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February 5th 2024 Horsefly Chronicles Radio with Julia Siracusa and Philip Siracusa About the guest's

February 5th 2024 Horsefly Chronicles Radio with Julia Siracusa and Philip Siracusa About the guest's

On the morning of December 16, 1935, a Hollywood starlet was found dead in her car. Thelma Todd was a beloved comedy actress, with a successful career and a booming business, so people were shocked that she would take her own life. But did she? Was her death an accident? A suicide? Or was it murder?Sources:The Mysterious Tinseltown Death of Thelma Todd from Buzzfeed UnsolvedThe Mysterious Death of Old Hollywood Star Thelma Todd from The Vintage WomanFrom the Archives: Body of Thelma Todd Found in Death Riddle from the LA TimesThe Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd, Hollywood's ‘Ice Cream Blonde' from All That's Interesting The Mysterious Death of Massachusetts Movie Star Thelma Todd from New England Historical SocietyThelma Todd from Newspapers.comThelma Todd's Contract With Hal Roach from benny-drinnon.blogspot.comThelma Todd – Ice Cream Blonde from Bizarre Los Angeles 

Welcome to the final episode in the “Ghost Stories” series! This one carries on the tradition of telling ghost stories during the Yuletide season with three tales of haunting encounters with the unknown. Grace and Vivi of The Ghosty Girlz, Pretty Fn Spooky Amanda Paulson and Craig Owens of Bizarre Los Angeles are your storytellers in this episode, plus, Ivy and Hannah of The Ghoulstrip Podcast will regale you with some ghost stories from Alcatraz. Music of the episode by Angry Snowmans with a very fitting little number, “Ebeneezer Uber Alles”. Collide provides their hauntingly lovely verison of “Haunted (When The Minutes Drag)”.

The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, financed in part by the roaring twenties kings and queen of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, Douglas Fairbanks, the silent screen queen herself Mary Pickford and Grauman Theater owner Sid Grauman.  The 12-story hotel has 300 guest rooms including 63 suites it was  Built in 1927, and named for US President Theodore Roosevelt, the hotel has penthouse views of the hollywood hills and sign. Building took a year and half and at the time cost what seemed like an astronomical amount for the time of 2.5 million, which would be well over 25 million today.   Its known for hosting the first academy awards on May 16, 1929, and for the guests that may have never checked out.  Advertisement The Famous Blossom Room, does one of the spirits haunt this room because he didn't win the award he thought he deserved?     Special thanks to Craig Owens Author, Historian https://bizarrela.com/ https://bizarrela.com/product-category/haunted-by-history-books/ You can follow Craig at bizarre_los_Angeles on instagram or at Bizarre Los Angeles on Facebook ********* None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told.    At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources  use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work  was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes or the telling of the stories.  Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial)  Information Credits: https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/the-hollywood-roosevelt/history.php https://la.curbed.com/2015/10/27/9907144/haunted-hotels-los-angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Roosevelt_Hotel https://amuse.vice.com/en_us/article/nehttps://laist.com/2017/05/16/roosevelt_hotel_history.phpmn8k/hollywood-roosevelt-review https://www.seeing-stars.com/Died/Haunted.shtml https://ladailymirror.com/2014/04/07/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-the-roosevelt-hotel-hollywood-party-central/ https://frightfind.com/haunted-hollywood-roosevelt/ Photo Credits https://amuse.vice.com/en_us/article/nemn8k/hollywood-roosevelt-review https://www.pinterest.com/pin/305541155944307665/?nic_v2=1a5mA0hRd https://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/los-angeles/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel https://ladailymirror.com/2014/04/07/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-the-roosevelt-hotel-hollywood-party-central/ and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org  Haunting History Podcast Logo compliments of: Website is www.treleavencreative.com   Insta and Facebook @treleavencreative   This presentation is protected by US & International copyright laws. Reproduction & distribution of the presentation without written permission of the sponsor is prohibited.   

