Dead in Hollywood: Diane Linkletter (Ep. 30)

Go behind the sign to the morning of October 4, 1969 when Diane Linkletter, daughter of TV personality Art Linkletter, jumped out of the 6th floor window of her apartment in the Shoreham Towers in West Hollywood. Diane Linkletter’s mysterious and spectacular death helped spread an urban legend that lives on to this day. You’ve probably even heard it yourself. Diane was born on Halloween in 1948 and died less than a month before her 21st birthday in a shocking climax to a troubled life. This is Dead in Hollywood. Let’s go behind the sign... Dead in Hollywood Diane Linkletter (Episode 30) Created by David Castro (aka Castroburger) Drone work by David Castro

COMING ATTRACTIONS: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE LIVES HERE (EPISODE 11)

Happy Birthday, Dorothy Dandridge. Keep an eye out for my upcoming video on the life and death of the “Black Marilyn Monroe.” In the meantime, don’t forget to subscribe to the Dead in Hollywood Youtube Channel. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! I swear you’ll be glad you did! Catch up on Episodes 1-10!

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!

COMING ATTRACTIONS: REBECCA SCHAEFFER STALKED! (MAY 20)

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OUT NOW: DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: RIVER PHOENIX DIED HERE (EPISODE 6)

Here it is! A lot of love and a LOT of time went into Episode 6. I hope you all enjoy it! Go behind the sign to Halloween night 1993... the night River Phoenix died on the pavement outside of the Sunset Strip nightclub the Viper Room. I thought I know the whole story, I had no idea.

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!

BOTD: SAL MINEO (Jan. 10, 1939)

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙸 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚊𝚢-𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 "𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎 & 𝙼𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝙴𝚢𝚎𝚜" 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎 (𝟹𝟼𝟼 𝙽 𝙻𝚊 𝙲𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚊 𝙱𝚕𝚟𝚍.) 𝚒𝚗 𝙻.𝙰. 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍'𝚜 "𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙶𝚊𝚢 𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛," 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚘. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾, 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟿, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟿. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟿 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛-𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 (𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢) 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗 - 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏𝚏-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙳𝚘𝚗 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘. 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚣𝚣𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢, "𝙿.𝚂. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍." 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 "𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍." 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚏 𝚂𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝟾𝟸.

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HALLOWEEN EVE: DOMINIQUE DUNNE

𝙷𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙽 𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸: "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝" 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡-𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟶, 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟸 - 𝟻 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝." 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟺. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟸𝟸. 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙻𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟸𝟿). 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙴𝙳! (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 #𝟽).

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Ken Schessler's This is Hollywood

Ken Schessler’s 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝚞𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎" 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠-𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝.

Room 32

This is not a photo of Jim Morrison's apartment in Paris where he died. This is Room 32 at the Alta Cienega Hotel in West Hollywood (1005 N. La Cienega Blvd.). This now run down room was once Jim Morrison's sanctuary where he escapes to whenever his girlfriend, Pamela Courson, kicks him out of their nearby apartment. He'd stumbles back to this room after drunken nights out at Barney's Beanery and unleashes his inner "Lizard King" with his groupies. He stays in this room while recording "L.A. Woman" across the street. The sound booth is now a stall in a restroom with a plaque commemorating Morrison's hit - I should know, I peed in this stall when it was an Italian restaurant. After his death in 1971, his fans made Room 32 their personal shrine to the man - the room now rents by the minute. 

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