Music: The 27 Club
When Amy Winehouse passed away in 2011 at the age of 27, she joined a select group of hyper talented musicians who passed away at that young age. But it is not the year 27 that is cursed, but rather a...
29 Jul 20191h 2min
Hollywood: Shirley Temple, Child Star
One of Hollywood's first child stars, Shirley Temple began her career in 1931 when she was only three years old. She then spent the rest of her youth performing in unsafe conditions, fending off unwan...
15 Jul 201946min
Hollywood: The Hollywood Ten, Tinseltown’s Red Scare
In the 1940s, the Red Scare had everyone on high alert, as whispers of Communist conspiracies swept through Hollywood. When Edward Dmytryk was wrongfully accused of a Communist agenda, he would soon l...
8 Jul 201945min
Hollywood: Eddie Mannix & Howard Strickling, Studio Scandal Fixers
In 1930s Hollywood, Howard Strickling and Eddie Mannix were two of the most powerful men in town. From arranging secret adoptions to covering up murder, they were more than just MGM’s managers, they w...
1 Jul 201954min
Hollywood: The Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle Trial
In 1921, Arbuckle was the king of Hollywood. The highest-paid actor of the day, surpassing even the likes of Charlie Chaplin. But one booze-filled, wayward hotel party would leave Arbuckle accused of ...
24 Jun 201952min
Hollywood: Peg Entwistle, "The Hollywoodland Sign Girl"
By 1932, budding Hollywood starlet Peg Entwistle had everything: money, a successful Broadway career, accolades, and undeniable charm. But none of that stopped her from throwing herself off the Hollyw...
17 Jun 201955min
Hollywood: Johnny Stompanato & Lana Turner, The Gangster and The Film Star
After a childhood struggle with poverty, 16-year-old Lana Turner became a world famous movie star in 1937, praised for her grace, and talent. Her public life seemed like a fairy tale, but over the nex...
10 Jun 20191h
Hollywood: Rose Thompson Hovick, Stage Mother
Before Toddlers in Tiaras, there were the mothers of Vaudeville in the early 1910s, Rose Thompson Hovick had her dreams of stardom cut short, and became obsessed with turning her own children into sta...
3 Jun 201952min
