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Known and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of the profiled city. This kaleidoscope of discovery, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict framed by sheer beauty creates a vivid tapestry defining over two millenniums.
This guide transports you to the precise famous and infamous locations where history occurred. The scenes may sometimes appear ordinary, weird, but often illuminate the physical background and descriptions behind events. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true.
This Twisted Tour Guide is your alternative to conventional travel. It accommodates the restless visitor, tourist and resident seeking a unique and different perspective to traditional tourism.
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA
BALTIMORE
PARIS
PARIS RESIDENCES
WASHINGTON D. C.
VANCOUVER
PITTSBURGH
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"TWISTED TOUR GUIDE: Lyon, France
Shocking History, Discoveries and Scandals
Historical Attractions:
Settlement of Lugdunum, Fourviere Hill, Roman Amphitheatre, Aqueduct of Gier, Ancient Bath Sites, Amphitheatre des Trois Gaules, Montees du Gourguillon and Saint-Barthelemy, Chateau Pierre-Scize, Ille Barbe, Place Sathonay, Guillaume Leroy Studio, College of the Trinity, Ancient Astronomical Clock, Place Bellecour, Beaux Arts Museums, Traboule Passageways, Passage de l’Argue, Charvet Clock, Gadagne Museum, Celestins Theatres, Notre Dame Basilica, Bartholdi Fountain, Feyssine Park Bunkers, Immense Glacier Stone, Tata of Chasselay Cemetery Memorial, Hotel Terminus, Building Façade Murals, Deportation Center and Former Saint Paul Prison Inmate Mural Gallery
Famous Architecture:
Grand Hotel Dieu, Saint Bonaventure Church, Maison Lantillon, Hotel Paterin, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Cathedral, Saint Polycarpe Church, Maison Brunet, Fort de Caluire Ruins, Maison des Canuts, Fort Saint-Jean, Fort de Loyasse, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bon Pasteur Church, Fort de Brun, Fourviere Tower, Fort Montluc, Fort de Montessuy, Lyon Music and Dance Conservatory, St. Nizier Church and Le Kraken Sculptural Installation
Historical Noteworthy Events:
Papal Coronation of Clement V, Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Eleven Lions Heads Mystery, First Hot Air Balloon Flights, Siege of Lyon, The White Terror, Revolt of the Canuts, Legendary Peeing Child Statue on Rue Lanterne, Festival of Lights, Lyon Commune Movement, Auguste Burdeau Memorial Omission, Invention of Cinematography, The Mitraillades Killings, Cognet de Seynes Automobile, World War II Jewish Deportations, Bombing of Grand Synagogue, Bron Airport Execution, Tablets and Memorial of Stolen Lives, Vinatier Mental Hospital Starvations, Sex Workers Church Takeover, Trial of Klaus Barbie, Ballet Maternity Leave Scandal and Rhone River Homeless Camp
Criminality:
Sadi Carnot Stabbing Death, The World’s First Forensic Laboratory, Serial Killers Martin Dumollard and Luigi Richetto, Police Commissioner Rene Lacroix’s Killing, Gros Caillou Gang Shootout, Mobster Jean Auge’s Murder, Judge Francois Renaud’s Contract Hit, INTERPOL Headquarters, Jean-Claude Romand’s Family Slaughter and Axelle Dorier Car Dragging Death
Profiles:
Blandine The Slave, Saint Justus, Pere Auger, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, Architect Pierre Bossan, Explorer Charles de Chavannes Mayor Antoine Gailleton, Lumiere Brothers, Edmond Locard, American Wartime Spy Virginia Hall, Butcher of Lyon Klaus Barbie, French Resistance Symbols Jean Moulin and Rene Hardy, Sister Elise Rivet, Historian Marc Bloch, Marguerite Flavien, Abbe Pierre and Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
RENOWNED STRUCTURES AND ATTRACTIONS
Robinson Jeffers Tor House and Hawk Tower, Writer John Steinbeck’s Birthplace, Paso Robles Inn Haunting, Carnegie Libraries, Paso Robles City Park, Almond Growers Building, Atascadero Administration and Printery Buildings, This Ole House, Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo’s Gum Wall, San Luis Creek, Pirate’s Cove, Morro Rock, Dana Adobe, Casa de la Guerra, Arlington Theatre, Modesto Historical Mementos and the Fresno Water Tower
SCANDALS
Flagrant Silicon Valley High Tech Subterranean Poisoning, Finger in the Chile at Wendy’s, Morgan Hill’s Century Apart Scandals, Gilroy Police Department, Hollister Motorcycle Invasion, Paso Robles Police Chief, 1969 Altamont Motor Speedway Concert, Cedar Funding Debacle, Cesar Chavez Jailing, Eastside Salinas’ Gang Wars, Monterey County Prison Escape, Illicit Prescription Meds Distribution, King City Towing Scandal, Sunny Acres, Chumash Rebellion, Sambo’s, Closure of the Santa Barbara News Press, California Aqueduct Dumping, Frank Carson Persecution, Colin Kaepernick, Fresno’s History of Corrupt Police Chiefs, Clovis Bank Heist, Reverent John Kiggin’s and The Lords of Bakersfield
FAMOUS ABDUCTIONS AND MURDERS
Brook Hart, Black Panther James Edward Carr, VTA Mass Shooting, Mary Quigley, Garlic Festival Massacre, Sonjii Johnson, Christina Marie Williams, Mel and Elizabeth Grimes, Mission San Miguel Murders, PSA Flight #1771 Crash, Werewolf Murder, Historic Chinatown Murder, Helen King, Kristen Smart, Eugene and Nancy Walker, Elyse Pahler, Bob Domingos and Linda Edwards, Ramona Irene Price, Officer Thomas Guerry, Kym Morgan, Nicholas Markowitz, Holzer Family, Cleveland Elementary School Massacre, Juliani Cardenas, Deborah Whitlock, Laci Peterson, Dr. Amanda Crews, Chandra Levy, Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping, Glenn Reitz, Mary Stammer, Ewell Family Murder and Hmong Massacre.
