SWS Round Up: Carlito's Way A.K.A. Pair-A-Dice A.K.A. Lucerna A.K.A. The Tender Trap

In one of the most bizarre set of circumstances to date, dedicated GHOULA members, by word of mouth, decided to meet at Carlito's Way Cocktail Lounge in Van Nuys based on local patrons who had captured a series of ghost orbs on the small yet inviting dance floor.

Shortly after introductions were made, GHOULA members discovered that they were in fact in THE TENDER TRAP, the bar which was prominently featured in the film The Twilight Zone (1982), made famous for the tragic decapitation deaths of Vic Morrow (Jennifer Jason Leigh's Father) and two child actors during filming.

Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence; they were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three. Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was fatally crushed underneath the helicopter's landing skid. For the full story, click here.

Further conversation revealed Carlito's Way Cocktail Lounge to be the focus of an unsolved America's Most Wanted Crime! In February of 2007, the former owner of the bar, David Weir, shot and killed his girlfriend, and has been on the run ever since. At the time of this death, Carlito's Way was known as LUCERNA. Here is the AMW excerpt:

It was their sophomore year in high school when Victoria Ramirez and David Allen Weir met. While the relationship weathered its share of ups and downs, cops say Weir's drug use and infidelity was finally breaking the pair apart. Victoria told friends that it was over, but before she could break up with Weir, police say he ended things... with murder.

Patrons of the bar told police that the couple was known to argue and fight, sometimes even at Lucerna. On August 5, 2006, the pair arrived for work and alternated between socializing with the bar's patrons and bartending duties. However, it wouldn't be long before casual conversation gave way to another one of the couple's feuds.

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LAPD is looking for the public's assistance in locating David Weir. He may be armed and is considered extremely dangerous. Police say Weir was last spotted in San Diego, but since he may have access to his family's fortune, he could be hiding anywhere. So, if you have seen this man, please call John Walsh at 1-800-CRIME-TV.

But back to GHOULA: Guest psychic Lee Barron did sense a death imprint from the seventies on the dance floor adjacent to the dart boards, Mara Holland performed improptu rune readings with great success, and Richard Carradine received first hand accounts (in translation) of La Llorona in which GHOULA members were advised, "If you see her, you better run".

(to read about the SPIRITS of this location...)