On August 23, 1926, the most heartbreaking Hollywood news of the silent film era reached the general public when New York City’s Polyclinic Hospital announced that Rudolph Valentino was dead. 

Valentino -- known as the “Sheik” and “Hollywood’s Greatest Lover” – had died from a burst appendix. It seemed too boring of a death for a man like Valentino and, not surprisingly, rumors followed him to the grave.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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This episode we hear ghost stories from patrons of the Haunted America Conference 2021 hosted at the Best Western Premiere Hotel in Alton, IL. This episode gets...weird.

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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."

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Today, we discuss the infamous Charles Manson and his impact on the "Summer of love".

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Today, we discuss The Blackburn Cult, one of the most bizarre and brutal groups to ever call The City Of Angels 'home'.

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Today we dive into cults and why Hollywood was the perfect breeding ground for some of the strangest groups to make it big.

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