On the surface, Marilyn seemed to live the glamorous life of a movie star and celebrity, but she was also a very private, very smart, and often very troubled woman. Part of his enduring fame comes from the fact that she was gone too soon – a victim of apparent suicide at the age of only 36.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 26, The Death of Thelma Todd (The Ice Cream Blonde)
Thelma Todd – the woman that Hollywood would know as the “Ice Cream Blonde,” and who made 69 films during her too-short career- died in 1935. The official cause of Thelma’s death was said to be an accidental poisoning from carbon monoxide, but the true facts in this sensational case remain unresolved to this day.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 23, The Halloween Murder Of Ramon Novarro
Today we discuss the brutal murder Ramon Novarro, an MGM sex symbol who acted opposite such legends as Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer and Myrna Loy.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 22, Jayne Mansfield, The Ghost of the Pink Palace
Today we talk the life and death of one of America’s top pinup girls, Jayne Mansfield, who died a horrible and violent death. It’s a story with everything – a brainy beauty, publicity stunts, a mysterious death, a Satanic curse, a haunted house and well, boobs.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 21, The Rise And Fall Of Fatty Arbuckle
Fatty was the first Hollywood star to get “CANCELED,” as it’s called today, and his career destruction followed a crime that he not only didn’t commit but was found innocent of at trial. But by then, it was too late, and no one believed him anyway.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 20, Hollywood's Original Unsolved Murder
On February 1, 1922, William Desmond Taylor, one of the most famous movie directors in early Hollywood, was murdered in his bungalow in the Westlake District of Los Angeles. At first, it was assumed that he died of natural causes – until someone discovered that he had been shot in the back by a .38-caliber revolver.
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 19, Jean Harlow, Sharon Tate, and the "Creepy Little Man"
Today's hauntings are connected to one of Hollywood’s true comedians but it’s also a sequel – or perhaps prequel, of sorts – to our last episode, "Charles Manson and Helter Skelter."
Haunted Hollywood: Episode 18, Charles Manson and Helter Skelter
Today, we discuss the infamous Charles Manson and his impact on the "Summer of love".