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James Willett Moseley 1931 - 2012

James Willett Moseley of Key West, Monroe County, Florida United States was born on August 4, 1931 at Englewood, NJ. He was in a relationship with Amanda S. Stevenson, and had a child Elizabeth Barber Moseley. James Moseley died at age 81 years old on November 16, 2012 at Key West, Florida, and was buried on November 16, 2012 at Ashes dumped in the water off Key West by Betty..

James Willett Moseley

Key West, Monroe County, Florida 33040, United States

August 4, 1931

Englewood, NJ

November 16, 2012

Key West, Florida in , United States

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I married James Willett Moseley on September 15th, 1962 in Fort Lee New Jersey. We were married by the Mayor of Fort Lee, NJ and had a party that night at the Hotel Astor. My name was Sandra Amanda Svendsen Moseley. We had a long Honeymoon. Our first stop was to visit his partner, Gray Barker in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Then we went to North Carolina to visit his Mom's former housekeeper, Mrs. Gaskill. Then we visited his old Nanny, Miss Agatha Graits who warned me that Jim Moseley was the cheapest and meanest man on Planet Earth. That proved to be true. Then we visited New Orleans where we met with Lee Harvey Oswald. (Jim had spent a lot of time going to Cuba.) Then we went to Mexico for the next five months where he wouldn't pay one dollar a day for air-conditioning. He bought a jade pre-Colombian piece in Mexico. He devoted his entire adult life to studying flying saucers but never believed in them. He spent all of his time debunking anyone who encountered UFO's. He had access to the Pentagon, [I was with him] and was given the assignment to debunk everyone who talked about UFO's. He had eleven million dollars and lost ten million dollars on the stock market making bad investments. His trusted CPA accountants made sure that this multimillionaire's daughter inherited $34,000. He would humiliate waitresses and cab drivers by giving them dime tips. He pretended to be a lifelong Democrat but he was secretly a Republican. He was a dedicated atheist and on his 75th birthday he "regretted being smug" about his atheism because he lived in constant fear of death. He put his daughter [disabled because she was given LSD twice by his girlfriend's daughters] on Social Security at the age of 19, and made sure she was homeless until he died when she was 48 and he was 81. When I paid for a one-bedroom apartment for her for 6 months in advance, her father told her to leave town, and she did. So she remained homeless for another 25 years. Jim's father was General George Van Horn Moseley and his mother was Florence Barber Moseley of the Barber Steamship Company. He wrote books about flying saucers and grave robbing in Peru. Jim purposely spelled my name wrong because he did not want his 7 grandchildren [who were all adopted as soon as they were born] to know anything about me. He never had a real job and never earned a living. He lived on a trust fund and old family investments. In 1964 he met the Amazing Randi, a magician, and decided he wanted to get a divorce so he could travel around the world with James Randi. [Who is now legally married to another man]. After his divorce, James Randi went to Ecuador with Jim Moseley, but he brought along his own teenage traveling companion and had no plans of traveling around the world with Jim Moseley. In 1965, I immediately continued my new career as a writer, and within a year, I was a co-author of a child care book in hardcover and paperback with Dr. Albert Ellis and Dr. Janet L. Wolfe. Jim told everybody that I was a waitress which was never true. I have had a long career as a Handwriting Analyst [The World's Funniest Handwriting Analyst"] and later a Document Examiner and have been in Who's Who in America for over 20 years. Jim died in Key West, Florida and after having a quick funeral with no attendees, he was cremated. His only daughter received $34,000 in payment for her 29 years of loyalty to him as a homeless woman who kept her artwork in the trunk of his car. His divorce agreement with me said he would put half of his money in trust for her, [about 5 and a half million dollars] but his New York CPA accountants (father and son) told him not to put any money in trust for her, so he didn't. Volkman, Jim's accountant, made her use a lawyer of his choice and that lawyer got $110,000. She got $34,000. Jim died with $780,000 cash in one bank account. Of course, Betty did not give me any documents out of loyalty to her cheapskate father. She is 60 years old on August 4, 2024 and still homeless.
08/4

