Dead in Hollywood: Diane Linkletter (Ep. 30)

Go behind the sign to the morning of October 4, 1969 when Diane Linkletter, daughter of TV personality Art Linkletter, jumped out of the 6th floor window of her apartment in the Shoreham Towers in West Hollywood. Diane Linkletter’s mysterious and spectacular death helped spread an urban legend that lives on to this day. You’ve probably even heard it yourself. Diane was born on Halloween in 1948 and died less than a month before her 21st birthday in a shocking climax to a troubled life. This is Dead in Hollywood. Let’s go behind the sign... Dead in Hollywood Diane Linkletter (Episode 30) Created by David Castro (aka Castroburger) Drone work by David Castro

Ghosts of the Knickerbocker (Stop 8)

Go behind the sign and on location to the Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments (formally the Knickerbocker Hotel). The Knickerbocker was once the Hotel of the Stars, but as Hollywood Blvd. declined, it dragged the Knickerbocker down with it. It cycled from upscale apartment, to glamorous celebrity hotel, to a deteriorated residence for drug addicts and prostitutes, and finally to housing for seniors.

If you believe the stories, ghosts roam its halls. The massive art deco chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the lobby is the only remaining relic of the Knickerbocker’s once dazzling past. If you stare at it long enough, you might just be transported back to the days of Hollywood Land. Please don't forget to like & subscribe!

The Ghosts of the Knickerbocker (Stop no. 8)

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DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THE CRASH OF ANNE HECHE (EPISODE 21)

Go behind the sign to the morning of August 5, 2022. Actress Anne Heche (“Six Days Seven Nights,”I Know What You Did Last Summer”) was involved in three car crashes. The final crash, the most serious, inflicted critical injuries on the actress and destroyed a home. Throughout her life, Anne Heche endured mental illcnessexual abuse, drug abuse, misogyny, and homophobia before her shocking death at the age of 53. Everyone was shocked by her death, but if you were paying attention, it wasn’t all that shocking. Dead in Hollywood: The Crash of Anne Heche (Episode 21) Created, Produced, Written, and Edited by David Castro (Castroburger) WEBSITE: https://www.deadinhollywood.com/ STORE: https://deadinhollywood.bigcartel.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/deadinholly... SOURCES: https://pastebin.com/Ce9gJP7Q CONTACT: thehellfirepress@gmail.com

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: RIVER PHOENIX DIED HERE (EPISODE 6)

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DEATHIVERSARY: RIVER PHOENIX (OCT. 31, 1993)

𝚁𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝙴𝙽𝙸𝚇 𝙸𝚂... 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟷, 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡, 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝟿𝟷𝟷. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝙲𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚜-𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚒 𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚗.

HALLOWEEN EVE: DOMINIQUE DUNNE

𝙷𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙽 𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸: "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟶, 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸 - 𝟻 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟺. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟸. 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙻𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟸𝟿). 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙴𝙳! (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟽).

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RIVER PHOENIX: COLLECT ALL 6 COVERS!

𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛/𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡. 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟷, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟹, 𝚊𝚝 𝟸𝟹. 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍," 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝟷𝟿 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚁𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝙴𝙽𝙸𝚇 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟺) 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝟹 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘!

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RIVER PHOENIX... IS DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD

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BORN ON THIS DAY: BELA LUGOSI (October 20, 1882)

𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝙻𝚞𝚐𝚘𝚜𝚒. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗.

COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE

𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝟺𝟶-𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛! 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚛’𝚜 “𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜,” 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍! 

BORN THIS WAY: MONTGOMERY CLIFT (October 17, 1920)

The Death of Dominique Dunne

"𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚣, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙰𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎! 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎. 

MIDWEST PERZINE FEST: WELCOME TO MY VIRTUAL TABLE!

Going virtual tonight for the Midwest Perzine Fest - the biggest Zine Fest in the Midwest. CLICK HERE to purchase the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD. 30 issues to choose from or choose all 30! We have some exciting new releases coming up before Halloween. What dead celebs would you like to see memorialized in an issue? Stay tuned and stay in!

Do you know what your children are watching? (THE POLTERGEIST CURSE)

SKELETONS IN THE POOL:

Page 1 of the fanzine DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE (Issue 29)

DEAD BY THE BEACH

Today, I escaped the L.A. heat by going to Ginger Rogers Beach - the "gay beach" at the Northern end of Will Rogers State Beach near lifeguard tower 18 in Santa Monica. Seeing as it's the first night of Halloween, tonight's scary movies will be beach-themed, starting with the classic "Jaws" and followed by Charles Busch's "Psycho Beach Party." We'll then dive into the new HBO documentary "537 Votes," which will piss me off and scare the shit out of me. Then we'll climb into bed and fall asleep to John Carpenter's "The Fog." What are you watching on this first night of Halloween? If you need me, I'll be in front of the T.V. "Eleven fifty-five, almost midnight. Just enough time for one more story..."

COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE