Terminal Island Evictions – 1942
On Febrary 26, 1942, Private Edward Collinash hands an eviction notice to Terminal Island resident Shiro Matsushita. Matsushita was required to leave […]
Category: Bizarre Tales
Bizarre Tales: Forgotten stories from Southern California’s past.
Bizarre Tales: The Day Ocean Park Burned – 1912
Bizarre Tales: The Day Ocean Park Burned ALL-SWEEPING TONGUES OF FLAME GO SWIFTLY. Scene of Multitude’s Pleasure Quickly Turned Into Red Cauldron […]
Bizarre Tales: Turtle Racing Med Acquitted
TURTLE RACING MEN ACQUITTED Jury Disagrees on Guilt of Hollywood Promoter Sixteen Others, Including Tod Sloan, Freed Civic Federation Strikes at New […]
Marina Vega – aka ‘Mad Josefina’
LOVES CHAPLIN; SEEKS TO DIE Romantic Girl Asserts She Took Poison Found Lying in Street at Home of Star Gives Comedian and […]
Bizarre Tales: Acting Job From Beyond the Grave
Actor on Death Bed Hopes for Role in Beyond The Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1925 — “I haven’t created any sensations on […]
Bizarre Tales: Maude Campbell, First Woman to Fly Commercially
Woman Made Flight History as a Passenger by Pete Bennett LOS ANGELES TIMES (August 11, 1982) –When Maude Campbell became, in 1926, […]
Bizarre Tales: Russ Columbo Dies
RUSS COLUMBO DIES FROM ACCIDENTAL GUN WOUND Radio and Screen Singer Succumbs as Condition Balks Operation; Witness Tells of Tragedy Los Angeles […]
Bank Run: All Night and Day Bank – 1910
Handing ‘Em Cash: ALL NIGHT AND DAY THE RUN AND BANK. Crowd of Men, Women and Boys in Line a Block Long […]
Bizarre Tales: Tragic Explosion on Pico Blvd. 1947
Bizarre Tales: Tragic Explosion on Pico Blvd. 1947 Deadly Blast a Proving Ground for Live TV By Cecilia Rasmussen August 17, 1997 (The […]
BIZARRE TALES: “Whistling” Davis and his corpse child
“Whistling” Davis and his corpse child… UNBURIED FOR YEARS California Man Keeps the Remains of His Child at Home LOS ANGELES, CA, […]