Haunted Lit!

Meet “Weird Hollywood” in a haunted bar!

(Their "ladies room" is said to be haunted)

Date: October 5 (Friday)

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Boardners bar

1652 North Cherokee Ave., Hollywood (map)

The newest in the “Weird” series of books is officially out today, this one focusing on the weirdest city of all… “Weird Hollywood.” (including a section on local ghost stories).

This Friday night, writer Joe Oesterle, a number of the book’s subjects, and other special guests will be at the legendary Boardners bar off Hollywood Blvd. to mingle, sign books, and share some of the weirder tales Los Angeles has been host to.

CreepyLA is co-hosting this crazy shindig and we’d love all of our readers to stop by and check out this free event.

Confirmed appearances so far include:
Karie Bible (from Film Radar, and more notoriously rumored to be the Lady In Black)
Scott Michaels (celebrity death expert, owner/operator of Dearly Departed Tours)
Count Smokula (horror host, songwriter)
Dennis Woodruff (yeah, that guy with the cars)
Richard Carradine (GHOULA founder, author of The Park After Dark: An Unauthorized Guide to the Happiest (Haunted) Place on Earth)
Christopher Dennis (Hollywood Blvd.’s “Superman”)
Steve Goldstein (author of LA’s Graveside Companion: Where the VIPs RIP)
Donna Lethal (sassy Hollywood afficionado and writer)
Lynn Garrett (founder, Hidden LA)
David Markland (creator, CreepyLA)
Pending: Angelyne (billboard queen)
Pending: Legendary celebrity interviewer and public access host Skip E. Lowe
More to be added – feel free to check back here for additional updates, or visit the event’s Facebook page.

Grab a copy of the book at your nearest Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, or directly from Joe at the event.

The Oct. 3rd Screening.

As the sun set over the boulevard of broken dreams, a group of thirty people braved the weather, and the narrow, winding roads of the Hollywood Hills, only to abandon their cars and walk up a dirt path to a secret location under the haunted "H" of the world famous Hollywood Sign. Their purpose was to enjoy the magic of cinema (courtesy of the EPFC Filmmobile) on the very spot said to be haunted by Peg Entwistle. The tales of her ghost were shared. David Markland, the creator of Creepyla.com (that night's guest speaker) told those in attendance his favorite creepy places in L.A., as well as the Halloween highlights to look forward to this October. Then, as if it were pre-ordered, the fog rolled in, and the wind whistled, to create the perfect atmosphere just as the movie began.

77 years earlier (at the same time of year), a sad, depressed, possibly drunk, unemployed actress left her home on Beachwood Drive and started walking up the road to the Hollywood sign. On that treacherous hike, that probably took her most of the night, she eventually made it to her destination, the fifty-foot letter "H" at the beginning of the internationally recognized Hollywood sign (then the Hollywoodland Sign). She climbed a ladder that was attached to the backside of the flat metal structure, and leaped to her death once she reached the top. It is thought that she did not die instantly, but instead lingered for hours in the brush below, where her corpse was eventually discovered by hikers. For a short time she was simply known as "The Hollywood Sign Girl," until her published suicide note was recognized by her uncle. Her name was Peg Entwistle. Miss Entwistle's note read

"I am afraid I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain."

When people tell her tale, they always point out the ironic twist that occurred shortly after her death. A letter arrived at her address, stating that she had landed the lead role in a new play about a woman who commits suicide. However, there's seems to be a bigger irony that very rarely is mentioned. This act of desperation over the lack of a show-biz career, ended up making her more famous (or infamous) than any of her working contemporaries. Not everyone can easily name the stars of the early 1930's, but most people know the Hollywood Sign Girl.

Her legend seems to grow with each passing year, and as it does, so do the stories of her restless ghost near the famous landmark. Most people describe her apparition as a young woman dressed in a 1930's style white gown walking along a trail (sometimes dazed). She is most commonly seen by hikers (not unlike those that originally found her body) and dog walkers in the very early or very late hours. Witnesses claim that she is accompanied by the strong scent of the gardenia flower (thought to be her favorite perfume). Some accounts even describe her reenacting her final moments stepping off of the top of the "H" only to vanish as she falls. She seems doomed to repeat the last moments of that last night over and over again, just as we also seemed doomed to repeat those last moments with each retelling of her story.

Sunday's Secret Haunted Location!

The Hollywood Sign is perhaps this city's only true icon (like London has "Big Ben" and Paris has the Eiffel Tower). If you cut to the Hollywood Sign in a movie, it easily establishes the location for any audience. Then again, it does spell it out for them.

This world famous landmark also has a ghost story.

Come out for our free outdoor screening tomorrow (@7:30pm) and hear the Hollywood Sign's ghost story in the actual location where the apparition has been seen.

We will be screening "Haunted Honeymoon" at the end of Canyon Lake Drive, where the trail begins under the Haunted "H." (map)

An easy way of getting there is to take Lake Hollywood Drive from Barham Blvd. in the Cahuenga Pass.

Park on the street, but please be respectful of the neighborhood. See you there!

Real Ghosts with Reel Ghosts!

THE DATE: October 31th (Sunday)

THE TIME: 11:00pm

THE PLACE: The Silent Movie Theater

(611 N. Fairfax Ave.) map

THE MOVIE: House On Haunted Hill (1959)

THE PRICE: $10.00

Come out and see a movie about ghosts in an actual haunted theater!

The Silent Movie Theater is said to be the home of a phantom projectionist and a disappearing/reappearing blood stain in the lobby... (read more)