Episodes
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It was a true crime story that consumed Los Angeles for months: a mom mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Her dog is found wandering the 28th floor of a luxury high rise. Initial suspicion lands on the woman’s boss who was being investigated by the SEC for a $40 million dollar fraud scheme, but then additional revelations complicated the narrative. What really happened to Heidi Planck and do we have any answers more than three years after her disappearance?
Also on this week’s episode, Tanya Dickson covers the Knickerbocker Hotel --- a building that’s not only one of the most haunted places in Los Angeles but is also home to a number of pivotal moments in Hollywood History.
Hear the full story on this week’s edition of the Haunted Hollywood Hour Podcast.
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He lived for 61 years, building up his career in the entertainment industry, first as a dancer, then a manager, then an agent to successful film actors. But in 1964, Marty Martyn would suddenly succumb to an illness, perishing on Christmas Day. 40 years later, a boy in Oklahoma would be born with Marty Martyn’s memories and at five years old he would succeed in proving his identity. This week, we bring you the entirely true and incredible tale of the reincarnation Marty Martyn into the body of Ryan Hammons.
Also on the podcast this week, Tanya Dickson shares the life of Janis Joplin and tells you all about the room where she died which is now available to paying guests. Hear all about the shrine Janis’ fans have created in the closet of this legendary motel room on this week’s edition of the Haunted Hollywood Hour podcast.
Other details:
If you're in Utah and can go to this library to snap a photo of the pic they have on file of Marty and Florence, I'd be forever grateful: https://utahstate.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/296662
Department of Perceptual Studies at University of Virginia: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/
Florence's Variety obituary: https://variety.com/1997/scene/people-news/florence-maslow-1116676127/
Florence's bio on JazzAgeClub.com: https://www.jazzageclub.com/miss-florence/1445/
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1926 was the height of the roaring twenties and a pivotal year in Hollywood.
The Roosevelt Hotel, built in 1926, played a key role in the lives of those whose stars shone bright during the golden age of Hollywood. Do the ghosts of famous actors haunt the Roosevelt’s halls? Of course they do. And we’re gonna tell you all about it.
She was the Oprah of 1926. America’s first radio televangelist with a nationwide following claiming she had the power to heal thousands with her touch. One day, while swimming at Venice Beach, this famed evangelist goes missing. It’s a true crime spectacle that consumes the summer. Then, she turns up in Mexico five weeks later. What really happened during that strange summer that rocked Los Angeles and the nation?
Take a further look:
Douglas Fairbanks' 1916 cocaine movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Mystery_of_the_Leaping_Fish_(1916).webm
Smithsonian Magazine's The Incredible Disappearing Evangelist: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-incredible-disappearing-evangelist-572829/
The Woman Nobody Knows: https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/woman-nobody-knows
Upton Sinclair's poem about Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance:
An Evangelist Drowns by Upton Sinclair
Through green-white breakers swift I leap,
Sun-sparkled seas by body keep;
Bearer of Gospel-Glory I
With singing angels in my sky,
And earthly chorus at command,
The trumpets of my silver band!
The cripples to my temple crowd,
I heal them, and they shout aloud.
A thousand miles my raptures go
Upon my magic radio.
Time, space and flesh I rise above,
I turn them into singing love…
What's this? A terror-spasm grips
My heart-strings, and my reason slips.
Oh, God, it cannot be that I,
The bearer of Thy Word, should die!
My letters waiting in the tent!
The loving messenger I sent!
My daughter's voice, my mother's kiss!
My pulpit-notes on Genesis!
Oh, count the souls I saved for Thee,
My Savior-wilt Thou not save me?
Ten thousand to my aid would run,
Bring me my magic microphone!
Send me an angel, or a boat…
The senseless waters fill her throat.
Ten million tons of waters hide
A woman's form, her Faith deride;
While thousands weep upon the shore,
And searchlights seek…and breakers roar…
Oh, gallant souls that grope for light
Through matter's blind and lonely night!
Oh, pity our minds that seek to know
That which is so--
And piteously have forgot
That which is not!
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Propaganda told those on the west coast of the U.S. to fear foreign invasion during World War II. Something did invade the skies over Los Angeles, but it wasn’t an overseas’ military, it was something that remains a mystery to this day. What happened during the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles?
Also: It's a Sunset Strip venue that’s captivated the public for decades, but it’s allure reaches beyond music. Tanya shares the secrets of the Viper room.
This episode discusses drug overdosing and death so please take care on this week’s edition of the Haunted Hollywood Hour Podcast.
For further reading:
The Majestic Documents - https://majesticdocuments.com/documents/majestic-documents/documents-dated-prior-to-1948/
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Elizabeth Lake, a body of water west of Palmdale in Southern California was once named La Laguna de Diablo --- devil’s lake --- because early Spanish settlers said it was home to the devil’s pet. What’s the story around Southern California’s most well-documented cryptid? We delve into the history.
Also… Tanya has the details about the actress who jumped off the “H” in the Hollywood sign and who allegedly haunts it to this day.
Elizabeth Lake Monster sources:
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/tlp_lat080186.htm
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3265.htm
https://la-explorer.com/spooky-california-and-the-legend-of-elizabeth-lake/
https://www.laalmanac.com/mysterious/my06a.php
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This week, Carly Heath and Tanya Dickson are bringing you two fascinating tales from Southern California history. One is an extremely well-documented paranormal story that will knock your socks off and the other is a tale about the early days of a cultural icon.
In 1974 Doris Bither's home was investigated by researchers at UCLA's Parapsychology Lab. What they discovered remains mind-blowing even 50 years later. Also, Tanya Dickson shares her experience visiting the room where Marilyn Monroe lived when she was 10 years old.
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