1931

Birthday

August 4, 1931

Birthdate

Englewood, NJ

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Ethnicity & Family History

English, WASP. Mother was Florence Barber DuBois Moseley. Hypochondriac. Died at 51. Stomach Cancer. Father was General George Van Horn Moseley. Right-Wing and Racist and Anti-Semite. Jim was not right-wing or a racist or an anti-Semite. Just mean and selfish and fanatically stingy.
Nationality & Locations

American
Early Life & Education

Princeton. Dropped out in 1951 when his mother died.
Religious Beliefs

atheist.
Military Service

Was 4F.
Professional Career

Had a flying saucer magazine. Never earned a living. Lived on money from his mother's family.
Personal Life & Family

All kinds of flying saucer organizations.
11/16

2012

Death

November 16, 2012

Death date

Cancer of the esophagus.

Cause of death

Key West, Florida in United States
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11/16

2012

Gravesite & Burial

November 16, 2012

Funeral date
Ashes dumped in the water off Key West by Betty.
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Obituary

Born August 4, 1931. The third son of General George Van Horn Moseley and the only son of Florence Barber Moseley. James Willett Moseley died November 22, 2012. He married Sandra Amanda Svendsen on September 15th, 1962. Had one child, a daughter Elizabeth Barber Moseley but since she was named after Betty White, she was called Betty by her parents. Sandy was an author and had her own radio show on Friday nights and taught art at a settlement house in Englewood, NJ. When he met her shw as an accomplished graphologist and had psychologists and psychiatrists for clients in addition to developing an entertaining was of (truthfully] analyzing handwriting and telling people their job aptitudes from their handwriting. "Fortean friend, ufology humorist, and writer James W. Moseley, 81, died Friday night, November 16, 2012. He passed away at a Key West, Florida, hospital, several months after being diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus."

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James Moseley's only child, Elizabeth Barber Moseley.

Amanda S. Stevenson

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08/12/2021

James Moseley's only child, Elizabeth Barber Moseley.

I named her Betty after Betty White. He put Elizabeth on her birth certificate. He called her Betty. I called her Betty.

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James Moseley married me on September 15, 1962.

Amanda S. Stevenson

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08/12/2021

James Moseley married me on September 15, 1962.

It was his idea to get married. Imagine a Honeymoon in Mexico where he wouldn't spend ONE DOLLAR MORE for air-conditioning at the hotels. Well, I had air-conditioning on my own dime after getting rid of that cheapskate.

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President Trumand and James Willett Moseley

Amanda S. Stevenson

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09/28/2017

President Trumand and James Willett Moseley

A photo of James Willett Moseley saying hello to President Truman. He liked to brag that he interviewed Truman but it wasn't true.

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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04/28/2018

Sandra and James Moseley

A photo of James Willett Moseley with author and wife Sandra Moseley in Nassau in the Bahamas. She had a book in hardcover and paperback with Albert Ellis, Ph.D and Janet L. Wolfe, Ph.D and she was only 22 years old. He was so insane with jealousy that he demanded a divorce. No woman ever said, "I love you." to him for the rest of his life. He spent a long life alone and unloved after that! His daughter Betty was only a few months old. She was planned by the way.

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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04/28/2018

His father was a General and his mother was a millionaire. And he was a guy who wrote a quarterly magazine about flying saucers.

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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04/17/2018

James Willett Moseley

A photo of James Willett Moseley who liked to convince the world he was a great explorer in this ridiculous attire - in suit and tie and dress shoes at the Pyramid in Mexico..

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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01/03/2018

James Willett Moseley

A photo of James Willett Moseley in a Fort Lee New Jersey Auxillary Police Uniform.

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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01/03/2018

He joined the Fort Lee Auxiliary Police so he could have that uniform.

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James Willett Moseley and Sandra Moseley

Amanda S. Stevenson

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11/16/2017

James Willett Moseley and Sandra Moseley

A photo of James Willett Moseley in the Bahamas with his wife Sandra Amanda Svendsen Moseley. Now, Amanda S. Stevenson.

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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10/01/2017

James Willett Moseley and interviewer

A photo of James Willett Moseley who had eleven million dollars in 1995 and wouldn't buy a better typewriter. [Didn't own a computer.]

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Amanda S. Stevenson

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10/01/2017

James Willett Moseley

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10/01/2017

James Willett Moseley

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