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,…
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Cosmopolitan Hotel-San Diego
This week we are not traveling far from us, and if you are in southern California there is still time to visit, during the spookiest month of the year, we visited last weekend and it was amazing. Special Thanks to Mike Simms with San Diego PR and Eric Minella-Manager of Historic Interpretation Cosmopolitan Hotel & Restaurant and Michael Brown with San Diego Ghost Tours and http://www.oldtownsmosthaunted.com/ ********* 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…
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Preston Castle
Built in 1894, Preston School of Industry opened to 7 wards, all juveniles transferred from San Quentin State Prison. For over 120 years the Castle as its become known as has become home to more than its share of spirits. Is Preston Castle filled with intelligent hauntings of the boys and staff who worked, lived and died there or are the imprints of its sometimes violent and tragic past still playing over and over again today, we’ll let you decide. Cat’s speaks to Connie, one of the leaders of the Preston Paranormal Team to find out how much and what is really going on there. To learn more please visit:…
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Catching a Killer-The Murder of April Tinsley
The death of a child is always tragic and heart breaking, the murder of a child is unspeakable, the unsolved murder of a child is unfathomable. The case of April TInsley is all 3. On April 1, 1988 8 year old April Tinsley disappeared, how her killer was caught may be the wave of the future of solving all cold cases with DNA. If you want to see what the murderer looks like feel free to google, I can’t bring myself to post it here. notes left by the killer FACEBOOK PAGE FOR APRIL https://www.facebook.com/pg/AprilMarieTinsley/photos/?ref=page_internal FBI PROFILE OF KILLER https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/may/april-tinsley-murder-pt.-3/tinsley-killer-profile CeCe Moore-The Genetic Detective https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.com%2Fgenetic-detective-preview-cece-moore-investigates-april-tinsleys-murder-abc-crime-2994212&psig=AOvVaw369SfFKbyOsxk1nt9V1dBr&ust=1597883618032000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCKCAi8mCpusCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ ********* None of…
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The Legend of Lavina Fisher
Websters dictionary definition of the word Legend says : a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but is unauthenticated. Being a historical true crime podcast, so many times the stories we tell are mired in a century old game of telephone somewhere in the story is the truth, sadly tho we never know how much of the truth of the story gets documented and shared, particularly when we talk about something that happened 200 years ago. This weeks episode is a story that exemplifies that, The legend of Lavina FIsher is so old its hard to know what is true and what parts just became a camp fire story.…
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Carl “Alfafa” Switzer
From 1922 to 1944 Hollywood executive and producer Hal Roach, famous for his part in the Laurel and Hardy films and those by Charlie Chase. filmed children in what he believed was in a relatively natural way. One of those children would hit the screen in a big way and still almost 100 years later is one of the most recognizable child characters still today. Alfafa&Spanky Alfafa&Darla …
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The Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
Rebecca’s star was rising in Hollywood until one shot of a gun ended her life. Robert Bardo is serving life without the possibility of parole at Avenal State Prison in California ********* 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…
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The Mysterious Life & Death of Billy the Kid
The heritage of Billy the Kid has been in question for over a 100 years, where was he born, what his name was and even more of a mystery, did he really die on July 14th, 1881? His life is such a mystery no one can even agree if he was born a McCarthy or a Bonney, all we know is his legend lives on. only authenticated photo of Billy the Kid currently, that may change as technology changes To see a photo purchased by the Collins brothers in Tombstone, they are still trying to have authenticated. I think it looks alot like him! go here: https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20171103/brothers-claim-dug-up-photo-shows-billy-kid-with-joseph-antrim Photo…
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Debra Pscholka Part 2
Interview with Beth If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Debra Pscholka Please call the Corona Police Department at 951-736-2334 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…
