Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown Kate McCoy (Host), Kevin Corbett (Host)

**Hi there, Misfits! We originally posted this episode on our Patreon back in April but have decided to release it for everyone. We hope you find this story as important as we did!**
CW: This episode contains discussion of rape.
Before Rose McGowan spoke out against Harvey Weinstein, before "MeToo" became a hashtag, before hashtags even existed, there was Patricia Douglas. Patricia - or Patsy, as she liked to be called - was a talented dancer living in Los Angeles in the 1930s. Her talent led her to dance in films with Ginger Rogers and Busby Berkeley, and her innocent nature and complete indifference to fame and celebrity attracted the friendship of several stars, including Bing Crosby and William Frawley. But that would all come to an abrupt end. On what should have been a typical night of work at MGM studios, Patsy and dozens of other underage girls were shuttled to a remote location and tricked into thinking they were extras in a movie. Things couldn't have been further from the truth.
 
Episode Sources:
“It Happened One Night . . . at MGM” by David Stenn, Vanity Fair, Apr. 1, 2003
“Remembering Patricia Douglas, the first woman to call out Hollywood for sexual assault” by Raechal Shewfelt, Oct. 19, 2017
“The Systematic Crushing of a #MeToo Pioneer” by David Stenn, New York Times, Jan. 5, 2018
“How a Hollywood Studio Got Away With Rape in 1937” by Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 13, 2017
“MGM’s Eddie Mannix and the lives he ruined” by Karina Longworth, Nov. 6, 2015
“Girl 27: The Patricia Douglas Story” Mar. 2, 2024
“The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals: The Rape of Patricia Douglas” by Michelle Morgan
 
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Murders, stolen land, a curse, multiple ghost sightings...Griffith Park runs the gamut of nefarious acts and the paranormal. This popular Hollywood filming location also happens to be a preferred dumping ground of serial killers. Just something to think about.
 
Episode Sources:
“The Cursed Tale of Griffith Park” by Rebekah Rosewood, Jun. 14, 2023
“The Strange, and We Mean STRANGE, Curse of Griffith Park” by Seth Styles, John Hart Real Estate, Mar. 7, 2023
“Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire” by Dean Jobb, CrimeReads, Dec. 15, 2023
“Griffith Park — The Haunted And Cursed — Heart Of Los Angeles” by Paige Austin, Patch, Oct. 26, 2019
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
“1800s curse led to the birth of one of America’s oldest urban parks” by Steve Chiotakis, KCRW, Oct. 31, 2023
“The Complex Life of Griffith J. Griffith” by Hadley Meares, PBS SoCal, Oct. 16, 2019
“Griffith Park: The Untold History" - Lost L.A. S4, E1
“Riots, Love Fests, Buried Secrets: Griffith Park's Hidden Histories” by Carren Jao, PBS SoCal, Oct. 16, 2019
“Griffith Park tops list of most popular L.A.-area filming sites” by Richard Verrier, LA Times, Jan. 28, 2015
“The Strangest Club in Los Angeles, The L.A. Breakfast Club” by James Bartlett, PBS SoCal, Mar. 16, 2017
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
“Coexisting With Film Crews in Griffith Park” by Lucinda Phillips, Sep. 9, 2021
“150 years of misfortune in L.A.’s Griffith Park: A curse, ghosts and, now, an unknown woman’s skull” by Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post, Mar. 28, 2016
“Griffith Park: Los Angeles’ Unofficial Graveyard” The True Crime Edition, Nov. 24, 2021
“Curse of Griffith Park” L.A. Almanac
“Griffith Park Fire Tragedy, 1933” L.A. Almanac
“The Fire of ’33"
“Rancho Los Feliz: An Anza Expedition Legacy” Noticias de Anza, Sep. 1997
“Ghost stories from Los Feliz” by Hadley Meares, Curbed Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 2017
“The Féliz Family: Pioneers of Los Angeles” y John Schmal, Indigenous Mexico
“Colonel Griffith J. Griffith one of L.A.’s more colorful figures” by Alison Bell, LA Times, Jun. 12, 2011
“California becomes the 31st state in record time”
“A Brief History Of LA's Indigenous Tongva People” by Annie Lloyd, LAist, Oct. 8, 2017
“Gabrielino/Tongva Nation of the Greater Los Angeles Basin” Native American Heritage Commission
“Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and other true stories of L.A. parks” by Patt Morrison, LA Times, May 3, 2022
“Griffith Park: LA’s Greatest Gift” by Christopher Westbrook and Damien Blackshaw, The Real Los Angeles Tours, Apr. 26, 2022
“The Guide to Griffith Park in Los Angeles” Discover Los Angeles, Sep. 27, 2023
“Griffith Observatory: One of Hollywood’s biggest stars” by Edwin Folven, Beverly Press, Oct. 14, 2022
“Griffith Park is most popular LA filming location” Bakersfield Now, Jan. 27, 2015
 
 
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WE WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! Grab your garlic and crucifixes, Misfits. This week we’re talking about the history and hauntings of Dracula’s Castle, aka Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania. The castle was the inspiration for Dracula’s Castle in Bram Stoker’s classic novel “Dracula.” But the legend of Dracula goes deeper than a blood-sucking vampire maniac…there’s another psycho in our midst, and his name is Vlad the Impaler! Settle in for some horrific history as we explore Bran Castle and its place in entertainment history.
 