INFAMOUS KILLERS
Herbert Mullin, Karl Francis Werner, Edmund Kemper III, John Linley Frazier, Raul Zamudio, San Luis Obispo’s Final Public Lynching, Rex Allen Krebs, Lynwood C. Drake III, Peter Derks, Orcutt Sniper, Elliot Rodger Mass Shooting, Clarence Gray, Elizabeth Duncan, Armenian Assassin, Thor Christiansen, James Tramel and David Kurtzman, Speed Freak Killers, Arthur Sanchez, Dr. Frank Vincent, Clovis Acid Queen, Marcus Weston, Kori Muhammad, Golden State Killer, Cary Stayner, Jose Manuel Martinez, John Lee Holt and Vincent Brothers.
CELEBRITIES PASSING THROUGH
Singer John Denver’s Plane Crash, Actress Doris Day’s Cypress Inn, John C. Fremont’s California Expedition, Kevin Costner Divorce, Martha Baird-Rockefeller, Writer William Saroyan and James Dean’s Fatal Crash
"TWISTED TOUR GUIDE TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Alexandria-Fredricksburg-Richmond"
Shocking History, Discoveries and Scandals
Arlington
Preserving the Declaration of Independence, Arlington National Cemetery, Actress Pola Negri’s Lovenest, Watergate’s Deep Throat, Serial Kill Timothy Spencer, Vincent Foster’s Suicide, Spy Aldrich Ames, 9/11 Memorial and Congressman William Jefferson. General Rochambeau,
Alexandria
Margaret Brent, George Lincoln Rockwell, George Washington and Mount Vernon, Cameron, John Carlyle, Duvall’s Tavern, Colonial Michael Swope, Lee-Fendall House, Pineapple Symbolism, Potts-Fitzhugh House, St. Mary’s and Contrabands Cemetery, Yates Gardens, Malpractice Killing of George Washington, Dr. Elisha Dick, Colross Estate, Alexandria’s Shameful Surrender, Female Stranger Gravestone, Devil Bat, Fire of 1827, Slave Trader Sites, Lyceum Theatre, Alexandria Canal, Windmill Hill Park, Oscar The Manaquin Guard, Wilkes Street Tunnel, Floating Brothels, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, Forts Ellsworth, Williams, Hunt and Willard, Bank of Alexandria Building, Battery Rodgers, Black Diamond Catastrophe, Burned Bride, Confederate Funeral Markers, Shiloh Baptist Church, Benjamin Thomas Lynching, Homicidal Clem, Silent Sentinels Trial, Sergeant Elton Hummer, Washington Masonic Memorial, Civil Rights Sit-In, Gerald Ford, U2 Pilot Gary Powers, Loving versus Virginia, Murders of Donita Cutts, Carol Ann Dodd, Constance Mellon, Betty Ayele, and Elizabeth Elliot, Police Officer Charles Hall, Purple Heart Trail Origins, Serial Killer Charles Severance, Ship Excavations, Congressman Steve Scalise Shooting and Appomattox Monument Removal.
|Fairfax
Battle of Fairfax Courthouse, Execution of James Lewis, Motorcycle Gang Madness, The Christmas Tree Lady’s Puzzling Suicide, Spy Robert Hanssen and Mayor Scott Silverthorne.
Fredericksburg
St. George Episcopal Church, Mary Washington, George Carter’s Gambling Losses, Battle of Fredericksburg, Chatham Manor, Confederate Treasury Embezzlement, John Washington, Freedom of Religion Monument, Serial Killers Melvin Rees, John Muhammad, Steven Briel and Lee Malvo, Police Burglary Ring and Pre-Pay Funeral Scandal.
Richmond
Patrick Henry, John Marshall, Theatre Fire, Confederate White House and Civil War Museum, Canal Walk, Hollywood Cemetery, William Grant House, Union Spy Elizabeth Van Lew, Belle Isle, Samuel Putney House, Civil War Abandonment, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Ulysses S. Grant, Stewart-Lee House, Church Hill and Monte Maria Academy and WRVA Complex, Washington Monument, Collectible Trading Cards, Former City Hall Building, Valentine Museum, Main Street Train Depot, Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Public Bath Houses, First National Bank Building, State and Local Politic Scandals, Oliver Hill, Tobacco Row, Richmond’s Gay Godfather, Golden Years Serial Killer(s), Baron Otto von Bressensdorf, School Board Eviction and Removal of Confederate Civil War Monuments.
"TWISTED TOUR GUIDE TO BALTIMORE"
Shocking History, Discoveries, Scandals and Vice
Historical Events
Battle of Baltimore, War of 1812 Between England and The United States, Star Spangled Banner, Locust Point Immigration, American Civil War, 1861 Pratt Street Riot, Archdiocese of Baltimore Scandal, Camp Washburn, Underground Railroad, Illegal Bodysnatching, Invention of the Ouija Board, Great Fire of 1904, Rosewood Training Center Scandal, Zion Lutheran Church Wartime Loyalties, Johns Hopkins Medical Scandals, Alger Hiss Communist Trial, Governor George Wallace Shooting, Vice President Spiro Agnew Resignation, Baltimore Colts Relocation, Baltimore City Hall and Jail Scandals and Gun Trace Task Force Debacle.
Landmarks:
Fort McHenry, Latrobe Park, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, The Horse You Came On Tavern, Fells Point, Captain’s House Brothel, Federal Hill Park, Clifton Mansion, Lake Clifton Valve House, Basilica of the Assumption Cathedral, Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Carroll Mansion, Homewood Mansion, Johns Hopkins University, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel, Mother Seton Hall, Battle of North Point Sculpture, Patterson Park, Asian Pagoda Observatory, Peale Museum, The Causeway, Lafayette Monument, Phoenix Shot Tower, Washington Monument, Mount Clare Train Station, President Street Train Station, Quaker Meeting House, Edgar Allan Poe House, Washington Medical College, Westminster Burial Grounds, Enoch Pratt Free Public Library, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Max’s Taphouse, Garrett Jacobs Mansion, Orianda Mansion, Crimea Estates, Cylburn Arboretum, John Wilkes Booth Grave, Green Mount Cemetery, George Peabody Library, Davidge Hall, Rawlings Conservatory, Druid Hill Park, Babe Ruth Birthplace, George Ruth’s Taverns, St. Mary’s Industrial School, Admiral Fell Inn, Public Bath House #2, Belvedere Hotel, The Block, Emerson Bromo Seltzer Tower, Gayety Theatre, Sagamore Pendry Hotel, Haunted Lord Baltimore Hotel, St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute of Theology, Two O’Clock Club, American Visionary Art Museum, Memorial Stadium and Graffiti Alley
Political and Historical Figures
Babe Ruth, Francis Scott Key, French General Lafayette, General Benjamin Butler, Bishop John Carroll, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Carroll, Major General George Armistead, Mother Elizabeth Seton, Big Ann Wilson, Frederick Douglass, John Wilkes Booth, Elijah Bond, Wallis Simpson Duchess of Windsor, Al Capone, American Spy Virginia Hall, Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Roger Taney.
Literary, Visual and Performance Artists and Venues
Edgar Allan Poe, Rembrandt Peale, Billie Holiday, Lyric Theatre Boycott of Conductor Karl Muck, H. L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Upton Sinclair, Blaze Starr, Tom Clancy, John Waters and Michael Phelps,
Murders and Massacres:
Emily Brown Burking Killing, Bromo Seltzer Bottle Poisoning, Spiritualist Emma Kefalos Murder, City Councilman Leone Shooting, Westview Mall Shooting, Leakin Park Dead Body Dumping, Hae Min Lee Killing, Joseph Palczynski Hostage Standoff, Black Widow Spider Murders and Freddie Gray’s Death.
Historical Events
Lady Di’s Fatal Car Wreck, Dreyfus Affair, Stock Market Crashes, Bastille Destruction, World War II Occupation, Deportations and Liberation, Panama Canal, Mississippi Bubble, Kim Kardashian Robbery, Knight Templar Grandmaster Scandals, Legion of Honor Scandal, Louis Vuitton Collaboration, May 1968 Protest, Ministry of War Bombing, Mona Lisa Theft, Burnings At The Stake, Paris Prostitution, Presidential Assassination Attempt, Sorbonne Riots, The Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre, St. Gervais Bombing, Louisiana Purchase and Witch Burnings.
Landmarks:
Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Tuileries Palace, July Column, Caveau de la Huchette, Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Rue du Chat Qui Peche, Musee de Cluny, Fountain Saint Michael, Comic Opera House, Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel, Conciergerie, Covered Shopping Arcades, Elysee Palace, Fountain du Palmier, Hotel de Ville, Les Invalides, La Victoire Synagogue, Le Centaure Sculpture, Les Halles, Louvre Colonnade and Pyramid, Maxim’s Restaurant, Moulin Rouge, Apollo on Pegasus Sculpture, St. Sulpice Church, Shakespeare and Company, Louis XVI Square, St. Elizabeth de Hongrie, St. Paul’s Church, Saint Germain L’Auxerrois Church, Knights Templar Fortress, Tower of Jean The Fearless, Saint Jacques Tower, Paris Sinkholes and Catacombs, Vendome Column and Canal Saint-Martin.
Political and Historical Figures:
Napoleon Bonaparte, Jim Morrison, Joan of Arc, King Louis Phillipe, Benjamin Franklin, Otto von Bismarck, Cardinal Richelieu, Diane de Poitiers. Maurice Papon, Marquis de Sade, Alfred Dreyfus, Jean The Fearless, Duke of Wellington, King Edward VII, Abbe Pierre, Empress Josephine, Desiree Clary, Eugene Poubelle, Detective Eugene Vidocq, Francois Mitterrand, George Boulanger, Dr. Joseph Guillotin, Henry IV, Marquise de Montespan, Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon, Jacques Necker, Louis XVI, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, General Lafayette, La Paiva, Louis Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, Madame du Barry, Marshall August Marmont, Marthe Hanau, Pauline Bonaparte, Queen Margot of Navarre, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and Foreign Minister Talleyrand.
Revolutionaries
Maximilien Robespierre, Auguste Blanqui, Camille Desmoulins, Ho Chi Minh, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Karl Marx, Freidrich Engels, Count Mirabeau, Georges Danton and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon,
Literary, Visual and Performance Artists and Venues
Moliere, Emile Zola, Sarah Bernhardt, Voltaire, Honore de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Centre Pompidou, Musee D’Orsay, Brigitte Bardot, Coco Channel, Colette, Andre Chenier, Edith Piaf, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Paul Sartre, Rene Descartes, Auguste Rodin, Simone de Beauvoir, Theatre de l’Athenee, Garnier Opera House, Theatre de l’Oeuvre, Theo van Gough, Thomas Paine, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Alain Delon
Murders and Massacres:
2015 Terrorist Rampage, Stevan Markovic, Saint Michel Bridge Massacre, Ben Barka Abduction, Brahim Bouarram, Carlos The Jackal, Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Duke of Berry Assassination, Duke of Orleans, Jean Jaures and Jo Goldenberg Massacre.
Consider this edition your personal Parisian address directory for the renowned that have historically shaped France and the world. This illustrated guide transports you geographically and photographically to famous residences formerly occupied by historical leaders, noteworthy figures, revolutionaries, famous writers, performers, composers and visual artists. It is your map of the stars within Paris with profiles framing the unique impact and background of the occupants.
