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 Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
It's Labor Day, misfits! September is here, and you know what that means... Spooky season is right around the corner! We're keeping this one fun and light for your holiday as Kate takes us through the origins of The Magic Castle. What started out as a private residence for Hollywood power couple Rollin and Katherine Lane evolved into a renowned destination for magicians worldwide. Even if you lack skills in the art of magic you can still enjoy an evening at the Castle -- if, that is, you know the right people and the right password.
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Episode Sources:
The Magic Castle Website
"Hollywoodland" by Allan R. Ellenberger
Gourmet Ghosts - Los Angeles by James T. Bartlett
"The Haunted History of Hollywood's Magic Castle" - Ranker
Book a stay at the Magic Castle Hotel!
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Christy Lee Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola were two amazing twenty-somethings that had everything going for them. Christy, a successful model, loved animals, soccer and her husband, Jan. Marcela was a talented architect and designer who had just moved from Mexico to Los Angeles after accepting a new job. She was really close with her family and shared Christy's love of animals. The two women had their whole lives ahead of them...until during a girls' night out they unfortunately encountered three shit stains by the names of David Pearce, Brandt Osborn and Michael Ansbach. This one is a rough one, misfits.
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Episode Sources:
People.com
Deadline.com
The U.S. Sun
Los Angeles Times
The Wrap
New York Post
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Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
*Note: This episode was recorded prior to the news of Olivia Newton-John's passing, which is why her death is not acknowledged in the episode.
This one is a real head-scratcher. In 2005 Patrick McDermott - the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Olivia Newton-John - boarded a sportfishing boat along with twenty-two other passengers. When the boat returned the next day it was unclear whether or not he was still on it. Did Patrick go overboard without anyone noticing, or he is living a whole-ass other life down in Mexico sippin' on mango margaritas, as some witnesses claim? Let's dive in, misfits.
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Episode Sources:
The Dateline Transcript
U.S. Coast Guard Missing Person Notice regarding Patrick
Daily Beast article
"This Is Your Life" clip
NBC News article
The All Aussie Mystery Hour Podcast - a different take on this case
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
It's here! After a myriad of tech issues and a bout of walking pneumonia, we are finally able to bring you the conclusion to our Marilyn Monroe series. This episode has it all: mobsters, the FBI, the CIA, wild sex parties, corrupt doctors, spies EVERYWHERE, a couple of Kennedys, missing organ samples, and a mysterious box at UCLA that is to remain sealed until 2039. This one is A LOT, misfits, so settle in.
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Episode Sources:
The FBI files Kate mentioned
Peter Lawford: The Man Who Kept the Secrets by James Spada
"The Cover-Up of Marilyn Monroe's Death" by Noelle Bertram
Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder by Jay Margolis
"The Killing of Marilyn Monroe" Podcast with host Jackie Moran - some interesting interviews in here regarding her death
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
It's Part 2, Misfits! Now that our girl has ditched the Dougherty and taken on a whole new name, she's starting to see her star rise and make some hard-earned money. We already knew she was a kick-ass queen, but in this episode we find out just how far her badassery reaches when she comes face-to-face with an intruder. Kate also takes us through her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, two men who certainly didn't give her the respect she deserved during their relationships, but who never seemed to get over her.
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Episode Sources:
My Story by Marilyn Monroe, with Ben Hecht - read about Marilyn's life in her own words!
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe, edited by Stanley Buchthal & Bernard Comment
Trivia about The Misfits
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
It's our debut episode! We couldn't think of a better way to kick things off than with the one and only icon herself: Marilyn Monroe. Kate takes us on a DEEP dive into the legend's life, from her traumatic childhood to her rocky relationships, from her growing stardom to her untimely - and rather mysterious - death. No matter what you think you know about Marilyn, we guarantee you'll learn something new here - like how the simple act of borrowing a sweater literally changed her life.
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Episode Sources:
My Story by Marilyn Monroe, with Ben Hecht - read about Marilyn's life in her own words!
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe, edited by Stanley Buchthal & Bernard Comment
Biography.com: Marilyn Monroe
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