NEW EPISODE! THIS IS DIVINE!

Go behind the sign to the night Divine died in a Hollywood hotel room. Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine, was the larger-than-life star of many of director John Waters’ movies. A female impersonator from Baltimore, Milstead went from touring the underground midnight circuit to starring in Water’s unforgettable and trashy films of the 1970s and 80s. Celebrated as the “Queen of Trash” during his lifetime, Divine was a bit of an unknown to wider audiences at the time of his death at the age of 42. This is Dead in Hollywood, and This is Divine! Let’s go behind the sign.

The Filth of Hollywood: John Waters, Diane Linkletter, and Divine (Stop no. 9)

Go behind the sign & on the boulevard to director John Waters' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony, Diane Linkletter's apartment building where the 20 year-old committed suicide, and the now torn down hotel where Divine died. In September, I met up with Adam Papagan of Cool L.A. Tours at our office at Artisan’s Patio on Hollywood Blvd. We were hoping to interview some of John Waters’ filthiest fans at the director’s Star Ceremony. Waters was finally getting his due with a Star on the Walk of Fame. Please don't forget to like & subscribe!

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

Sal Mineo: Hollywood's First Gay Teenager (Episode 3)

Forty-five years ago, on February 12, 1976, "Rebel Without a Cause" actor Sal Mineo was murdered outside his carport in West Hollywood, CA. Go behind the sign to the alleyway where the Switchblade Kid met his match. I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Like and Subscribe to my channel!

WORLD PREMIERE: HERE LIES RAMON NOVARRO (Episode 5)

Go behind the sign to Halloween Eve 1968. Two young hustlers ring the doorbell at 3110 Laurel Canyon Drive. A gracious 69-year-old man greets them. Once upon a time in Hollywoodland, the old man was one of the greatest Latin heartthrobs to have ever lived. Now frail and looking older than his age, the man invites the hustlers inside - "a burly young man of 22 and a slender twink of 17--his murderers." By morning, the old man would be dead, badly beaten, and having choked to death on his own blood. The bludgeoned body was that of actor Ramon Novarro.

Go behind the sign to Calvary Cemetery... in the search of Ramon Novarro's grave.

45 YEARS AGO TONIGHT...

Forty-five years ago, on February 12, 1976, "Rebel Without a Cause" actor Sal Mineo was murdered outside his carport in West Hollywood, CA. Go behind the sign to the alleyway where the Switchblade Kid met his match. I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Like and Subscribe to my Youtube channel!

COMING ATTRACTIONS!

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN - EPISODE 3! 2.12.21

Fortune and Men's Eyes (Sal Mineo)

CLICK HERE for 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝟷𝟿-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙳𝚘𝚗 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊, "𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝙴𝚢𝚎𝚜." 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚘. (𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟿. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟼𝚖𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙺𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘 𝙾𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝙱𝚒𝚗𝚎)

RAMON NOVARRO IS COMING

Soon. Stay tuned.

The Crucifixion of George Michael (COMING!)

𝙸'𝚖 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 "𝙲𝚘𝚠𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 & 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚜" 𝚋𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟺 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎, 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝-𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙽𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜' 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜. "𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖... 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎."

OUT THIS XMAS!

DEATHIVERSARY: Ramon Novarro (October 30, 1968)

𝙾𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟶, 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾, 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚝 𝟹𝟷𝟷𝟶 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗 𝙳𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝟼𝟿-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚡. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍'𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚁𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚁𝙰𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙾 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟸𝟽). 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚂𝙾𝙾𝙽!

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

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The day James Dean died. Pick up a copy of Dead in Hollywood: James Dean (#6) HERE!

The Hottest Couple You Never Knew

They would’ve undoubtedly been the hottest couple back in the day if only they were able to come out. Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins met in 1956, at the pool at the iconic Chateau Marmont on Sunset Blvd. -  John Belushi died of a drug overdose in Bungalow 3 at the hotel. The couple had a three-year romance that would’ve ended both of their rising careers if word got out. The pair kept their love a secret from even their closest friends. Hunter later recalled in the Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary, "Tab Hunter Confidential,” that he would go out on “dates” with starlets like Debbie Reynolds, arranged by the studio and lapped up by movie magazines; sometimes, he and Perkins would double-date with women and then go home together. If you haven't checked out the documentary, "Tab Hunter Confidential," do so tonight in celebration of Hunter's life. Hunter died of a heart attack yesterday, June 8, at the age of 86. He is survived by his partner.