Known and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of Paris. This kaleidoscope of discovery, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict framed by sheer beauty creates a vivid tapestry defining over two millenniums. You may imagine that you already know Paris, but that view is solely a prism of the whole. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true.
This Famous Historic Guide is your alternative to conventional travel. It accommodates the restless visitor, tourist and resident seeking a unique and different perspective to traditional tourism. Paris remains one of the most beguiling, seductive and enchanting cities of the world. Its famed personalities are as statuesque and substantial as its iconic monuments.
HISTORICAL FIGURES:
Joan of Ark, Nicholas Flamel, Diane de Poitiers, Queen Margot of Navarre, Cardinal Richelieu, Marquises of Montespan and Maintenon, Madame du Barry, Benjamin Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, Jacques Necker, Marie Le Normand, Eugene Vidocoq, Duke de Praslin, Napoleon III, La Paiva, Otto von Bismarck, Madame Claude, George Boulanger, Coco Chanel, Francois Mitterrand, Charles Parnell, Jacques Verges. John Adams, Karl Lagerfeld and Samuel de Champlain.
BONAPARTE ERA:
Napoleon Bonaparte, Desiree Clary, Empress Josephine, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, James Monroe, Pauline Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington.
THINKERS/PHILOSOPHERS/WRITERS:
Rene Descartes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Marquis de Sade, Thomas Paine, Andre Chenier, Honore de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Oscar Wilde, Colette, Sylvia Beach, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Alexandre Dumas, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Andre Breton, Andre Malraux, Guillaume Apollinaire, Arthur Rambeau, Blaise Pascal, Charles Baudelaire, Theophile Gautier, Duke of Saint Simon, Ernest Hemingway, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Ezra Pound, Francoise Sagan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Sand, Gertrude Stein, Gustave Flaubert, Heinrich Heine, Ivan Turguenev, James Baldwin, James Joyce, Jean Cocteau, Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Marcel Proust and Stendhal
PERFORMANCE ARTS:
Moliere, Pierre Beaumarchais, Gioachino Rossini, Frederick Chopin, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Jacques Offenbach, Sarah Bernhardt, George Bizet, Jean Sibelius, Isadora Duncan, Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Jacques Tati, Brigitte Bardot, Francois Truffaut, Jeanne Moreau, Serge Gainsbourg, George Moustaki, Dalida, Alain Delon and Jim Morrison,
VISUAL ARTS:
Jacques-Louis David, Auguste Rodin, Theo van Gough, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Alfonse Mucha, Amedeo Modigliani, Andre Masson, Constantin Brancusi, Camille Claudel, Edgar Degas, Eugene Delacroix, Jean-Baptiste Corot, Claude Monet, Francis Bacon, Gustave Dore, Gustave Moreau, Henri Matisse, Honore Daumier, Jean Renoir, Joan Miro, Kiki de Montparnasse, Man Ray, Yves Klein, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp and Paul Gauguin,
REVOLUTIONARIES:
Count Mirabeau, Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Maximilien Robespierre, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Ho Chi Minh and Jean-Paul Marat.
"TWISTED TOUR GUIDE TO WASHINGTON D.C."
Shocking History, Scandals and Vice
Historic, Heroic and Flawed Personalities:
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, John F. Kennedy, Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Controversial Supreme Court Justices, Dolley Madison, Daniel Sickles, John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, James Garfield, Mary Ann Hall, Frederick Douglass, Wild Rose O’Neal, Clara Barton, Anna Etheridge Hooks, Cleveland Abbe, Clover Adams, Buffalo Bill, Charles Lindbergh, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, General Douglas MacArthur, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, Ezra Pound, Donald Trump, Malcolm X, George Lincoln Rockwell, Fanne Foxe, Robert Emmet, John and Rita Jenrette, Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley, Ted Kennedy, Oliver North, Gary Hart, Marion Barry, Vincent Foster, Aldrich Ames, Dick Morris, Elizabeth Ray, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Warren Harding, Grover Cleveland, Newt Gingrich, Don Sherwood, Mark Foley, Anthony Weiner and Edward Snowden.
Architecture and Locations With A Distinctive Past:
White House, Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Building, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Marine Commandant’s Residence, Tayloe House, Dolley Madison House, Original D.C. City Hall, National Postal Museum, Washington Monument, Willard Hotel, Ford’s Theatre, William Peterson House, Mary Surratt Boarding House, Terrace Houses, Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Thaddeus Stevens School, Supreme Court Building, Lafayette Square, Hay-Adams Hotel, Union Station, LeDroit Park, Congressional and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pools, Swampoodle, National Mall, Meridian Hill Park, Spanish Steps, Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, Knickerbocker Theatre, Potomac and Anacostia Flats, Mayflower Hotel, Watergate Steps, Holodomor Memorial, Martin’s Tavern, Congressional Cemetery, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Blair House, Uline Arena, Watergate Complex, Deep Throat Parking Garage, Washington Post, Tidal Basin, Sheridan Circle, Bassin’s, Washington Hilton, Vietnam War Memorial, Old Ebbitt Grill, La Brasserie, Rayburn House, Georgetown’s Old Stone House & Halcyon House, Floating Potomac Brothels, Exorcist Stairs, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dupont Circle, 9/11 Pentagon Memorial and Senator Barrack Obama’s Apartment.
Historical Scandals:
Petticoat Scandal, General Fighting Joe Hooker’s Division, Credit Mobilier Scandal, Lincoln Park Monument, Ohio Gang, Teapot Dome, Bonus Act, Watergate, Abscam, Contras and Drug Cartel Bust.
