Bizarre Tales: The Case of the Cross-Dressing Slasher
Bizarre Tales: The Case of the Cross-Dressing Slasher Witness Tells of Seeing UC Student Stab Wife Elaborate Preparations of Defendant to Waylay […]
Category: L.A. Confidential (Crimes)
L.A. Confidential: POLICE RADIO NETS BANDITS
POLICE RADIO NETS BANDITS Pair Identified as Robbers of Pasadena Store Caught Nine Minutes and Thirty Seconds Later LOS ANGELES TIMES –PASADENA, […]
Bizarre Tales: BLACK HOOD LINK SOUGHT IN ARRESTS – 1936
BLACK HOOD LINK SOUGHT IN ARRESTS Suspects Taken at Beach Talks of Masks and Legion Lends to Arrests on Ocean Park Pier […]
Bizarre Tales: Gunfight at the Gayway in 1948
Los Angeles Confidential: Gunfight at the Gayway in 1948 … a Los Angeles noir story! OFFICER SHOT DOWN IN BAR GUN BATTLE […]
Los Angeles Confidential: The Underworld Murder of Blondy Hannon
The Underworld Murder of Blondy Hannon TWO JAILED IN MURDER OF UNDERWORLD CHARACTER Women Quizzed as Body Found in Bullet-Riddled Room After […]
Bizarre Tales: Raid on Club 17
Night Resorts Given Warning Three Held After Raid on Club 17 Curfew Law Violation LOS ANGELES TIMES (October 25, 1939) — Warning […]
Gloria Goodwin: ‘Masher’ Smasher
How Gloria Goodwin busted male ‘vamps’ on the streets of Los Angeles in 1922. For this article, I merged excerpts from […]
Screen Cowboy Draws Gun in Brawl
Screen Cowboy Convicted of Drawing Gun in Brawl Jury Finds Blackjack Ward Guilty of Felonious Assault During Café Fight With Fellow Film […]
Impersonating Females in Cafe – 1954
Newsflash from the Past: Five Accused of Impersonating Females in Cafe LOS ANGELES TIMES (November 2, 1954) — Five men, one of […]
Los Angeles Confidential: Drag Queens – 1946
The photo caption reads, “Franke Goode, 17, left; Francis J. Socwell, 18. A couple of ‘girls’ who landed behind bars.” Circa 1946. […]