The Salvation of Leslie Douglas Ashley

Dangerous Games is the authoritative book on the trial of Leslie Douglas Ashley in Houston, Texas. Ashley, who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murder of Fred Tones during a transgender prostitution engagement in the early 1960s, was also the center of focus of the “Message” cult in late February and March of 1963.

According to the book, William Branham was asked to rally support due to the family’s ownership of the “halo” photograph. Ashley’s stepfather, Jim Ayers, uncle Ted Kipperman, mother Sylvia, and himself worked for Douglas Studios when the halo photo was captured. At the time of the event, Ashley was a 12-year-old prostitute, and working for Douglas Studios to alter photos as they were being developed.

Ted Kipperman believed that the photo was the result of a faulty camera, though lighting in the Sam Houston Coliseum suggests it was the result of stage lighting. Kipperman pushed Branham to come to Houston for the execution, which was scheduled for February 28, 1963 — the same day William Branham was supposed to be under the Arizona “cloud” which Branham claimed to be “seven angels” giving him the “Message” of the Seven Seals of Revelation.

Ashley claimed to have been saved and to have converted to the Latter Rain “Message”, and his alleged “Salvation” was published in Voice of Healing and in tracts that were spread about Houston. Shortly after, however, Ashley broke out of prison and made the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list.

You can learn this and more on william-branham.org

Leslie Douglas Ashley:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/leslie_douglas_ashley