Infamous Killings and Deaths:
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield, Frances Scott Key, William Taulbee, Arthur Brown, Leslie Coffelt, Alma Preinkert, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Gail Cobb, Orlando Letelier, Michael Halberstam, Raymond Nelson, Tran Van Chuong and Than Thj Nam, Serial Killer James Swann, Joyce Chiang, Chandra Levy, Beltway Sniper, Wanda Alston, David Rosenbaum, Alan Senitt, Robert Wone, Stephen Johns, Viola Herms and Mohammad Anwar.
Historic and Frequently Flawed Personalities:
Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson, Henry Ceperley, Mobster Joe Celona, Police Chief Mulligan, Remorseful Killer Joe Gordon, Actor Errol Flynn, Fred Siebolt Hofman and Hitman Serge Robin
Architecture With A Distinctive Past:
Marine Building, Hastings Mill Store, Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park Seawall, Stanley Park Totem Poles, Green Door Restaurant, Fairacres Mansion, Oakalla Institute, Overlynn Mansion, Sam Kee Building, Alexander Street Brothels, Hycroft Mansion and Henry Abbot Home,
Hospitality and Hauntings
Kelly O’Bryan’s, Old Spaghetti Factory, Waterfront Station, 24 Water Street Building, Penthouse Nightclub, The Landing, Vancouver Rowing Club Grounds, Orpheum Theatre, Vogue Theatre, Fairmont Hotel, UBC Former Library and University Ghost Hitchhiker
Legacies and Notorious Events:
Great Fire of 1886, Hiram Scurry Family, SS Beaver Shipwreck, Anti-Asian March, IWW Labor Confrontations, Oakalla Prison Escapes, Komagata Maru, 1918 General Strike, President Warren Harding’s Speaking Tour, Ku Klux Klan Headquarters, Battle of Ballantyne Pier, Bloody Sunday Riots, Zoot Suit Riots, SS Green Hill Explosion, 1971 Smoke-In and Riot, Russian Mob versus Hells Angels, APEC 1997 Protests, Castaway Shoes and Feet and 2009 Gang Wars,
Historical Scandals:
Deadman’s Island, Market Alley, Shanghai Alley, Historic Chinatown, Hogan’s Alley, Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, Professional Football and Hockey Riots, BC Penitentiary Riots, William Bennett, Fantasy Gardens Theme Park, Liberal Love Birds, Bingo-Gate, Vancouver Stock Exchange, PacificCats, Casino Gate, E-Pirate Currency, Corporate House Scandal and BridgeMark Financial.
Infamous Killings and Murder:
Customs Officer William Hopkinson, Scottish Nursemaid Janet Smith, Stanley Park Babes in the Woods, Danny Brent, Policeman Gordon Sinclair, Pauls Family Triple Killing, Esther Castellani, Kosberg Family Hatchet Murders, Louis Wise, Unsolved Cold Cases, Kristen Gurholt, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten, Serial Killer Robert Pickton, Jimmy and Lily Ming, Sergey Filonov, Wanda Watson, Gladys Wakabayshi, Roger Daggitt, Sheila Henry, Jillian Fuller, Chantel Gillade, Craig Abrahams, Tara Singh Hayer, Ripudaman Singh Malik, Bindy Johal. Richard Chacon, Surrey Six, Gangster Raymond Chao, Ricky Scarpino, Oakridge Mall Execution, Willene Chong and Vladimir Shevalev.
Historic and Frequently Flawed Personalities:
Andy Warhol, George Washington, Mayors Joseph Barker and Charles Kline, Composer Stephen Foster, Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, Harry Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, Mary Schenley, Henry Clay Frick, H. J. and Howard Heinz, Actress Eleonora Duse, Prohibition Reformer William King, Joe The Ghost Pangallo, President Calvin Coolidge, Aviator Rose Collins, Father James Cox, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Dr. Jonas Salk, Mister Fred Rogers, Robert Duggan and the Mysterious Hat Bandit
Architecture With A Distinctive Past:
Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh Bridges, Union Railroad Station, Kaufman’s Department Store and Famed Clock, Lyndhurst Mansion, Pitt University’s Log Cabin, Union Trust Building, Heinz Lofts, Schenley Park Hotel, Hendel Building, Syria Mosque, Saint John’s Hospital, William Penn Hotel, Heinz Field, Crawford Grill, Stock Exchange, Langley Hall Explosion, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Bellefield Tower and Iron City Brewery
Hospitality and Hauntings
Monongahela House Hotel, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Carnegie Library, Chatham College’s Woodland Hall and the Frick Mansion
Legacies and Notorious Events
Tarleton Bates’ Fatal Duel, Great Fire of 1845, Market Square Riot, Founding of the AFL Labor Organization, Fifth Avenue Fire, Cyclone of 1889, Armstrong-McKelvy Building Collapse, Lion Mauling at Luna Park, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Aetna Dynamite Explosion, Document Establishing Czechoslovakia, Donnelly Building Elevator Fall, Carnegie Ku Klux Klan Invasion, Sunday Blue Laws, Equitable Gas Company Explosion, Pittsburgh Jazz Heritage, Little Sisters of the Poor Fire, Winter Flooding of Point Park, Communist Scare, Commuter Bandit, Kennywood Pavilion Fire, Lottery Scandal, Purolator Heist, Todd Becker’s Dormitory Fall, Braun Baking Company and Town Talk Bread, Homeless Memorial and Operation Pork Chop
Historical Scandals
Whiskey Rebellion, Labor Strikes and Accompanying Violence, Thaw-Seymour Marriage and Financiers Michael Carlow and Earl Belle
Infamous Killings and Murder
Architect Stanford White, Frontier Public Hangings, Dead Man’s Hollow, Suffocation By Folding Bed, Prohibition Gangster Leader Deaths of Luigi Lamendola, Stefano and Sam Monastero, Morris Curran, Giuseppe Siragusa and Jack Palmere, Rum Runner William Gregory, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Massacre, Volpe Brothers Contract Killing, Michael Chervenak, George Lee, Jimmy Goodnight, Spree Shooters Richard Baumhammers and George Sodini, Ricardo Tobia, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley, Tree of Life Synagogue, Jim Rogers and Uber Driver Christina Spicuzza
Transportation Calamities
Mt. Washington Christmas Eve trolley crash, Graham Ferry Sinking, Bettis Airfield Balloon Disaster, Railroad Derailments, Island Queen Ship Detonation, Ghost Bomber and Air Disasters
Historical Scandals:
Dead Man’s Point, Old Town’s Flawed Jail, Hanging A Horse Thief, A Rouge Litany of Flawed Mayors, The Rainmaker, Abraham Lincoln’s Love Letters, Kumeyaay Forced Relocation, Children’s Hospital Tainted Blood, Strippergate, Big Boom Bust and Del Mar Racehorse Fatalities.
