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Three alternative guides to the history, true crimes and ghosts of LA's bars, restaurants, hotels and famous landmarks - available on Amazon/Barnes & Noble.

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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 6, 1934 – George Vickers, 57 year old mining engineer, jumps or falls to his death from a 6th floor window at the Rosslyn Hotel in downtown LA; but was it an accident or suicide?

NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 6, 1934 – George Vickers, 57 year old mining engineer, jumps or falls to his death from a 6th floor window at the Rosslyn Hotel in downtown LA; but was it an accident or suicide?
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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 8, 1929 – Gregory Woodford and JA Pursley fall from the 7th floor of the Hayward Hotel. They were sitting on the windowsill when Woodford had playfully slapped Pursley on the chest; Pursley overbalanced and fell, his legs tangling with Woodford's..

NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 8, 1929 – Gregory Woodford and JA Pursley fall from the 7th floor of the Hayward Hotel. They were sitting on the windowsill when Woodford had playfully slapped Pursley on the chest; Pursley overbalanced and fell, his legs tangling with Woodford's..
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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 10, 1912 – Clark E. Dutton shoots himself at the Rosslyn Hotel in downtown LA. He left notes saying he had already tried taking a dose of morphine; pains from rheumatism and a degenerative disorder had made him feel he wanted to die before it was too late..

NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 10, 1912 – Clark E. Dutton shoots himself at the Rosslyn Hotel in downtown LA. He left notes saying he had already tried taking a dose of morphine; pains from rheumatism and a degenerative disorder had made him feel he wanted to die before it was too late..
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NEW DAILY DEATH 2! Dec 10, 1993 – Lem Quon, the long-time owner of the Formosa Café in West Hollywood, dies aged 83 – but famously his ghost still haunts the restaurant, especially one booth in particular…

NEW DAILY DEATH 2! Dec 10, 1993 – Lem Quon, the long-time owner of the Formosa Café in West Hollywood, dies aged 83 – but famously his ghost still haunts the restaurant, especially one booth in particular…
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A few months ago W and I moved to Toluca Lake, and we love it here. I was thrilled that the re-launched Tolucan Times newspaper wanted me to dig through the archives looking for some crimes from local history.... the article is on p12 if you have a copy, but I'll post a link too.

A few months ago W and I moved to Toluca Lake, and we love it here. I was thrilled that the re-launched Tolucan Times newspaper wanted me to dig through the archives looking for some crimes from local history.... the article is on p12 if you have a copy, but I'll post a link too.
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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 19, 1921 - Wallace G. Cushing, 40, is found with a .38 revolver next to him in his room at the Baltimore Hotel in downtown LA. He is not expected to survive the head wound.

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Dec 19, 1954 - Mrs Susie Brown, 45, breaks her leg after falling - or jumping - from a 3rd floor window of the infamous Cecil Hotel in downtown LA.

Dec 19, 1954 - Mrs Susie Brown, 45, breaks her leg after falling - or jumping - from a 3rd floor window of the infamous Cecil Hotel in downtown LA.
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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 20, 1975 - on the 51st anniversary of the opening of the Cecil Hotel, an "unidentified female" suicide is found in one of their rooms.

NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 20, 1975 - on the 51st anniversary of the opening of the Cecil Hotel, an "unidentified female" suicide is found in one of their rooms.
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NEW DAILY DEATH 2! Dec 20, 1975 - Earle Benedict Harris, 52, dies of a heart attack over his honeymoon breakfast. He and his wife had been college sweethearts 30 years earlier, but had married other people before reconnecting in later years...

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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 30, 1940 - "JB Clarke" dies in hospital. He had registered at the Baltimore Hotel on Dec 23, and left a poetic letter before drinking two pints of whisky and reaching for a razor. But police still don't know his real name, nor exactly how he ended his life.

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NEW DAILY DEATH! Dec 31, 1965 - at the Glenn Valley Motor Hotel in Studio City) now the Court Yard Hotel) Jean Green and Basil Mardis suicide by dropping cyanide pellets into a vacuum jug of sulphuric acid - the system used in prison executions. Both die within seconds...

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NEW DAILY DEATH 2! Dec 31, 1927 - 6 year old WA Clark not expected to survive after being badly-burned when the Christmas tree in the Hotel Clark lobby caught fire, ignited by an electricity short circuit. Ethel Williams, 22, was also injured.