Don't Fall For Those Downtown Lights (STAY HOME!)
My edit inspired by The Blue Nile’s “The Downtown Lights” and James Dean and Richard Davalos’ friendship on the set of “East of Eden.”
Eight-Inches (Jayne Mansfield)
𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 & 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟿. 𝚂𝚘𝚘𝚗. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢.
DEATHIVERSARY: MABEL NORMAND (February 23, 1930)
𝙵𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟶𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟸 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟽 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙰𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍'𝚜 𝚌𝚘-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝙰𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙰 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛, 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚁𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙸𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟺, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂. 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍'𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟹, 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟶.
BIRTHIVERSARY: SHARON TATE (January 24, 1943)
Sharon Tate would’ve turned 77 yesterday. Her unborn son, Paul, would have been 51 this year.
DEATHIVERSARY: THE BLACK DAHLIA (Jan 14 or 15, 1947)
𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 "𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢" 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 - 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚊" - 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟺, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟻. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍-𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜'𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝙸𝙸 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚝, 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟽𝟹-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍.
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
We’re coming up on the deathiversary of actress Thelma Todd. She died in 1935 when she was 29. There are a lot of questions surrounding her death. I went into this issue believing that it was suicide, but now I couldn’t be sure. I can’t wait to share this issue with
COMING SOON: JAYNE MANSFIELD (A MOSTLY TRUE STORY)
𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁: 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚡 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕?
𝙹𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙸𝙴𝙻𝙳: 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.
Long Beach Zine Fest 2019!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Long Beach Zine Fest today! If you don’t know what a zine is or haven’t been to a zine fest… what are you waiting for?!?! I sold out of Dorothy Dandridge today! It makes me happy to know that more people are going to learn about this legend! Also, sold a bunch of copies of Lupe Velez! Tell the stories that haven’t been told or tell the same story differently.
26 Miles to Catalina...
Excited for Long Beach Zine Fest tomorrow! Come by and pick up our latest issue Dead in Hollywood: Marilyn of Avalon (Issue #11). Expo Arts Center - 4321 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA ☠️ 11am-5pm ☠️Come help us raise the dead and find out about Marilyn Monroe’s year and a half living on the island of Catalina… 26 miles off the coast of Southern California.
THE LAST PAGE: Marilyn of Avalon
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛! 𝙸 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢'𝚜 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚉𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚜𝚝! 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝. 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚢. 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝! 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚉𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢. 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚞𝚙, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚛... 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎. Which back cover do you prefer? I can’t decide!
This weekend!
Pick up your copy of the latest issue of the Dead in Hollywood fanzine: 50,000,000 Tab Fans Can’t Be Wrong at the O.C. Zine Fest this Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the Anaheim Central Library (500 West Broadway Anaheim, CA 92805) From 11AM-4PM We’ll be in the basement, so let’s raise the dead!
Dead in Hollywood: Coming Soon!
Hello Deaders,
Hard at work on the next 4 Dead in Hollywood fanzines! “Marilyn of Avalon” will tell the story of Marilyn Monroe’s year and a half living on the island of Catalina off the coast of Southern California. “The Crucifixion of George Michael” will focus on that infamous day when George Michael was arrested for “lewd conduct” in a Beverly Hills restroom. “Prince” will be a tribute to the life of one of my favs and my journey this past April to Prince’s home and studio Paisley Park. “The Night Stalker” will be an in-depth retelling of one of California’s most horrifying serial killers, Richard Ramirez.
Sleep tight, Dead in Hollywood
OUT NOW!
It’s finally here! This one has been a long time in the making. “Dead in Hollywood: Here Lies Sharon Tate” with original photos by me, Castroburger. Starting tomorrow, a select number of issues will include a blade of grass from the grave of Sharon Tate. BOOK SHOW L.A. is selling copies at their store in Highland Park, CA - 5503 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90042.
Once Upon in Hollywood...
…there was a girl named Sharon Tate.
BACKSTAGE: 50,000,000 Tab Fans Can't Be Wrong!
Here is the back cover of my latest Hollywood true crime zine, “50,000,000 Tab Fans Can’t Be Wrong.” Out soon!