Flawed Personalities:
Count Agoston Haraszthy, Davis’ Waterfront Folly, The Future Duchess of Windsor, Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s Vagrancy Arrest, Actor Desi Arnez’s Parking Shooting, Bird Rock Bandits Fatal Beating, Distancing From Aviator Charles Lindbergh, Junior Seau, Kellen Winslow II, Online Influencer Ali Abulaban and Unconventional Dr. Seuss.
Architecture With A Distinctive Past:
Stingaree District, The Golden Poppy Brothel, U.S. Grant Hotel, Cabrillo Monument, Escondido Bomb Factory, 101 Ash Street Skyscraper and Horton Plaza
Hospitality and Hauntings
Casa de Estudillo, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Whaley House, Villa Montezuma, El Cortez Hotel and Del Coronado Resort Hotel,
Financial Sleights of Hand
California National Bank Bust, Anti-Gambling Crusade, C. Arnholt Smith’s Crumbled Empire, J. David Investments and the Foreign Currency Scam, Congressman Randy Cunningham, Drug Money Laundering Sting of a Political Fixer, Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter and Gina Champion-Cain
Legacies and Notorious Events
Southern California To Phoenix Road Race, Balboa Park’s Nudist Colony, Japanese-American Internment, Elvis Presley’s 1956 Concert, El Cajon Boulevard Drag Racing Riots, Del Coronado Bridge Suicides, Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Abduction, Midair Collision of PSA Flight #182 and Cessna aircraft and Menacing Runaway Tank.
Infamous Murders
Ruth Sackett Muir, Morse and Goedecke Family Murders, Tara Rand, Donald Tubach, Mobster Frank Bompensiero, Robert Alton Harris, Torrey Pines Beach, Brenda Spencer, San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre, Broderick versus Broderick, John Morency, San Diego State Graduate Student Kills His Professors, Comic Publisher Todd Loren, Charles Keever and Jonathan Sellers, Father Louis Gutierrez, Heaven’s Gate Mass Suicide, Santana High School Shooting, Serial Killer John Albert Gardner III, Ryan Jenkins, Trading Places With Your Murder Victim, Vanishing McStay Family, Death at Speckles Mansion, Suburban Bondage Killing, Murder and Abduction By A Trusted Family Friend, Homeless Serial Killer, Poolside Party Shooter and Poway Synagogue Shooting
Law Enforcement Related Killings
Fatal City Jail Fire, Hub Loan Shoot Out, Grape Street Park, Officers Christopher Wilson, Jeremy Henwood and Jonathan DeGuzman, Demetrius DuBose and Daniel Chong’s Isolation Hell.
BOZEMAN:
Founder John Bozeman, Lady Mary Blackmore, Vigilante mob hearings and hangings, Grave robbers, Last standing brothel, Justice and public lynchings, Idaho Pole Company superfund and Downtown gas line explosion
BUTTE:
Dynamite Explosion of 1895, Galloping gallows, Dumas Brothel, Apparitions of Fire Station #1, Adventuress Eva Hart, Blue Range Building, Copper King William Clark, Venus Alley, Butte Tin Shop, Chinatown, Royal Parlor House, Silver Dollar Saloon, Metals Bank Building, Temperance Icon Carrie Nation, Local miner’s union unrest, Anaconda Road Massacre, Martial law, Granite Mountain Mine Memorial, Execution of Labor agitator Frank Little, 1918 Spanish Influenza, Berkeley Copper Mine disaster, Board of Trade Saloon, Journalist Howard Rushmore, Dimple Knees, Evel Knievel, M & M Saloon, Elementary school shooting of Jeremy Bullock and the fatal aircraft crash inside Holy Cross Cemetery.
HELENA:
Guardian of the Gulch lookout tower, Lime Kilns graffiti, Doomed prisoner escape on the Governor’s mansion stairwell, Refuge for unwed mothers and reforming prostitutes, Doomed Victorian Madames and their brothels, Montana Club swastikas, Phantom of the Greenstreet Theatre, Thomas Cruse, Helena Cathedral, Confederate soldier memorial fountain, Canary Bird Moonshiner, Gangland retaliation murder, 1935 Earthquake, Tragic inspiration for A River Runs Through It and 1989 Train collision.
MISSOULA:
Mercantile Building, Oxford Café, Murder of Maurice Higgins, Madame Mary Gleim, House of piercing screams, Wilma Theatre, Florence Building, Missoula Mauler, Merry Prankster Edith Greenough, Cold Case arrest and suicide thirty years after, University of Montana paranormal spirits and sex scandal, Acid bath murders and Party motel killings.
SMALL TOWN STORIES:
Unabomber’s Sanctuary, Shoebox Annie the serial killer, Erasing father existence in Alberton, America’s largest toxic railroad spill, A Belgrade amateur execution, Actor Patrick Duffy’s parents murder, Nyleen Kay Marshall abduction, Jesse James Montana Days, Prison Warden Frank Conley, Mass murder in a beauty salon, Sheila Jordan’s unsolved killing, Casino abduction and precious metals killings, Morrisite sect church, Thermal hot springs hotel becomes mental institution and the ill-fated marital reunion murder…plus many more.
