Frank A. Capell
| Francis Alphonse Capell | |
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| Born | May 8, 1907 Washington Heights New York City |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Author, pamphleteer, essayist |
| Spouse(s) | Adele Irene Neighbor |
| Parent(s) | Anthony Capelli Caroline Louisa Brantigam |
Francis Alphonse Capell (May 8, 1907 - October 18, 1980), was a right wing, anticommunist author, and essayist. He was the publisher of the newsletter Herald of Freedom in Zarephath, New Jersey.[1][2][3][4] He was one of the first writers to speculate on the Robert F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe trysts.[5][6][7] Robert F. Kennedy, then the Attorney General, had Capell's telephone tapped.[8]
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Biography
He was born on May 8, 1907 in Washington Heights in New York City to Anthony Capelli and Caroline Louisa Brantigam.[9] He married in 1935 and had one daughter. He remarried in 1948 to Adele Irene Neighbor and they raised 7 sons. He founded The Capell Employment Agency which had 5 offices in New York City.[10][11] In 1943, while an investigator for the War Production Board, Capell was fined $2,000 for "agreeing to take a $1,000 gratuity from a clothing manufacturer."[2][12][13][14] In 1964, when Thomas Kuchel was campaigning against Barry Goldwater, a "vicious document" that purported to be an affidavit signed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer saying that in 1949 he had arrested Kuchel. The document said the arrest was for drunkenness while Kuchel had been in the midst of a sex act. Capell was indicted for the libel along with: Norman H. Krause, bar owner and ex-Los Angeles policeman, who in 1950 did arrest two people who worked in Kuchel's office for drunkenness; Jack Clemmons, a Los Angeles police sergeant until his resignation two weeks before his arrest; John F. Fergus, a public relations man for Eversharp, Inc., who in 1947 was charged with possession of a concealed weapon and given a suspended sentence.[2][15][16] Capell died on October 18, 1980 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[17] He was buried in Somerset Hills Cemetery in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.[10]
Herald of Freedom publications
- Herald of Freedom, a biweekly newsletter that sold for $10 a year for the standard edition, and $6 a year for the religious edition in 1970 [1][18][19][20]
- The Threat from Within (1963) 51 pages. "The American people have the finest country In the world. This has been made possible only because of God's blessing. ..."
- Treason is the Reason (1965) 168 pages
- The strange case of Jacob Javits (1966) 79 pages
- Robert F. Kennedy: A Political Biography, 1925-1968 (1968) 19 pages, also known as Robert F. Kennedy: Emerging American Dictator [21]
- LSD — Weapon of Subversion (1968) [22]
- The Untouchables (1968)
- The Untouchables, part 2 (1969)
- The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe (1969) 79 pages in which he theorized that she was killed by Communists and was the first book to bring up the Monroe - Robert F. Kennedy trysts [2][3][5][6][8]
- The Decline of Catholicism (1972) [23]
- Henry Kissinger: Soviet Agent (1974) 120 pages [24][25]
Christian Nationalist Crusade publications
He authored several pamphlets and essays for the Christian Nationalist Crusade:
- Atheism (1966) [26]
- Massacre propaganda (1970) 7 pages
- Black revolution progress report 7 pages
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References
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bill Capell writes in December of 2009: "Born Francis Alphonse Capelli, the "chief" as he was known, always went by the name Frank, and was the first to use the name Capell. He changed his name when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 13 to conceal his Italian heritage. Although he didn't serve in the armed forces during World War II, he was an inspector for War Production Board and had a life long interest in all things military. He married very young in 1935 and had one daughter by that marriage. He remarried in 1948 and raised 7 sons. He founded The Capell Employment Agency which grew to have 5 offices across New York City. Best known to the world for his hard line anti-communist writing, he also authored books such as "The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe". While living in Staten Island, he was active in the Kiwanis Club and the Big Brothers of America. After moving to Zarephath NJ in 1963, he became active in the Order of Saint John and published his own conservative newsletter called "The Herald of Freedom". As a controversial figure on the political scene, he was a highly sought after speaker and often appeared on radio and TV shows most notably in 1966 on the Alan Burke Show. The chief had both of his arms covered with tattoos while in the Navy and considered them an embarrassment in his later years. A lifelong heavy cigarette smoker, he died at the age of 73 from lung cancer. He is buried in the family plot in Somerset Hills Cemetery in Basking Ridge NJ." and "Just as a side note, his older brother Tony Chapelle was a famous photographer and photo journalist who was married to Dickie Chapelle who wrote about the Vietnam War for National Geographic in 1962 and was with the Marines on Iwo Jima during WW2."
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