Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
**2025 Ambie Award Nominee: Best Indie Podcast Hosts** Kate and Kevin met way back when they worked together at a (likely haunted) theatre and the two became fast friends. Skip ahead a few years to present day, where they mostly sit around and talk about true crime. From horrific homicides to unsolved mysteries, spooky haunts to behind-the-scenes secrets, these two are here to bring you all the drama - and trauma - of Tinseltown. Settle in, Misfits.
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Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Before it was a popular filming location for Hollywood, the Linda Vista Community Hospital was where the residents of Boyle Heights turned to for medical care. The place used to be poppin' until budget cuts forced it to cut back on services. Quality of care went down and the death rate went up, and when you have that many people dying in one location, well, a few of those spirits are bound to stick around...
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Episode Sources:
Linda Vista Haunted History
“The Most Haunted Hospital in America” by Ersilia Pompilio, RN, MSN, PNP
“Boyle Heights: Problems, Pride and Promise” by Louis Sahagún
“East LA Interchange”
“A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America” by Terry Gross
“A Brief History Of Boyle Heights, In 6 Landmarks” by Liz Ohanesian
“The Paranormal Past, Present & Future of the Haunted Linda Vista Hospital: An Interview with Richard Berni of Boyle Heights Paranormal Project”
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Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
CW: This episode involves a child and domestic violence.
Even if you don't know her name there's a good chance you've heard her voice. Judith Barsi played the role of Ducky in the animated movie "The Land Before Time." But that's just one of a long list of credits in her short career. When she wasn't acting on screen she was riding her bike, playing with her Care Bears and watching one of her favorite shows - "Growing Pains." No one would have guessed that the adorable, sweet, bubbly girl on TV was living a nightmare in real life - a life that would be horrifically cut short.
Childhelp: Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse
Call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline 24/7 (1-800-4-A-CHILD or 1-800-422-4453)
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
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Episode Sources:
“A Script of Fear : Repeated Threats by Father of Child Actress Carried to Tragic End” by John Johnson and Gabe Fuentes
“Inquiry in Barsi Case Dropped Too Soon, Panel Says” by Gabe Fuentes - LA Times
“A Lesson Learned From Family Tragedy” by Sherry Barber
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Dr. Amie Harwick was one of a kind: intelligent, beautiful and a lover of all things macabre. As a famed Hollywood sex therapist she was a strong advocate for women as well as those marginalized for their sexual identities. She had an array of interesting hobbies and side gigs including modeling, go-go dancing and fire-eating. Yes, fire-eating! But someone in her life was hell-bent on bringing her down, and Amie's life was cut tragically short.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
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Episode Sources:
“The Life and Death of Amie Harwick” - 48 Hours
“The Final Hours of Amie Harwick” - 48 Hours
“Inside the Bright Life of a Murdered Hollywood Sex Therapist” by E.J. Dickson, Rolling Stone
“Timeline: The Suspicious Death of Amie Harwick” by Murray Weiss
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
What do you get when you combine greedy Hollywood execs with thousands of movie extras and a flood scene billed as 'the spectacle of the ages?' Tragedy. You get tragedy. Hollywood was doing things a bit differently back in the 1920s, like ignoring any and all safety practices that might be necessary for a film shoot. Such was the case on the film "Noah's Ark" - the movie that led to the creation of safety regulations on set.
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Episode Sources:
“Noah’s Ark (1928): Fake Flood, Real Deaths” by Gary Cahall
IMDb: Noah’s Ark Trivia
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
To say the Viper Room was vibing would be an understatement. The Viper Room WAS the vibe. It’s where bands played to try out new music. It’s where celebrities went to hang out away from the flashes of cameras. It’s where Johnny Depp threw parties for his famous friends. But it also played host to a slew of tragic events, most notably the death of Academy Award nominee River Phoenix. The building itself is packed with history dating back more than a hundred years, when Sunset Blvd. was just a dirt road. This episode has a little bit of everything: mobsters, ghosts, even Johnny Cash. Kate takes us on a journey through the venue’s history, as well as a dive into one of the biggest unsolved mysteries surrounding the club: the disappearance of co-owner Anthony Fox. Let’s get wild, Misfits.