Episode Sources:
“Historical - 1211 - 2009” on Bran-Castle.com, Home > Historical
“The Myth of Count Dracula” on Bran-Castle.com, Home > Explore > Count Dracula
“Halloween At Bran Dracula’s Castle 2023 (Recommended For Adults Only), on BranCastle.com, Home > Events > Recent Events/
“A History of Dreads in Transylvania” on Bran-Castle.com, Home
“The Famous Bran Castle and The Story of Dracula,” One Excellence Tours
“The Legend of Dracula” on Nox Arcana
“A History of DRACULA in Pop Culture” by Annika Barranti Klein, May 26, 2022, Book Riot
“Bran Castle: Ghosts and Dracula Legends” by Amy, October 14, 2018, Amy’s Crypt
“Most Haunted Places in Romania” by Chrissy, April 4, 2023, updated April 28, 2023, The Walking Parrot
“Filming location matching ‘bran castle’” on iMDB.com
“A Tampa ghost hunter investigated Dracula’s castle. Did he speak to her?” by Paul Guzzo, Times staff, Published October 18, 2021, Tampa Bay Times
“Johnny Depp and His Hollywood Vampires Band Visit Dracula’s Castle with Tim Burton” by Dave Quinn, June 4, 2016, People
“A Visit to Bran Castle, Transylvania: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Dracula,’ Vampires, And Horror On Display” by Kathryn Schroeder, October 8, 2013, Film Fracture
“Vlad the Impaler, ruler of Walachia” by Richard Pallardy, Fact-Checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, last updated April 16, 2024, Britannica
 
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Cristie Schoen Codd was an actress, a stunt performer and a movie set caterer. Her husband, JT Codd, was a key grip on a variety of TV shows and films. When the two decided to move from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood to the quiet mountain town of Leicester, NC, they never expected the horrors that awaited them in their serene new surroundings.
 
Episode Sources:
“A Good Kid: The Hollywood Murders (Episode 3)” - WLOS News 13
“Cristie Schoen - Food Network Profile”
“Suspect in killing of Food Network finalist had remains in woodstove, police say” by Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN, Mar. 21, 2015
“Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Food Network Star And Her Family” by Candace Braun Davison, Delish, Apr. 28, 2017
“Compassion, Empathy May Have Led to Murders of 'Food Network Star' Contestant and Husband, Say Friends” by Jeff Truesdell, People, Mar. 27, 2015
“Owens pleads guilty to Codd killings, avoids death penalty” by Abigail Margulis, Asheville Citizen-Times, Apr. 27, 2017
“Murder suspect had troubled criminal history” by Tonya Maxwell, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 23, 2015
“Man charged in deaths has tie to 2000 cold case” - WCNC, Mar. 18, 2015
“Forensic pathology in NC: how experts identify burned remains” by Aaron Adelson, WLOS 13, Mar. 3, 2016
“Codds recalled: 'My heart just ripped in half’” by John Boyle, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 17, 2015
 
 
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It's the 112th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. This horrendous maritime tragedy is the basis of one of Hollywood's greatest hit movies: "Titanic" (1997). The production was fraught with challenges; on one particular night during filming some of the cast and crew enjoyed a meal of seafood chowder then soon began feeling..."iffy."  What happened next was a WILD and raucous adventure, leaving everyone asking, "Who spiked the soup?"
 
Episode Sources:
“James Cameron recalls the night Titanic’s cast and crew were poisoned by PCP-spiked chowder” by Vivian Rashotte, February 10, 2023, CBC Radio - Canada
 
“25 Years Later, No One Knows Who Spiked the Titanic Chowder” by Matthew Jacobs, December 19, 2022, Vulture
 
“PCP-laced chowder details Titanic filming” by Jess Cagle, September 13, 1996, Entertainment Weekly
 
“James Cameron Addresses Set Behavior: ‘I Could’ve Listened More’ and ‘Been Less Autocratic’” by Zach Sharf, June 25, 2021, IndieWire
 
“Titanic’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Involves a Conga Line, P.C.P., and an Unidentified Chowder” by Katy Rich, December 19, 2017, Vanity Fair
 
“‘Titanic’ Crew Recall the Night the Set Got Drugged With PCP From Spiked Chowder: ‘Grips Are Doing Wheelies in Wheelchairs’” by Zach Sharf, December 19, 2022, Variety
 
“Remembering When the ‘Titanic’ Crew Ate PCP-Spiked Clam Chowder” by Sami Emory, May 14, 2017, Vice
 
“Titanic” from iMDB
 
 
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Misfits, it's a morning recording and Kevin hasn't had his coffee yet. We're a little unhinged in this one - bear with us!
Born in 1891, B.H. DeLay was a pioneering aviator and entertainer, so working as a stunt pilot in the movie industry seemed like the perfect job. He was performing tricks in the air that had literally NEVER been done before! He was incredibly skilled, so taking a friend up for a ride in his plane seemed like nothing more than a typical Wednesday. But there was nothing typical about July 4, 1923 when the wings of DeLay's plane inexplicably snapped, causing the aircraft to plummet to the ground. DeLay and his friend were killed. Was it an accident? Or had someone tampered with the bolts?
 
Episode Sources:
“Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay” by Dean Jobb, March 27, 2023, CrimeReads
“A famed Bay Area daredevil died in a plane crash. Was it murder?” by Katie Dowd, January 3, 2022, SFGATE
“B.H. DeLay (1891-1923)” by Joseph Noronha, SP’s Aviation, Hall of Fame, Issue dated February 2023
“~Unsolved Mystery Articles~” from Aviators in Early Hollywood Unsolved Mystery
“B.H. DeLay” on Wikipedia
“B.H. De Lay” on iMDB
 
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