge on Chappiquiddick Island, the crime scene.

[1Old Pro]

Having never visited Martha's Vineyard we decided to take the Wood's Hole Ferry over for the day and explore. It's a really great Island and I'd recommend it to anyone. Right accross from Edgartown is Chappiquidick or "Chappy" as the locals call it. Here I was, just minutes from the infamous bridge and I knew I had to see it, drive around and see for myself. It's all there, just like it was in 1969, very little "development". The bridge now has side rails that look fairly new but I don't know when it was rebuilt. 1) Kennedy never made a "mistaken turn". The road is dirt and bumpy, any idiot would know it was the road to the beach. 2) The car was only under about 2-3 feet of water. He was simply too drunk or unwilling to dive to the car. 3) There was only one thing he was attempting to do that late evening. He was driving to the beach to be alone with Mary Jo and....whatever. I found this very good account of what Teddy did and didn't do the night he drove off the bridge:

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Here's the hotlink for detailed accounts of the accident: http://www.ytedk.com/chappindex.htm

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[Sam Cree]

Ha! A freeper's eye view of Martha's Vineyard.

[Redleg Duke]

I often wondered why he alledgedly went under water so many times, but then, I realized how difficult it is to fasten a bra strap under water in the dark...particularly when the subject is struggling.

[1Old Pro]

My wife gave up an hour of shopping to allow me this "side trip".

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Not to mention buttoning the shirt.

[nightdriver]

I remember that ol' Teddy came up with three different stories about what happened at Chappiquiddick and the lapdog media believed all three.

[Sloth]

I'm so glad Teddy was around to lead the Kennedy clan during the search for JFK Jr.'s plane, what with his experience in water rescues.

[w_over_w]

What golf course did you play?

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What golf course did you play?

LOL, next year I'll send the wife shopping and play.

[1Old Pro]

I'm so glad Teddy was around to lead the Kennedy clan during the search for JFK Jr.'s plane, what with his experience in water rescues damage control, media manipulation, etc.

[1Old Pro]

I remember that ol' Teddy came up with three different stories about what happened at Chappiquiddick and the lapdog media believed all three.

Yep, even the police fell down on the job.

[Sam Cree]

If I remember right, the fact that Ted walked home and went to bed, rather than get help, may have been the lady's death sentence.

That's a pretty part of the world, the New England coastal area. And islands are special.

[1Old Pro]

Many articles suggest that she could have survived for hours in the car. The people who retrieved her said her head was positioned to breathe in the air caught in the car.

The undertaker noted hardly any water in her lungs, he believed she died of lack of air. and top it all off....NO AUTOPSY.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The information on that site is scary. And to think this man is sitting in the US Senate ....... and I don't give a tinker's d*&^*^%&*^#^ about him being a Kennedy!

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And to think this man is sitting in the US Senate

The media is totally to blame then and now. It's like they are afraid to mention this even knowing that ole Ted hoddwinked the police, the media, the people.

[Maceman]

I'm guessing that one of Ted Kennedy's least favorite movies is Ghost Story (1981), with its spooky New England-based tale of horror.

In the film, John Houseman, Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks and Melvyn Douglas play four old men who entertain each other by telling ghost stories. But these men are tormented by their own horrendous real-life tale, involving a crime they committed against a young lady during their youth -- an act they've hidden for the past 50 years. But this secret comes back to haunt them, as the evil spirit of the woman avenges the crime committed against her.

Actress Alice Krige as Eva Galley, futilely attempting to claw her way out of a submerging automobile after a night of youthful carousing by the then-young rogues Houseman, Astaire, Douglas and Fairbanks.

[b4its2late]

Did you get a chance to speak to any of the locals about it?

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