Hollywood Death Scenes : True Crime and Tragedy in Paradise

by Mitchell, Corey

• ISBN13: 9781587540103
• ISBN10: 158754010X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Midpoint Trade Books Inc

Summary

Hollywood Death Scenes is the first book in a series of true crime and tragedy tour guides. With over 150 addresses, 200 detailed maps, 50 pictures of Hollywood's tragic figures, and more than 200 photographs of crime scenes as they appear today, Hollywood Death Scenes will transport the reader to the locations of Los Angeles's greatest tragedies. The reader will be able to peer inside the dark underbelly of this glamorous city from the safety and comfort of his or her own home. Hollywood Death Scenes will also give the adventurous explorer the necessary tools to experience firsthand some of Hollywood's most notorious landmarks.

Whether for the armchair detective or the extreme thrill seeker, Hollywood Death Scenes will take the reader to the other side of the yellow crime scene tape. See the sties where such famous Hollywood luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Phil Hartman, and River Phoenix met their untimely deaths. Witness the atrocities committed by some of the world's most infamous mass murderers. Stare in horror at extended looks into the country's most twis

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Poppy Z. Brite
Introduction	vii
Dennis Mcdougal
Homicidal Mania	1	(25)
Sam Cooke	2	(2)
Ennis Cosby	4	(1)
Dominique Dunne	5	(2)
Marvin Gaye	7	(2)
Phil Hartman	9	(2)
Sal Mineo	11	(1)
Charlie Minor	12	(2)
Haing S. Ngor	14	(2)
Notorious B.I.G	16	(2)
Roman Novarro	18	(2)
Rebecca Schaeffer	20	(2)
Dorothy Stratten	22	(2)
Carl Switzer	24	(2)
Suicidal Tendencies	26	(21)
Ray Combs	28	(1)
Darby Crash	29	(1)
Peg Entwistle	30	(1)
Margaux Hemingway	31	(2)
Brian Keith	33	(1)
Freddie Prinze	34	(3)
Savannah	37	(2)
Del Shannon	39	(1)
Jason Thirsk	40	(1)
Herve Villechaize	41	(2)
James Whale	43	(2)
Rozz Williams	45	(2)
Chemical Imbalance	47	(26)
John Belushi	48	(4)
Lenny Bruce	52	(3)
Dorothy Dandridge	55	(2)
William Holden	57	(2)
Janis Joplin	59	(3)
Diane linkletter	62	(1)
River Phoenix	63	(3)
Don Simpson	66	(2)
Hillel Slovak	68	(1)
Lupe Velez	69	(2)
Dennis Wilson	71	(2)
Mysterious Circumstances	73	(44)
Nick Adams	74	(2)
Albert Dekker	76	(2)
Edward Doheny Jr	78	(3)
Erik & Lyle Menendez	81	(2)
Marilyn Monroe	83	(4)
Jack Nance	87	(3)
George Reeves	90	(3)
Elizabeth Short	93	(2)
Benjamin ``Bugsy'' Siegel	95	(3)
Silent Movie Murder	98	(3)
William Desmond Taylor	101	(3)
Mickey Thompson	104	(2)
Thelma Todd	106	(3)
Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane	109	(2)
Wonderland Murders	111	(3)
Natalie Wood	114	(3)
Sedition	117	(6)
Patty Hearst and the SLA	118	(3)
Robert Kennedy	121	(2)
Organized Grime	123	(12)
Lori Gonzalez	124	(2)
Rodney King Beating & The 1992 L.A. Riots	126	(3)
Anthony Dwain Lee	129	(2)
Tyisha Miller	131	(2)
Margaret Mitchell	133	(2)
Mass Hysteria	135	(21)
Steven Abrams	136	(2)
Edward Allaway	138	(3)
David Alvarez	141	(1)
Jorjik Avanesian	142	(2)
Edward Charles III	144	(3)
Humberto de la Torre	147	(1)
Flores Family Massacre	148	(2)
Sandi Nieves	150	(2)
Ronald Tylor	152	(1)
Alan Winterbourne	153	(3)
Socal Serial Killers	156	(27)
Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris	158	(5)
William Bonin	163	(4)
Carol Bundy & Douglas Clark	167	(4)
Robert Diaz Jr	171	(1)
Harvey Glatman	172	(2)
Patrick Kearney	174	(1)
Randy Kraft	175	(2)
Gerald Parker	177	(2)
Efren Saldivar	179	(2)
Brandon Tholmer	181	(2)
Charles Manson	183	(25)
The Hillside Stranglers	208	(24)
The Night Stalker	232	(27)
The People V. O. J. Simpson	259	(14)
Celebrity Cemeteries	273	(36)
Forest Lawn Glendale	274	(6)
Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills	280	(7)
Hillside Memorial	287	(4)
Hollywood Forever	291	(5)
Holly Cross	296	(6)
Mount Sinai	302	(2)
Westwood Memorial Park	304	(5)
Macabre Marginalia	309	(11)
I-800 Autopsy	310	(1)
Colorado Street Suicide Bridge	311	(1)
Corner's Gift Shop	312	(2)
Museum of Death	314	(1)
Museum of Tolerance	315	(1)
Queen Mary	316	(1)
Serial Killer Auto Graveyard	317	(3)
In Memoriam	320	(1)
Website Information	321	(1)
Photo Credits	322	(5)
Index	327	(5)
Acknowledgements	332