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Episode Sources:
“The History (and Future) of the Sunset Strip’s Viper Room” by Chris Epting
“The Viper Room: Hollywood Murder Mystery” - Death by Misadventure
“The debauched 30-year history of iconic LA hotspot The Viper Room” by Lillian Gissen
“Messed Up Things that Happened at the Viper Room” - Grunge
“The Hollywood Ghosts of the Legendary Viper Room” - BuzzFeed Unsolved
“Her House of Cards” by Molly Bloom - Vanity Fair
“The Viper Room Curse” by Nick Harding
The Charley Project: Anthony Vivien Fox
“Amber Heard hired private investigator to dig up dirt on Johnny Depp” by Pritha Paul
“Johnny Cash: the unplugged album that saved a country legend’s life” by Johnny Black
“The Viper Room Turns 21” by Alison Martino - Los Angeles Magazine, August 11, 2014
“Excavating the Viper Room - Early History of One of the Sunset Strip’s Oldest Buildings” by Jon Ponder
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Christina Grimmie was a YouTube sensation whose down-to-earth personality and huge vocals earned her quite a following. At just 16 years old she was on tour opening for Selena Gomez, and as a contestant on "The Voice" she got all 4 judges to turn their chairs. Her career was just taking off and she was poised to dominate the music industry, but tragically in the summer of 2016 an obsessed man took everything away from her.
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Episode Sources:
Christina's YouTube channel
"The Tragic Murder of Christina Grimmie" by Brandon Gates
"Christina Grimmie’s killer was obsessed with her, police say" by Eliott C. McLaughlin
Supplemental Investigative Report
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
In 1939 an actress named Connie Kent vanished without a trace. Over the course of the next several years her home was searched multiple times for clues regarding her disappearance, but nothing turned up. Then ten years after she went missing a whole-ass skeleton was found in her bedroom! Could this be the missing Connie? Or someone else altogether? And when did the skeleton start taking up residence in Connie's cottage?
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Episode Sources:
Radio 4 - Punt PI
"Essex and Suffolk Surnames - The Fingringhoe Skeleton" by Helen Barrell
"The Skeleton I Saw You With" by Marc Hoover
"Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Colchester" by Patrick Denney
"The Unexplained Mystery of Ada Constance Kent"
"History Mystery: Ada Constance Kent" - Crimelines True Crime
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Ronni Chasen was a behind-the-scenes badass. When it came to Awards season in Hollywood you could bet Ronni was working every red carpet event - even hosting some herself - to guarantee that her clients were front and center. When she was gunned down in 2010 while driving home from a premiere, her murder sent shockwaves through the industry. Was this a case of road rage? An attempted robbery? Or a hired hit? Police nabbed their suspect pretty quickly and the case was closed, but should it have been? Did they even get the right guy?
Hi Misfits, Kate here. In this episode I mention how the second niece only received $10 but I couldn't find why. Well guess what? I found it! Jill (the niece) apparently didn't visit Ronni's mother (Jill's grandmother) in the hospital when she was dying of cancer. Rude. Ronni begged Jill to visit but she never did. Thus, Jill was the recipient of a mere $10. On the other hand, Melissa (the favorite niece), visited twice a week and received millions.
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Episode Sources:
Ronnie's autopsy report
Laramie's lawsuit
Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit'
"What Really Happened the Night Hollywood Power Publicist Ronni Chasen Was Killed?" by Gary Baum
"The Missing Guest at Oscar’s Party" by Leah Rozen
"Killing Reveals Truths of Life at Limelight’s Edge" by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes
"Ronni Chasen’s Friends Skeptical That Her Murder Is Solved" by THR Staff
"Ronni Chasen Laid to Rest at Emotional Service" by Bill Higgins
"It’s Past Time to Reopen the Ronni Chasen Murder Investigation" by Gary Baum
"The Murder of Ronni Chasen" - The True Crime Edition
"UPDATE: Police Have 'Fairly Good Idea' Who Ordered Ronni Chasen's Hollywood Hit" by Nikki Finke
"Hollywood Publicist Ronni Chasen Killed in Beverly Hills" - Television Academy
"New details emerge in slaying of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen" by Ruben Vives
"Police: A Hollywood Murder Was Tragically Ordinary" by Claire Martin
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