BEHIND THE SIGN: THELMA TODD (EPISODE 3) OUT NOW!!!
THELMA TODD IS DEAD!
THIS IS WHERE I DIE: NATALIE WOOD
DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD THIS IS WHERE I DIE (Issue #22) will focus on the photos I have taken in and around Los Angeles over the past 20 years. This issue will feature never before seen photos of where stars like Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Dorothy Dandridge met their untimely fates.
THIS SATURDAY ON IGTV!
Check out an all-new episode of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN on the mysterious death of Tinseltown starlet Thelma Todd with NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS! And check out episodes 1 and 2 below before May 10th! Catch up, what else do we have to do right now?
THIS IS WHERE I DIE...
I’ve spent 20 years photographing “death locations” in and around Los Angeles - from the gates of Cielo Drive to the charred remnants of Paramount Ranch in the mountains above Malibu. Dead in Hollywood: This Is Where I Die (Issue #20) will delve deep in the photo archives for never before seen photos of the actual locations where some of the most iconic Hollywood stars died! It’s the next best thing to being there in person! I’ll be sharing these photos on this site over the next month. Want to see a fanzine come alive before your very eyes?!?! Stay in and stay tuned! And stay safe!
Dorothy Dandridge’s front door at the El Palacio Apartments in West Hollywood, California.
The Crucifixion of George Michael
𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟾, 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 "𝚕𝚎𝚠𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜" 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚁𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝙱𝚕𝚟𝚍. 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝙷𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚕. 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝟾𝟶 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 "𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎" 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝚡-𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍" 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 "𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎" 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠! 𝙸'𝚖 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛! 𝚝𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚍 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛e𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚄𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚛𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 (𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷𝟽).
BEHIND THE SIGN (EPISODE ONE) - OUT NOW!!!
BEHIND THE SIGN - EPISODE 1. THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN GIRL.
Watch it while you can. I hope it doesn't get taken down. Working on this has helped take my mind off of quarantines and things like that. So, pop on your headphones, climb into bed and follow me behind the sign... tune in and stay in.
Las Vegas Pimps Need Hearts Too
"It's painful for me to know that I received the heart of a tragedy." Jon-Erik Hexum's heart was transplanted into the chest of Michael Washington – a Vietnam war hero who also owned the infamous escort service Swinging Suzy's in Las Vegas. Washington was twice awarded the prestigious Purple Heart for services to his country and became obsessed with the television star towards the end of his own life. Hexum's mother and brother never granted Washington's request to meet, saying that it would be "too painful." Aside from Washington, one of Hexum's kidneys saved the life of a five-year-old boy while his skin was grafted onto a three-year-old child who had suffered horrific burns. Both of the 26-year-old's eyes were donated – one went to a 66-year-old man while the other was given to a young girl. DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN ISSUE #20
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.”
Quaranzine Fest 2020 (April 4-5th)
STOCK PILE ZINES NOT TP!
Hoogstraten
𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝟼𝟶𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗, 𝚊 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 "𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚎," 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟶 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍.
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.