Scandals:
Sister Aimee Semple’s disappearance, Zoot Suit riots, Howard Hughes’ collisions, George Michael sex sting, Dr. Lanterman’s abortions, Pio Pico shortsighted swap, Rodney King beating, Roman Polanski’s flight from justice and Julian Oil, Valhalla Cemetery and Girard Swindles
Famous Homicides and Killers:
Billionaire Boys Club, Barbara Graham, Black Dahlia, Bonnie Lee Bakely, Edward Allaway, Police Captain Walter Auble, Charles Crawford, Christian Brando, Dominique Dunne, Dr. Raymond Finch, Efren Saldivar, Ennis Cosby, Geneva Ellroy, Haing Ngor, Johnny Stompanato, Mickey and Trudy Thompson, Newhall CHP Shootout, Nicole Brown-Simpson, SLA Fuselage, Phil Spector, Ramon Novarro, Rebecca Schaeffer, Ronni Chasen, Sal Mineo, Sam Cooke, Susan Berman, Ted Healy, North Hollywood Bank of America Heist, Van Cleef & Arpels Hostage Standoff, William Desmond Taylor and the Wonderland massacres
Serial Killers:
Charles Manson, Golden State Killer, Richard Ramirez and Hillside Stranger
Murder-Suicides:
Dorothy Stratten, Johnny Lewis, Ned Doheny and Phil Hartman
Assassinations and Contract Murders:
Bugsy Siegel, Notorious B.I.G., Raymond Washington, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Vic Weiss
Celebrity Suicides and Locations:
Brian Keith, Carol Landis, Hotel Cecil, Pasadena’s Colorado Street Bridge, Darby Crash, DeeDee Ramone, Del Shannon, Don Cornelius, Freddie Prinze, George Reeve, Herve Villechaize, Hugh O’Connor, Keith Emerson, Lupe Velez, Margaux Hemmingway, Peg Entwistle, Pete Duel, Pier Angeli, Ross Alexander, Tony Scott and Verne Troyer
Shocking Celebrity Deaths and Overdoses:
Dennis Wilson, Lenny Bruce, Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson, Paul Walker, River Phoenix and Whitney Houston
Prostitution and Renowned Madams:
Lee Frances, Hollywood Love Market, Heidi Fleiss, Calle de los Negroes and Hugh Grant’s Fellatio
Historic Buildings with Paranormal Haunting:
Witches Castle, Merchant’s Hotel, Kelly’s Olympian, White Eagle Saloon, Kell’s Irish Restaurant, Hollywood Theatre
Portland Scandals:
The Open Door and the Great Vice Crusade of 1896, Unsuccessful Sexual Set-Up of Mayor Harry Lane, Richard’s Restaurant, Vice Clique Gay Scandal of 1912, Ku Klux Klan’s infiltration, Mayoral Election of 1917, Radio’s Robert Gordon Duncan, Schneiderman’s Music Hall, Michael Grave’s Flawed Portland Building
Elicit Commerce:
Opium Trade, Court of Death, Shanghai Tunnels, Gambling Dens, Prohibition, Read Hotel, Frank Kodat Crime Networt, Historic Prostitution Outlets, The Desert Room, Yam Yam’s BBQ
Historic Events:
Great Fires of 1872-1973, Emma Goldman’s 1915 Lecture, Hoovervilles at Sullivan’s Gulch, Multnomah Aerial Showcase, Catastrophe at Vanport, Brittany Maynard’s Assisted Suicide
Institutions with Storied Pasts:
Huber’s Café, The Boneyard, Society Hotel, Lone Fir Cemetery, Dan and Louis Oyster Bar, Erickson’s Saloon, Washington Hotel, Lownsdale Square Public Bathroom, Crystal Ballroom, Golden West Hotel, Vista Bridge, Crystal Hotel, Dude Ranch, Harbor Club, Tel and Tel Tavern, Club Continental Baths, Mary’s Club
Legendary Personalities:
Danford Balch, Liverpool Lil, Boneyard Mary, Carrie Bradley, Anne Jeanne Tingry Le-Coz, Alice Oberle, Joseph Bunko Kelley, Kate Ann Williams, Theodore Berthus Kruses, Gus Erickson, Fred Fritz Jr., Mysterious Billy Smith, Dr. Marie Equi, Henry Lewis Pittock, Mayor George Baker, Henry Albers, Journalists John Reed and Louis Bryant, Nate Zusman, Al Winter, Mayor Dorothy McCullough, Big Jim Elkins, Roma Ollison, Hotelier Gordon Sondland
Notorious Murders:
Reynolds’s Homewrecker Shooting, Dark Strangler Serial Killer, Contract Killing of Frank Akin, 1946 Willamette Floating Torso, Bowden Bombing, Killing Under St. John’s Bridge, Career Criminal Frank Oliver Payne, Diane Hank Abduction, Forest Park Slayings, Weeks Family Massacre, Veronica Dolan’s Christmas Eve slaying, Michele Dee Gate’s Saga of Death, Lloyolla Miller’s savage axing, Beating Death of Mulugeta Seraw, Tim Moreau and the Counterfeit Ticketing Ring, Serial Killer Scott William Cox, Homer Lee Jackson’s Prostitution Murders, The Zone’s Shooting Rampage, Federal Public Defender Nancy Bergeson’s Murder, Abduction of Kyron Horman, Escort Ashley Benson
Salem:
Pioneer Murder of Daniel Delaney, Salem Hanging Grounds, Political Fixer Jonathan Bourne and 40 days of legislative debauchery, Fairview Training Center, Elsinore Theatre, Mass Poisoning at the Oregon State Hospital, Serial Killer Richard Marquette, Fetish Killer Jerry Brudos, Oregon State Police Chief Holly Holcomb Murder, Serial Killer William Scott Smith, Oregon Prison Director Michael Francke’s Bizarre Killing
SAN FRANCISCO:
