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Victor and Alyse discuss the circumstances surrounding the bizarre 1998 incident involving James Asadoor, who got mixed up with the wrong crowd. This case was noteworthy as co-host Victor Cass was part of the homicide team that investigated it. This is the final episode of "The Little Old Murder from Pasadena."
In 1950, in an African American nightclub in Old Pasadena called the Onyx Club, a notorious gambler with a violent temper is stabbed by his lover, a beautiful African American woman with a mysterious past.
Alyse and Victor discuss the bizarre circumstances around the 1961 shooting death of a prominent horseman after an altercation with a Pasadena socialite at the Eaton Canyon Riding Club.
In 1903, a dispute over the fare paid on a Pasadena streetcar led local ne'er-do-well Archie Hill to shoot popular conductor Wilbur Carlton.
Victor and Alyse discuss a mysterious "cold case" murder from 2004 that led to the arrest of a prominent Tournament of Roses director.
In 1948, a prominent Pasadena businessman with a secret double life turns up dead in his modern, ranch-style home near the Rose Bowl.
Alyse and Victor discuss the tragic 1988 shooting of two DEA agents on S. Marengo Ave. that led to a pursuit and violent gunbattle.
Victor and Alyse discuss the 1994 gang-related murders of Michael Boyd and Anthony Wells in Pasadena's Northwest neighborhood.
In 1930, notorious Japanese criminal Frank Shiraishi gets two African-American men to stick up a Chinese gambling den in Pasadena's "Chinatown," with tragic consequences.
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A retired police sergeant and a historian discuss history and true crime in the City of Roses.