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Carrie and Nancy talk about Tom Brady, the famous Hollywood goat. Carrie visits the El Rey Theatre for the first time for the premiere of TNT's I Am the Night with a special live show of My Favorite Murder by Karen Kilgarrif and Georgia Hardstark. This is also the seventh installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we discuss Aggie Underwood, the famous Los Angeles reporter and one of the first female city desk editors of a major metro paper in the US.
This capsule episode is not part of our regular series. It entails just about everything we know about The Malibu Canyon Killer, the shootings in Malibu Canyon over the last three years, the disappearances of Elaine Park and Matthew Weaver, and the deaths of Mitrice Richardson and Tristan Beaudette.
Carrie and Nancy talk about former Lt. Gil Carrillo's discussion about catching The Nighstalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez. Nancy tells us about Circus of Books in West Hollywood and her first glimpse of porn. This is also the sixth installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we discuss Brenda Allen (who will later play a key role in our story), the history of prostitution in Los Angeles, and the mythology of "The Hollywood Madam".
In this episode, you'll hear about Carrie's tiki bar adventures and Nancy's shenanigans at the Sharon Tate murder house. This is also the fifth installment of the Black Dahlia series. In this installment, Carrie tells us about the beginning of the notorious Gangster Squad and things get nasty at the Aster Hotel as we continue our hunt for the Black Dahlia killer.
In this extended episode, you'll hear how Los Angeles does Halloween with horror movie locations and Dia de los Muertos. Carrie and Nancy's also share their personal stories of growing up during the era of tainted Halloween candy hysteria. This is also the fourth installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we go deeper into the hunt for the killer and learn about super creep Leslie Dillon.
Carrie teaches us about German food, we talk taxidermy, and go into the details of the disappearance of Elaine Park from Malibu Canyon. This is also the third installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we discuss the discovery of Elizabeth Short's body and the first few months of the murder investigation.
In this episode, you get some fun chitchat about matzoh ball soup. We discuss The Malibu Canyon killings and the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson. This is also the second installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we talk about Elizabeth Short and her life.
Our very first full-length episode! Actually, it's a little longer than usual but we cover all kinds of fun stuff like viral school coffee cake and mingling with our favorite celebrities. This is also the first installment of our Black Dahlia series. In this installment, we talk about Tamar Hodel, daughter of Black Dahlia murder suspect Dr. George Hodel. Listener warning, this includes discussion of sex crimes against children.
Here's a little introduction to Totally Weird Los Angeles and what you have to look forward to. Meet your hosts, Carrie Dunlap and Nancy Ray-Gun, and learn a little bit about them. Welcome to the world of all things weird and wonderful Los Angeles.