The Haunting at Harry House follows the story of a haunting that took place in Tarzana, CA in early 2001. Photo credit: Bizarre Los Angeles

We hope that everyone is keeping themselves safe and healthy as we trek through this scary time with the Corona Virus.  But, the coronavirus was not going to keep Tammie Merheb-Chavez from attending a ghost hunt that was hosted and led by Bizarre Los Angeles, Craig Owens over in the Elks Lodge #2790 in Van Nuys, CA.  Stay tuned to listen to the history and the haunted history connected to the Elks building off of 14440 Friar St.  Catch the chilling EVP collected during the hunt from one of the participants during the ghost hunt.  Let's sit down and listen to the ghost stories connected to the lodge and let's get to know Eric Garcia from Wildcard Journeys.   Interested in becoming a patron of Hollyweird Paranormal then click on this tab HOLLYWEIRD PARANORMAL PATREON

When in the city of Angeles you can’t help but look for ghosts at some of LA’s legendary hotels, especially the notorious Alexandria Hotel, Mission Inn and Hotel Cecil.  Meet the man behind Bizarre Los Angeles, Craig Owens. Craig’s an LA-based writer and photographer who began staging vintage style photo shoots at haunted hotels as an idea for an Old Hollywood themed project. Little did he know that while on location, he he would catch his first ghost on film. This left him wondering if his photo shoots were somehow triggering paranormal activity. Craig’s book, "Haunted by History, Vol. 1," earned a Publishers Weekly Star Review. His encyclopedic knowledge of each hotel's history, paired with his haunting photography and sense of humor has made him a favorite of historical societies and ghost enthusiasts alike. His next volume, featuring the true histories of eight more haunted Southern California hotels, will be released in 2019. He’s appeared on "My Ghost Story: Caught on Film" about an apparition at the Palomar Inn in Old Town Temecula. Since that time, he's been quoted in James Bartlett's book, "Gourmet Ghosts 2," and Colin Dickey's book: "Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places." More recently, he has appeared on Nerdist's popular "Bizarre States" online podcast, and has been featured in "Los Angeles Magazine," and "NBC Los Angeles." https://bizarrela.com https://www.facebook.com/bizarrelosangeles     Ghost Magnet Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/Ghost-Magnet-with-Bridget-Marquardt-2480154975336666/   Bridget Marquardt Bridget Marquardt is best known to television audiences and pop-culture connoisseurs as the sweet and brainy star of E! Networks’ wildly popular reality show “The Girls Next Door.” After moving out of the Playboy mansion in January 2009, Marquardt hosted “Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches,” a sixteen-episode series on The Travel Channel in which she traveled the globe searching for the world’s best surf, sand, and sun in countries including Croatia, Jamaica, Thailand, Spain, Australia, and the United States.    @BridgetMarquardt on Instagram @Bridget on Twitter @BridgetMarquardt on Facebook   Lisa Morton - Ghost Reporter Everyday is Halloween to award winning horror author and Ghost Reporter Lisa Morton. She has published four novels, 150 short stories, and three books on the history of Halloween. Her most recent releases include the anthologies Haunted Nights (co-edited with Ellen Datlow) and Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense (co-edited with Leslie Klinger), both of which received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly. She lives in the San Fernando Valley, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com .   https://lisamorton.com/zine/   Amazon Link:  https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Morton/e/B001JRZ8NC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share   About Craig Owens Los Angeles-based photographer Craig Owens first fell in love with history and the paranormal in 1972. At that time, he was as a seven-year-old boy playing on the grounds of a Southern plantation known as Waverley, located outside of West Point, Mississippi. While Waverley’s owners admitted to seeing and hearing the ghost of a young female child, Craig never encountered her. Yet the atmosphere and history of Waverley stayed with him long after his family moved to Texas. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles and began to work freelance in the film and television industry. His production credits include Fudge (1995), The Christmas Box (1995), Wag the Dog(1997), Phone Booth (2002), and The Gilmore Girls (2000-2001). In 2002, Craig left film production to work for the Century City Chamber of Commerce and later the International Cinematographers Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 600. While working for the chamber of commerce, he contributed articles for the Century City View and wrote the History of Century City. In 2009, Craig began staging vintage style photo shoots at haunted hotels as an idea for an Old Hollywood themed project. While on location, he experienced paranormal activity. This left him wondering if his photo shoots were somehow triggering it. The following year, he started his Facebook blog, Bizarre Los Angeles, a page dedicated to Los Angeles’ forgotten history. He also continued to hold vintage photos shoots at haunted locations. Little did he know that his love for haunted hotels would bring media attention. In 2013, he appeared on My Ghost Story: Caught on Film after he unintentionally photographed an apparition at the Palomar Inn in Old Town Temecula, California. The following year, the online magazine, The Verge, published an article on his paranormal experiences at the Aztec Hotel in Monrovia, California. Craig Owens has now gained notoriety for his photography and his passion for historical research. He has also appeared in other people’s books, including Gourmet Ghosts 2 by James T. Bartlett and Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey. He has also been featured in articles published on Los Angeles Magazine and NBC Los Angeles. While he firmly believes that ghosts exist, he is reluctant to accept all paranormal stories. He instead approaches the subject with a good deal of skepticism, preferring to err on the side of not believing enough. He also encourages his readers to form their own opinions as to whether ghosts are real, and warns people not to believe in ghost legends unless the legends are supported by historical fact.   https://bizarrela.com https://www.facebook.com/bizarrelosangeles     About Haunted By History, Volume 1 Haunted by History, Volume I, by Craig Owens uncovers little known facts about eight prominent historic hotels in Southern California and the origins behind many of their ghost stories. Not only does his well-documented research separate facts from fiction, but Owens also keeps the subject matter interesting by interweaving historic photos with his own elaborately staged Old Hollywood-style photos shot in the most haunted rooms, hallways, and lobbies. This unique book blends solid research, fascinating insights, and haunting photography that will appeal to believers and non-believers alike. Hotels and inns featured in Vol. 1 are the Hotel del Coronado, Victorian Rose Bed & Breakfast, Julian Gold Rush Hotel, Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Alexandria Hotel, Wyndham Garden Pierpont Inn, Banning House Lodge, and Glen Tavern Inn. https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-History-Separating-Historic-California/dp/0997688106

“Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwrecks. ―Robert Louis Stevenson The Historic Harris House is a two-story Victorian Transitional home dating back to 1902. Recently, a film crew captured a "ghost" photo inside one of its upstairs rooms. Others, including the owner, have also experienced paranormal activity there as well. On March 8th Hollyweird Paranormal attended Bizarre Los Angeles' historic presentation and paranormal investigation at The Historic Harris House in Glendale, CA.  Tune in to find out the what ghosts linger on the 2nd floor along with an EVP that Tammie collected in one of the most active rooms of the house. To learn more about the Harris House then click on the link below! The Harris House

Everyone knows who Marilyn Monroe is, but, do you know what happened her final day? Join Cat as her and her guest Craig Owens founder of Bizarre Los Angeles and author of the acclaimed book Haunted by History chat about Marilyn, the men in her life, her final days and whether or not she haunts some of Hollywood's more famous locations. MM's wall crypt covered in red lipstick kisses. Marilyn and Jim Doughtery her first husband June 1942 She always looked so happy when she was with Joe Marilyn with author and third husband Arthur Miller   Get your copy of Craig's book Haunted by History  https://bizarrela.com/product-category/haunted-by-history-books/   PS. just listened to this weeks episode!! Oh goodness, I lost it on the editing and I sound awful!! Decided to get a bout of bronchitis!! Its kicking my butt a bit, but, we will be back next week strong! Thanks for listening!!      

Thelma Todd Thelma Todd was an American Actress. Born July 29, 1906, she appeared in about 120 films (pictures) between 1926 and 1935. On the morning of December 16, 1935, Thelma Todd was found dead in her car in a garage behind her restaurant, The Sidewalk Cafe. Her death ruled accidental by carbon monoxide poisoning (see death certificate below), its been listed as one of Hollywood's  most suspicious deaths. Full of life and love, with beauty and brains, it was hard to believe that she would do anything to put herself in danger. Was Hot Toddy's death caused by her own hands, was it an accident or was it murder? Listen while Cat chats with Craig Owens, creator of the Facebook page Bizarre Los Angeles and author of Haunted by History. Thelma Todd Thelma and her Mother Alice Thelma and Pat DiCicci Buster Keaton, Thelma Todd and I believe Jimmy Durante Death Scene of Thelma Todd Death Certificate of Thelma Todd       Garage where Thelma Todd died Haunted by History by Craig Owens https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-History-Separating-Historic-California/dp/0997688106   You can follow Bizarre Los Angeles on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bizarrelosangeles/   None of the above pictures belong to Haunted History Podcast