When Helen Colton went to pick up her longtime partner Robert Lees, a once prominent screenwriter, for a gala at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, she anticipated an evening of fun and laughter. However, when she arrived at his home to find his newspaper still sitting on the porch and a door to his house ajar, her body immediately filled with dread. Nothing could prepare her for what she was about to uncover.

Episode Sources:

“Trusting, to the end” by Martin Miller, LA Times, Jul. 5, 2004

“Double Hollywood Murder: Producer and Doctor BEHEADED By a Go Go Boy” - a conversation between Helen Colton and Scott Michaels (Dearly Departed Tours), Nov. 27 2015

“Man gets life for beheading screenwriter, killing second man” LA Daily News, Apr. 4, 2008

Scott Michaels’ Find a Death - Robert Lees

“SUSPECT IN GRISLY MURDERS HAD TROUBLED HISTORY” by Ryan Oliver, Hermiston Herald, Jun. 18, 2004

“Transient Is Arrested in Slayings of 2” by Regine Labossiere, Andrew Blankstein & Nikki Usher, LA Times, Jun. 15, 2004

“In Memoriam to My Cousin Bobby Lees” by Karin Badt

"The outlaws” by Tom Dewe Mathews, The Guardian, Oct. 7, 2006

“Voices of the 60s and 70s” - Sex After the Sexual Revolution by Helen Colton, May 5, 2013

“Ex-Marine Pleads Guilty In Beheading, Murder” CBS2, Feb. 26, 2008

“Relatives express rage at killer of 2” by Jack Leonard, LA Times, Apr. 5, 2008

“Man admits guilt in two gruesome killings in 2004” by Tiffany Hsu and Andrew Blankstein, LA Times, Feb. 27, 2008

“Keven Lee Graff Murders 2 Hollywood Men In California” Jun. 8, 2015

“Blacklisted Screenwriter Murdered” CBS/AP, Jun. 15, 2004

Robert Lees obituary as printed in “The Independent,” by Dick Vosburgh, Jun. 17, 2004

Helen Colton Obituary, orig. published in LA Times, Jan. 5, 2014

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It's Pride Month! Join us as we explore the captivating life and tragic end of Mexican silent film icon Ramon Novarro. From his seductive dagger dances to his rise as a silver screen sensation, we delve into how this silent movie heartthrob captivated Hollywood. But beneath the allure of fame, Novarro's life was marked by hidden struggles, including his sexuality. After his shocking murder, the trial sensationally put his private life in the spotlight.

Episode Sources

“The Murder ofRamon Novarro”by J. J. Maloney from Crime Magazine: An Encyclopedia of Crime on Crime Magazine via Web Archive

“The Violent Death of Ramon Novarro” by John Harding,posted in: Hollywood history, John W. Harding

“Forgotten Hollywood: Ramon Novarro, a Bona Fide Silent Movie Idol by Noel de Souza, Golden Globe Awards

“A star is killed: Hollywood’s deadly secret” by John Rechy on August 24, 2003, Los Angeles Times

“Ramon Novarro - Nominee” by The Legacy Project, Legacy Project Chicago

“Ramon Novarro Slain on Coast; Starred in Silent Film 'Ben-Hur'; Ramon Novarro, Silent Era Star, Slain” by Special to The New York Times, November 1, 1968: The New York Times

“Ramon Novarro Slain on Coast” by Special to the New York Times, November 1, 1968, The New York Times

“Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” TRIVIA on imdb.com

“He was the hottest lover in Hollywood but Ramon Novarro was tortured by his demons” by Troy Lennon, February 6, 2019, The Daily Telegraph

“Scandalous Facts About Ramon Novarro, The Tragic Idol” by Dancy Mason, October 13, 2020, Factinate

“The Hustlers and the Movie Star” by William Van Meter, May 23, 2012, Out.com

“Samuel-Novarro Residence” from Historic Place in L.A., Los Angeles Conservancy

Live Journal Entry about Ramon Novarro by tim1965, Live Journal

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We're feeling a little pre-pre-pre-pre October up in here, so we've got a spooky episode for ya! We've got the ghost of a theatre owner who insists on dressing like a Catholic priest (uh, he was NOT a priest nor was he even Catholic), and just wait 'til you hear who - or what - Laura Linney saw when she was performing at the Belasco, said to be the most haunted Broadway theatre in NYC.

Episode Sources:

"The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 3" by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, 2016

“A Broadway Haunt” by Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, Jun 25, 2006

David Belasco Obituary - The New York Times, May 15, 1931

“The Last of Belasco’s Legendary Duplex” - The New York Times, Jul 17, 1980

Eulogies of David Belasco

“AT THIS THEATRE: The Newly Renovated Belasco Theatre” - Playbill

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