Marilyn Monroe Haunts Here

If the rumors are to be believed, Marilyn Monroe still gets around. Fifty years after her untimely demise, the ghost of […] Read more

Gram Parson’s Death Trip and Everlasting Grievous Angel

I don’t know if anyone has ever had a more loyal friend than Gram Parsons had in Phil Kaufman. Sometime […] Read more

Los Angeles: City of Hexes and Curses!

In 1968, Louise Huebner cast a spell from the Hollywood Bowl to increase the “sexual vitality of the County of […] Read more

Knott’s Scary Farm Hosts ‘Elvira Look-A-Like Contest’

What better way to celebrate the Queen of Halloween than to summon all of her darkest dames? On Saturday, October 15th, Knott’s Scary Farm hosted a competition to find the BEST Elvira doppelgänger. After the night’s first performance of Elvira’s “Danse Macabre,” show, dozens of women (and men) came onstage…

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The Black Dahlia Was Here: A tour of L.A.’s most infamous unsolved murder

It has been nearly 70 years since the naked, severed body of Elizabeth Short was found in a vacant Los Angeles [...]

Amnesiacs, hoaxes, and homicide cover-ups at the La Brea Tar Pits

A few years ago, I was giving an out of town friend the nickel tour of Los Angeles, which always […] Read more

The Gay Ghosts of Los Angeles

Obviously, when dealing with historical figures, the subject of sexual orientation can never always be definite, so those listed below […] Read more

The Strange Case of Victor Kilian and the Ghost of the Chinese Theatre

When two octogenarian actors died within a week of each other in March, 1979, it could have been seen as […] Read more

The Real-Life WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S! Did Errol Flynn Steal John Barrymore’s Corpse To Party With It?

It’s one of the oddest and creepiest tales to emerge from the decadence of old Hollywood and key players in celebrity grave robbing have gone on the record to confirm the gruesome tale of a corpse partying after its time on Earth was long done. Silent movie legend John Barrymore who starred in the 1920 […] Read more

Creature Features In Burbank Pays Tribute To The Great Bernie Wrightson

Growing up, I was always a huge Stephen King fan. One of the earliest films I remember seeing on TV was SILVER BULLET, and as a budding young horror fan that was attempting to expand upon my vernacular, I tried to track down whatever King books I could find at the local book store, even […] Read more