Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
True Crime
Picture it, the early 1900’s: booze, speakeasies, cigarettes, fancy dance clubs and silent films. Hollywood was on the up and up and the movie industry was booming! This era in film history gave birth to the first sex symbol, Rudolph Valentino. Roldolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguolla was a famous Italian actor who was mainly known by his nickname "The Latin Lover" (even though he, uh, wasn't Latino). His story is a tumultuous one, passing away at the young age of 31. But his handsome ghost and the spirit of his doberman pinscher, Kabar, still haunt Los Angeles (and SEVERAL other locations).
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Episode Sources:
“Star of the silent-screen Rudolph Valentino dies” by History.com Editors, Published February 9, 2010, Updated August 17, 2022, A&E Television Networks, HISTORY
“Rudolph Valentino” from Turner Classic Movies
“Ars & Culture: Rudolph Valentino - American Actor” by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Brittanica, recently revised and updated by Pat Bauer on August 19, 2023, Britannica.com
“A Week to Remember: Rudolph Valentino” by Keith Chaffee, Librarian, Collection Development, Monday, May 4, 2020, Los Angeles Public Library
“Los Angeles Ghosts - The Spirit of Hollywood’s First Sex Symbol Rudolph Valentino” by Scott Markus, American Ghost Walks
“Rudolph Valentino” - Weird California
“Restless spirits” by Susan King, October 31, 2011, Los Angeles Times
“Kabar, the Doberman Pinscher Ghost” from National Purebred Dog Day ®, October 31, 2017, National Purebred Dog Day
“Blanca Errazuriz” - Wikipedia
“Rudolph Valentino IMDB Mini Biography” by Hala Pickford, IMDB.com
“Norman Kerry” - Wikipedia
“Rudolph Valentino” - Wikipedia
“June Mathis” - Wikipedia
“Meet the ghosts at LA’s most haunted hotels” by Bianca Barragan, October 10, 2019, Curbed Lost Angeles
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