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"THE SORDID HISTORY OF THE KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL” (02)
Manage episode 381295123 series 3524550
Planted firmly in the middle of Hollywood is the Knickerbocker Hotel, a big, boxy, building with a faded facade appearing like a sad relic from a gayer time. Only the illuminated block letters of its sign that light up the Hollywood night sky hint at the lively history of this Hollywood landmark that BETTE DAVIS, MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN, and DICK POWELL once called home. From affairs to arrests to seances to suicides, we take a deep dive into the sordid past of this once grand dame of Hollywood.
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Sources:
The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History (2005), by Gregory Paul Williams;
www.paulrwilliamsproject.org;
“Off the Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Knickerbocker Hotel’s Haunted History,” by Hadley Meares, KCET.com, June 19, 2015;
“Doom and Board: Four Ghost Stories From Four of LA’s Most Famous Haunted Hotels,” by Christine Wolfram, Los Angeles Magazine, October 5, 2015;
Doris Day: Her Own Story (1976), by Doris Day and A.E. Hotchner;
wikipedia.com;
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Manage episode 381295123 series 3524550
Planted firmly in the middle of Hollywood is the Knickerbocker Hotel, a big, boxy, building with a faded facade appearing like a sad relic from a gayer time. Only the illuminated block letters of its sign that light up the Hollywood night sky hint at the lively history of this Hollywood landmark that BETTE DAVIS, MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN, and DICK POWELL once called home. From affairs to arrests to seances to suicides, we take a deep dive into the sordid past of this once grand dame of Hollywood.
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Sources:
The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History (2005), by Gregory Paul Williams;
www.paulrwilliamsproject.org;
“Off the Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Knickerbocker Hotel’s Haunted History,” by Hadley Meares, KCET.com, June 19, 2015;
“Doom and Board: Four Ghost Stories From Four of LA’s Most Famous Haunted Hotels,” by Christine Wolfram, Los Angeles Magazine, October 5, 2015;
Doris Day: Her Own Story (1976), by Doris Day and A.E. Hotchner;
wikipedia.com;
_________________________________________
Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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