CIA’s Sex and Drug Playhouse, Diamond Jessie Hayman’s Brothels, Jerome Bassity’s Tenderloin Fiefdom, Sublime’s Bradley James Nowell’s Heroin Overdose, 1937 Brothel Addresses, Chambers Mansion, 1885 Chinatown Vice, Cliff House and Sutro Baths, Killer Piano of the Condor Club, Curran Theater’s Haunting, Dan White’s Infamous Murders and Suicide, Dog Mauling of Diane Whipple, Chinatown’s Belle Cora and Donaldina Cameron, Gangland Slaying of Fung Little Pete Jing Toy, 101 California Building Massacre, Golden Gate Bridge Suicides, Jeff Adachi’s Double Life and Death, Contract Killing of Joe The Animal Barboza, Kevin Collins Kidnapping, Maiden Lane’s Infamous History, Mary Ellen Pleasant’s Legacy, Miles Archer’s Murder Plaque, Golden Dragon Massacre, President Warren Harding’s Death, People’s Temple, Queen Anne Hotel Legacy, Fatty Arbuckle’s Fall From Grace, Political Fixer Abe Ruef’s Penthouse, Spreckel’s Mansion, St. Elizabeth’s Center for Unwed Mothers, Terrific Street, and the International Settlement, Whittier Mansion Nazi Connection, Westerfield House and the Zebra Killings
EAST BAY AREA:
Ashkenaz Murder, Port Chicago Explosion and Mutiny, Journalist Chancey Bailey’s Shooting, Children of Thunder Murders, Oakland Superintendent of Schools Assassination, Fat Lady Restaurant, Ghost Ship Warehouse Inferno, Henry’s Bar Hostage Nightmare, Port Costa’s Hotel Burlington, Huey Newton’s Demise, Laci Peterson’s Saga, Lovelle Mixon’s Police Killings, Gambling Era Survivor Oaks Card Room, Oikos University Massacre, Oscar Grant III’s Homicide, Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Pleasanton Hotel Phantom, Jockey Ron Hansen’s Plunge, Unabomber’s Berkeley Experience, USS Hornet’s Suicide Reputation and El Cerrito’s Dens of Iniquity
MARIN COUNTY:
Mitchell Brothers Curse, Blue Rock Inn’s Seedy Past, Litchfield’s: California’s Las Vegas, Marin County Courthouse Shootings, Tamalpais Trailhead Killer, Marin Barbeque Murders, Robin Williams’ Suicide and Sausalito’s Infamous Madame Sally Stanford
PENINSULA:
Brook Hart’s Kidnapping, Cameron’s Pub, Kohl Mansion, Moss Beach Distillery’s Blue Lady, Ocean Beach Hotel, PG& E’s San Bruno Pipeline Explosion, Sam’s Eclectic Castle and Historic Sanchez Adobe
SOLANO COUNTY:
Promoter Bill Graham’s Fatal Helicopter Crash, Benicia’s Capital and Brothel Heritage and Zodiac Killer Murders
SONOMA & NAPA COUNTIES:
Blue Wing Inn, California Industrial Farm for Women, Fishhead Beach Murder, Petaluma’s Crooked History, Polly Klaas Abduction, Ramon Salcido’s Family Slayings, Napa’s Infamous Spanish Town and Washoe House Stagecoach Stop
SEATTLE:
Kurt Cobain’s suicide, Nixon’s John Ehrlichman’s Seattle legal years Seattle’s ethically-flawed founders and historic brothels, Crime boss Frank Colacurcio, Strippergate, Felker House, Madame Lou Graham, Seattle’s homeless Jungle killings, Central Card Room, Merchants Café, People’s Theatre, Self-defense killing of Seattle’s Police Chief, Triangle Hotel, Starvation Hill, Pioneer Square Hotel, Mahoney murder scandal, Sylvia Gaines incest murder, American teamster President Dave Beck Jr’s embezzlements, Recording artist Little Willie Johns, manslaughter, Lifeline Club infamous bingo raid, West Seattle Bridge ship collision and resulting skipper’s dismemberment, Donut House exploitation operation, Wah Mee Gambling Club massacre, The Monastery disco, Goldmark family murder, Judge Gary Little’s suicide, Pang Frozen Food fire, Assassination of Judge Tom Wales, Wasting away death of Alice in Chains’s Layne Staley, Mia Zapata’s killing, The Gits Mia Zapata’s killing, Capital Hill massacre, Mike Webb’s disappearance, Beating death of Tuba Man, Café Racer shooting, Dinh Bowman’s murder experiment, Seattle Pacific University shooting and Gay hate crime murders…Plus
BELLEVUE:
Prostitution employing contemporary technology applications, Mars Hills Congregational Church collapse, Bellevue’s creepy first mayor and the Rafay and Wilson family murders…Plus
TACOMA:
Serial Killer Ted Bundy, The Enterprise crime syndicate, Little girl’s ghost in the upper restaurant windows, Unsolved kidnappings of Ann Marie Burr and Charlie Mattson, Serial killer Jake Bird’s fatal curse, DNA profiles track down two child killers forty years later, The missing prostitutes along Puyallup Avenue, Coffee shop killing of four police officers, Asian gangland slaying, DC Sniper’s associate killing…Plus
OUTLYING AREAS:
Green River Serial Killer, Elementary School teacher pregnancy scandal, A survivalist murders his family, Police shooting death motivated by impatience, Everett dockside massacre…and even more scandal and vice await
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