COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE ASSASSINATION OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD

My obsession with the dark side of Hollywood began on the grassy knoll in the shadow of the Texas School Book Depository. When I was 15, my grandma would drop me off at Dealey Plaza on our way to my mom's chemotherapy appointments at Baylor University Medical Center. That summer, I read Helter Skelter for the first time on the Grassy Knoll. Sharon Tate was also from Dallas. Twenty years later, I found myself in the backyard of Lee Harvey Oswald's former home, a two-story Craftsman duplex in the heart of the Oak Cliff district of Dallas, questioning everything I thought I knew about Oswald. Stay tuned! Coming Soon!

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BOTD: SHARON TATE (January 24, 1943)

Sharon Tate would be 78 today. The first time I watched "Valley of the Dolls" was at the Texas Theatre in Dallas, where, decades earlier, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for President Kennedy's assassination. The film "War is Hell" was stopped for Oswald's arrest. I spent the summer after 8th-grade reading "Helter Skelter" on the grassy knoll, in the shadow of the Texas Book Depository. Right away, I was fascinated with Tate. She was born in Dallas, and I grew up one town over in Arlington. 

When I first moved to L.A., I read Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders by Greg King at Tate's grave at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. What better place to read up on your dead idol than at their grave? I've dedicated two zines to Tate's life, death, and final resting place. FOR MORE, GET THE ZINE!

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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!

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DEATHIVERSARY: MARGARITA SIERRA (September 6, 1963)

𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍, 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋-𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚑𝚊 𝙲𝚑𝚊 𝙾'𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟶𝚜 𝚃𝚅 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, "𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝟼," 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚎. 𝙰𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚂𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍, "𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗... 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜." 𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚂𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙻𝚞𝚙𝚎 𝚅𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚣 𝚘𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊, 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘. "𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛-𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚅𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚣, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢-𝚐𝚘-𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜." 𝚂𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢-𝚐𝚘-𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢. 𝙸𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟹, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎-𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 "𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊" 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟸𝟽. 𝚂𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝙲𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍.

DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THE FIRST 20 ISSUES!

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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.

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𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚎'𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚒'𝚜 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟼 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 "𝙲𝚞𝚕-𝚍𝚎-𝚂𝚊𝚌" 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝙰𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑 $𝟷𝟻,𝟶𝟶𝟶 - $𝟹𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶. 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 - 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚘𝚎'𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛, 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙱𝚘𝚋 𝙼𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚜, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍-𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊, 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚎'𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜! 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 $𝟹𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶?