Lost Without It: How a Forgotten Paper Map Found a Whole New Audience
In the age of GPS navigation, paper maps aren’t just quaint; for most drivers, they’re unnecessary. Yet this trusted companion hasn’t completely […]
How a Horrific Event in Oklahoma Sparked a 1980s Buzz Phrase
You don’t hear that someone has “gone postal” much anymore. Yet decades ago, it was a hot catchphrase until the early 1990s. […]
Who Was Claire Brennen and How Did She Die?
Claire Brennan… Who was she? How did she die? Brennan died in Hollywood in 1977. Hollywood was at its lowest point. Seedy […]
Rod Cameron Marries His Mother-in-Law
Nathan Roderick Cox was born Canada in 1910, and later, under the name of Rod Cameron, forged a name for himself as […]
The Short, Wild Run of Spyros Skouras’ Daughter, Dionysia
It ended at a spot on a sidewalk in Los Angeles. That spot is now next to a Burger King. It involves […]
Evan Engber and Yvette Mimieux Kayak the Coquille River
Never let a name fool you: Yvette Mimieux. The ooo-la-la French seductress thing was all the rage in the early 1960s cinema […]
7430 Pyramid Pl., Los Angeles: Crooners and Rapists
Perched at the top of the Hollywood Hills, off of Mulholland Drive, is a property that commands what might be the highest […]
Cheap and Easy Dreams: Spadrom Estates and Herbert Heftler
Located in Anaheim, California, Spradrom Estates was a $7.5 million development of 486 homes that broke ground in 1956. It’s still there. […]
No Down Payment (1957)
No Down Payment begins peppy and optimistic as the two central characters, a couple, move to Sunrise Hills, a Southern California suburb. […]
Doctor’s Estate Mysteriously Willed to Secretary and Not to His Wife
In 1951, Dr. Roy Campbell committed suicide in his office at 814 1/2 S. Alvarado, Los Angeles. Dr. Campbell’s will, which was […]